Can you get a general audience excited about your research in only 3 minutes? The Graduate College invites graduate students from all disciplines to hone their presentation skills and celebrate their work by participating in the 8th annual edition of Research Live! Learn more about how to enter the preliminary round and check out our brand new lineup of awards on our website.

The Main Library is proud to announce that it is the newest location for a Wesley Food Pantry! Located in the hallway leading to the Writers Workshop in the Orange Room, this food pantry has canned and dried goods that are available for any student. The Student Food Pantry is open the same hours as the Orange Room, and students do not need to provide any personal information or meet specific income levels to use this service.

The ability to craft an effective funding proposal can reap a lifetime of rewards. As a graduate student, now is the time to hone your grantwriting proficiency. In this workshop, designed for students in science, technology, engineering, and math, you will learn how to identify funding opportunities, strategize the components of an effective proposal, and think like a grant writer. Come with questions about this mysterious genre; leave with a template that you can adapt to become a competitive applicant for prestigious awards. Register here.

The Graduate College will host an information session on Fulbright-Hays fellowships on February 21. Register here. Fellowships help students conduct dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. Projects are allowable in Africa, E Asia, SE Asia & the Pacific Islands, S Asia, the Near East, Central & Eastern Europe & Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the US & its territories). The application deadline is March 27. All students considering applying should attend the information session. For details, visit the Fulbright-Hays listing in Fellowship Finder.

Many funding agencies require a personal statement in addition to an applicant’s research proposal. Why?! What on earth are you supposed to talk about? If these questions have induced writer’s block, this workshop is for you. We will assess the range of personal statement prompts you may encounter and distill their shared essence. Participants will learn the qualities of a compelling statement and practice writing techniques to arrive at a complete first draft. 

Applications are open for graduate fellowships and awards at the Beckman Institute. About 400 grad students conduct research at Beckman each semester, learning alongside world-renowned field leaders, contributing unique perspectives in an inclusive environment, and helping to make scientific advances that couldn't happen anywhere else. Apply by 5 p.m. (CST) Tuesday, Feb. 28. Visit our website to learn more.

Are you looking for a new way to organize your thesis notes or citations? Programs like Evernote will allow you to store your notes, photos, web clippings, and files in one place. Citation managers, like Mendeley and Zotero, can help organize your citations into bibliographies and store notes and PDFs. You can learn more about these resources on the Library’s website or at a Savvy Researcher workshop.

This workshop provides an opportunity to use Excel to perform basic data analysis, including wrangling, cleaning, and visualization. This is a hands-on workshop, so participants should expect to access Excel and follow along on their own devices. All are welcome, but those comfortable with data analytics tools and methods in general or Excel in particular may benefit from a more advanced workshop. No registration required.

Mediaspace is a YouTube-like service that allows grad students to post and share videos, and you can use it to promote your research, teaching, or outreach. This workshop will cover what you need to know to get started publishing with Mediaspace. No registration required.

Juggling graduate school, work, professional commitments, and personal life is a daunting task! This workshop will discuss strategies to help you best manage your time, prioritize tasks, set realistic goals, and avoid procrastination. No registration required.

Use Python to perform basic data analysis, including wrangling, cleaning, and visualization. In this hands-on workshop, participants will follow along in Python using a provided dataset on their own devices. All are welcome, but those comfortable with data analytics tools and methods in general or Python, in particular, may benefit from a more advanced workshop. No registration required.

Success and satisfaction in your career (during and beyond grad school) depends on making sure your work is aligned with what really matters to you. But how well do you know what that is? This interactive workshop will guide you through the process of identifying your core values and using them to calibrate your work so you feel fulfilled in the near- and long-term. No registration required.

Join a collaborative group that will help you figure out what matters to you and offer support as you explore new paths that align with your values, skills, and interests. The group will involve hands-on exercises and rich conversation designed to guide you in considering your next steps. Open to grad students and postdocs in any field whose work involves social scientific inquiry. Learn more and register.

The Library, as part of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, has extended and expanded an agreement with Wiley to waive article processing fees for open access articles published by U of I researchers, including those articles coauthored by grad student researchers. There are no fees, caps, limits, or hassle; authors keep rights to their own work under a Creative Commons license. This includes all hybrid and fully open access journals published by Wiley. Read more.

The International and Area Studies Library is hosting Research Conversation Hours on Wednesdays from 5-6pm over Zoom and Thursdays from 10-11am at Main Library 321. We invite undergraduate and graduate students to stop by for support with their research queries. An RSVP form (not required) is available here..

Join Postdoctoral Research Associate Avik Roy for an online training session Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. to help users to get started with deep learning projects on HAL, the hardware accelerated learning cluster at NCSA. This tutorial will focus on how traditional PINN architectures, along with physics-inspired regularizers, fail to retrieve the intended solution when training data is noisy. Sign up!

Interested in learning more about NVivo, a tool for analyzing qualitative and mixed-methods data? In this introductory workshop, we'll discuss how to get started with NVivo including adding data, coding, and viewing coding data to facilitate your analysis. Attend online or in Library 314. Register to get the Zoom link.

