The Chancellor's Senior Survey is scheduled to launch March 1, 2023 for May graduates. Help increase the response rate for your unit by encouraging undergraduate seniors to complete the survey. Promotional materials can be found here. Students can look up their unique survey link here. Additional information about the survey administration for Spring 2023 can be found here.

The Library is conducting the Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey in order to collect information that will help improve library services. The email was sent with the subject line “University of Illinois Library Survey: last chance to participate and win a $50 Amazon gift card!” The survey should take 15-30 minutes to complete and closes on Tuesday, February 28. Find more info here. 

The Robert P. Larsen Grant for Research in Career Development is accepting proposals to support research addressing career development and vocational issues. Currently enrolled graduate students are eligible. Qualitative and quantitative proposals considered from various disciplines. Projects should be completed in a 1-year timeframe. Multiple awards possible. Deadline to apply: March 7, 2023.

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.

Would you like to help visitors at Allerton Park by sharing its history and guiding them on their journeys at the park? Then the McCraw Family Visitor Center needs you! Interested volunteers should attend this volunteer orientation session in the Greenhouse Auditorium. The orientation will cover all necessary information and responsibilities and provide study materials.

Researchers at the UIUC now have improved access to IBM Quantum computing systems through the Chicago Quantum Exchange. NCSA is assisting by coupling campus researchers with allocations to some of the most powerful quantum computing systems available in the private sector. Click here if you would like to get involved or have questions about quantum computing allocations.

Trained accounting students and faculty from Gies College of Business are providing FREE tax assistance to low- to moderate-income (gross income less than $60K), elderly, disabled, and limited English-speaking taxpayers filing as US residents. To participate, please bring identification & tax documents to Salt & Light Urbana during VITA drop-off hours. 

"Addressing Crises of a Planetary Scale — Lessons from Pandemics and Climate Change" will be April 12-13 in Illini Union Rooms B/C. The event features two keynotes and four panels. Faculty interested in having their students attend can request a signup sheet for their students at the iSEE registration table. Please contact sustainability@illinois.edu to arrange.

UIUC’s new IT status service, Status at Illinois, is live. Visit https://status.illinois.edu to see the status of campus-wide IT services, planned maintenance, and outages. Stay up to date by subscribing to notifications for services that are important to you. Learn more be reading the Status at Illinois introduction article.

Are you preparing for an upcoming conference? Need to design a poster for your class? This workshop will give you tools for communicating your research for academic conferences and professional meetings in a concise and visually effective poster presentation. This event is co-sponsored by the University Library, the Writers Workshop, and the Office of Undergraduate Research.  

In this workshop, you will learn about the many resources to conduct research in literature and literary criticism. Topics include: introduction to the catalog, electronic database searching (e.g. MLA International Bibliography), and research methods. Two sessions will be held: 2/27 and 2/28 from 11-11am. All are welcome!

Lang Lang is a leading figure in classical music today—he has become one of the world’s most influential and committed ambassadors for the arts in the 21st century. Equally happy playing for billions of viewers at the 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing or just for a few hundred children in the public schools, he is a master of communicating through music.

Inspired by the Scottish Border Ballads–speaking of supernatural occurrences along the England-Scotland border–Prudencia is a full-tilt immersive theatrical experience. The actors will madly traverse our Studio Theatre, magically transformed for the night into a Scottish pub. With action everywhere around you, Prudencia takes you on an epic journey of vivid imagination.

The Chez Veterans Center hosts VA Illiana Health Care System Suicide Prevention Coordinator for this training on Suicide Prevention: Lethal Means Safety.  Join us as we hear about Veteran Suicide Prevention, VA Suicide Prevention Efforts, S.A.V.E. and means safety.

Join Hasan Ozer, associate professor at Arizona State University, as he presents in-person at the Spring 2023 Kent Seminar Series Thursday, March 2, 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.

Join us Wednesday March 1st at 5:30PM for another great Science Café talk. Dr. Jessica Brinkworth will present her work in a talk titled "Making Resilient Science".  We will be in person this semester at Cafeteria and Company in downtown Urbana (208 W Main St, Urbana). Snacks will be provided.  We hope to see you there! 

Join OUT@Illinois for their 1st Midsemester Social to meet other LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff and learn more about the group. OUT@Illinois is a group designed to build community and support to the LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff at UIUC. The Mid-semester Social will take place on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at Farren's Pub and Eatery, 117 N. Walnut (downtown Champaign) from 5:30pm - 7:30pm. See you there!

The History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library invites the community to The Blaxtravaganza Celebrating Black Futures on March 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8. This series of events highlights the research, creativity, and brilliance of Black professors on the UIUC campus. All events are free and open to the public. Click on the link above for dates and times for all events. 

