These awards seek to honor members of the Illinois campus and community who have sought to address marginalization, oppression, and/or privilege in their communities. Nominations for outstanding undergraduates, graduates, staff/faculty, alumni, and RSOs will remain open through March 6th. You can nominate yourself or someone else by visiting https://go.illinois.edu/SocialJusticeAwards2023.

The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (formerly the LGBT Resource Center) is excited to introduce to some and re-introduce to others: OUT@Illinois.  OUT@Illinois is a group designed to build community and support to the LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff at the UIUC.  The GSRC invites all Queer Faculty and Staff to sign-up to receive more information about OUT@Illinois and how you can get involved! 

Sign up to present at The Grainger College of Engineering's 6th Spring Engineering Research Fair on February 2, 4-6PM, Illini Union rooms A, B, C. Representatives from research groups, programs, and centers are welcome to join to recruit undergraduate assistants, have students present research, and provide information about undergraduate opportunities. Sign Up Deadline: January 25. Learn More

The University of Illinois and the University of Birmingham (UoB) have jointly established the BRIDGE Seed Fund of $200,000 to stimulate wider academic engagement between the two universities. Faculty members are encouraged to apply for BRIDGE funding to support joint activities with colleagues at UoB. More information about the grant types may be found online at: https://go.illinois.edu/BRIDGE.

University Primary School applications for the 2023-2024 academic year are now open. Uni Primary is the Lab School of the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for Preschool-5^th Grade children. Applications submitted by March 1, 2023 are given first consideration for enrollment. We look forward to sharing our school as a place where “Learning is serious delight!”

The CC-I program is a unique and innovative 9-week program dedicated to the career/professional development of international students. This program helps international students plan their career, develop job search skills, and enhance self-promotion and networking skills. In 2016, CC-I received a national award presented by NCDA. Learn more and apply here by 1/31/2023: https://go.illinois.edu/cc-i

Join DRS Research Safety Professionals over the lunch hour to ask any safety related questions you may have! No registration required. Just hop on the Zoom link and DRS will address your questions regarding Research Safety. 

Due to some construction next door, The Career Center is temporarily moving so we can continue to provide services and programs uninterrupted. Starting on January 17, we will relocate to616 E. Green St. Suite 214 (above McDonald's.) Appointments, services, and programming will be in our temporary space until further notice. To learn more, visit careercenter.illinois.edu

Join OVCDEI and the DRIVE Committee for the Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Annual Symposium. Our Fellows are among the most talented emerging scholars in the country, representing a broad array of academic disciplines. The Symposium features presentations of their path-breaking research. Registration information will be posted in early February. 

The Illinois Water Resources Center requests proposals to fund exploratory research or educational projects that enhance water sciences research and higher education throughout Illinois. Priority topics and specific details here. Letter of Intent due January 23 at 5PM CT; Full Proposal due February 13 at 5PM CT. Send materials and questions to Assistant Director, Amy Weckle aweckle@illinois.edu.

The EU Center invites Illinois high school students to take part in a translation competition featuring Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Swedish, and Ukrainian. Students will translate an intermediate- to advanced-level text from one of the six languages into English (deadline: Feb. 12). Heritage speakers are welcome to participate. For more info: https://go.illinois.edu/TranslationCompetition.

The Slavic Reference Service (SRS) will be hosting a one-day ILL symposium, “Shared Print Collections and the Future of Resource Sharing,” on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. CST, through Zoom and is now seeking proposals from ILL librarians and specialists. To register for the event and to submit a presentation/roundtable proposal, please visit http://ow.ly/tJRn50MlHpU.

The Office of Technology Management has launched Intellectual Property Licensing to Illini New Companies (IP-Linc), a program that connects participants with experienced commercialization and investment professionals for customized guidance and access to Illinois intellectual property through a streamlined option and license agreement with startup-friendly terms. https://otm.illinois.edu/IP-Linc

Students can benefit from using UIUC AnyWare: https://uiucanyware.cloud.com/ a free service providing optimized virtual access to over 100 software applications for students working on campus, remotely, or in class. It offers a remote desktop environment where users may access software securely and save files to and from their own device (Windows, MacOS, Linux).

Need help with Canvas? CITL's Instructional Support Team is excited to host virtual open office hours every Thursday from 11 am to 12 pm during the Spring 2023 semester. We'll be happy to answer your questions about the LMS and provide support for your course. Drop in using this Zoom link.

Join executive director Moss Bresnahan, “WILL 100th history curator” Katie Buzard, and Jack Brighton for a discussion at OLLI on how WILL has evolved over the last 100 years, what we can learn from its history, and the challenges and importance of media preservation. This event is open to the public. For more information and to register, email olli@illinois.edu or call 217-244-9141. 

Hosted by the Center for Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS) and open to all Illinois faculty, staff, and students, this Meet & Greet marks the launch of the Food Security Working Group, a campus-wide initiative to support those interested in getting connected to this work, and research resources for those interested in food security. Join the working group and register for the Meet & Greet.  

