A policy has been posted to the CAM Website: Scattering of Cremated or Human Remains on University Property. Visit https://cam.illinois.edu/policies/under-review/ to review and provide feedback.

The last meeting of the 2022-2023 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate is on Monday, April 24, at 3:10 pm via Zoom Webinar (Please note for security purposes, you must log into Zoom before clicking the link). Meeting materials are available at https://www.senate.illinois.edu/20230424a.asp. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

The University of Illinois Archives has launched a newsletter! In Out of the Vault, the Archives will share news about exhibitions, programs, projects, new acquisitions, and services. The inaugural issue has just been released. Subscribe here to receive future issues and stay connected will all the exciting happenings at the University Archives!

Applications are being accepted for the RC Evans Fellowship in Gies Business. This fellowship is open to all UIUC faculty, tenure-track and specialized, with preference given to Gies Business faculty. Scholars create new business analytics curricula that can be released by the Center. Application material should be submitted electronically to ypark32@illinois.edu by June 2, 2023 (11:59 pm CT).

The Mathematics Library will close to the public at 5pm on 5/12/23. During this interim closure, its collections will be housed in the Main Library Stacks and the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center starting later this summer. Items can be requested/picked up/returned at any campus library during the closure. Math Library staff and services are accessible via email and the website.

The Office for the Protection of Research Subjects has updated its website. The site represents the next step in the office's work to modernize the university's IRB processes in preparation for adopting an electronic IRB system in late 2023. The site includes updated forms, training modules, and implements a new process for researchers who wish to use an external IRB.

Mobile unit services include: driver’s license and state ID card (renewal, replacement, corrections), vehicle stickers; passenger, B-truck, motorcycle and collegiate license plates; vehicle title and registration; organ/tissue donor registration; and parking placards for persons with disabilities. April 26, 10 am–3 pm in the Illini Union Room 210.

Navila Rashid and Haddi Ceesay, authors of The Sex Talk Book, a Muslim-led workbook on healthy sexuality, will lead a keynote and workshops about caring for Muslim survivors of sexual violence and promoting sexual health. Workshops will focus on the Muslim principal of rahma as a model for responding with care. Visit the website to learn more about the lecture and register for workshops.

Civic Café is a skill-building and conversation series for civic learning and democractic engagement.  Join Dr. Emily Knox, Associate Professor in the School of Information Science, for What’s Going On? Banned Books and Freedom of Speech on Friday, April 28, 2023 from 1:30pm-3pm 300 Levis Faculty Center. Register in advance here. 

The BNCC is a normative document that provides a framework for all students from preschool to high school, private and public schools, setting academic standards that every student is expected to learn at each grade level. This presentation discusses a series of workshops and a handbook developed to support Brazilian teachers in implementing the new curriculum standards in their English classes

Web of Science is the widest-scoping, multidisciplinary platform of abstract databases for full-text articles, books, and conference proceedings. Learn how to search for literature and authors, and where to find citation tracking data and grant information. Additional features and strategies covered include: refining and managing search results, analyzing citations, and unpacking item records.

Join us for a workshop to help shape IMMERSE, the Center for Immersive Computing. IMMERSE aims to bring together research, education, and infrastructure activities on our campus covering immersive applications, technologies, and human factors, including work on AR/VR/MR, metaverse, digital twins, etc. Register to attend/present.

Lyric Theatre @ Illinois is proud to present Six World Premieres  of scenes from three operas by internationally established composers and three works by School of Music  students.  May 2, 2023 at 7:30pm at  Tryon Festival Theatre, KCPA. A conversation with the creative teams starts at 6:30-7:00 pm at Tryon Festival Theatre. A festive reception at intermission in the Tryon Lobby. Free admission.

Johannes Brahms remains unsurpassed in his emotional range and innovative spirit, both of which laid an inspirational groundwork for a generation of composers to come. One such composer was Hungarian Ernő Dohnányi, whose Sextet in C major owes its formative elements to Brahms. Pair this work with two Brahms trios of profound originality, and audiences will not be able to help but feel moved.

Robin and the Toad, from Andes to Zappa. This six-piece ensemble from Urbana-Champaign plays an astounding range of music: haunting Peruvian waltzes, nostalgic Italian film scores, blistering Zappa rockers, and more, all with their unique high energy treatment. Sometimes madcap, sometimes soulful, always compelling.

