Grad students, come cheer on the Fighting Illini women's basketball team at their last home game! Join us if you're a die-hard basketball fan or if this is your first Big10 sporting event!  We'll have a grad student section next to the student section. Student tickets are FREE (bring your Icard). Sign up here to let us know you’re coming! Non-students are welcome to join and should buy General Admission tickets ahead or at the door. The game starts at 2 pm. Come early to say hello at the Grad College table and pick up a sticker and pom pom. 

Come join McKinley Health Education for interactive opportunities to learn about tools and resources toward a healthy heart and take a break to connect, smile, laugh, and release stress! Hands-on heart craft-making will be offered as well. Dinner is provided. 

Veterans, join us this Thursday at 11 AM to learn about advanced care planning. Megan (VA Illiana Advanced Care Planning Coordinator) will guide you through the process, ensuring your healthcare preferences are respected.

Please take a close look at our multiple funding opportunities for students and faculties. February 13: Deadline for applications for research grants for UIUC faculty, collaborative faculty research grants, the Lemann Center Graduate Fellowship, the Werner Baer Doctoral Fellowship; February 26: Deadline for applications for Lemann/FAPESP collaborative research grants; March 1: Deadline for applications for the Werner Baer Postdoctoral Fellowship.

The ability to craft an effective funding proposal is a skill that 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. Please register in advance for this online workshop. 

Scholarship applications for the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) are now open for graduating high school seniors to those pursuing a doctorate. USGIF will host two virtual info sessions about this opportunity Feb. 15 and April 22. Register for one of those sessions here or apply now! Deadline for applications is May 31.

You all are engaged in fascinating work. Share it with others! The Graduate College sponsors Research Live!, which allows students to share their work with others in the campus community. This is a great opportunity to practice for doctoral exams, job talks, conference presentations, or impromptu elevator conversations. Check out our Communication Skills pages to help you prepare! 

Throughout your life you will, almost certainly, give presentations. We have all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform your audience the best? Is it only about your slide design or are there other techniques that leave a lasting impression? In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand.

Do you need help with data, troubleshooting code, statistical analyses, or survey research? Consulting & training workshops are open to campus on the following: Stata, SAS, SPSS, R, Python, Qualtrics, and Alchemer. For open consulting hours visit (http://go.illinois.edu/dropin) and workshop registration visit (http://go.illinois.edu/statsworkshops). All services are free through a partnership with CITL, the Library Scholarly Commons, and Tech Services. Note: Please use Firefox for links.

In this workshop, we will discuss free tools that are available for conducting qualitative data analysis, with a focus on Taguette and spreadsheet tools. This workshop does not assume any previous knowledge of Taguette or other QDA software, but does expect that you know how to work with data in spreadsheet format. If you would like to explore Taguette before the workshop, you can create an account on the Taguette website or explore their guide. Two sessions: 2/12 1-2pm and 2/13 from 7-8pm. 

The Writers Workshop and Office of Undergraduate Research will discuss components of an effective abstract, review examples of abstracts across fields, and ask you to practice writing your own based on an in-session prompt. This presentation will be useful for writers at many stages of the writing process, and the advice will be applicable to abstracts for other conferences, class assignments, journal submissions, and more. Read more and register by 2/13 and we will send a Zoom invitation on the morning of the event.

If you work with data you know it takes a ton of knowledge, skill, and effort. Did you know you could turn that hard work into a publication? Data papers are scholarly articles that provide detailed context about a dataset and promote its reuse. A data paper just  might be the best way to get more recognition for your research. In this workshop, you'll learn what data papers are, how to write one, and where to publish one.

Start the semester the "write" way! Our hybrid writing group provides grad students with dedicated time to make progress on any writing project in a supportive atmosphere. Each meeting consists of a short goal-setting conversation, quiet writing time, and a concluding reflection and wrap-up. You only need to register once with your U of I email to receive weekly email reminders all semester! 

Are you having trouble organizing all of your sources but don’t know where to start? A citation manager can help you store your files, create citations, and insert formatted citations into papers. This hands-on workshop will introduce you to three popular citation managers—Mendeley, Zotero, and Endnote. We will go over the pros and cons of each one and give you a preview of how they work to help you choose the best fit for your citation needs.

New to the university? Need a refresher on using the library? This hands-on workshop will introduce you to library resources and services. After this workshop, you’ll be able to navigate the library website with confidence to access print and electronic materials. Come with questions if you have them!

Are you a student with little ones? Do you have young siblings or cousins you're seeing soon, or do you babysit? Stop by the Orange Room to pick up a free Valentine's Day bag, put together and sponsored by the Social Empowerment Project of the RSO, Volunteer Illini Projects. Each bag includes different toys, books, coloring, and more, and is varied by age group. Available while supplies last.

