Provost's Test
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12:00 pm 5/1/2025Zoom -
4:00 pm 5/5/2025Music Building Auditorium, 1114 W. NevadaAmerican composer and pianist Amy Williams will speak about her work, especially its connection to poetry, art, and dramatic literature. Bassoon Professor Ben Roidl-Ward joins for a concert premiering Professor Williams’ Last Lines for bassoon and piano.
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10:00 - 10:30 am 5/6/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 5/6/2025Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Word documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Word and then jump right into practice.
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12:00 pm 5/7/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this spring for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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2:00 pm 5/8/2025Beckman Institute, Room 1005Director Steve Maren will provide updates, and you'll hear from our strategic planning facilitator, Stephen Kemp. After the town hall, stay for an hour of conversation and treats at our Cookie Collab!
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3:00 pm 5/8/2025AtriumJoin other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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8:00 1:00 pm 5/9/2025Beckman Institute Auditorium, Atrium and 1005 BeckmanThe entire Beckman community is invited to an understandable look at the Intelligent Systems research theme.
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10:00 - 10:30 am 5/13/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 5/13/2025Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=6065
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12:00 pm 5/14/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this spring for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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11:00 am 5/15/2025Beckman Institute Room 3269 (3rd floor tower room)The STC for Quantitative Cell Biology Seminar Series continues with Taekjip Ha, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will lecture on "Biophysical Principles of Genome Organization Across Multiple Scales"
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9:00 am 5/16/2025Director's officeBeckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying! Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve
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10:00 - 10:30 am 5/20/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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2:00 - 3:30 pm 5/20/2025Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=6065
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12:00 pm 5/21/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this spring for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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10:00 - 10:30 am 5/27/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 5/27/2025Get up to speed quickly on making your PowerPoint presentations accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PowerPoint and then dive straight into practical solutions.
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12:00 pm 5/28/2025Beckman Institute Room 1005Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 5/29/2025Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent reading and navigating order culprits, freeze columns and rows, hide unused columns and rows, delete empty rows between elements, create accessible links, and use the Accessibility Assistant.
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9:00 am 5/30/20251005 Beckman InstituteOur monthly event focusing on budget challenges and mission critical work will have a special guest in May. Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Susan Martinis will join us at 9 a.m. Friday, May 30, in 1005 Beckman. She'll give an overall update on how recent changes and challenges in federal funding have affected the university as a whole.