Parable of the Sower, set in 2024 and published in 1993, presciently grapples with many of the same issues we face today—global warming, corporate influence over government, a destabilized economy, water scarcity, food scarcity, the privatization of social services, homelessness, public safety, a return of long-forgotten diseases, and the profit-making machine that runs the medical industry.

Lyric Theatre is committed to fostering creativity in our students and community by the production of new and never-performed works in various stages of development. We are very excited to share six new works with our audiences: three by established composers and three by School of Music composition students Victor Rangel, Caleb Liddell, and Jiwon Hahn.

Illinois achieved a Tree Campus Higher Education designation through the Arbor Day Foundation. Chancellor Jones is proclaiming Friday, April 28, 2023 as a day of celebration. An Arbor Day Celebration will include planting of a new tree west of Davenport Hall. Please join Vice Chancellor for Administration and Operations Mike DeLorenzo for the reading of the proclamation and the tree planting.

Help fellow students donate used items instead of dumping during move-out! Volunteer to help Facilities & Services and University Housing divert gently used goods away from the landfill. From Monday, May 8 to Saturday, May 13, volunteers will be stationed at donation collection sites near residence halls. Sign up to volunteer here.

Join Grace Kraft, Illinois Distributed Museum spring intern, on a walking tour of campus to highlight education related innovations from the University of Illinois. Hear about the development of various campus departments, impactful figures, technological developments, and more. Wednesday April 26 at 3pm, starting at the University Archives. For more information see the calendar event. 

Join Devin Manley, one of the Illinois Distributed Museum’s Spring interns, on a walking tour of campus to highlight cultural and community building innovations from the University of Illinois. Hear about the history of campus’s multi-ethnic and multi-cultural past and present. Tour will start at the University Archives. Friday April 28 at 4 pm. For more information see the calendar event.

The workshop provides an overview of mainstream materials characterization techniques including advanced microscopy, spectroscopy, thermal and microstructural characterization with emphasis on practical applications. The event features presentations by MRL staff and industry experts, with a large vendors exhibit. Registration (only $80 including lunch) and program https://go.illinois.edu/amc2023.

Monica Fabiani, Psychology at UIUC, will give he Frontiers Lecture in Miniature Brain Machinery on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 4:00 pm in 2269 Beckman Institute and on Zoom.  Her topic, "Taking the pulse of aging: The role of cerebrovascular risk factors in cognitive decline and dementia". The lecture is free and open to the public courtesy of the NSF MBM.

Join alumnus María Carvajal Regidor as she explores Latinx students’ history of activism and resistance at UIUC by examining archival materials. Participants receive the zoom link the morning of the event: https://uiuc.libcal.com/event/10623771 If registrations are full and you want to attend virtually, email memersn2@illinois.edu. 

21st Century Scientists at the Beckman Institute will host Brendan Harley, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, to share recent efforts at developing inclusion-focused faculty hiring practices. He'll also offer insights regarding the adoption of these practices by the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Learn more and register.

All Illinois researchers are invited to attend a lecture and reception with Annette Fenner, Chief Editor of Nature Reviews Urology, "What Editors Want: How to Write and Peer Review Papers." Attendees will have the opportunity to connect and learn first-hand how to write and position their research to maximize the chances of having it published. A reception will follow. RSVP by April 25.

In the next event in the Olive Spannaus Education Series at Allerton Park, Pastor Eileen Gebbie will discuss her experiences as a leader within the church tradition as well as a representative in secular settings. Gebbie has been a teacher, community organizer and served as both the first female and first queer senior pastor at two Champaign-area United Church of Christ congregations.

Japan House will celebrate 25 years at the University of Illinois with a fun day of Asian performances, food and artistry followed by fireworks in the Arboretum. Learn about vendors and schedules at https://go.illinois.edu/matsuri Certain activities and tea ceremonies will require pre-paid tickets. Food/retail vendors will be taking cash/card independently. Outdoor performances are free to view.

Join us for a conversation in honor of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day with artist Kevork Mourad in conversation with Helen Makhdoumian. Reception to follow. This visit is generously sponsored by CAS, EUC, through support from the US Dept. of Education’s Title VI NRC Program, CGS through support from the US Dept. of Education’s Title VI NRC Program, Spurlock Museum, and HGMS.

