Research Technology Master Calendar
Sunday, November 16, 2025
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10:00 am - 6:00 pmActivities & Recreation Center (ARC), Multipurpose Room 7Celebrate the festival’s grand finale with a kugel cook-off and taste-off! Featuring a performance by our local Papashoy Klezmer Band and guest judges Gioconda Guerra Perez (UIUC Interim Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), Deb Feinen (Mayor of Champaign), and Deshawn Williams (Mayor of Urbana)...
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1:30 - 3:30 pmThe Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), Multipurpose Room 4
This lecture series features short talks on a variety of subjects related to Yiddish, featuring UIUC's Anastasiia Strakhova on immigration, YIVO Chicago's Ben Schacht on Chicago's garment workers, the University of Michigan's Emma Lerman on children's literature illustrations, local musician Frances Harris on Klezmer today...
Monday, November 17, 2025
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11:30 am - 1:00 pm
This workshop gives participants a grounded, practical understanding of generative AI. Through a series hands-on exercises participants will explore how these tools generate responses, where their limits show up, and how to use them creatively without overestimating their abilities.
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12:00 - 4:00 pmInnovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building
Come visit Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at Illinois Innovation Studio between Noon and 4 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays in the Armory building room 172. You will be able to interact with generative AI and virtual reality (VR), create a gift with a 3D printer or laser cutter, and interact with our new digital resources.
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12:00 - 1:00 pmEnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin us for the Startup Launch Series on Monday, November 10 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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2:00 - 3:00 pmAn ongoing dialogue series where INFO PhD students can gather to learn about and discuss essential information for the Informatics Programs PhD program. Please join us at this and all upcoming fall sessions.
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035 -
6:00 - 8:00 pmThe Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St. Urbana
Women have largely been written out of the ancient world. Dealing with the silences of the archive requires new and innovative tools, and in this talk, Dr. Emily Hauser surveys the many different approaches she has taken across her fiction and non-fiction writing to recover women.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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9:00 - 11:00 amMain Library Orange Room, or via Zoom
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9:30 - 10:30 amEnglish Building, Suite 112
ATLAS Application Development offers many web-based applications to assist with your business or academic needs (FormBuilder, Gradebook, Exam Attendance, Event Attendance – just to name a few). Have questions about how to get started? Already using an app and want help getting the most out of your experience? Come visit our office hours, and we’d be happy to chat!
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10:00 - 11:00 amJoin us on Thursday, November 18 from 10-11 a.m. for a webinar on Navigating Google's Latest Updates for Business Growth with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
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12:00 - 1:00 pmEnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin us for the Mondelēz International Luncheon to celebrate the upcoming International Day Of Persons With Disabilities. We are excited to host Paralympians and Illinois alumni, Daniel Romanchuk & Eva Houston on Tuesday, November 18 from 12 to 1 p.m. at EnterpriseWorks.
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12:00 - 4:00 pmInnovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building
Come visit Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at Illinois Innovation Studio between Noon and 4 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays in the Armory building room 172. You will be able to interact with generative AI and virtual reality (VR), create a gift with a 3D printer or laser cutter, and interact with our new digital resources.
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Iain Cheeseman, PhD Herman and Margaret Sokol Professor of Biology; Core Member, Whitehead Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Unlocking the Hidden Proteome”
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12:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute
Label-free Super-resolution Microvessel Imaging with Ultrasound
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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1:00 - 2:00 pmAltgeld Hall 147
Speaker: Sarah Loeb (Hampden-Sydney College) Title. Tanglegram Reconstruction
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3:00 - 4:15 pm
Learning communities are a powerful way for people to come together to achieve common learning goals. However, fostering conditions that promote productive social knowledge construction can be daunting to even the most experienced facilitators. Please join us as we discuss effective ways to establish and grow valuable learning communities.
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3:00 - 4:30 pm
Get 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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4:00 pm306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign
Following the wars in Vietnam, over two million people fled the country, with nearly half dying in flight. Vietnamerica follows Master Nguyen Hoa as he returns to former refugee camps in Southeast Asia after three decades abroad to search for the graves of his wife and two children.
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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5:15 pmLevis Faculty Center 210
John Levi Barnard (English, UIUC) and Pollyanna Rhee (Landscape Architecture, UIUC) will deliver lectures on the topic of Environmental Humanities as the conclusion of the Fall 2025 Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series. Please check the MCT website for the latest location updates.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmMain Library Orange Room (1st Floor)Looking for something fun to read over Fall Break? From romance novels to graphic novels, we have recommendations for everyone and every genre. Need to protect your book from damage, or want to keep what you're reading private? Make your very own book cover that does both!