MLK Day of Reflection assists students in exploring the legacy of service of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.   On Monday, January 16^th at 6pm , we will feature Rev Dr. Jamie Washington, co-founder of the Social Justice Institute for this campus reflection on the power of community action and civic engagement.  Doors open at 5:30 at the Levis Faculty Center, Rm 300. Reception to follow. Register here

Join Chris Raymond, Boeing’s Chief Sustainability Officer for a discussion on the aviation industry’s path to net zero with respect to innovation, partnerships and policy. We'll explore how renewable energy sources are intersecting to usher in a new era of aerospace and showcase Cascade, a modeling tool to help visualize the climate impact of various decarbonization scenarios. Reception following.

The Office of the Provost at Illinois provides funding assistance for full-time, tenure-stream and specialized faculty of all ranks to attend the conference. This funding cover registration costs up to $500.00. Deadline to apply is February 23, 2023.

The Asian American Cultural Center partners with University of Illinois dining in presenting an annual Lunar New Year-themed dinner. The cultural program happening in the lower level will be free and open to the public. Join for free craft activities plus a lion dance performance! NOTE: The full LNY dinner menu is posted on the Illinois App and standard University Housing meal rates will apply. 

HPCBio, with the OVCR’s support, is announcing a Bulk RNA-Seq Analysis workshop series that includes an intro to Linux, R, RNA sequencing, experimental design, and details steps on how to perform bioinformatics analyses on an example data set. We’ve recently redesigned this workshop and will offer optional sessions for applying analysis steps to your own RNA-Seq dataset with the HPCBio’s guidance.

This training series is designed for faculty and staff at the University of Illinois seeking to understand race and racism in deeper ways, promote racial justice, and dismantle systems of oppression through intensive 3-hour trainings. Sessions are held in person and virtually via Zoom. Register for one of these sessions at https://go.illinois.edu/RJAA 

The festival opens on Friday, January 20th, with a curated evening featuring works by Alfonso Abraham Cervera, Steve Rosa, Diana Cervera, and Primera Generacion Dance Collective. Saturday, January 21st features the film competition portion of the Flatlands Dance Film Festival, highlighting a variety of films exploring this year's theme, Culture Shock.

Attend January Web Con Workshop to learn about relevant policies, technology, and principles. This presentation will cover some of the basic requirements for developing web applications that monitor and/or collect private and sensitive personal information. In addition, the workshop will preview upcoming privacy related changes with the new Google Analytics 4 platform. Register for the workshop!

Peter A. Gloor, Research Scientist at the Center for Collective Intelligence at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, will present "Happimetrics - Leveraging AI to Untangle the Surprising Link Between Ethics, Happiness and Business Success." We continue the CIRSS speaker series in Spring 2023 with a focus on “Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Computing”.

The Collaboration Cafe is a monthly webinar, hosted by the NCSA-led Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub, to explore funding opportunities and foster collaborative proposal development. On Wednesday, January 25 at 3:00pm CT, the webinar will spotlight the NSF Mid-Career Advancement Program. Join to hear from an NSF program officer and prior awardees about their experiences.

The SRS invites Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies doctoral students to register for the 7th Annual SEEES Online Dissertation Research Workshop on February 28th, 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, CST. Focus areas will include dissertation writing, planning research trips, and research support. Access details will be shared three days before the workshop. Register at http://ow.ly/kszQ50Mp6VI.

Play theory is the immersive act of learning that is joyful, meaningful, social, active, and iterative. The distinctions between “work” and “play” fall to the wayside as we create and tinker together. The iSchool is utilizing play theory to culture authentic learning assessment. To learn more about how the iSchool is utilizing play theory and how you can apply it within your unit, register here.

Join the National AI Institute AIFARMS, for our monthly seminar series during the Spring semester on Tuesday, January 17 at 4:00 pm on Zoom, to hear from Dr. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian Anderlik Professor of Engineering at Iowa State University, who will be presenting "Towards building digital twins of plants: annotation efficiency and mechanistic models." 

Workshop: “Unstuck: How to Uncover Your Process & ​Become the Writer You Already Are​” This day-long online writing retreat teaches a simple technique for surfacing the thoughts and feelings that keep scholars from writing. This workshop is for faculty and graduate students of any discipline. Register for workshop! 

Join Benjamin Vogt, author of "Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design" for a presentation on lawn to meadow conversion and a Q&A where he will answer your burning questions about bringing wildness back into your yard.

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.

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.

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!

Seeking participants for a study on the effect of sweet taste on blood sugar. Participants aged 21-45, non-smokers, with a BMI = or > 30 kg/m2 and no diabetes will complete questionnaires, taste testing, body composition scans, and blood draws and receive up to $500 upon completion of 5 visits (between 2 to 6 hours each) and free parking. Please contact sweettastelab@gmail.com if interested.

Seeking participants who have visited New York City. This study involves watching a virtual NYC tour at our lab and taking surveys. Your participation lasts about 15 mins. You will be rewarded with a free coffee gift card (Can use for other drinks) and have a chance to enter a drawing for one of the $20 gift cards. For more details, click on the title of this post

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).

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.

Seeking right-handed native English speakers between ages 50-80 for an in-person language study. Participants will read multiple sentences of varying importance and be asked to complete memory tests while their brainwaves are recorded. The study typically takes 2-3 hours and participants are compensated in cash ($36 total). If interested, please contact illinoiscablabmanager@gmail.com.