Graduate and professional students, including online students, are invited to enter the 2024 Image of Research competition! Submit a photo related to your research, scholarship, or creative work, and a short (100-200 word) narrative to communicate the connection between your image and your research. Images can represent your work either concretely or abstractly. Awards are given for first ($500), second ($300), and third place ($200) as well as people’s choice ($100). If you're looking for inspiration, view the 2023 exhibition winners. See more details here!

Congratulations to our graduates! To recognize this achievement, the Graduate College will host a Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on Saturday, December 9 at 10 a.m. in the Foellinger Great Hall at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Join us in celebrating by watching the livestream of the event at https://go.illinois.edu/hooding-live.

The Illini-Alert emergency notification system will be tested at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5. 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.

"Transnational Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic" is an exciting new opportunity that brings together experts and peers from 3 universities (University of Pretoria, South Africa; Federal University Pelotas, Brazil; and UIUC) for a 14-week graduate-level seminar. Graduate students from all disciplines are encouraged to apply for one of 20 seats in this interactive hybrid opportunity. 

December 7 is the last day to add/drop (with a "W") a Semester or Part of Term B course (Late Registration form in the Graduate College Student Portal). Dec. 7 is also the last day to withdraw from ALL semester courses with "W's" (Withdrawal/Cancellation Form + dept approval required; ISSS approval required for international students). All forms due to Graduate College by 5pm Reading Day, Dec. 7. Students in non-standard part of term courses should refer to their graduate program for info. Questions about deadlines or submitting a LRC or Withdrawal form? Click here for an advising appointment!

Friday, December 8 at 5 p.m. is the last day to complete a master's thesis deposit for December 2023 graduation. All corrections and required deposit materials must be received by the Graduate College no later than 5 p.m. on the day of the deposit deadline, the Thesis Office strongly encourages students to submit the thesis for review several days before the deadline. For further information about the deposit process, visit the Thesis Office website.

Come by the Grad College for a break and a snack from 1-2:30 pm on Reading Day and through Finals Week. Thursday, December 7 - bring your ICard to pick up a wellness pack from McKinley! Monday, December 11 - pet Kirby from 1-2 pm! Tuesday, December 12 - info and sway from the Counseling Center! Friday, December 15 - pet Rosie from 1-2 pm!

RECHARGE: Rest, Enjoy Conversation and Have A Really Great Experience! IE has new space in room 222 of the University Y, and we want to meet you there! Drop in anytime for tea, snacks and a nice cozy place to relax in between classes or to meet up with a few friends! Also want to hear from you how to make the space even better! Hope to see you there!

Come and join the Asian & Asian American Grad Network for our end-of-year event! As the semester comes to a close, take a breather with us on Monday, December 4th, from 3-5pm. The lounge will be open to provide a perfect spot to relax, study, and connect with other grad students. See you there! 

Stop by one of the Counseling Center tabling events for a Finish Strong care package so you can start off Finals Week right! (*) - Denotes the events Louis plans on attending!  Monday, December 4, 12-2 p.m. | ISR Garden Level - Green St. Entrance --- Tuesday, December 5, 12-2 p.m. | Illini Union (Southeast Vestibule)* ---  Wednesday, December 6, 4-6 p.m. | Sherman - Front Lobby* --- Thursday, December 7, 4-6 p.m. | ARC 

Looking for a quiet place to study that is not the library or your room? Come by Coble Hall 306 on Reading Day (Thursday, December 7) any time between 9am and 4pm to do work and study for your finals while enjoying some coffee, tea, and baked goods courtesy of the EU Center. We will also offer some quiet crafts and activities, such as puzzles and coloring pages, that can help you destress.

If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who studies a less commonly taught language (any language EXCEPT Spanish, French, and German), consider applying for a FLAS fellowship! FLAS fellows receive generous tuition support and stipends. All majors are encouraged to apply. Join the UIUC FLAS centers on Monday, Dec. 4 for an in-person info session on what the FLAS fellowship entails and tips on crafting a successful application. No registration required, just show up!

As you put the finishing touches on your thesis deposit, it’s a great idea to think of some of the things you need to do if you are preparing to leave the University of Illinois, like set email forwarding, create a plan to manage your Box files, and don’t forget to return your library books! Check out our Post-Deposit Considerations page to learn more. Don’t forget to check with your department to see if there are any final tasks you should complete (such as returning keys, exit interviews, etc.). 

Under this new agreement, effective 1/1/24, lead authors at all of the University of Illinois’ campuses will be able to publish their articles as open access, ensuring their research will be immediately open and available to the public and that they will retain rights in their own work. Core-hybrid article publications are free of charge, eliminating the need for authors to pay publication fees. 

TKET enables gate-level quantum computation while managing the intricacies of NISQ technology. Its notable features include state-of-the-art circuit compilation and optimization performance, platform-agnostic development, and code reuse capabilities. This presentation offers a detailed exploration of pytket, the Python module for interacting with TKET, an explanation of how gate-based circuit compilation works, and insights into TKET's extension modules for hardware and software integration. Register by 12/5 with the following link: https://go.ncsa.illinois.edu/TKETTutorialRegistration

The College of Education Graduate Student Conference Committee in collaboration with Siebel Center for Design and the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education are excited to present the 15th Annual College of Education Graduate Student Conference. This year's event will be held under the theme "Designing Futures: Education as Innovation and Interdisciplinarity.” We are now accepting conference proposals. The deadline to submit your research abstract is Friday, December 15, 2023, at 11:59 pm CT. For more details, please visit our website at Graduate Student Conference.