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12:00 pmRoom 212 / Center for Children's Books, 501 E. Daniel St., School of Information Sciences
Dr. Patricia Kennon (Maynooth University), the general editor of The International Journal of Young Adult Literature, will be giving a brief lecture on Asexuality in Contemporary YA Literature at the Center for Children's Books. Come learn!
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12:00 - 1:00 pmLincoln Hall, Lisnek LAS Hub
Current ATLAS Interns - Stop by to discussion your progress and any questions you have with an ATLAS Internship Program Coordinator. Prospective Students - Are you looking for internship experience working with technology? Stop by and learn more about opportunities in digital communication, data management/analysis, emerging technologies and more.
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12:00 pm108 Coble Hall
Join the European Union Center for the next installment in its brown-bag series: "Europe and the World Today." This event is cosponsored by the Departments of Philosophy and Political Science, and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory.
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
"Why kill the Fluorescence? Let it Power your Raman" Seemesh Bhasker, IGB Fellow Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102 -
5:00 - 6:00 pmUndergraduates in all majors are invited to join the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) for an information session Nov. 19 from 5 to 6 p.m. on Zoom to learn about the Summer 2026 Community-Academic Scholars program.
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7:30 - 9:00 pmKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, DRK, Level 2
The Department of Dance will present full of woe & far to go, an evening of new dances by emerging student choreographers. The concert will include works created by MFA students Paula De Oliveria E Sousa and Sophia Vangelatos as well as BFA students Jayla Anderson, Gabriella Quaresima, and Anna Brady.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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7:30 - 9:00 pmKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, DRK, Level 2
The Department of Dance will present full of woe & far to go, an evening of new dances by emerging student choreographers. The concert will include works created by MFA students Paula De Oliveria E Sousa and Sophia Vangelatos as well as BFA students Jayla Anderson, Gabriella Quaresima, and Anna Brady.
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9:30 - 10:30 amEnglish Building, Suite 112
Need guidance while looking for campus data? Need help wrangling data for a project or to make decisions? Drop by to discuss data-related topics.
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12:00 - 1:00 pmEnterpriseWorks Atrium, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignResearch Park Friendsgiving is happening on Thursday, November 20th from 12:00pm-1:00pm.
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmGregory Hall, Room 225
The ICR Colloquium Series is an interdisciplinary forum that brings together faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students, and interested undergraduates to engage in dialogue around some of the most relevant and timely research in our field. Dr. Goncalves will be discussing reframing research for publication.
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1:00 - 2:00 pm
Ready to get started with Canvas? This workshop will walk you through the basics of Canvas so you can confidently navigate your course site, communicate with students, and manage essential tasks.
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm
Get 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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2:00 - 3:00 pmHybrid: IGB Room 612 or Zoom
Discover how to transform your research into a compelling story that communicates the significance of your work, connects with diverse audiences, and strengthens grant proposals and publications. Speakers from STEM and the Humanities will demonstrate approaches to crafting engaging, persuasive research narratives.
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3:00 - 4:30 pm
This workshop gives participants a grounded, practical understanding of generative AI. Through a series hands-on exercises participants will explore how these tools generate responses, where their limits show up, and how to use them creatively without overestimating their abilities.
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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Friday, November 21, 2025
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9:00 am - 12:00 pmMain Library Orange Room, or via Zoom
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12:00 - 1:00 pmEnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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12:00 - 1:30 pmEnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin us to celebrate Sheri Wilson's retirement after 11 years at Research Park on Friday, November 21 from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
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12:00 - 1:00 pmEnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, November 21 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup. Dr. James Allison will be presenting on "Systematic Methods for Navigating Coupled Decisions in Physical Engineering System Design".
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
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10:30 - 11:00 amKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
Join us for a Talk & Tour with Curator Maureen Warren. Gain insights about 100+ extraordinary prints—including artwork by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—on display as part of Imagination, Faith, and Design: Art and Agency in European Prints, 1475–1800 (on view through February 28).
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1:00 - 3:00 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
Join us for Artventures—an interactive afternoon designed for children (ages 5+) with their families and caregivers. Enjoy stories inspired by artworks on view, playful gallery exploration that connects the stories to the art, and artmaking led by guest artists.