Eweek never sleeps! The Sunday Nov. 27 issue will publish as usual with the regular preceding Friday noon deadline for submissions. 

The Senate Committee on Educational Policy will hold a public hearing on a proposal to change the name of the Department of Geology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This public hearing will be held on Monday, November 28 at 1:30 pm via Zoom. For questions, contact Dr. Linda Moorhouse, Chair of the Senate Committee on Educational Policy. 

The thematic areas: Food and Health; Water; Energy. Submitted by December 15, 2022 to ui-mexico@uillinois.edu and complete the webtools form https://go.illinois.edu/UNAM-UI. Results will be available by January 31, 2023. Funds will be available by February 2023. The cap of $20,000 dollars awarded by each institution for each selected project must be used not later than December 31, 2023.

Here is a reminder for the Kyushu University and Women and Gender in Global Perspectives multi day workshop and keynote lectures. The opening keynote is by Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum. Please click the link  to register for the event and to learn more. It will be held in person on Tuesday Nov 29-Wednesday Nov 30. 

This year's Research Development Day will take place from 8:30 a.m. through the noon hour Monday, Dec. 5, at the I-Hotel and Illinois Conference Center's Illinois Ballroom. We've stacked the morning with in-person opportunities to learn about Illinois' research enterprise. Come meet and reconnect with your research development colleagues around campus. Please register by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21.

Come join the third cohort of LAS Global Leaders at our Fall ‘22 Social Innovation Forum! Experience design thinking in the making as six dynamic teams present potential solutions to pressing environmental justice and sustainability challenges. Space is limited! RSVP as soon as possible to reserve your seat. Light refreshments will be served.

Catch the fall senior thesis concert, Intertwined Frequencies showcasing the choreography of Jade Katch, Katherine Henderson, Melanie DuBois, Jordyn Gibson, Jasmine Chavez, and Prishina Coleman. Free Admission

Join CAS for our final Food for Thought for the Fall semester! We will have CAS Associates Julie Cidell and Nicole Riemer leading our presentations on Four-Dimensional Spaces of Distribution along and around the Des Plaines-Kankakee River Confluence and the impacts of Aerosol particles. Brunch will be provided. 

Join ADA Coordinators, Allison Kushner & Keith Hays and ask any accessibility related questions you may have! No registration required. Just pop in to the Zoom link and the ADA Coordinators will address your questions, providing quick tips to fix inaccessible materials, and provide your feedback and concerns about accessibility barriers or issues encountered on our campus. 

Please join the Slavic Reference Service for the next installment of the Meet the National Libraries series, featuring the British Library. On December 5th at 9am CST over Zoom, we will hear from curators at the British Library about the projects and initiatives they are working on. To register and learn more about this event, please visit this link: https://forms.gle/VsDAXX2DwKqfcYTy5.

Join us in December to discuss retention efforts for online students. This session will be interactive and will explore how departments are measuring retention, building community within their colleges and at Illinois, and identifying strategies that have been successful. Another topic we hope to explore are various tools and technologies that assist with retention efforts. 

Up your research game with a virtual meet-and-greet with campus leaders in digitization! This workshop will provide an overview of loanable technologies and digitization spaces, plus tips for organizing your digitized research material. Anyone who might be undertaking a digitization project is welcome to join us for this discussion. Bring your digitization questions!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the learning experience of students at all ages with its capabilities to mimic human thinking and responses, what can AI offer for students and instructors? This presentation will try to answer these questions and spotlight on some good examples of AI applications in different learning settings.

Seeking women (21-64 yrs.) who had (1-10 yrs. ago) Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy. Women must not smoke, not have any metal implants and drink alcohol at least once a month. There will be blood draws, MRI scanning, body composition assessments, alcohol challenge tests, and questionnaires. Compensation will be provided (up to $430). Contact nedase@illinois.edu if interested.

Would your young teen like to participate in a spicy broccoli consumer test? Compensation will be provided! To be eligible to participate, you must: Be of ages 11-17, have parental consent, be available for a 40-min to 1-hour window, and be willing to try spicy vegetables (in reasonable amounts) followed by an ice cream rinse. Interested? Contact Emily, by email or phone (630)433 8521

Adults who have normal or declining vision with or without a family history of Alzheimer’s disease are invited to participate in a research study where their retina would be scanned by an FDA-approved eye imaging device based on the optical coherence tomography technology. $20 Amazon e-gift card will be issued for the first 30 min long eye scan session and completion of eye health questionnaire.

This complete feeding study investigates walnut consumption, gut microbes, & metabolism. All meals & snacks are provided for 9 weeks. Blood & fecal donations required. Adults without food allergies/intolerance, metabolic or gastrointestinal disease, or medications that affect the gut are eligible. Compensation up to $1000. Email fshn-walnut-study@mx.uillinois.edu  for more information.

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