Have questions related to the COVID-19 Leave and Testing Updates for Spring 2023, click here. The state COVID-19 leave, and its provisions are still in force and employees who qualify for leave are entitled to use it. However, employees who wish to test during their workday must utilize benefit time as they would for any other health appointment. Questions may be directed to ihr-ler@illinois.edu.

The CSEA Program combines the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) award and the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award (CDSA) into a unified Chancellor’s staff award program. Nominees are judged on: overall work performance, self-improvement, initiative & creativity, and enhancing the reputation of the department and/or university. Nominations are due 5 p.m., January 20, 2023. 

Several campus-level awards are given each year in recognition of excellence in undergraduate education, graduate and professional teaching, extramural teaching, advising, and research. Nominations are only accepted from colleges and the deadline is February 1, 2023. Contact your college for its deadline for departmental submissions. Teresa Spence – Office of the Provost

More than 180 new state laws take effect in 2023, and a number of them relate to public safety and emergency management. You can review a complete list of new laws. In particular, HB 04783, HB 05418, and SB 03833 affect the emergency management and protection of minors functions on campus.

The School of Social Work is looking for families or couples interested in receiving 8 wks of therapy free of charge provided by MSW graduate students & supervised by an LCSW. Sessions will be Thursdays at 4pm, 5:30pm and 7pm, starting 2/23/23 for 8 wks (skipping Spring Break)   Please click on the link for more information. https://uiucsocialwork.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5BJX28cAO202ebA

University Laboratory High School will hold an informational Zoom meeting Weds. Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. Please sign up here.  Uni High, a public school with NO tuition, provides an innovative and challenging curriculum for motivated students in grades 8-12.  Students from all schools are welcome to apply.  Free lunches/fee waivers for books and activities are available to students with financial need.

The New Frontiers Initiative is calling for applications for its New Frontiers Graduate Fellowships that will run August 2023 through July 2024. The fellowships provide doctoral students with a year of full-time research support, a $38,000 stipend, up to $12,000 in tuition allowance and an allocation of 50,000 hours on NCSA’s Delta computing system. The deadline for applications is March 6, 2023.

Faculty who would like to bring their classes to Krannert Art Museum should Request a Class Visit soon for the best chance to schedule a time that works with their syllabus. Some European and American Art will be on view only until Spring Break; art in all other galleries will remain available in person and online. To teach with artwork that is not on view, please fill out our Art Request Form.

OVCDEI is pleased to offer the Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Associate Program. The Program provides academic units with funding for postdoctoral research associate positions that advance the University’s missions of fostering research excellence and building a diverse and welcoming campus community. Instructions below. Deadline for full consideration is March 10, 2023.  

The Arabic High School Program for 2023 will take place from June 11 to June 24, 2023. Since 2016, the Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) has opened its doors to motivated high school students for a 2-week intensive Elementary Arabic course. Students will earn 2 college credits as well as a sense of what to expect after graduating high school.

Are you hosting an event during Black History Month that educates, celebrates and/or honors the rich histories and present day experiences of Black communities? Share it with BNAACC and we will help amplify your work through our annual Black History Month Calendar! The deadline to submit your event(s) will be January 10th at 11:59 PM CT. Link to submit: https://go.illinois.edu/BHMC23

The Graduate College's Career Exploration Fellowship connects PhD students with campus units for mentored work experience. Host units hire a Fellow for 15 hrs/week at $25/hr, and the Fellow receives a fellowship/tuition waiver. Enthusiastic learners and innovative thinkers, Fellows contribute significantly to their units. Interested in being a host in Fall 2023? Email gradsuccess@illinois.edu.

The ESL Program offers advanced 8-week courses for international graduate students, faculty, staff and visiting scholars for individualized support in publishing an article, writing a dissertation or presenting at a conference. ESL 592 teaches students the academic writing conventions of their own discipline; ESL 593 improves skills in speaking and presenting research in academic settings.

Do you have a syllabus question? Need a teaching and learning perspective on your course? CITL invites you to get fast, friendly feedback and answers to any syllabus question by email, Zoom, or in person. Use our easy upload form and we’ll respond by the next business day. Working drafts or partial syllabi accepted. Syllabus Check-Ups are offered year-round, and consults are available by request.

All WEX fleet fuel cards issued to campus academic, administrative, and auxiliary units will expire on Wednesday, March 1, regardless of the expiration date listed, and must be replaced. Departments operating university vehicles should acquire new cards at the Garage and Car Pool before the deadline. Business hours are Monday–Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For questions, call 217-333-3910. 

Join the Office for the Protection of Research Subjects to learn about upcoming changes to IRB review forms. OPRS will host Zoom sessions on January 17th at 10:00 a.m. and January 19th at 2:00 p.m. to walk through changes with investigators and to answer questions. Registration is required via the links above.

