April 1 is the last day to change your curriculum for the current term. This includes adding or dropping a campus approved minor or concentration. Please check your student program information in Self-Service to verify your program information is listed correctly. Information on how to change your curriculum is available online. 

March 25 is the last day to add a Part of Term B course online via via Self-Service, or to drop a Part of Term B course for refund if reducing assessment range; and to submit a form to elect to audit a Part of Term B course. 

As we approach the last half of the semester, student stress levels tend to rise. The Counseling Center offers a variety of programs geared toward teaching students the skills they need to focus, control anxiety and stress, and foster resilience. Students do not need to be clients of the center to register. For more information, please visit the link in the headline.

Meet our UIPD officer and learn about personal safety strategies and how to prepare proactively. Practice a few self-defense moves to protect yourself. Co-sponsored by International Education and UIPD. This event is part of Global Engagement Lounge (GEL), paid for by the Student Cultural Programming Fee (SCPF).

If you are planning to deposit your thesis this semester, here are a few tips to get a head start! 1) Review our Deposit Checklist, which outlines the steps you need to take in order to deposit. 2) Doctoral students: complete your required surveys! 3) Make sure to add your name to the degree list through Self-Service (the deadline to do this is April 3!).

Feeling stressed, confused, or isolated about landing a job? You are not the only one! The Job Search Support Group is an opportunity for graduate students and postdocs to set goals, share experiences, ask questions, and bounce ideas off both peers and career advisors while keeping yourself on track with the job search process. Registration to the group is required and space is limited.

The Writers Workshop will review genre expectations for academic cover letters and provide examples from a range of disciplines. We will share strategies for drafting, strengthening, and tailoring your own cover letters. This event will be held through Zoom. Please register in advance.

Accomplish your writing goals by joining the Writers Workshop for sustained writing in the company of your colleagues from across the disciplines! Our writing group aims to provide community and accountability. Each session begins with a short conversation about goals and ends with a wrap-up of accomplishments. Our Spring semester writing groups are held every* Monday from 9 a.m. - noon CT (online) and every Friday from 1 - 4 p.m. CT (hybrid). Please visit our calendar to register in advance.

Want new insights on how to navigate databases, organize your research, and present your discoveries? Register for this week's Savvy Researcher Workshops: Fine-tuning Your Research with Scopus!, Introduction to Web of Science, Designing Infographics on the Web, Zotero Drop-In Hour, The Power of Presentation: Enhancing your Slides for Engagement, and Enhancing Your Research with Creative Commons. See our full calendar of workshops here.

Bring your children to East Asian Story Time, and enjoy a Kamishibai.  A popular form of street theater in the 1930s and post-war Japan, Kamishibai (紙芝居) or “paper play” is a set of illustrated boards or cards that tell a story. Can't make it in-person?  Register in advance to watch the program live on Zoom. Co-sponsored by The Urbana Free Library and the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois. You can attend in-person or by watching a live stream of the program on Zoom. Register in advance to receive a link to watch the program online.

Join the Music & Performing Arts Library for a virtual lunch hour demonstration featuring the Library’s Steinway Duo-Art reproducing piano and collection of piano rolls. Hear and see the piano in action and learn more about the instrument and roll collection. Registration required.

Join boatbuilder and researcher Douglas Brooks as he will speak specifically about the design and woodworking techniques of Japanese boats. He will also discuss the tools and supplies used and the relationships formed with traditional craftsmen who make them. Registration required, no walk-ins will be permitted. 

Join boatbuilder and researcher Douglas Brooks who will discuss his recent research, apprenticeships, and provide insight about the boat that students are building at the Siebel Center for Design. He will speak on apprenticeship culture and the history and development of river boats in Japan from historical to contemporary times. Registration required, no walk-ins will be permitted.

Learn about Japanese traditional wooden boatbuilding! Douglas Brooks, a boatbuilder, writer, and researcher from Vergennes, Vermont will be the featured speaker. His talk is entitled “Ways of Learning: An Apprentice Boatbuilder in Japan.” Reservations are required, no walk-ins will be permitted.

Join us for a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony! Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan, and is at the very heart of Japan House. Space is limited to 15 guests. Reservations are required, no walk-in's will be permitted. Masks still need to be worn for the duration of the event, minus the few moments of enjoying your sweet and tea.

The Speech Contest will be held virtually, organized by EALC and CEAPS. This event is open to all. Winners in each level will be awarded with a gift card and those who are currently taking or have taken KOR classes within a year will be eligible to compete in the Mid-West Korean Speech Contest on Sat, April 16, 2022. Register by Friday, March 25, 2022.

Join us Friday, March 25 at noon to hear Daniel Brisson, Professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work and Executive Director of the Center for Housing and Homelessness Research, present on "The Denver Basic Income Project (DBIP): Learning at the start of a guaranteed income project". Register & submit questions for Q&A following the presentation.

We invite you to join the inaugural Molecule Maker Lab Institute Symposium, which will feature three days of engaging sessions to share your research, expand your network, and build collaborations at the interface of chemistry and artificial intelligence. Dr. David Baker of the Institute for Protein Design will present the keynote talk. Lunch is provided, and registration is free.

The food systems approach recognizes that problems of food loss anywhere in a value chain may reflect failures and potential interventions elsewhere. Join this webinar to hear from three experts who will address the importance of food systems perspectives in policy to address postharvest losses, with special emphasis on South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Join HRI for a presentation and panel discussion entitled "Slavery's Counterlives" by Vincent Brown (History and African American Studies, Harvard University) and Cheryl Finley (Director of the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Art History, Spelman College) with Christopher Freeburg (English) responding.

Industry decarbonization & carbon capture were identified as high priority efforts to reduce climate change at the 2021 UN COP26. Renewable energy may help, but there are still sectors that remain hard to decarbonize such as distributed emissions from travel & flu gas emissions from steel and cement, & more. This talk will discuss direct air capture of CO2 from the atmosphere to curb emissions.