In this talk you will learn how to program NVIDIA GPUs using standard programming languages (C++, Fortran, Python). You will see how writing parallel-first code enables applications to run on CPUs or GPUs with a single source code and learn how to mix compiler directives and CUDA with standard languages to get productive, portable, and performant code. Use the link in the title to register.

Kaltura (Mediaspace) is a YouTube-like service that allows U of I people to post and share videos, and you can use it to promote your research, for teaching, or outreach. Now, Zoom meetings you record to the cloud go directly into Kaltura. You can publish your media broadly or selectively. You can upload videos you've already made or record directly online, edit your videos, and add captions too. We will cover what you need to know to get started publishing with Kaltura, and follow up with consultation for your specific projects.

This workshop illustrates a wide array of data formats used in research and socially. In this workshop we will talk about data use, reuse, data management and ethics of using data.  

This Illinois REDCap workshop will focus on advanced ways Illinois REDCap can be used to collect research data, including how to build or edit projects with a Data Dictionary, collecting data with repeatable instruments, and collecting longitudinal data with defined events. It is recommended (but not required) that you have a REDCap account prior to attending the workshop. Attending the “Introduction to REDCap” or having a working knowledge of REDCap is recommended before attending this workshop.

Technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help researchers to enhance  their data management plan. There are many areas where AI can help researchers strengthen and improve data quality. However, researchers must manage their data and build a strategy before using AI. In this workshop, participants will learn how to create a strategy to help with data classification, organizing data (including files and folders), naming files and planning for backup and security.

Trying to figure out how one event fits within the larger picture? Want to find patterns across hundreds or thousands of texts? Unlock the power of studying text on a large scale by joining us to play with AntConc, a beginner-friendly text mining software. In this workshop, we’ll provide an overview of how AntConc works and where to find texts you can use for research. There will be plenty of room for experimentation and questions. No prior experience needed!

Explore the different methods for motion capture available in the SCIM Lab. While the main focus of this workshop will be the Rokoko suit and gloves, we will also investigate computer vision and depth cameras. Learn about the pros and cons of each method and how you might use this data for research or media production. Participants will be provided the data captured for further investigation.

Have you ever been curious about how 3D Printing works? This Savvy will help you get familiar with 3D Printing processes at the University. This is the first in a two-part series: see more here.

The annual Illinois Interfaith Conference is a free opportunity for University of Illinois students, campus allies, and community leaders to engage in conversation on interfaith cooperation. The schedule includes a keynote talk by author Nadia Bolz-Weber, workshops on building interfaith partnerships, and an interfaith service project. Registration and more information is available online. 

 The Senate Committee on Student Discipline & the Office for Student Conflict Resolution are seeking to fill student, staff, and faculty seats on the Subcommittee on Undergraduate Student Conduct; Subcommittee on Graduate Student Conduct; and Subcommittee on Sexual Misconduct.  These committees play a critical role in the response to student conduct at UIUC.  Email questions to conflictresolution@illinois.edu.  Deadline is March 8, 2024

Are you a post-baccalaureate researcher, graduate student, or faculty member with a disability or chronic illness? If so, consider joining this mutual support network developed by and for individuals pursuing professional study and careers while managing chronic conditions. In addition to building a network to foster connection within our community, we will also host monthly gatherings to hold space for collective care and conversation regarding accessibility, advocacy, sustainability, and representation within and beyond academic spaces. Refreshments will be provided!

The Imprint i-Program focuses on developing the leadership skills necessary during times of personal and professional transition. This program is led by University of Illinois alumni from a variety of professions, academic colleges and graduating classes. During this program, Alumni will share stories of success and challenge during times of transition in their lives and students will learn how to develop, and maintain the personal and professional networks necessary to sustain success in any environment. Registration, found here, is open to all students until February 11th.

Join us for an inclusive space designed for military-connected students to thrive! Whether you need a quiet spot to tackle assignments, a chance to connect with peers, or simply a break to recharge, the Military Connections Collective is here for you. Every Mondays-Thursdays starting Monday, February 12 from 1500-1700 at Chez Veterans Centers! Don't miss out on this opportunity to study, snack, and socialize with your military community! We look forward to seeing you there.

The Black and Latinx Summit is an annual conference and summit that seeks to bring students from all intersections into shared a space to learn and connect. This focus is an intentional understanding of the traumas that communities of color in the United States have faced both historically and contemporarily. It is also cognizant of the strides we take each day to heal our wounds and better prepare us for the next change in our circumstances. By creating this space, we hope others will join us in exploring the landscape of our communities and finding ways to make us stronger as a collective. 

