Join university leadership for the next step in our campus strategic planning process, the Strategic Planning Spring Summit this Tuesday, April 11, from 9 - 11 a.m., in the Illini Ballroom. The research-focused summit will feature speakers who will lead us in conversation about what it means to be a 21st-century research university. Learn more about the summit and speakers online.

Attn. Faculty, Staff & Grad Students, we need your help! We have a record number of poster and oral presenters for the 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium and need more judges urgently. The symposium is on April 27 in the Illini Union. As a judge, you'll be assigned a 1.5 hr slot (based on your availability) to evaluate a subset of presentations. Sign up at: https://go.illinois.edu/URSJudge.

The Senate Committee on Educational Policy will discuss five proposals to grant permanent campus status on Monday, April 17. Proposals include these units: Illinois Global Institute, Center for Global Studies, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, and the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA). 

The Office of the Provost provides limited funding assistance to tenure-line faculty who are interested in participating in NCFDD’s Faculty Success Program. Up to 8 recipients (5 pre-Tenure & 3 post-Tenure faculty) will be selected to receive matching funds. Full-time, tenure-line faculty members at Illinois are eligible to apply. Applicants may receive these matching funds only once.

The Office of the Provost provides limited funding assistance to post-tenure faculty who are interested in NCFDD’s Post-Tenure Pathfinders Program. The program is for faculty who have completed NCFDD's Faculty Success Program. Up to 2 recipients will receive funds. Full-time, tenure-line faculty at Illinois are eligible to apply. Applicants may receive these matching funds only once.

The Farms: An Allerton Folk School is taking applications for instructors for the inaugural Fall Session. Instructors are community members who know a craft or skill and want to share their knowledge through hands-on, experiential learning. Apply here. Learn more about the Folk School on the Allerton Park website.

All current Illinois faculty, staff, and students now have access to a new Qualtrics instance. Please use this new account to create any new surveys. College/unit licenses will not be renewed and surveys and data on college/unit licenses must be moved. Your college/unit will be in touch. Resources are available for this transition. Questions?

Applications are now being accepted for Allerton Park's Fall 2023 Artist In-Residence. Residencies last between two and six weeks. Artists and naturalists are invited to apply to live onsite and create artwork and/or conduct research. Applications for the Fall 2023 Residency will be accepted until April 30. Apply here.

NCSA is excited to announce Illinois Computes, a program offering computing and data storage resources, technical expertise and support services to researchers from domains across UIUC and the U of I System. Illinois Computes makes access to NCSA’s computing systems, support infrastructure and interdisciplinary experience easy to acquire at little or no cost to you. Click for more info!

The Cancer Education and Management in Underrepresented & Diverse Communities (CEMUDC) CERT program trains individuals who aspire to be cancer researchers, health care providers, and community stakeholders in developing and implementing cancer management solutions to facilitate and improve the outcomes of cancer management interventions in underrepresented communities (URC).

Join us at the Through the Faculty Ranks workshop - Diversity & Equity in Promotion & Tenure. Faculty will learn how to enhance understanding & awareness of how issues of equity & bias influence promotion & tenure decisions. We invite all faculty members to attend, especially those eligible to serve on department & College level Promotion & Tenure committees. Click here to RSVP by April 25!

The Program Leader Safety and Best Practices Workshops guide program leaders in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. Those who lead or assist with short-term education abroad or other University-related travel abroad for students must attend at least one workshop a year. Please visit safetyabroad.illinois.edu for more information and to register.

The Mom’s Day Concert continues the two-year celebration of the 55th year of Black Chorus on the UIUC campus, and commemorates the 41st year with Dr. Ollie Watts Davis as conductor. Repertoire includes sacred and popular selections and a special tribute to the mothers of graduating seniors.  Tickets are available at: https://Krannert center.com/events/ui-black-chorus-annual-moms-day-concert   

Democracy no longer ends with a revolution or military coup, but with the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions, like judiciary and the press, and the gradual erosion of long-standing political norms. Join Harvard Professor Daniel Ziblatt for the Democracy Summit Lecture: How Democracies Die on Tuesday, April 11th at 6pm in Greg Hall. Learn more at go.illinois.edu/democracysummit

NCSA will host the in-person Shared Memory Programming Using OpenMP workshop offered by the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center next April 24. The workshop will give C and Fortran programmers a hands-on introduction to OpenMP programming. Attendees will learn how to write scalable codes using OpenMP. Register and find more information on the registration page. The number of seats is limited.

