Are you graduating this May? Join us for the Graduate College Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on Friday, May 12. The focus of the ceremony will be the formal hooding of doctoral graduates by their faculty advisers. Participants must have successfully deposited their dissertations by 5 p.m. (CT) on April 28. More details can be found on our event website.

The Illini-Alert emergency notification system will be tested at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday, March 7. Visit go.illinois.edu/illinialert for additional information and technical support. To receive prompt emergency notifications, add or update your cellphone numbers and email addresses at emergency.illinois.edu.

March 10 is the last day to drop a semester course online via Self-Service; and the last day to submit a form to add or drop a Part of Term A course with approval (a "W" is recorded). Students enrolled in non-standard part of term courses should refer to their graduate program for deadline information.

Have questions about registration deadlines or submitting a Late Registration form? Click here for an advising appointment!

The AACC is pleased to offer the Chinn Family Scholarship for $5000 to an outstanding UIUC student for 2023. We are seeking a UIUC student enrolled Spring 2023 and continuing in Fall 2023. May be undergraduate or graduate/professional student, domestic or international and majoring in special education, psychology, social work, counseling, human development and family studies, or related degrees. Application due March 22, 2023. See website for more details.

The New Frontiers Initiative is calling for applications for its New Frontiers Graduate Fellowships that will run August 2023 through July 2024. The fellowships provide doctoral students with a year of full-time research support, a $38,000 stipend, up to $12,000 in tuition allowance and an allocation of 50,000 hours on NCSA’s Delta computing system. The deadline for applications is March 6, 2023.

We want to support you throughout the thesis process, so we have created a Canvas workspace just for you! Our Thesis Workspace is broken into several modules that are designed to help you navigate the process of writing your thesis and learn more about available campus resources. We've included space for you to record your thoughts and created handouts to help you plan and prioritize. The thesis process can sometimes feel challenging or lonely, so this workspace has discussion boards where you can connect with a community of graduate students. Visit our website to learn more!

The Graduate College is accepting applications for its new Career Exploration Fellowship, which connects doctoral students with campus units for meaningful, mentored work experience. In Fall 2023, each Career Exploration Fellow will receive a paid hourly position at a host unit and a $5,000 Career Exploration Fellowship. This program aims to enable doctoral students to gain experience and build skills that align with a wide range of career aspirations. Applications are due March 29. Learn more at https://grad.illinois.edu/career-exploration-fellowship.

Don't miss out on the Graduate Career Consortium PhD & Master's Virtual Career Expo! Interact in live chat sessions with a range of employers specifically seeking advanced degree candidates from all disciplines for full-time, internship, fellowship and postdoc opportunities. Register and check out the full list of participating organizations on the Virtual Career Expo event website.

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. Join us for an interactive session with Mike Firmand, Associate Director for Career & Professional Development, to learn more about identifying your core value for your career.

Please join us Thursday, March 9 for the next Writing from the Intersections research cluster event with Christina Carney at 3:30pm in Room 242 at the School of Information Sciences Building and on Zoom (Zoom link). Writing from the Intersections is a Humanities Research Center research cluster with the goal to provide space for faculty and students to explore intersectionality as an intellectual focus in reading and writing.

This session introduces the podcasting equipment and technology available to our campus community from the libraries. In addition to familiarizing ourselves with the equipment for recording, we will cover some beginning recording and audio editing techniques, particularly within the software Audacity.

It's a busy week for the Savvy Researcher! Join us to learn: Using Multimedia in Your Research, How to Use Adobe InDesign, Drowning in Citations and PDFs? EndNote Can Help!, Advanced Search Strategies, Creating Citations with Zotero, Fine-tuning Your Research with Scopus!, Basics of Audacity for Research, and Designing Infographics on the Web. Don’t forget to check out the Library’s main calendar for more events!  

Are you preparing for an upcoming conference? Need to design a poster for your class? This workshop will give you tools for communicating your research for academic conferences and professional meetings in a concise and visually effective poster presentation. Several sessions left this semester!

The Image of Research — UR Edition is a multidisciplinary competition celebrating the diversity and breadth of undergraduate student research. “Research” is defined broadly to include creative and scholarly work in all fields. Encourage your students to attend this workshop where we will share competition details and get tips and tricks for visualizing your research. Two sessions this week: 3/7 at 4pm and 3/9 at 12pm

MAXQDA is a software for conducting qualitative and mixed methods analysis. Within an MAXQDA file, you can upload and analyze text, multimedia, or survey data in a way that helps you answer your research question. In this workshop, we will work towards an understanding of MAXQDA capabilities and explore how this tool can be used in your research plan. This workshop does not assume any previous knowledge of MAXQDA or any other qualitative data analysis software.

CITL’s Exam Scoring Services has moved to 151A Armory Building, on the north side of the building next to the Einstein Bros. Bagel kiosk. Stop by to pick up your Scantron exams or have them processed. We’re open from 8:30 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday except during the noon hour (12 pm to 1 pm).

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 is an online event and will be held through Zoom. It is open to current University of Illinois affiliates (students, faculty, and staff). Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59pm CT on March 7, and we will send an email with a Zoom meeting invitation on the morning of the event.

The Writers Workshop will present strategies for revising your writing at the paragraph and sentence levels. This event will be held through Zoom. It is open to current University of Illinois affiliates (students, faculty, and staff). Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59pm CT on March 6, and we will send an email with the Zoom meeting invitation on the morning of the event.

