August and December 2023 doctoral graduates are invited to participate in the Graduate College Doctoral Hooding Ceremony! The event will take place on Saturday, December 9 in the Foellinger Great Hall at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts. More details including how to order rental regalia and the link to register to participate in the ceremony can be found on our event website.

October 29 is the last day to apply to graduate in December via Self-Service. Please contact your graduate program to make sure you have been added to the pending degree list if you intend to graduate.

October 27 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.

Learn about sleep hygiene and why it’s important, as well as tips for healthy sleep habits. This is an online workshop. In order to receive the zoom link the afternoon of the event, please register! 

Join us during Domestic Violence Awareness Month to learn more about common dating terms and slang used in the US and behaviors of healthy/unhealthy relationships. Dinner is provided 

Take a break, relax and refresh with a Yoga and Meditation session at the Illini Union Room 406 hosted by SKY Meditation at UIUC every Friday 6 pm - 7 pm. We do light yoga, breathwork and a short guided meditation to revitalize the body-mind complex, have fun interactions and make new friends! 

Sandia offers paid summer research experiences for master's and PhD students in STEM. Dedicated to enhancing US national security, Sandia supports research in multiple fields, ranging from life/physical sciences to microelectronics and information systems. Sandia works with academic and business leadership to support research that translates into invention, innovation, entrepreneurship, economic opportunity, and public benefit. Open only to US citizens. Fellowships provide stipend plus travel expenses. Find details and application guidelines here.

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 the humanities and social sciences, you will learn how to identify funding opportunities, strategize the components of an effective proposal, and think like a grantwriter. Register in advance for this online workshop!

The Doctoral Research Support Program is collaborating with the Office of External Fellowships at the Graduate College to host this information session. The Office of External Fellowships helps University of Illinois graduate students compete for external grants and fellowships. Our guest speaker is Dr. Dana N. Johnson (Assistant Director of External Fellowships). This information session is open to all doctoral students. 

The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States. It supports outstanding PhD students from U.S institutions who wish to conduct part of their doctoral research in France for a period ranging from 4 to 9 months. Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition, with expert evaluation in France and in the United States. Applications are due by January 19, 2024.

The Title Page! In years of reviewing theses, we've noticed that the title page is where mistakes often slip in. Download a title page template and view our examples on the Graduate College website. We'll even do a pre-check of your title page if you submit it through the title page submission system. This can save a lot of time as you prepare to deposit your thesis.

Do you have questions about copyright and your thesis? Check out the online resources developed by Copyright Librarian Sara Benson. In addition to copyright reference guides, she's also developed the videos "Four Copyright Tips for Graduate Students" and "Fair Use." You might also check out our blog, Grad School 101: Copyright and Your Thesis, to read answers to frequently asked questions.

This seminar elaborates on teaching practices useful for facilitating students’ engagement in collaborative problem-solving activities. We will also introduce assessment tools for evaluating students’ performance and learning during human-centered design challenges.

Join us this week for Writing Effective Personal Statements (10/25, 3-4pm) and Writing with Style: Revising Paragraphs and Sentences (10/26, 4-5pm). Check out our calendar to learn more and register in advance!

Create the "write" habit! Our hybrid writing group provides graduate students with dedicated time to make progress on thesis or dissertation writing in a supportive atmosphere. Each meeting consists of a short goal-setting conversation, quiet writing time, and a concluding reflection and wrap-up. Use this time to create or return to a writing routine, make progress and meet deadlines on long-term projects, or jump-start a new writing project. You only need to register once with your U of I email to receive weekly email reminders all semester!

A manuscript should be evaluated by reviewers based on its quality and scientific merit. However, peer review has been pointed out in literature as a biased system comprised of biased people. This workshop will discuss types of bias in the peer review process such as gender, race, nationality, prestige, and reputation of authors, and share some recommendations to deal with reviewers and their biases.

NCSA will host a Distributed Deep Learning (DL) workshop offered by NVIDIA in two sessions of 4h. Participants will learn how to train models with data-parallel parallel approaches in multiple GPUs with hands-on exercises. Access to GPUs will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis for up to 50 attendees. Register by 10/30 and find more info with the link in the title.

NCSA is dedicated to advancing AI's transformative potential and in collaboration with the Delta Project will present a training program offering basic to advanced AI topics. No prior AI or supercomputing knowledge is necessary. Sessions conducted by experts include free access to Delta. Certificates will be offered to participants. Register for the series with the link in the title.

Adobe InDesign is a layout and design software program that allows you to create print and digital media. It is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, which is available to all UIUC students for free! This workshop is designed for those with little to no experience with InDesign to help you learn the basics of using this document design program. During the workshop, we will create a sample flyer. You will gain experience navigating the features and there will be time to explore.