The Sky Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop relaxed, stress-free mind and healthy body through evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork, socio-emotional development in a fun and experiential format. The retreat is for all UIUC staff, faculty, and is fully funded for all UIUC students. Sign up link: http://tiny.cc/skyapril2023uiuc

In honor of National Poetry Month, Ricker Library and the IDEA Lab are hosting a poetry making workshop. Join us to create your own poem or reimagine others through typewriter art, collage, and 3D printing. Visit the exhibit “Writing in Circles” which highlights artists, designers, and poets working at the intersection of poetry and visual art in Ricker Library and Literatures & Languages Library.

CLACS Lecture Series. Francisco Rodríguez-Suárez and Isabella Hillman "Puerto Rico: a tale of two systems".

A smart and stylish film noir musical, Tony Award-winner City of Angels captures the gritty sights and sounds of Hollywood’s classic detective movies, all set to a bluesy jazz score. It is the story of a screenwriter and the film he is writing—it was a triumph at Broadway’s Virginia Theatre, built by the very same architects that built its namesake in Champaign.

The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective’s upbeat music emulates the early son montuno ensembles and embraces traditional repertoire from Puerto Rican and Cuban songbooks, and expands their sonic palette by incorporating modern jazz language. The band released a self-titled EP in 2019 on several streaming platforms and has received airplay on radio stations around the country as well as in South America

Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble returns to Krannert Center with The Look of Love, a new production created with musical collaborator Ethan Iverson, celebrating the timeless music of iconic songwriter Burt Bacharach.

In an adaptation by doctoral candidate Vincent Carlson, the play centers on Roman general Coriolanus, who makes his name defeating an enemy army and defending Rome. The Senate nominates him as consul, but cannot win the people's vote, and is banished from Rome and allies with his old enemy. He comes to attack Rome, his mother persuades him not to, and his newfound ally kills him for the betrayal

Join us for the Spring 2023 TIER-ED Seminar From Gesture Research to Impactful Educational Technology with Dr. Andrew Manches, Professor of Children and Technology at the University of Edinburgh and co-director of the Digital Education Research Centre. Learn about how gestures can reveal children's learning, and how this research can be applied to the design of impactful educational products.

Join Salman Bhutta, founding member of Engtec Consulting, Inc., as he presents in person at the Spring 2023 Kent Seminar Series Thursday, April 13, from 2-3 p.m. (CT). Pizza and soft drinks will be provided beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the ICT Classroom. 

Join Allerton Natural Areas Staff on this New Moon Hike through the south side of Allerton Park. Listen for owls, coyotes, and other nocturnal birds and animals during this hike in the dark. Explore the forest and hike to the Sangamon River. Registration is required. Meet at the Schroth Trail Parking Lot at 6 p.m. Cost is $10/person, or $20 includes two beers. All sales are final.

On Saturday, April 22, thousands of middle and high school students and coaches will be on campus for the 2023 State Tournament for middle and high school Science Olympiad teams. We need many helping hands to be sure that this event runs smoothly including Event Supervisors, Building Captains, and More. Sign up today at https://illinoisolympiad.ivolunteer.com/state_2023

This year's National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Walk will be at the University of Illinois Arboretum on April 22, beginning at 9 a.m. To register for this event, visit the NEDA website. You can join an existing team or start your own. A great incentive for students to register for this event is that the RSO, fraternity, or sorority that raises the most funds will win a coffee bar party!

The European Union Center invites you to the 13th Annual Illinois EU Studies Conference on April 13-14 in Coble Hall 306. This year's conference theme is "Who is European? Inclusion and Exclusion Within and Without Europe." The full conference program can be found here.

Join us in celebrating World Quantum Day with events discussing and showcasing quantum research and discoveries. The festivities will kick off with an "Ask Me Anything" panel moderated by Prof. Paul Kwiat at 4PM at Campus Instructional Facility. Lab tours, a poster session, and reception will follow at Materials Research Laboratory. RSVPs are appreciated. This event is free and open to the public.

Black Audio Film Collective’s 1986 Handsworth Songs is an experimental documentary about uprisings against racialized police violence in Thatcherite Britain. Crucially, it is also a critique of their media coverage and colonial pre-histories. Sarah Hayden will give a hybrid talk which will be followed screening of Handsworth Songs with augmented audio-description and creative captions. 

Hickory dickory dock. Come join our trivia flock. It's scientifically sweet, With tricky questions replete, At 25 O'Clock!

Moms Weekend is this weekend, April 14-16! Be sure to check out the Moms Weekend Calendar for a full list of events that will be going on. 

Join the Department of Asian American Studies for the 15th Annual Balgopal Lecture. Entitled "Body of Work" and presented by Red Canary Song representative, organizer, and sex worker Empress Wu, this talk will explore organizing at the intersections of labor, criminalization, race, and gender. Format will be a presentation followed by a Q+A moderated by Dr. Maryam Kashani (AAS/GWS).

