Seminars of Interest
Monday, March 31, 2025
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
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"Protein dynamics: Connecting in vitro, in cell, and in vivo" by Caitlin Davis, Department of Chemistry, Yale University.
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A workshop that provides strategies that can help with test anxiety
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Please join students and faculty at the annual ChBE 121 Poster Session. This event will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. Students in small teams review and prepare a poster describing an Industrial Safety Incident. The posters include details such as an event timeline and immediate and long-term impacts.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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All are welcome to join our weekly 10-10:30 a.m. Tuesday gather in the atrium sessions. Please feel free to bring your own favorite beverage and enjoy the company!
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Looking to enhance your online course design? Join us for an engaging session where you'll discover how the Quality Matters (QM) rubric and resources can help you transform your online and hybrid courses. QM provides a rich set of tools and resources to guide you through improving online course quality and optimizing students' learning experiences.
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
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"The Magic of RNA: New Medicines, Immortality, and the Power to Control Evolution" Thomas R. Cech, PhD Nobel Laureate Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioFrontiers Institute University of Colorado Boulder I-Hotel and Conference Center Reception and book signing to follow.
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Emotional Baggage Claim: Unpacking Your Feelings
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Join us from 10:30-11 a.m. Thursday, April 2 in the Beckman Atrium to unwind with a visiting therapy dog! All are welcome to take a moment to destress, relax and recharge with the calming presence of a canine friend!
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Learn to evaluate innovative approaches to increasing diverse participation in cancer clinical trials through community engagement, analyzing implementation strategies that effectively bridge academic research and community participation, and demonstrating the measurable impact of community-engaged trials on reducing cancer care disparities.
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In an increasingly tense political landscape, book bans have become a topic of conversation nationwide. This talk discusses the history of book bans, why they happen, and what people can do to prevent them.
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Join 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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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
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MIC is a safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns and questions while evaluating your cannabis habits, and learning strategies for low-risk use.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.
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"Reflect on what you're learning" is a hopeful but difficult prompt for students and instructors. In this workshop, two scholars and instructors from the clinical-community psychology department will introduce a simple framework for engaging in reflection assignments and broader reflexive practice, playfully called “SpORE" (Specific Observation, Reaction, Expansion).
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"Biocluster" Dan Davidson, CNRG Director of CNRG and Research Computing
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
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Calvin Mackie, founder of STEM NOLA, will give a lecture titled, "Hope in the 21st Century." A kid-friendly reception will follow, as will a preview of the Beckman Institute Open House from 4-6 p.m
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RIO is a two-part program that teaches students techniques for recognizing and moving past situations that cause stress, frustration, and anxiety.
Friday, April 4, 2025
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The Beckman Institute Open House is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 4, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2025. It offers a fun, interactive look at the interdisciplinary research happening at the Beckman Institute. It happens at the same time as Engineering Open House each year.
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Hear “Questions Led the Way,” a new storybook about the Beckman Institute. Listeners will receive a free science notebook!
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Learn about the Fulbright U.S. Student Grant Program.
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This workshop is designed to assist students with questions about everyday social situations and make them feel more comfortable interacting with others to meet their needs.
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Hear “Questions Led the Way,” a new storybook about the Beckman Institute. Listeners will receive a free science notebook!
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The STC for Quantitative Cell Biology Seminar Series continues with Carolyn Larabell, University of California San Francisco and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will lecture on "Quantitative 3D Imaging of Whole Cells Using Soft X-ray Tomography"
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Train your own LLM and deploy it as a Teaching Assistant and link it with Canvas. Set it up as a trustworthy tutor that provides instruction, yet does not give away answers to homework problems. Have it assist you with literature review. This workshop will showcase the creation process of a custom LLM for classroom purposes with Illinois.chat.
Saturday, April 5, 2025
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The Beckman Institute Open House is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 4, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2025. It offers a fun, interactive look at the interdisciplinary research happening at the Beckman Institute. It happens at the same time as Engineering Open House each year.
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Hear “Questions Led the Way,” a new storybook about the Beckman Institute. Listeners will receive a free science notebook!
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Hear “Questions Led the Way,” a new storybook about the Beckman Institute. Listeners will receive a free science notebook!