The Small Press Fest! is a biannual celebration of small press publications and DIY artists in Champaign-Urbana, IL and surrounding areas. Our goal is to create a welcoming space for authors and creators to share their work and expertise, and to empower others to embrace their creativity.

Come join us to become Learners of Indigenous Languages of Illinois (LILI)! We are studying two languages which trace their origins to this area, Miami-Peoria and Potawatomi. Visit our website above for more info and reach out to us at the link below with questions. Hope to see you there! 

As a participant in Exercise is Medicine On Campus (EIM-OC), which calls upon universities to promote physical activity, the University of Illinois has entered the Mascot Challenge. Universities were tasked with creating a video exemplifying the theme "Together We Move." Watch Campus Rex and Buddy learn about the importance of being active! To vote, like Illinois' video on YouTube.

Join us for an informal coffee hour with fellow graduate students. Free coffee, breakfast and pastries will be provided. Work, network or socialize! We will also have destressing activities and information on mental health resources available. How you use this space is up to you! Please RSVP at the title link. 

The International and Area Studies Library invites you to our "Global and Area Studies Meet and Greet" event. Join us to socialize with faculty, staff, and students working in the field. The event will feature international food and fun activities. RSVP here: https://go.library.illinois.edu/GlobalandAreaStudiesMeetandGreet

The Student Success Champion exemplifies the mission of Student Success @ Illinois by honoring an individual/team for extraordinary contributions to student success. Submit nominations through November 15th. You do not need to be nominated to be eligible. Individual and Team Applications are due December 1st. Awardees will be recognized at the Student Success Symposium on February 8, 2024.

There is a great deal of outstanding work conducted across campus to foster student success and we want to hear about it.  Review the proposal submission guidelines to present at the 3rd Annual Student Success Symposium on February 8, 2024.  The priority deadline for submitting your program proposal is November 15, 2023.

Register now for the 3rd Annual Student Success Symposium on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at the Illini Union to participate in the ongoing discussion about what our campus is doing and will do to bolster retention and graduation rates, close equity gaps and enhance the Illinois Experience. Deadline to register is February 1, 2024

F&S is teaming up with the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Technical Assistance Program to conduct an audit of the campus waste and recycling streams between Oct. 23-27. Graduate students interested in assisting ISTC researchers with waste sorting are encouraged to sign up for one or more 2-hour shifts.

Join the College of Media for a tour of the recently renovated Richmond Studio broadcast television instructional facility, featuring the brand-new Richard and Leslie Frank Newsroom; remarks by Provost John Coleman, Dean Tracy Sulkin, and Richard and Leslie Frank; a ribbon-cutting ceremony; and cake. Learn more about the renovation.

Kick off the 2023 Champaign-Urbana Jazz Festival at Krannert Center with the Crystal Rebone Quartet!

The Chongyang Festival (重阳节), is an annual lunar festival to honor the elderly in Chinese culture, which falls on Oct. 23 this year. Join us to learn about the festival and craft heartfelt cards or other sentimental tokens for your grandparents or other important elder figures in your lives to express your gratitude. All materials and special snacks are provided 

A screening of Fariyad-e Nim-e Shab / Cry of Midnight will be held on Thursday, Oct. 26. The 1961 film was directed by Samuel Khachikian, who was described as the "Iranian Hitchcock," and was known for his strong female characters and the use of crime cinema motifs. In this film, a young man becomes entangled with a criminal gang but eventually finds his way back to the innocent girl that he's in love with.

A thesis larger than a library, a quarter folded in fourths, ice cream melted onto novels, miniature paper models, popped balloons, and moldy books of cheese. Ben Denzer shares the playful process of his practice during the Small Press Fest keynote lecture. Ben is an artist, designer, and publisher who has taught courses at SVA, Parsons, RISD, and Center for Book Arts and has been an artist-in-residence at Mount Auburn Cemetery and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

The Transportation Talk Series will feature a presentation from Doug Lavey, a Transportation Regulatory Associate at DLA Piper. Doug will provide an introduction to the regulatory process as well as a “tool kit” for engineers to work effectively with lawyers and regulators to support the success of your civil engineering projects. Please register and join us for the talk

The desiccation of Lake Urmia, a human-caused crisis in northwestern Iran, is going to affect the ecology of Iran,  Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkiye, and Iraq.

Brian Williams, former anchor of MSNBC's The 11th Hour with Brian Williams and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, will be on campus to discuss the evolution of broadcast news in America. The conversation will be led by Colleen King, director of the Frank Center and clinical assistant professor of journalism, who worked as executive producer of The 11th Hour. Join us in person or via Zoom.

