The finalists for Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost have been invited to make public presentations. Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present on Monday, Jan. 23 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. in the Levis Faculty Center, Room 300. 

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 25, 2023. 

University Laboratory High School will hold an informational Zoom meeting Thurs. Jan. 26 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.

Call for Participation - We are convening a group that consists of faculty, subject librarians, and students to participate in the drafting of a white paper on the future of area/transnational and discipline studies at the University of Illinois. It is our goal to complete work on the white paper by May 2023.

A few spots still available!! Creative Dance for Children has been a long-time treasured offering to our community by Dance at Illinois. These classes are for children, ages 4-10, who are yearning to move with joy and dance their hearts out!  Classes will be held in the Dance Studio Building located at 905 West Nevada, Urbana. 

Do you have students working on startup ideas? Encourage them to take part in the Cozad New Venture Challenge. The campus-wide educational program provides funding and mentoring to teams through the phases of venture creation, along with workshops on idea validation, pitching skills, and customer development. Registration due Jan. 31. 

The Speaking Center will reopen on January 30th for one-on-one consultations. Through our consultation service, students can work one-on-one with a trained consultant to improve presentations and speeches, including delivery, visual aids, content, organization, and more. Students at any stage in the preparation process are welcome to schedule an appointment through our website.

IHSI invites researchers who work with human participants and those in leadership positions to complete the Investing in Research with Human Participants survey. Your input will help to improve infrastructure and services related to coordination and recruitment of research participants and biospecimen and biodata collection and analysis. Complete all sections or only those of most interest to you.

The 2023 Illinois Stalking Prevention and Response Summit invites proposals for sessions to be held on 4/2/23. The theme of the Summit is "Take Back Control: Educate, Prevent, Support." Proposals are welcomed from everyone with an interest in ending stalking and improving support for survivors, including students. Submission deadline: February 15. Learn more: go.illinois.edu/stalkingsummit 

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

ORCID@Illinois provides all members of the campus research community with an easy way to obtain an ORCID iD and link it to their Illinois identity. ORCID iDs are unique, persistent identifiers that are being increasingly requested by funding agencies, publishers, and professional associations worldwide. Whether you need an ORCID iD or already have one, get connected at ORCID@Illinois!

Did you know you can get password and 2FA help, assistance with connecting to Wi-Fi, Canvas, Box, and more in Room 220 of the Main Library? You can! Through a pilot partnership, Technology Services will be at the Scholarly Commons Help Desk in Room 220 of the Main Library from Noon-5pm Monday through Friday. Come see us!

The Writers Workshop is open! Students can schedule an in-person or online consultation to receive feedback on their writing. The Workshop provides tailored presentations for courses and student organizations by request, and we host presentations throughout the semester about common academic writing concerns. Check out our website resources, and encourage your students to stop by! 

SCD’s In-Class Workshops offer an introduction of human-centered design (HCD) and the mindsets it develops. Facilitated by HCD-trained SCD Teaching Scholars, In-Class Workshops explore the HCD process, creativity, empathy, and communication. Design activities can be adapted to meet the needs of your course and students. Workshops can be offered in-person at SCD, in your classroom, or via Zoom.

An overview of some of the most common research metrics, including Impact Factor, h-index, and altmetrics. Learn about where these metrics are located (with attention to Journal Citation Reports, Web of Science, and Scopus) and how to search for them.

The International and Area Studies Library will be hosting Research Conversation Hours on Wednesdays from 5-6pm over Zoom (http://ow.ly/oEoJ50MqLit) and Thursdays from 10-11am at Main Library 321, starting on Wednesday, January 25th. An RSVP form (not required) is available here: https://forms.gle/3j2CmfxcWEjrawpR9. This opportunity is open to students from all academic backgrounds.

Starting Tuesday, January 24th at 10am, the International and Area Studies Library will provide coffee and donuts in the hallway outside of Main Library 321. After enjoying refreshments, we invite you to visit our space and learn more about our library's offerings.

Join Yanfeng Ouyang, George Krambles Endowed Professor in Rail and Public Transit at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as he presents in-person at the Spring 2023 Kent Seminar Series Thursday, January 26, from 2-3 p.m. (CT). This semester we honor the legacy of Paul Kent with a special alumni series. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the ICT Classroom. 

Come learn about life in Japan from Tsubasa Akatsuka, an intern with Global Education and Training! This session will be available on Wednesday, February 8th from 3-4:30pm both in person at the iSchool HUB room 4045 (614 E. Daniel St., Champaign) and via Zoom! For Zoom, please register at https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/42015624.  We hope to see you there!

The College of Education will award the winners and honorable mention recipients of the K-12 MLK Creative Expressions Contest. This event will highlight the talents of our local students through essays, poems, and art.

Tune in to the first TED Talk: Eco-Edition of the semester, focused on food waste! The host will be iSEE Sustainability Programs Intern Jenna Schaefer, President of Project4Less and senior in Environmental Economics & Policy. Together we will watch a prerecorded TED Talk, followed by a guided discussion! Come listen and share your perspective in a fun, no-pressure setting. All are welcome!