Join us as we have our first Food for Thought of the spring semester! We have CAS Fellow, Vishal Verma, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and CAS Associate Mark Hauber, Evolution, Ecology & Behavior, leading our lectures. Food will be provided for those attending the lectures. 

The Imprint program focuses on competencies necessary for displaying leadership during times of personal and professional transition. Students develop skills in managing themselves during times of change; and learn how to develop, and maintain, the personal and professional networks necessary to sustain success in any environment. This program is for undergraduate students.

The Rolls-Royce Innovation program focuses on skills related to innovation, creativity, and diversity of ideas in problem solving. Students who participate in Innovation will develop skills in these areas and also an understanding of their dominant problem solving style and its impact on organizations and people. This event is for undergraduate students.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s advocacy work around poverty issues, the School of Social Work, in partnership with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, invites students, faculty, staff, and community members to engage in a poverty simulation that is designed to sensitize participants to the realities of poverty.  Register here

Decisions about privacy affect our professional, educational, and personal lives. This in-person/online conference will cover the University's privacy goals of trust, transparency, and consent and how they affect you. Attendees will gain a better understanding of privacy from legal, ethical, and industry perspectives. Register for the free conference with lunch included for in-person attendees.

Join ADA Coordinator Allison Kushner for a discussion about all things service animals and emotional support animals, including how to manage employee requests to utilize service and ESA’s in the workplace and best practices for inclusion of handler’s and their service animals. 

In this presentation, ADA IT Coordinator Keith Hays will share best practices for creating accessible PDF documents from InDesign. You will learn the recommended workflow for setting up an InDesign project to create accessible PDFs for event announcement fliers and other documents with complex graphical layouts.

Join ADA Coordinators Allison Kushner & Keith Hays and ask any accessibility related questions you may have! No registration required. Log in any time between 12-1pm to ask any questions related to accessibility, the reasonable accommodation process or report access concerns/issues/barriers. Breakout rooms will be available for anyone who wishes to ask their questions confidentially.

Join the Slavic Reference Service for a webinar with the National Library of Serbia. The webinar is a part of the Meet the National Libraries series.  Attendees will learn about physical and digital collections, services and preservation work at the National Library of Serbia as well as the Digital Library of Serbia. For more information and to register: https://forms.gle/ow6a5QwsnW931FYS6 

This webinar will provide design and installation best practices of positive pressure anaerobic digester biogas cover systems. This will include geomembrane cover material selection, fabrication, installation, safety and operational maintenance.  Various important lagoon digester design considerations will be discussed including environmental loads, cover ballasting systems and anchorage. 1.0 PDH

This study involves adults ages 45-75 years consuming two different supplements daily for two separate four-week periods. Participation involves collection of stool samples and diet records. Participants will complete surveys and computer tasks (over 6 visits of 1.5 to 2.5 hours each) to assess thinking ability. The study will take ~13 weeks total. Compensation of $350 provided upon completion.

Looking for adults aged 21-64 years with high weight for height to participate in a study into prolonged sitting and how adults think. The study involves 3 visits to Freer Hall, wearing activity monitors, and screening. Measures include cognitive tests, electroencephalography, a body scan, maximal exercise test, and blood draws. Compensation up to $350.Click here if interested!

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 $1,000. Email fshn-walnut-study@mx.uillinois.edu for more information.

We are surveying the impact of COVID, long COVID and vaccination for COVID on adults with tinnitus (“ringing in the ears”). Those who have non-COVID-related tinnitus may also complete the survey as we wish to better understand the impact (if any) of the ongoing pandemic on tinnitus. Email: tinnitus@illinois.edu. Online survey: https://illinoisahs.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_afTJflpRnk1Kdj8 

Veterans: Do you want to help other Veterans? You may be able to help us with research that will lead to advances in screening, treatment, and care of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). We are interested in talking with you if you have experienced either MDD or TBI, or if you are healthy and have not had MDD/TBI. Please reach out here to learn more and participate. 

We are recruiting children between 7-13 years to participate in the Liver and Brain (LiBra) study. The LiBra study examines relationships between diet, physical health, and cognitive function. Participation involves 3 visits to Freer Hall and the Beckman Institute. Measures include diet, physical activity, weight status, brain imaging, and a blood draw. Compensation will be provided (up to $200).

Looking to be more active this year? Join the MATRICES Exercise and Martial Arts Study. Participants age 18-45 who are low-active, will be asked to take part in an 8-week mild to moderate training program as part of our research into how exercise effects brain health. For more information, please email etcresearch@illinois.edu or visit MATRICES eligibility survey.