The DRSP Team and the Writers Workshop are hosting Writing in the Disciplines, an online series that connects doctoral students with faculty, journal editors, and publishers to discuss writing styles and skills in specific disciplines. It complements existing services offered by the Writers Workshop as well as resources at the departmental level. These events are open to all current doctoral students. Please complete the form to register for the workshop. We will contact you with Zoom information in advance. We look forward to working with you! 

The Writers Workshop will review genre expectations for personal statements and provide examples from a range of disciplines. We will share strategies for drafting and tailoring your statement to each program. This event will be held through Zoom. Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59pm CT on February 20, and we will send an email with the Zoom meeting invitation on the morning of the event.

Learn more about the literature review's purpose and gain tips for writing an effective one, either as a stand-alone piece or part of a larger project. Graduate writers from any discipline are welcome. This event is sponsored by the Writers Workshop and Doctoral Research Support Program. ***This is an online event and will be held through Zoom. Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59pm CT on February 22, and a confirmation email with the Zoom meeting invitation will be sent upon registration.

Technology Services is excited to offer virtual office hours on Friday, February 24 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm to answer more of your Teams questions. We want you to be empowered as the University of Illinois transitions from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams as the school’s primary communication tool starting May 17. Stop in with your questions. Registration is not required.

Help us understand how you conduct research and how we can assist you better. Fill out this short survey.

The Village of Savoy wants to hear about the needs of students living in our community! By completing the Student Needs Survey, you will help us determine the demographics of the college, graduate, and vocational student population living in Savoy and how we can help you succeed. You will be entered to win a $50 gift certificate. 

The Moms Association invites you to submit nominations, limited to women of current or past affiliation with the University of Illinois who, through example and/or service, have used their talents to enrich the lives of others. This is an opportunity to congratulate a talented woman in your department or bring the achievements of one of your graduates to the attention of a wide and varied audience. 

Earn graduate credit as you learn about Incorporation, Funding, Contracts, and IP (TE 450), Technology Innovation and Strategy (TE 565), Venture-Funded Startups (TE 567), and more. TE courses and certificates are available to grad students in any college or major! Most Master of Engineering (MEng) grad students have the option to pursue the Graduate Concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation – concentration application deadline is March 1! 

Please join us on March 1st or March 30th from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. CST in the ACES Library (Morgan Room) to learn about the Illnois Professional Science Master's Program. We'll discuss fall 2023 admissions, programs of study, and internship and employment opportunities. Current PSM students will also be in attendance to answer your questions. Light refreshments will be served. If you can't attend, please email us at psmdegree@illinois.edu to set up a time to meet. 

Consider studying a language with the Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim world (SILMW) this Summer Session 2! SILMW is a program offered by the Less Commonly Taught Languages Program at the University of Illinois since 2008. SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the languages and cultures of the Muslim World while interacting with experts on the region. In addition to classroom instruction, SILMW offers a variety of extra-curricular learning activities, additional channels for language contact, and exposure to the traditions of the communities of the Muslim World.

Come listen to a bilingual story in Japanese and English! This month's theme is featuring the story, "How the Years were Named (Kamishibai)." Have you ever wondered how the Lunar Calendar came to be? Why the animals are in a certain order? Then join us as we celebrate the Year of the Rabbit and recount the origin story of the Lunar Calendar and Lunar New Year! This tale recounts the epic race for the order of the Lunar Calendar. Join us to find out the Lunar New Year jūnban (order)!

Students who are undocumented, DACA, or TPS experience unique challenges in higher education. Join University staff, administration, and faculty to learn to better support undocumented students at the University of Illinois. This training is an opportunity to hear from undocumented students and join a network of campus allies. Space is limited. Register to attend at go.illinois.edu/UndocuAlly.

Carnaval! is a party celebrating the end of the holiday season before the introspection of Lent begins, culminating in Mardi Gras, French for “Fat Tuesday.” Lyric Theatre @ Illinois will celebrate with music and dance from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal—from operatic favorites to cabaret, musical theatre, salsa, tango, and more. Accompanied by the beauty of the Lyric Theatre Orchestra, the Latin Jazz Ensemble led by Tito Carrillo, and the Guitar Ensemble led by Guido Sanchez-Portugez, in Foellinger Great Hall, the company of Lyric Theatre @ Illinois will dazzle, delight, and entrance.

Jay “The Sport” Jackson dreams of being the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. But it’s 1905, and in the racially segregated world of boxing, his chances are as good as knocked out. When a crooked boxing promoter hatches a plan for “the fight of the century,” “The Sport” just might land a place in the ring with the reigning white heavyweight champion. Based loosely on true events in the life of the first African-American heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, this play asks, “How different are things in the present?”

The Queen’s Cartoonists (TQC) perform music from cartoons! Pulling from over 100 years of animation, TQC’s performances are perfectly synchronized to the films projected on stage. The band matches the energy of the cartoons, leading audience members through a world of virtuosic musicianship, multi-instrumental mayhem, and comedy.