This Reading Day, Thursday Dec 7, from 12-8 pm, in the Illini Union North Lounge, graduate students will offer free tutoring for undergraduate students, hold office hours and review sessions, and co-work with the graduate student community! Open to all. Free food, coffee, and childcare will be provided. Please spread the word to your undergraduate students and sign up here to share what subjects you can tutor and what time(s): http://bit.ly/TUTORIN23.

We CU Community Engaged Scholars is proud to recognize Illinois students for their commitment to service and volunteering. This year, we have made it easier than ever to earn campus-wide recognition! Simply fill out our Student Recognition Form to be considered for this year's award, and celebrate your impact with other students, instructors, and community partners at our Annual Recognition Gala on April 25, 2024. Becoming a We CU Recognized Scholar comes with additional benefits, like access to our mini-grants program. To learn more about We CU Scholar Recognition Program, visit our website! 

The application for the Policy and Research Legislative Fellows Program for 2024-25 is now open until January 15. This non-partisan initiative, run by the Center for Social and Behavioral Science and supported by the Office of Public Engagement, matches graduate students with state legislators to work on policy research projects that inform public policy and help make Illinois a better place live.

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is seeking interested faculty, staff, & graduate students to serve as judges for the 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium, set for April 28, 2022. As a judge, you will be asked to evaluate a small group poster or oral presentations to help OUR determine award winners. Learn more at: https://go.illinois.edu/URSJudge

Japan House will be open from 12–4pm on Friday, Dec 8 and 11am - 4pm on Saturday, Dec 9. Shop local and support Japan House programming with our Holiday Sale & Matcha Café! Wrap up the semester with a bowl of freshly-whisked matcha (or matcha latte) and a wagashi (traditional Japanese sweet) as you visit the inside of Japan House. All are welcome to browse and shop our holiday sale items!

As part of the upcoming Kang Lecture featuring Professor Haiyan Lee at Stanford University on February 9, 2024, a lunch seminar will commence at 11:30, led by Professor Lee, focusing on her recent book, A Certain Justice: Toward an Ecology of the Chinese Legal Imagination. Faculty members and graduate students interested in China studies, legal history, ecological studies, and related fields are welcomed. Please RSVP to jingling@illinois.edu or yuhan16@illinois.edu by Dec 8.

Join us for the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, December 8th at 12 PM. Irene Romulo and Dillon Bergin will present on how Cicero Independiente and MuckRock have been monitoring air pollution in Cicero. Cicero’s air quality is much worse than surrounding Cook County neighborhoods, and it’s worse than what previous organizations have routinely reported. Now, they're digging into the biggest and most dangerous industrial polluter in Cicero: the Koppers chemical plant, which processes tars and oils. For more information go to go.illinois.edu/HEROP-DEC8. 

Please join us for the University Archives' monthly Women in Science Lecture Series on December 7 from 12 -1 pm. Dr. Ann-Perry Witmer, Senior Research Scientist at the Applied Research Institute, will share her research on designing technologies that align with the knowledge, people, place and time of societies, on contextual process methodology, and her work on designing drinking-water systems. This is a hybrid event and will take place in the University Archives, Main Library 146 or you can register for the zoom link.

Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, in collaboration with the Initiative on Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies, Co-sponsored by the Center for Global Studies and the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, holds a webinar on "Understanding the Israel-Hamas war from a feminist perspective," led by Hyam Tannous and Yifat Bitton at noon on December 7. You can register using this link.

The Cancer Center at Illinois and the Beckman Institute will host a viewing of "A Tale of Two Labs," produced by the National Center for Principled Leadership and Research Ethics (NCPRE) in collaboration with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, directed by NCPRE’s Executive Producer of Media Michael Dunne, and shot on location in part at The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.

It's never too early to start recruiting! Following the success of our fall Illinois Part-Time Job Fair, which drew over 1,600 students, The Career Center extends a special invitation all UIUC colleges, departments, and offices to our spring Illinois Part-Time Job Fair on January 30, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Illini Union. It's the perfect opportunity to recruit students for part-time positions or internships for spring, summer, or even fall semesters! Registration is free, but space is limited, so registration is required. Please sign up at https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/471184554

Lost at the crossroads of fun and adventure seeking good times and great memories - which path should I take? You're invited to TEDxUIUC Salon Crossroads, where we'll be diving into the theme of "Crossroads." It's an evening filled with insightful talks, captivating discussions, complimentary food, and one special performance that you won't want to miss! Save the Date: Dec 5th, 6-9 pm! Exciting times are ahead as we gear up for an unforgettable event with SIX incredible speakers at the Illini Union Room B! See you there!

Looking for some holiday cheer? Between December 7 at 12:01 a.m and December 13 at 11:59 p.m. you can call Dial-A-Carol at 217-332-1882 and request a song for our volunteers to sing to you! It’s that easy. Going on it’s 63rd year, Dial-A-Carol is University Housing’s longest-standing tradition for spreading holiday cheer across the world.

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.