The need for contributions to the Faculty and Staff Emergency Fund is great. The fund relies on your generosity throughout the year to help employees during unusual and difficult times. Your pledges allow the fund to continue to help our co-workers. Donations to the fund are always accepted at https://giving.illinois.edu/ or http://humanresources.illinois.edu/fsaws/services/emergency-fund.html

Do you have a data or literature review task that you want done before fall? Join one of our online BYOR Working Groups to tackle your task with company. BYOR Working Groups provide structure, guidance and accountability to help you complete your data or literature project this summer. Sign-up by May 15.

ProctorU, our online test proctoring service, will begin using its Guardian tool on May 15, the start of Summer 2023. This update will further streamline the student experience. The Guardian tool works with all versions of ProctorU on campus, particularly the recommended version, Record+. For questions or assistance, please contact CITL's Instructional Support Team at citl-info@illinois.edu

Associate professors & newly promoted professors are invited to participate in the 2023-24 Emerging Research Leaders Academy, a new program designed to help mid-career faculty pursue large, multi-PI grants, lead campus research initiatives, enhance their own research programs, and ultimately position Illinois for research excellence. Nomination by a department head, dean, or director is required.

Are you a student with little ones? Have younger siblings or cousins you're seeing soon? Do you babysit? Stop by the Orange Room to pick up a free care package, put together and sponsored by the Social Empowerment Project of the RSO, Volunteer Illini Projects. Packages include different items, varied by age group. Packages will be in the Orange Room of the Main Library from noon-1pm on May 8th.

To celebrate the end of the year, make sure you stop at the Illini Union Bookstore's graduation sale from May 12-14. You will receive 20% OFF your entire purchase, including diploma frames. This is available in-store and online.

The Illinois Supervisory Skills Program is an opportunity to develop self-awareness of management styles and personal biases, to practice strategies for resolving conflict and to build confidence in leading others through performance feedback and coaching techniques. Open to current academic or civil service employees with at least a 75%-time appointment. 

Contributions to the Faculty and Staff Emergency Fund are needed. This fund relies on your generosity throughout the year to help employees during unexpected and difficult times. Your pledges allow the fund to continue to help fellow co-workers. Donations to the fund are always accepted at https://giving.illinois.edu/ or https://humanresources.illinois.edu/fsaws/services/emergency-fund.html. 

Please register for the BRIDGE Guest Lecture Series presented by the University of Birmingham (UK) faculty visiting our campus on May 15 & 16. Presenters will share their expertise and insight on various topics including sustainability, water sciences, atmospheric sciences and climate change. Please see more details about each lecture and the presenters' bios in the flyers. Register today!

Ready to be a kid again?! Camp Lost Garden might just be the place for you! Disconnect for a weekend and take time for good old-fashioned fun, relaxation, and adventure! Campers will enjoy classic camp activities like arts and crafts, group games/races, some with adult twists! $250/camper. Overnights are extra, with limited tent camping available.

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

Help students donate used items instead of dumping during move-out! Volunteers are urgently needed to help divert items from the landfill. From Monday, May 8 to Saturday, May 13, volunteers will be stationed at donation collection sites. Sign up to volunteer. Note that all University equipment disposals must be processed through FABweb and sent to the University surplus warehouse.

Join OLLI at Illinois members for a week of free lectures and study groups at our M2 location and on Zoom. Monday-Friday, May 15-19. Experience what the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has to offer local residents 50 or older – and learn how you can get involved. For more information or to register: email olli@illinois.edu, call 217-244-9141 or visit https://olli.illinois.edu.

The Illini Union Board has a call for submissions to be a featured artist in the Illini Union Art Gallery for the 2023-2024 academic year. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, May 31. Apply today.

Join the University Archives' monthly Women in Science Lecture Series, May 11 at 12pm. Dr. Isabella Condotta, Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences, will discuss her research on reducing animal stress and improving their well-being and the use of technologies to study animal behavior. This is a hybrid event at the University Archives, Main Library 146, or you can register for the zoom link.

We will be hosting our final Online Student Services Water Cooler meeting of the semester next Thursday, May 11th, at 11 am CST. We will be discussing exploring marketing and recruitment strategies that various departments are utilizing to increase enrollments. 

Hear directly from research teams currently conducting ChatGPT research on the Illinois campus. This is part of our ongoing focus on ChatGPT's impact on research and teaching, what we must consider as we continue to study teaching and learning in response to the rapid development and implementation of ChatGPT and other generalized AI tools.  Zoom Registration

University of Illinois Extension is offering an one-hour workshop on May 8 at 2:00 p.m. for those working with youth to learn about the Terrific Teachable Moments App.TTM is a simple, activity-based teaching resource. The versatile learning tool can be used both at home and in classroom settings to reinforce positive behaviors.  Click here to register.

In this webinar for researchers and unit communicators, you'll learn how to leverage news services and expert databases to position yourself as a go-to source in the media. We will explore multiple services and will be joined by staff from the free AAAS-backed platform, SciLine, that connects journalists and experts like you.

Without an agenda besides having something to pass down for his family, “First To Go: Story of the Kataoka Family” tells the story of the director's own family's incarceration in the Japanese Incarceration Camps during a dark time in American history. What came from this was a film that was honest and raw.

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!

Do you have experience helping a family member who has memory issues with taking medication(s) for hypertension or high cholesterol? If so, you can be part of this remote study to assess the utility of a new medication management app. Compensation will be provided. For details email medmanage@illinois.edu 

Recruiting healthy adults 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.

Seeking healthy volunteers (males/females, 21-50yrs) who don't smoke to participate in a taste test to explore individual differences in some flavor-related genes and bitter taste perception. May be invited for up to 6 visits lasting 1-2 hrs each. Participants will receive $20 upon completion of each study visit. Please fill out our Online Screening or contact howbitterisit@gmail.com 

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. 

Abberior Instruments and the IGB Core Facilities will be hosting the first Annual Midwest Advanced MINFLUX Super Resolution Workshop. Deadline to register is May 15th. Nobel laureate, Stefan Hell, will speak on the Minflux technique to begin the workshop which will also have hands on sessions. Registration is Free.