Memorial Symposium in the honor of the late Gabriel Popescu and the first Annual Center for Label-free Imaging and Multiscale Biophotonics (CLIMB) Research Symposium will be held at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology on April 13-14 and it is open to all. Registration is free but required. For any questions, please contact Kelly McKinley at kmckinle@illinois.edu.

This workshop to be held at the Beckman Institute is designed for students, academic researchers and industrial scientists who wish to expand their knowledge of fluorescence techniques, instrumentation and their applications. Lectures delivered by key scientists in the field, and they are complemented by optional hands-on experiments on commercial instrumentation.  Deadline to register is April 1.

Join us on Monday, Feb 27, 2023, from 7:00 - 9:00 pm, at Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor, for a panel discussion on Tyre Nichols, Policing, and Justice: A Critical Conversation. Panelists: Jenny Davis (Anthro & American Indian Studies); Teresa Barnes (History & Gender & Women’s Studies); Erik S. McDuffie (History & African American Studies); Gilberto Rosas (Anthro & Latina/Latino Studies).

Atlas.ti is a software for conducting qualitative and mixed methods analysis. You can upload and analyze text, multimedia, or survey data in a way that helps you answer your research question. We’ll work towards an understanding of Atlas.ti’s capabilities and explore how this tool can be used in your research plan. 

Register to attend in Library 314 or via Zoom. 

The ILLINOIS STALKING PREVENTION & AWARENESS SUMMIT will provide an opportunity for campus leaders to better understand stalking and collaborate on approaches to address stalking across Illinois. Sunday, April 02, 2023 at the Siebel Center for Design. OPEN and is FREE to everyone! Lunch and t-shirts will be provided, limited seating. Register Here: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1497051909

Registration is open for “Meet the Greeks” and “Meet the Romans” camps for children ages 8-11, held June 5-9, 12-16, 19-23 and 26-30, 2023. Camps introduce kids to ancient languages, cultures and civilizations with readings, games, costumes, crafts and more. For details, please see classics.illinois.edu/academics/summer-camps. Questions may be sent to Director Ariana Traill (traill@illinois.edu).

Whether you like eating pie or factoring pi, we’ve got you covered with Puzzles and Pie on March 14 in the Allerton MansionThe event begins (appropriately) at 3:14 p.m. with puzzles, pie and coffee. An optional Mansion tour will also be offered from 4 to 5 p.m. Cost is $10/person; children 2 and under are free. 

This Friday, March 3rd: Risograph, Zines, and "Cheap" Art with Will Arnold, School of Art + Design at UIUC, Art @ the Y exhibition on view through March 10th. A free lunch will be offered to attendees. Conversation Cafe is part of the Student Affairs Lunch on Us series and is paid for, in part, by the Student Cultural Programming Fee (SCPF).

The Abraham Accords are designed to promote and enable greater mobility of goods, services, and people between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan. Join a diverse panel of speakers to examine the impact of these accords. This event is sponsored by Gies College of Business, the European Union Center, and Illinois International. Register to attend.

Learn about Indian holidays like Holi “the Festival of Colors” which will be celebrated in early March, and hear about new technologies, India's cash-free system, medical tourism, education, and much more. Small Indian treats will be served but feel to bring your lunch and questions for our participants who each come from a different region of India. 

Journalism alum Will Leitch will discuss his writing career that spans sports to novels, and his broadcast career that includes hosting his own Sports Illustrated talk show to co-hosting a podcast about movies. Join our Q&A, moderated by Colleen King, director of the Frank Center and clinical assistant professor of journalism, this Thursday in Lincoln Hall or register to join via Zoom.

The Fab Lab is excited to kick off another amazing summer of making and learning. Our camps are for ages 10+ and topics include Plushie Maker, Minecraft 3D, Board Game Design, Coding, RPG, Jewelry Design and more. Registration will open online March 1st at 9am! You can find our 2023 camp schedule on our website now to plan out your summer favorites. Camps fill up fast so don't wait to register!

Please join us on March 1st or March 30th from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. CST in the ACES Library (Morgan Room) to learn about the IL Professional Science Master’s Program. We'll discuss fall 2023 admissions, programs of study, and internship and employment opportunities. Current PSM students will be in attendance to answer your questions. If you can't attend, please email us at psmdegree@illinois.edu. 

Register to learn more about employee workplace accommodations with the Accessibility & Accommodations Division. Join us in person on March 1st @12:15pm. Learn about key information about campus accessibility policies and answers to FAQ's about the process. This is an approved university-sponsored event. Light refreshments will be offered. Register today!

Testifying before the U.S. House Select Committee, J. Michael Luttig called the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol a “war on democracy.” Join the College of Law and Judge Luttig, formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, for a conversation about the lessons of January 6. Free and open to the public. Learn more.