10-year-old Jabari loves to paint. And through these paintings, he escapes the turbulent world around him and the reality of a friend hurt by police violence. In his dreams, he meets children and young people from the Civil Rights Era, including Ruby Bridges, Claudette Colvin, and others, who teach him how to be fearless. He also meets his hero, Barack Obama, as a 7-year-old boy on the eve of the assassination of MLK, Jr. Using rap, freedom songs, hip hop dance, history, and humor, this play explores what it means to have courage in a world where Black children, Black boys, are not safe.

The Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, based in the medieval city of Lviv, was officially established on September 27, 1902. The Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine has toured extensively around the world, to countries including Poland, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and The People’s Republic of China.

3rd year MFA Candidate, Ty Lewis’ evening-length, contemporary dance work, Embodied Chronicles investigates the body spatially and energetically, by rhythmically drawing on her rich and visceral embodied memories in relationship to her family, the southern black church, girl groups, drill team, and her professional dance training. The 11 performers will activate the space on the spectrum of chaos and calm, by intermingling, contaminating, and settling next to one another.

Unlike most Asian cultures, Mongolians celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year (or Tsagaan Sar) following the Mongolian lunisolar calendar. Join us at the AACC to learn more about this celebration by indulging in traditional cuisine like buuz, aaruul, and uul bov while learning about its origins and significance. Funded by Student Cultural Programming Fee (SCPF). 

The 2023 UIUC Women's and Gender History Symposium will take place on March 3rd and 4th. The conference will begin each day at 11 AM, and conclude at 4:30 PM, followed by a reception and informal meet-and-greet with our keynote speakers. We have the honor of presenting Dr. Toby Beauchamp (Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at UIUC) and Dr. Clare Sears (Professor of Sociology and Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University). The conference will be a hybrid format, in Levis Center 210 at UIUC and on Zoom. The Zoom registration link is available here.

The Grainger College of Engineering Office of Safety invites you to a webinar on the science of chemical-resistant glove selection. Learn the principles of chemical protection, the best practices, and available resources to help researchers find the right glove for the task. Please register here.

Are you a student employee interested in receiving workplace accommodations for a disability, pregnancy/parenting, or religious reason? Join the Accessibility & Accommodations Division for a virtual workshop on 2-22 at 9 am & 2-23 at11:30 am that will provide key information about the process and answers to FAQ's. Employees will also be able to submit questions ahead of time. This is an approved university-sponsored event. Register today!

Join the Grainger IDEA Lab and MakerGirl for a free “Future Makers 2 Hour MakerGirl Session" on Saturday, March 4th, 2023 in the Grainger Engineering Library from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Session outline: Age range: 7-10; Introduction to 3D printing; Introduction to computer-aided design; Learn about famous women in STEM; See 3D printing in action. All families are welcome to register now. 

On Thursday March 2, Illinois faces Michigan, and "Fighting Illini, Fighting Waste" will hold its second zero waste game of the basketball season. The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment and Facilities & Services are seeking 100 student volunteers to help fans recycle cans and bottles during and after the game. Volunteers will receive a "Be Orange, Go Green" t-shirt. Entrance into State Farm Center is provided, no ticket needed! Sign up to volunteer here! 

The 2023 Illinois Stalking Prevention and Response Summit invites proposals for live sessions to be held on April 2, 2023. The theme of the 2023 Summit is "Take Back Control: Educate, Prevent, Support." Proposals are enthusiastically welcomed from everyone with an interest in ending stalking and improving support for survivors of stalking, including from students. For more information on theme, topics, session types, and guidelines or to submit a proposal, visit: go.illinois.edu/stalkingsummit. The deadline for proposal submissions is this Friday, February 24, 2023 at 11:59pm CST. 

It is with immense gratitude that we welcome this artist, poet, editor, theorist, activist, and aspirational cousin to all sentient beings! Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs is the author of "Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity," "M Archive: After the End of the World," "Dub: Finding Ceremony," and "Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals." As stated on her website, Dr. Gumbs's "work has inspired artists across form to create dance works, installation work, paintings, processionals, divination practices, operas, quilts and more."

Conversation Cafe + Friday Forum with Rabbi Allyson Zacharoff, New York University. Conversation Cafe is part of the Student Affairs Lunch on Us series and is paid for, in part, by the Student Cultural Programming Fee (SCPF).

Social upheavals in twentieth-century China since the late Qing dynasty have profoundly impacted both individuals and society and left traumatic marks on collective memory. Chen Kaige’s Film Farewell My Concubine is one of the few movies that incisively recalls and reflects these memories in public. This talk focuses on the film’s use of visual language in representing public space during various social movements to analyze the site of collective memory.

Join Jama Jack, a feminist activist, as she shares her knowledge and experiences of feminist collective action in The Gambia. She will highlight key examples of movement building from historical movements for women's empowerment to more contemporary feminist movements led by young feminist organizers that are working on a range of issues geared towards the liberation of women, girls and other marginalized groups.