Join the Writers Workshop for our Spring Break Mini Writing Retreat! March 13-16, we'll host productivity groups, in-person and online, from 9am-12pm. Please note that you only need to register once to attend any or all of these dates. Ideal for graduate students seeking to create a writing routine, make progress and meet deadlines on long-term writing projects, or jump-start a new writing project. All writing groups consist of a short goal-setting conversation, quiet writing time, and a concluding reflection and wrap-up.

Join NCSA Graduate Student Researcher Priyam Mazumdar for an online training session March 8 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 demonstrate how to use basic pretrained PyTorch models and introduce how to get started using models from the Hugging Face ecosystem. Sign up!

REEEC and the SRS invite all interested researchers to participate in the New Views on Sovereignty in Eurasia workshop on June 19th-20th, 2023. This workshop is a part of this year’s REEES-centered Summer Research Laboratory (SRL), with the priority deadline for applications being March 10th. For more information, please visit REEEC's website. 

REEEC and the SRS invite all interested researchers to participate in the Language Learning and Language Competencies for Field Research in Eurasian Studies workshop on June 15th-16th, 2023. This workshop is a part of this year’s REEES-centered Summer Research Laboratory (SRL), with the priority deadline for applications being March 10th. For more information, please visit REEEC's website. 

The University of Illinois is transitioning from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams starting May 17. Faculty and staff that wish to order Teams compatible equipment can see it at the Hardware Showcase on Wednesday, March 8 from 11 am - 2 pm in DCL L410. 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL. Departments are urged to place equipment orders immediately. 

Office hours function like group advising, so bring your questions about the Fulbright application process, selection criteria, and award opportunities to receive answers in real time - or simply join to listen to the conversation. Office hours are not recorded but are held weekly.

The Painkillers Blues Band has provided the blues for Central Illinois audiences for more than 20 years. They play a mix of Chicago blues, Southern blues, and swing blues, with both traditional and original songs. Some of the major blues influences on the band come from Koko Taylor, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Etta James, Charlie Musselwhite, T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, and the Doors.

"Memphis Jookin’ the Show Powered by Nike" is a metaphor for the evolution and history of Memphis Jookin’ told through the lives of fictional characters. A young aspiring film maker, JJ, is front and center for the ups-and-downs of the burgeoning international dance movement known as Memphis Jookin'. Through the lens of JJ’s camera, we witness the community of Memphis Jookin’ through their joys, battles, struggles, and successes.

Join us celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) featuring IWD artwork, which highlights women’s achievements, experiences and resilience around the world! Top awards to winners will be announced during the event. Dinner is provided. 

This documentary film sheds light on the people and politics that influenced the signing of the infamous Executive Order 9066 which authorized the mass incarceration of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans, and exposes the lies used to justify the decision and the cover-up that went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. In today’s unsettling climate of fear, "fake news" and targeting of immigrant and religious communities this story is a cautionary tale about democracy in the US and the dire consequences of allowing politics and misguided rhetoric drive decisions about public policy.

"Tell me about what you do." The dreaded, sometimes difficult question. Whether you're preparing for a job interview, a conference, or an internship, this workshop will teach you how to develop a clear, compelling elevator pitch for any scenario. Learn how to build a persuasive case for you! This workshop is open to any member of the university community. Please register using the link above.

UIUC faculty and researchers are invited to a showcase of cutting-edge research and services offered by NCSA and discover the exciting, new campus investment in research computing. Engage with NCSA’s distinguished researchers and affiliates, explore potential collaborations and share your research interests and needs. Complimentary lunch and hors d’oeuvres will be served. RSVP by April 5!

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) can be a complicated system, and speaking with a first responder or 911 dispatcher can be nerve-wracking, especially during an emergency. Learn about how EMS works, and how to advocate for yourself and your loved ones when interacting with 911 dispatchers and first responders during an emergency.

Join us for the next installment of the Meet the National Libraries series to learn about the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Dr. Maia Simonishvili (Leading Specialist of the PR & Cultural Programs Division) will present on “New Projects of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.” For more information and to register, please visit this form.. 

Please join us for the University Archives' monthly Women in Science Lecture Series, March 9th from 12 -1 pm. Dr. Heidi Imker, Director of Research Data Service and Associate Professor at the University Library, will discuss research as a modus operandi. This is a hybrid event and will take place in the University Archives, Main Library 146 or you can register for the zoom link https://go.illinois.edu/WomeninScienceMar2023

UIUC - OMU Symposium 2023 "Transnational Translations and Adaptations in Asia" *This is a hybrid event. Illinois participants are encouraged to attend in person. Panelists: Yangyang Liu (UIUC), Izumi Nagai, PhD (OMU); Hisatsugu Kusabu, PhD (OMU); Honoka Inomoto (OMU); Sarah Herendeen (UIUC); Hanyun Zeng (UIUC); Yu Ishikawa, PhD (OMU)

Please join us for the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) speaker series Episode 4: IACUC. Dr. Ryan Dilger, professor of animal sciences and IACUC chair and director, will speak on the topic of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and the regulatory requirements of animal research.

Richard Graves, Director of the Center for Sustainable Building Research at the University of Minnesota, will discuss the importance of embodied carbon. As the new buildings and major renovations we design become more and more efficient for energy and carbon emissions, the importance of the energy and carbon emissions associated with the materials (embodied carbon) to create buildings increases.

Known for his analytical work with election data at the “Big Board,” Steve Kornacki is an NBC News and MSNBC national political correspondent and an NBC Sports contributor. He will talk politics and sports in a Q&A with Colleen King, Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media director and clinical assistant professor of journalism. Join us at the Knight Auditorium in Spurlock Museum, or register to join via Zoom.