Chuck Thompson, the former assistant dean and chief information officer at the Grainger College of Engineering, has been named the Director of Illinois Computes. Previously at Yale University, Thompson returns to campus to lead the program - which offers computing and data storage resources, technical expertise and support services to researchers from all domains across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus for free - into the next era. Read more!

June 28 is the last day to submit a Late Registration Change via the Graduate College Student Portal to drop a S2A (4 week) course without a grade of “W” recorded; and the last day to submit a Credit/No-credit request via the Graduate College Student Portal for a S2A (4 week) course. 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 form? Click here for an advising appointment!

June 28 is the last day for graduate students to add themselves to the Summer 2024 degree list for August degree conferral. It is important that students make sure they are on the Summer 2024 degree list; registering to participate in campus or unit commencement ceremonies does not mean the student has been added to the degree list. Have questions about adding yourself to the degree list? Click here for an advising appointment!

June 28 is the last day for doctoral students to complete their Final Examination (thesis defense) for August 2024 degree conferral. Students should request their Final Exam Committee via Graduate College Student Portal at least one week prior to the date of the exam. Have questions about final doctoral examinations? Click here for an advising appointment!

June 28 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.

The Sustainable Student Farm farm stand will be on Thursdays from 11 am-4 pm outside the Student Union on the quad side. Check out our weekly newsletter to see a preview of what produce we will be selling that week. Our socials are also very involved in keeping everybody updated on the farm stand! Follow us on Instagram @uiuc_ssf! 

The Graduate College is accepting departmental nominations for the NIH Director's Early Independence Award, a 5-year fellowship to support recently-minted PhDs in the health sciences. The award allows researchers to bypass traditional postdoctoral training and achieve research independence quickly. Applicants must earn the PhD between 5/1/23 and 9/30/25. Departments may submit one nomination each for the campus competition, then two finalists will represent UIUC in the national competition. See details in the NIH Director's listing in Fellowship Finder.  

With the end of the semester and the thesis deposit deadlines rapidly approaching, it is important to remember to set aside time to take care of yourself. Take a walk, set up a coffee date with friends, or think of some other ways that you can take a break from working and relax. Taking some time away from work allows your mind to rest, and when you revisit your projects, you can do so with added strength. You can learn about one graduate student’s tips for incorporating wellness into her routine in our blog.

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.

Register now for Faculty Job Search Retreat on August 7! This afternoon event will get postdocs and grad students ready to apply for faculty jobs this fall. It will feature an introduction to the faculty job search process, a faculty panel, and a hands-on cover letter workshop that will take you behind the scenes of faculty hiring. You can attend this hybrid event in-person or online. Learn more and register on our website.

Start the summer the "write" way! Make progress on your writing projects with dedicated writing time 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 summer! Read FAQs here.

Getting ready to deposit a dissertation, wrap-up a thesis, or just want to gain some tips for dynamic academic writing? The Writers Workshop will provide strategies for polishing your writing at the paragraph and sentence-level to achieve more reader-friendly and powerful prose. We recommend that you have a current in-progress piece of writing to practice applying strategies during the workshop. Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59pm CT on June 25, and we will send an email with the Zoom meeting invitation on the morning of the event.

The NCSA Delta Project Office and the NSF NAIRR Pilot will host NVIDIA for a workshop to give you hands-on experience with distributing and scaling Machine Learning applications using data parallelism and GPUs while assessing their performance with Nsight tools. This will be a virtual workshop with three sessions from 7/9 to 7/11. Use the link in the title to register and find more details.

Join us for the Career Center's annual Graduate and Professional School Fair on October 9 from Noon - 3:30 p.m. at the Illini Union. This is the perfect opportunity for you to talk in person with students about your program. Save $100 and register early. Early bird registration ends on August 9.

The Graduate Academy for College Teaching is Illinois' pre-semester TA training program. Volunteering is fulfilling, impactful, and enhances your CV. You can help in three ways: Facilitate Microteaching by providing feedback to new TAs on their mock lessons and offering support (training provided), run a Small Group Session using a CITL lesson plan to teach lesson planning and interaction (training provided), or run a Concurrent Session by designing and delivering a workshop on a teaching topic of your choice, either in-person or via Zoom. Please volunteer here.

The United States Coast Guard Band is the premier band representing the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security. Concerts are free and open to the public and include a broad spectrum of music, from wind ensemble classics to swinging jazz.

The best of both worlds when Latin meets jazz! The Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project is a fresh mix of outstanding jazz soloists, Afro-Cuban-inspired rhythms, and unique arrangements of jazz standards. Their Latin, tropical sound lends itself especially well to summer events, with music that is multicultural and easily accessible to a wide audience. Free and open to the public!

Have you ever tried Mate from Argentina? Bissap from West Africa? Even Sweet Tea from the southern U.S.? Please join us to taste drinks from around the world and learn about each drink's origins, significance, and share in celebrating the unique food and drink cultures within the community of people right here on the UIUC campus! Lunch is provided. 

Are you a graduate student or undergraduate student working in a research lab at UIUC? Did you ever wish you could talk to a scientist to learn more about a specific career path before college? MMLI's "Human library" allows you to be that resource for our campers (rising 10th-12th graders)! Talk to high schoolers about what you do in your lab, what inspired you to pursue that, and answer questions they have about college, science, grad school, and their summer camp science project! E-mail abdulla3@illinois.edu to sign up, or register here: https://forms.gle/S2p8oy2Aa3TgxPCj7

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.

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