The Infernal Grove (Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby) "Mythologies of Recovery and The Redemption Narrative" Register here

F&S is a proud cosponsor of Boneyard Creek Community Day (BCCD) 2023 on Saturday, April 22, from 9 a.m. to noon (rain date: April 29). The event begins at Scott Park (207 E. Springfield Avenue, Champaign) and includes lunch, music, and educational displays.

Sign up now at www.boneyardcreek.org. Registration deadline is April 17 at 5 p.m., but walk-up day-of volunteers will also be welcomed.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is an annual opportunity to further efforts to prevent and address sexual violence, center the needs and experiences of survivors, and to promote the health and wellbeing of Illinois students. Learn more and view the calendar of events at go.illinois.edu/SAAM2023

The Special Education Graduate Student Association is hosting two Community Conversations in which we will be having enriching discussions with UIUC students, faculty, and staff about strengthening the inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Free food will be provided at both events, as well as opportunities to win cash prizes. 

Learn how you can develop the skills to become an industry leader with the new Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering Leadership at Illinois. Register for one of our upcoming webinars for more information: April 19 at 8-9pm or May 2 at 8-9pm.

Be on the forefront of a technology that is rapidly changing the world and explore the opportunities that blockchain presents for entrepreneurship, innovation, and social impact. Blockchain Summit 2023 on April 28 will revolutionize how you think about technology. Be part of this day-long Summit and get exclusive access to expert speakers and industry leaders. Register now to reserve your place. 

Join Funk ACES Library for its 5th Solving the World’s Challenges panel on Tuesday, April 11 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. During this hybrid event, three campus experts will discuss their research to improve and maintain water quality and respond to questions. Please register to receive the Zoom link or join us in-person to enter a book drawing and to enjoy the reception from 3:30-4:00 p.m. 

Join the Experiential Learning Networking Group to swap ideas and share resources. This will be our second meet and greet of the semester. We will also learn about UIUC’s new membership with the Engagement Scholarship Consortium! Stay tuned for more information and share this with colleagues who might be interested. This is not a working group, but a space to connect and learn from each other.

Join Gies College of Business as we break ground for Steven S. Wymer Hall this Friday, April 14, at 2 pm. The ceremony will celebrate how Gies is investing in the future of learning and will honor the impact of the many donors who have helped us raise funds in support of this project. A reception will follow in the BIF atrium. Register.

NEXT WEEK! UIUC faculty and researchers are invited to a showcase of cutting-edge research and services offered by NCSA and discover the exciting, new campus investment in research computing. Engage with NCSA’s distinguished researchers and affiliates, explore potential collaborations and share your research interests and needs. Complimentary lunch and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Come join us!

A stateless state ruled by ‘mad-dog’ Qaddafi: this is how Libya has been presented to the American public. The past’s legacy is activated to explain Libya after NATO’s 2011 campaign & the descension into violence. Are there other narratives to this? Dr. Capasso will discuss his new book by challenging these narratives & providing Libyans’ oral histories w/connection to global politics & economy.

Join a global community in mapping data which revolutionizes disaster management, reduces risk, and contributes to achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. No experience necessary! Hosted by Gamma Theta Upsilon & YouthMappers Chapter. Sign-up here.

Illini AstroFest is being organized to bring together members of the astrophysics community from around campus to showcase our research, encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration, and build community. All members of the Illinois campus community are welcome to attend. This event is specifically geared towards early career researchers and faculty. Lunch will be served. Register by April 14!  

Please join us Wednesday, April 12th from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art (608 E Lorado Taft Dr) for "A Southwest Reconstruction: An Evening of Poetry" with the visionary Raquel Gutiérrez. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art. Please share this event widely with your circles!

Campus administrators often adopt speech policies that are opposed by students and professors and that generate criticism by political actors and the general public. What is the best approach to regulating (or not) campus speech? John Hasnas (Georgetown) will present and defend his provocative proposal to resolve decades of disputes over campus expression. Lunch for attendees.

Join Dr. Guevara for an informal conversation about navigating careers outside academic. Pilar Eguez Guevara is an Ecuadorian award-winning filmmaker, cultural anthropologist and writer. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship on community health, in 2012 she co-founded and directed Comidas que Curan, an independent food education and media company.

Have you ever had trouble with communication? Feel reluctant or that it is difficult to show love to your family? Then this book, Drawn Together, might provide an answer for you! The boy in the book also once found it impossible to communicate with his grandpa who could only speak Thai, until he took out his colored pens and… Boom! Magic happens! Join us to enjoy this warm-hearted work.