The participants are a diverse group of engineers from local, state, and federal agencies; consulting and contracting firms; and universities. The conference is designed for professionals in structural engineering to discuss exciting new developments in the field, gain timely job-related information, network with colleagues, and renew their sense of professional purpose. Register

In this presentation, Dr. Alaina E. Roberts explores the actions and rhetoric of Black and Native people in Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma) in the 19th century. Dr. Roberts will leave her listeners with a set of questions that encourages them to come to terms with this history and the anti-Black racism that endures across North America. Part of the Un/Doing Event Series

The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program and the Humanities Research Institute co-host this annual event bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia. Each speaker will have five minutes to tell the story of a woman in their discipline who changed the field in important ways.

Robert Hoehndorf, Associate Professor of Computer Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), will present "Machine learning with biomedical ontologies." We continue the CIRSS speaker series in Spring 2023 with a focus on “Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Computing”. 

The CSBS Social & Behavioral Health Funding Series invites Steve Breckler, Director, Social Psychology Division and Alan Tomkins, Deputy Director, Division of Social and Economic Sciences from NSF to discuss the Dear Colleague Letter: The NSF and the Social Science Research Council Partnership to Advance Scientific Knowledge about the Impact of Public Health Guidance. 

This informational webinar will explore the various aspects of engaging in industry-sponsored research. Speakers from OCR, SPA, and OTM will discuss their role in facilitating industry-academic partnerships and technology transfer. A panel of researchers and corporate partners will share their experience and advice for developing and maintaining these relationships.

Seung-Woo Cho, Professor of Biotechnology at Yonsei University in South Korea, will give a virtual lecture (Zoom only) entitled:  "Brain-on-a-chip for modeling human brain diseases".  MBM trainee, Olawale Salaudeen, will give an introduction.

Join Frehiwot G. Girmay, Lecturer and Researcher at Aksum Institute of Technology, Ethiopia as she discusses the opportunities and challenges of AI for developing countries. Frehiwot is an Ethiopian scholar from Tigray. She is a Gender Officer at Aksum Institute and a member of Women in AI in Ethiopia, and Black in AI, Women in Machine Learning and Global Society of Tigray. Register here.

With the meteoric rise of generative AI like ChatGPT going mainstream, what are the implications for teaching and learning in higher education? CITL has put together a diverse group of campus stakeholders to open up the conversation around this disruptive technology. Please join us for this thought-provoking discussion on Zoom.

Please join us for Episode 3 of the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) speaker series sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. This week, Sandi Caldrone from the Research Data Service will speak on the topic of "Data Management". Bring your questions and please enjoy an engaging discussion!

The Mellon-funded Interseminars Initiative provides funding and administrative infrastructure for interdisciplinary inquiry, including collaborative teaching, graduate fellowships, and support for public- or community-facing research in the humanities and arts. Tenure-stream faculty who wish to learn more about the initiative are encouraged to attend this info session. Register

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it an "infodemic" phenomenon: an overabundance of information – some accurate and some not – that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when necessary. Learn more about this phenomenon and discuss ways to prevent, detect, and respond to misinformation.

As Russia wages a predatory war against Ukraine, international lawyers and world leaders have been drafting proposals for a “special international tribunal” to try Putin for committing crimes against peace. What are crimes against peace, and why is it critical to hold Putin and other Russian leaders accountable for waging an illegal war? Don’t miss this talk by historian Francine Hirsch.

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, a maximal exercise test, and blood draws. Compensation up to $350.Click here if interested!

Did you give birth in the past 12 months? Have you currently or previously experienced stress, sadness, low mood, other sad emotions, and pain since childbirth? We are conducting individual phone interviews for women (aged 18-45) to learn how emotions and pain are experienced by women postpartum. Contact us today at (217) 244-9363 or sepppi-study@illinois.edu. Participants will be paid.

Seeking participants (ages 18-55, native English speakers) for a study examining the long-term outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to gain a better understanding of the consequences of TBI on thinking abilities. You will be asked to complete questionnaires, paper and pencil tasks, and computer games. Earn $20/hour. For more details, please fill out our online screening form. (IRB #201647)

Are you 60 or older and live alone full-time in Cook County (Chicago)? We are seeking adults for a study on how living alone affects peoples' food practices. The study involves a 60-90 minute interview, one-week food diary and photo exercise, and a second follow-up interview. You will receive $60 in grocery gift cards for participating. Please contact oleschuk@illinois.edu if interested.

Participants needed for a study about a new medication management app designed for older adults with mild cognitive challenges. Participants must be age 60+, have mild problems with memory, thinking, or concentration, take medications for hypertension or high cholesterol, use a smartphone, and speak and read English. Participants will be compensated. If interested, contact nila@illinois.edu.