The 16th Illinois Language and Linguistics Society Meeting (ILLS16) will be at I Hotel & Illinois Conference Center, March 1-2, 2024. This graduate student-led event welcomes graduate and advanced undergraduate research in linguistics. This year's theme is “Language, Mind, and Society,” and will feature plenary speakers Dr. Michael Tanenhaus (University of Rochester), Dr. Rajka Smiljanic (University of Texas at Austin), Dr. Ruth Kramer (Georgetown University), and Dr. Salvatore Callesano (UIUC). Early registration is now open and free for U of I system students. 

The Chez Veterans Center hosts VA Illiana Health Care System Suicide Prevention Coordinator for this training on Suicide Prevention: Lethal Means Safety.  Join us as we hear about Veteran Suicide Prevention, VA Suicide Prevention Efforts, S.A.V.E. and means safety.

Join HRI at the Graduate Student Open House & Resource Fair for an afternoon of presentations, conversations & more—a showcase of graduate student work in the humanities and arts and the opportunity to explore resources available to graduate students in humanities-based graduate education. There will be a culminating reception/happy hour at 5 p.m. Pre-register for a Writers Workshop Live session. 

Enjoy some international snacks and drinks with cross-cultural learning activities. Sponsored by International Education and the University Library.

Join us for a special workshop event where couples can share a loving moment with a bowl of tea! Seated across from one another, each couple will enjoy special Valentine’s inspired wagashi and learn to make bowl of matcha to serve each other. Space is limited to 10 couples per session. Registration is required.

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. Each week will feature a different seasonal wagashi (traditional Japanese sweet) for guests to enjoy with a bowl of matcha. Space is limited to 20 guests. Reservations are required, no walk-ins will be permitted. Tea ceremonies are offered weekly on Wednesdays at 5:15pm.

This lecture discusses the impact of Syrian refugees on the Jordanian economy and infrastructure, as well as the challenges and opportunities for their integration. It argues that the Syrian presence has both positive and negative effects on various sectors, such as public services, housing, trade, and the labor market. 

Please join us for our next Food for Thought with CAS Associates Cory Suski and Craig Koslofsky! Friday, February 23rd from 11 am to 1 pm at the Levis Faculty Center, Room 208. Please click here for more information!

Lecture open to those interested in diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering education: “An Examination of Women in Engineering Retention Programming and Participant Graduation Rates.” Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer is Assoc. Director of Women in Engineering at Purdue and Director-At-Large for the Women in Engineering Division of ASEE. Her work focuses on broadening participation of women in STEM.

Dr. Bianca Kremer will be joining us on Tuesday, Feb 13th at 12pm from Rio De Janeiro to speak about her work on the regulation of AI and Facial Recognition Technologies in Brazil. She is an assistant professor and project leader in the Department of Digital Law at the IDP University. This speaker series is in collaboration between Kainen Bell (PhD student in Information Science), the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies, and the Center for Global Studies' "Global Intersection Grant".  This is a hybrid event and will take place in Coble Hall 306 and via zoom. Please register for more details. 

Join us for a journey through the Victorian era with Dr. Antoinette Burton's presentation, "Victorian Geographies of Un/Belonging: Cornelia Sorabji at Oxford." Dr. Burton, Professor of History and the Swanlund Endowed Chair and the Director of the Humanities Research Institute at UIUC, will talk about the life and legacy of Cornelia Sorabji. Lunch will be provided with RSVP. Please register here.

Join the Beckman Institute's Imaging Technology group for a Tech Talk titled, "SEM Visualization of Bacteria Morphology on a Nanostructured Surface." Register to attend by Feb. 15 and receive a complimentary lunch. A Zoom link will be available, as well. 

Please join the EU Center for a brown bag talk by Andrea Muehlebach, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Bremen in Germany. Professor Muehlebach will speak about her book, "A Vital Frontier: Water Insurgencies in Europe" (Duke UP, 2023), which examines the work of activists across Europe as they organize to preserve water as a commons and public good.

What role does city diplomacy play in the European Union’s policy towards China? Join the EU Center for a lecture by Tomasz Kamiński, Associate Professor of Asian Studies at University of Łódź. This lecture is part of the IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "China and the World."

Join us at the Education Professionals' Career Fair on February 29, 2024, from 12-3 p.m., at the I Hotel and Conference Center. This event is not only for education students but is inclusive to all Illinois students regardless of major/class level who are interested in exploring opportunities in the education field. Connect with 100+ schools from Central Illinois, Chicago area, and nationally. Registration is encourage but not required. Round-trip transportation will be provided to/from the Education Building and the I Hotel. See list of schools and register on Handshake.

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

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

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