Known for his analytical work with election data at the “Big Board,” Steve Kornacki is an NBC News and MSNBC national political correspondent and an NBC Sports contributor. He will talk politics and sports in a Q&A with Colleen King, Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media director and clinical assistant professor of journalism. Join us Tuesday at Spurlock or register to join via Zoom.

Interested in learning to calm your mind and learn new skills to cope with the challenges that life brings?  Can you make a commitment to listen to daily mindfulness audios? Click here to read the class description and to sign up. Classes will be held Thursdays 5 - 7pm on Zoom. Classes are also open to individuals who are not affiliated with the U of I. 

Dance at Illinois’ Studiodance concert features the work of Assistant Teaching Professor and Media Specialist Laura Chiaramonte, Professor Jennifer Monson, MFA candidate Abby Chin, and Associate Professor Roxane D’Orleans Juste. Works run the gamut of glamour, ecology, gender and gesture, and kinesthetic technology. Livestream available on Wednesday, January 25.

Join Sinfonia da Camera for our 2023 Premiere! The program begins with Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony No. 6, representing a “Recollection of life in the country—more an expression of feeling than a depiction.” After intermission, Sinfonia is joined by renowned cellist Ko Iwasaki in a performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B Minor, widely considered the greatest cello concerto ever written!

Dr. Elena Kopteva, Visiting Research Scientist, Dept of Physics and Illinois Scholar at Risk at the University of Illinois at U-C will talk in the IGI Speaker Series "The Global Impacts of the War in Ukraine" on Jan. 25. Lunch provided for registered in-person talk.  Dr. Kopteva will discuss the profound- and in many ways devastating- impact of the war on her family both immediate and extended.

The Illinois Leadership Center will be hosting the Rolls-Royce Innovation i-Program on January 28th in the Illini Union ABC Rooms. This program is for students, both undergraduate and graduate. Registration can be found on the ILC website and will remain open until January 27. The program focuses on Innovation, Creativity and Diversity of Ideas. 

Participate in ongoing discussions about what our campus is doing and will do to bolster retention, reduce graduation gaps, and enhance the Illinois experience. Don’t miss this chance to engage with faculty, staff, and students to think critically about undergrad success and to identify university strengths, gaps, and priorities. Website | Keynote | Register Now

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. Registration is now open, until February 13th, for all students.

Register now for the 2023 AgTech Innovation Summit on Tuesday, March 7. The AgTech Summit is a free interactive conference. This event features a unique mix of investors from throughout the Midwest, large corporations, prominent academics, growers, and startups to provide a well-rounded perspective on the future of AgTech. Register Here.

Futurity, or the intentional imagining and materializing of liberated futures—where freedom from oppression, trauma, violence, and discrimination are realized—inspires this talk. Dr. Amber Johnson (Communication, Saint Louis University) will discuss their methods for conjuring the world and communities in which we want to live and thrive. This event is part of the Interseminars event series.

Catherine Christian-Hinman, Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at Illinois, will give a Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture on “Sex, cycles, and seizures: Reciprocal relationships linking epilepsy and the reproductive neuroendocrine axis” in person and on Zoom. Attendance is free and open to the public courtesy of the Miniature Brain Machinery Program.

Do you know a humanities PhD student at Illinois that wants to use their strengths to make an impact, learn new skills, and explore new career paths? Invite them to learn more about the Summer Bridge program! Students selected to participate will spend 8 weeks contributing to a community organization in the Champaign-Urbana area. Register to attend an upcoming information session on 1/31.

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.

Will Byrd, scientist at the Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will present "The mediKanren Biomedical Reasoner and the Precision Medicine Case Review Process." We continue the CIRSS speaker series in Spring 2023 with a focus on “Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Computing”. 

Come focus on getting your research done every Tuesday from 3 pm - 5 pm, or later, on Zoom.  It's a virtual library study hall.  Check out the calendar for the Zoom link.

Peter Fritzsche, a professor of history at the University of Illinois who writes about the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s, is the guest speaker at a virtual event in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This webinar, hosted by F&S' Diversity & Inclusion Committee, will be on Wed., Jan. 25, at noon. Register for login info: https://go.fs.illinois.edu/diversityandinclusion. 

Information on how to manage your finances is readily available from a wide variety of places - friends, family, social media influencers, ads, popular media, and more. How do you discern myth from fact though? How do you identify a funny money meme from a helpful financial tip? Learn ways to navigate financial tips online to avoid potential missteps. Registration required.

Seeking female participants between 20 and 32 weeks pregnant for research to better understand what fetuses hear on a daily basis. Participants will wear a small audio device that measures sound exposure for their baby. Participants will be paid for each measurement session they complete. Call 217-333-8284 or email anex-lab@illinois.edu.

We are seeking participants for a study about a health technology that supports high BP medication adherence and BP management for older adults. Participants must be 65 years of age or older, take at least 1 medication for high BP, and use an iPhone. Participants will receive monetary compensation for their time. For more info, please contact: bp-system@pharmacy.arizona.edu or call (217)300-5445.

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. 

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 participants aged 50+ who have read the Harry Potter books and/or seen the Harry Potter movies for a paid brainwave reading experiment ($12/hr). The experiment will last approximately 3-4 hours and is held in the Beckman Institute. For more information, contact Melissa Troyer at troyer1@illinois.edu.