The Healthy Illini Podcast is a new resource from McKinley Health Center featuring weekly health and wellness topics for our UIUC community. Our 15-20 minute podcasts will help Keep You Well to Excel in the classroom as well as outside of it. Healthcare professionals, campus experts and of course students will come together to engage in conversation about health topics that will lead to self discovery and exploration toward enhancing your wellbeing and overall quality of life. Available on multiple podcast platforms.

It is Homecoming Week! There is something to do every day this week as part of the Homecoming festivities, featuring a FREE dinner on the Quad at 5pm on Monday, a Global Talent Show at 7pm in Foellinger on Tuesday, a hypnotist show at the Illini Union at 7pm on Wednesday, and capped off with the football game vs. Wisconsin on Saturday at 2:30pm and a Late Night Dance Saturday night. There will also be a parade on Saturday at 11am. Finally, secure an official Homecoming T-shirt at the Illini Union Bookstore.  Check out the complete schedule.

Join The Brazilian All Stars for a spectacular journey through some of Brazil’s most famous songs, sambas, bossa novas, ballads, choros, fados, virtuoso instrumental tracks, and more. Brazilian music includes influences from the cultures of Portugal, Cuba, Africa, and the Americas, and the All Stars have brought that music to audiences at venues and festivals around the world.

The Truman Scholarship is looking for academically strong students who have a passion for public service. It awards $30,000 to U.S. citizen college students to attend graduate school in preparation for careers in public service. Public service includes a wide array of career possibilities, such as public health; local, state, or federal government; educational policy; international relations; conservation; and environmental protection. Students apply in their junior year. If you are interested, please attend either our in-person or online information session, as well as our writing workshop.

What is your favorite type of noodles? Come and share your stories and learn about noodles from around the world on this National Noodle Day! Dinner (various kinds of noodle, of course) is provided. Paid for by the Student Cultural Programming Fee (SCPF).

Art Remastered combines art and music performances at Krannert Art Museum. This year, students from the School of Music will perform a new composition by Andrew Rodriguez in KAM's East Gallery while visitors wander into and around the gallery as they play. The performance is free, so join us. Get Tickets

Born in 1926 to Korean indentured servant parents in Cuba, Jeronimo Lim becomes the first Korean to enroll in university in the same school and year as Fidel Castro. Jeronimo joins the Cuban revolution and later becomes a Vice Minister in the Castro government, crossing paths with Fidel and Che Guevara. However, after being disillusioned with the unfulfilled promises of communism, and after visiting his homeland, Korea, in 1995, Jeronimo becomes a changed man and dedicates the remaining years reconnecting to his Korean roots and singlehandedly rebuilding the Korean community in Cuba.

Learn about the Illinois PSM program, an 18-month, non-thesis Master's program designed for the changing needs of today’s job market. By combining core courses in an area of scientific expertise with a business curriculum and a summer internship, the Illinois PSM prepares students for positions in business, industry, government, and entrepreneurship. Programs are currently available in: Agricultural Production, Bioprocessing & Bioenergy, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Geographic Information Science, Plant Biotechnology, Technical Systems Management.

Looking for a paid job that will also help you make an impact? How about one that offers free living, meal plan, and gain great leadership experience? If you answered yes to any of these, apply to be a 2022-2023 Resident Advisor (RA) with University Housing! Applications are open from October 4-18. Learn more and apply here!

As many of us grapple with local and global conflicts and what the “new normal” can and should be, we are confronted with questions about shared community and core values. Now on campus following their virtual conversation this spring, Yossi Klein Halevi and Mohammad Darawshe will delve more deeply into the impact of current conflicts and how we can remain in dialogue with one another through numerous challenges. Halevi is the author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor. Darawshe is a leading political analyst who has spent more than three decades advocating for Israel’s Arab sector.

Whether you are a first-time investor or have been investing for years, join us to hear Alan E. Sorcher present 10 tips from the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy to help you become a smarter investor. This is a presentation by the SEC, as part of its efforts to promote World Investor Week 2021, a global campaign to raise awareness of the importance of investor education and protection. Illinois Extension is pleased to host this event featuring Alan E. Sorcher, Assistant Director from the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.