This award winning film exploring the seldom-told history of Chinese immigrants living in the American South during the late 1800s to mid-1900s presents a very personal and unique perspective on immigration, race and American identity.

Celebrate flamenco with us on our 2023 EU Day of Art! Join the Illinois Flamenco-Jazz Collective, La Fuerza Flamenca, and special guest artist David Chiriboga for a flamenco dance workshop at 2pm on Saturday, April 15, followed by a flamenco-jazz music and dance performance at 3pm. The event will be held in the south wing of the Lincoln Square Mall, just inside the entrance by The Idea Store.

Film screening of "Raspando coco" (31 mins, 2018) An Ecuadorian anthropologist from Ouito travels to the northernmost coastal province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador to gather stories told by Afro-Ecuadorian elders about the traditional uses of coconut in their local cuisine and medicine. Film screening will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Guevara.

In this presentation, Mark will discuss the deep cultural immersion and life-changing experience of being an American living and working among the people of Brazil. Dr. Mark Tonelli is an associate professor of music at Millikin University, where he coordinates the guitar studies program and teaches courses in commercial music and arts entrepreneurship.

Nikky Finney and Ruth Nicole Brown (African American Studies, Michigan State University and Founder, Saving Our Lives, Hearing Our Truths - SOLHOT) in conversation, with Janice Harrington (Creative Writing, Department of English) moderating.

Cosponsored by the College of Fine and Applied Arts, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Center for Advanced Study, and Humanities Research Institute

Healthy Families Health Fair is an interactive event focused on student parents. Campus and community resources focused on health will be available to provide information about their services. Resources like Public Health, Crisis Nursery, McKinley, and more will be there. This event is open to all student parents and their families. Ice Daddy's will be providing a sweet treat to all participants. 

Department of Atmospheric Sciences Ogura Lecture entitled “Clouds, precipitation, and organized convection: From land surface effect to a new satellite wind mission concept”, will be presented by Prof. Xubin Zeng, April 18, 3:30 pm, in the Natural History Bldg. Rm 2079. Prof. Zeng is the Agnese N. Haury Chair in Environment, at the Dept of Hydrology and Atmospheric Science, University of Arizona

In this keynote, renowned biologist Felicia Keesing will address commonalities among three unprecedented planetary crises — a changing climate, global biodiversity loss, and a rise in emerging infectious diseases like COVID-19 — including causes and solutions that are interlinked. Keesing, Professor of Science, Mathematics and Computing at Bard College, studies species interactions. Register >>>

Award-winning poet Nikky Finney will be on campus April 19 for a CultureTalk conversation with Ruth Nicole Brown, moderated by Janice Harrington. On April 20, Finney will present a poetry reading and book signing. Full event details are available at go.illinois.edu/Finney. 

Learn more about extracellular vesicles while becoming acquainted with innovative research currently happening around our campus. This workshop and poster session will provide an informal venue for exploring collaborative efforts with colleagues. All faculty, staff, postdoctoral students, and graduate students are welcome to join. Registration deadline is April 14.

Join the University Archives' monthly Women in Science Lecture Series, April 13th at 12 pm. Dr. Molly Hathaway Goldstein, Teaching Assistant Professor and Product Design Lab Director, will share her research on student-designer trade off decisions and design actions and thinking. This is a hybrid event and will be in the University Archives, Main Library 146, or you can register for the zoom link.

Jay Pujara, Research Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Southern California will present "Knowledge Graphs for a Deeper Understanding of Science." 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, April 19 at 3:00pm CT, we will examine the NSF CISE Community Research Infrastructure (CCRI) program.

This workshop will highlight strategies for evaluating and interpreting learning outcomes assessment evidence at the program level. Representatives from various programs will discuss their process for evaluating and interpreting learning outcomes assessment evidence. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and reflect on their own processes. Click here to register.

The Education Justice Project hosts a monthly Research Group to discuss ongoing research that addresses any aspect of criminal justice and allied topics. In April, representatives from Northwestern Law's Children & Family Justice Center and the Cook County Public Defender will discuss the state of public defense in Illinois and a proposal to create a statewide public defender system. RSVP here.

Tune in to learn about a group of women book collectors who met from 1944-2004, providing a space for legitimacy, fellowship, and education in a period where women’s access to formal education and academic institutions was limited. This is a free online presentation and all are welcome to attend; to receive the Zoom link, please pre-register at go.illinois.edu/Ozment.

In response to rising food and meat prices and the challenges food pantries have in obtaining meat, University of Illinois Extension, along with key partners, launched the Illinois Deer Donation Program in 2022. The inaugural program results will be shared during a live online webinar on April 19 from noon to 12:45pm. Click here to register!