You are invited to celebrate Undergraduate Research Week and attend the 16th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) to be held all day on Thursday, April 27 at the Illini Union (9 AM - 5 PM). Research Week will feature over 1,000 students presenting their cutting-edge research through oral panels, poster presentations, performances, and exhibits. All events are free and open to the public.

Serán las dueñas de la tierra. Mariolga Reyes & Juan Manuel Pagán Teitelbaum will present their new documentary that highlights the many difficulties facing an emerging generation of young farmers in Puerto Rico.

Saturday Engineering for Everyone is an open and free lecture series for anyone – students, faculty, staff and the local community – interested in learning more about engineering. On April 29 Assistant Professor Elahé Soltanaghai will talk about the promising possibilities of wireless infrastructure for sensing the physical world in "Unleashing the invisible world of wireless signals."

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 our May 2 webinar for more information.

Please join us as we follow the story of Suki, a young Japanese American girl who marches to the beat of her own drum! Suki cherishes her heritage, with her favorite things being her blue yukata and any time spent with her obaa-chan (grandmother). She is determined to wear her yukata on the first day of school, but what do her classmates think of it? Come find out!

Please join us for the College of Education Dean's Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer, the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Department of Comparative Human Development and the Marshall Field IV Professor Emeritus of Urban Education at the University of Chicago. You are also invited to join the reception immediately following her lecture.

Mark your calendars for a screening of the groundbreaking 1911 silent film “L’Inferno,” accompanied live on piano and double bass by two of Italy’s leading jazz musicians. The first full-length Italian feature film ever produced, “L’Inferno” was loosely adapted from the first canticle of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. RSVPing is optional but appreciated.

Monica Fabiani, Professor of Psychology at Illinois, will lecture on “Taking the pulse of aging: The role of cerebrovascular risk factors in cognitive decline and dementia” in this Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture in person and on Zoom. Attendance is free and open to the public courtesy of the Miniature Brain Machinery Program.

In this session, we will talk about finding demographic and population data and statistics with a focus on the Decennial Census and American Community Survey. We will also explore sources in other subject areas (health, education, economy, etc.)  that contain demographic information as well as international statistics and data.

Please join us on April 26, 2023 from 4-5pm CDT for a virtual information session. We'll discuss fall 2023 admissions, programs of study, and internship and employment opportunities. To register, click HERE. For program information, visit us at psm.illinois.edu. All students are welcome! 

Jennifer Hain Teper, the Library's Head of Preservation, will present an overview of the typical AV and digital formats such as mix-tapes, VHS recordings and iPhone photos, that many consider valuable and will present basic steps that people can take towards better preservation strategies to ensure that you will be able to continue access to these materials for years to come.

From the 1800's, various state and federal court laws, court decisions, and executive orders explicitly discriminated against Asian Americans. This talk will discuss how historical anti-Asian discrimination led to some of the most atrocious legal decisions in U.S. history and how anti-Asian discrimination still affects the law.

Please join us for Episode 10 of the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) speaker series sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. This week, Nathan Hoffman, Director of the Office of Technology Management (OTM), speaks on intellectual property and OTM.

Please join us for Episode 10 of the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) speaker series sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. This week, Nathan Hoffmann, Director of the Office of Technology Management (OTM) will speak on intellectual property and OTM.

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!

Interested in learning to calm your mind and learn new skills to cope with the challenges that life brings? Want to reduce low moods and rumination? Can you make a commitment to listen to daily mindfulness audios? Click here to read the class description and to sign up. Classes are also open to individuals who are not affiliated with the U of I. 

We seek to understand Black and African American mothers' health care needs to develop a curriculum for physicians. Please consider participating if you: identify as a Black or African American mother; gave birth within the last five years; are at least 18 years old; are in the U.S. Study involves a survey of 45 minutes for a $25 Amazon e-gift card. You can begin the survey by clicking here.

The Dermatology service of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) is seeking dogs with active skin lesions for a study. Your dog will be pre-screened to determine eligibility. Study requires approximately 8 visits every other week to the VTH. Incentives: $100 VTH credit upon completion of study, recommendations and treatment for skin disease. Click for more info/enrollment information (google.com)

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

The Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab is recruiting people between the ages of 25-75 (native English speakers) for a multi-session study on arterial health and cognition. Compensation and parking will be provided. For more information, please email brain-research@illinois.edu including your name, age, and contact information and indicate that you interested in the “cognition study.” 

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.