The Roger Ebert Lecture, "Provenance, Fakes, and Feuds: Building Expertise around Transnational Genre in 1960s Iran," will be presented by Kaveh Askari, an associate professor and director of film studies at Michigan State University. Askari’s research and teaching focus on cinema and media history in a global context. Special areas of interest include art cinema, media circulation, film and the other arts, and cinemas of the Middle East. Join in person or via Zoom.

Paul Christensen from Rose-Hulman in Terre Haute, IN will be speaking on the topic "Symptomatic Trauma: Japan, Drug Addiction, and the Limits of Treatment".   

School of Music alumna, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Sheila Johnson (BME ’70) recently published her memoir Walk Through Fire. The College of Fine and Applied Arts invites you to join us in welcoming Ms. Johnson back to campus on October 25 at 3pm at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center for an exclusive fireside chat to discuss her book and more. Following the discussion there will be an opportunity for you to meet the author and have your book signed by Ms. Johnson from 4–5pm. 

In this interactive lecture Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs (award-winning writer, independent scholar and activist) looks at the connections between marine mammal adaptation and the legacies of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans. This is a space for anyone breathing between worlds.

The Democracy Summit is a week-long opportunity to explore civic ideas, that transform our perspectives on individual and collective responsibilities for a sustainable, just, and equitable society. 

The Small Press Fest! is a celebration of small press publications and DIY artists in Champaign-Urbana, IL and surrounding areas. Explore a curated selection of zines from private and public regional collections at the Art Coop exhibit, and then peruse and purchase the work of over 40 vendors at the expo. We'll also have some live printing, and the first 100 people can walk away with some Small Press Fest memorabilia.

In celebration of International Game Week, join us for the 2023 IDEA Lab Game Night on November 7th at 4:30pm in the Grainger Library. From 4:30 – 5:30pm, there will be a speaker panel featuring Dan Cermak, Illinois Game Studies Coordinator as well as the VR Club at UIUC, Illini ESports, Illini Metagamers, and ACM GameBuilders at UIUC. From 5:30 – 9pm, there will be Open Game time where you can learn about each student club and join a fun game session.

Women@NCSA invites you to an exciting discussion about menopause featuring esteemed guest speaker Dr. Beverly London, a gynecologist at Carle Health, on Wednesday, October 25 from 2-3 p.m. on Zoom. With this event, we aim to change the conversation around menopause so women can get the information, support and healthcare they need and feel empowered to take control of their health and share their experiences. More info and Zoom link found here!

Native American Heritage Month programming begins on October 31st! To view the full schedule, please visit this link. Native American House-led programming in November will center on Honoring the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Native Student Higher Education Communities. Sovereignty is "the inherent right of tribal nations to direct their futures and engage the world in ways that are meaningful to them. Self-determination is the engagement of sovereignty; put another way, self-determination is the operationalization of sovereignty" (Brayboy, Fann, Castagno, & Solyom, 2012, p. 17).  

All health sciences and Innovation faculty, staff, and students are invited to a presentation and panel discussion with NCSA research scientists and engineers. Presenters from several NCSA programs will share examples of capabilities relevant to the healthcare domain and explain how Illinois researchers can engage with NCSA to help advance their research.

Jonathan Larson’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT follows a year in the lives of young artists seeking connections, navigating political instability, mourning losses, and facing the relentless toll of the AIDS virus. Full of song, sex, and celebration, RENT re-envisions Puccini’s classic opera La Bohéme for the zeitgeist of a Gen X world. RENT opens the door for a look back, as we continue to move forward.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale and acclaimed directed Peter Sellars have once again created a stirring, searing, and thoroughly contemporary work from an ancient source. Musikalische Exequien by Heinrich Schütz, the most formidable German composer prior to J. S. Bach, is a musical response to the plagues of his time. It was the first German requiem, and the writing for solo voices is often florid in the Italian Baroque manner, while the choral sections build upon the German chorale tradition.

Please join us for our Food for Thought on October 23rd as two CAS Associates, Anne Sickles and Deke Weaver, lead these two discussions. 11:00am, Anne Sickles, The Quark Gluon Plasma: Looking Inside the Hottest Matter in the Universe; Noon, Deke Weaver, The Unreliable Bestiary and CETACEAN. 

Join us for the feature film, A Tale of Two Labs, produced by NCPRE in collaboration with the HHMI, directed by NCPRE’s Michael Dunne, and shot on location in part at the IGB. The film is the centerpiece of the first module of the HHMI-Illinois Labs That Work…For Everyone (LTW) leadership program to promote healthy lab environments. Special intro by Michael Dunne and IGB Director Gene Robinson!

The University of Illinois Counseling Center provides mental health counseling and well-being education for students. 

McKinley Health Center serves on-campus students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

If you or a student you know may need support with their basic needs or financial stressors, please reach out.