Elaine Lillian Joseph spent 2021 working on the audio description for Black Audio Film Collective’s seminal 1986 film Handsworth Songs. The project involved making the film more, and differently, accessible through audio description and creative captions. Elaine will walk us through the research, scripting and recording process, offering some insights into her practice. 

Join the Special Education Graduate Student Association as we host a DEI Statement Panel Discussion. A Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) statement may be required for future academic job applications. Join us as we hear from faculty who have engaged in DEI in their job search or as part of their scholarship. Zoom Link

Join NCSA Graduate Student Researcher Priyam Mazumdar for an online training session April 12 at 3 p.m. to help users to get started with deep learning projects on HAL, the hardware accelerated learning cluster at NCSA. This tutorial will demonstrate how to develop and train Transformer models, compare with Sequence models and explore how to construct and utilize a Vision Transformer. Sign up!

When did Asians become "yellow" in the Western imagination? This talk will explore the notion of yellowness and show that the label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. Once East Asians were lumped together as members of the "Mongolian race" they began to be considered yellow.

Please join the Slavic Reference Service for the next installment of the Meet the National Libraries series. On April 18th at 9 am US CT, representatives from the Royal Library of Belgium will discuss "KBR, the National Library of Belgium – a New Page." Come learn about the Library's collections and services. For more information and to register, please visit https://forms.gle/MnSYD7cVVgeTmduB7. 

The Charles David Keeling Lecture entitled “Greenhouse Gases Observations 1957-2100” will be presented via Zoom by Dr. Manvendra Dubey, Laboratory Fellow from Los Alamos National Laboratory, on Monday, April 17 at 4:00 p.m.  The Keeling Lecture is hosted by the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment.  

Please join us for Episode 8 of the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) speaker series sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. This week, Kate Clancy, professor of Anthropology and leader of Inclusive Lab Leaders training, will speak on the topic of inclusive culture.

More than 131 million people use prescription medication every day. Polypharmacy, or the consumption of multiple medications daily, increases a patient’s risk of experiencing adverse reactions and drug related health problems. Learn more about navigating this experience and how it impacts different groups.

Regardless of where you are in your student loan journey, there are many things to remember when it comes to managing those loans from application to pay-off (or forgiveness). Join us via Zoom on May 3, 2023, to learn the terms, tips, and tools to make managing your education debt easier. Registration required.

Premiums, deductibles, co-payments and other out-of-pocket health costs all add up. For example, according to the KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey in 2018, health insurance plans’ annual deductibles increased 212% in the previous 10 years!  Learn savvy strategies in the Get Savvy Webinar, Health Insurance Dissected. Registration required.

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!

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.

Join our 70-minute study on the impact of biodiverse landscapes on well-being. The study involves doing cognitive tasks, viewing a short slideshow, and having skin moisture, heart rate, and emotions measured. Participants will receive $20 in compensation. To participate, complete this form and meet the age (18-40) and health requirements. 

Participants needed for a study on health technology that supports BP medication adherence. Participants must be 65 years of age or older, take at least 1 medication for high BP, and use an iPhone. Participants will receive compensation. Please spread the word to family and friends. (Study in partnership with the University of Arizona). Email bp-system@pharmacy.arizona.edu or call (217)300-5445.

Looking for adults (ages 18-50) who are native speakers of American English and have normal hearing. Participants will listen and respond to speech samples and receive a hearing test during a single 1.5 to 2-hour visit. Compensation of $15 cash will be provided at completion. To learn more, fill out our screener or email: anex-lab@illinois.edu.

Recruiting healthy adult males ages 18-30 who have no ear/hearing disorder, no speech/language disorder, no neurologic disorder, are right-handed, speak English as their first language, and are non-smokers. We study how activity of the eardrum and inner ear relates to hearing in noise. Study involves a lab visit (2.5 hours maximum, $15 per hour). E-mail hearingresearch@illinois.edu.

The iCONS research study involves 7 2.5-hour visits & a daily gummy for 9 months.  Activities include height, weight, & eye health measurements, reading & math related questions, computer tasks, & parent questionnaires. Families will receive up to $370 with parking provided. To learn more, email iconstudy@illinois.edu or schedule a screening call to check eligibility using our scheduler link.

Researchers are seeking lactating mothers of 3–4-month-old infants to provide one fresh milk sample (2-4 ounces) for a study of milk composition. Participants will receive a gift certificate upon sample pick up. For more information, contact Dr. Marcia Siegel at monaco@illinois.edu or 217-244-2873.