The mobile unit services have been cancelled for Wednesday, September 27th. It will return as scheduled on Wednesday, October 25th.

Your graduate level tuition & service fee waivers may be taxable. Graduate level tuition & service fee waivers that are a benefit of employment are considered taxable income by the IRS. As a result, GA’s, PGA’s, & regular employees may see a reduction in take-home pay for the months of October, November & possibly December. Learn more on the Student Money Management Center website.

We’re seeking insightful talks on web design, development, content strategy, UI/UX design, social media, accessibility, diversity and inclusion, video, apps, and more. Submit a proposal for the 24th annual University of Illinois Web Conference, to be held online April 4-5, 2024. All accepted presenters will receive free registration to Web Con. Submissions due Sept 29. Learn more. 

With funding from the Provost, the Library is sponsoring a program for instructors to create new open textbooks to reduce textbook costs for students. Tenure-line and specialized faculty—and lecturers—are eligible. Award recipients will develop content, test it in courses during the 2024-25 academic year, and revise it. Proposals are due Nov 15 (awards announced Jan 2024). See details above.

The Illinois Leadership® Center is seeking volunteers to serve as Cluster Facilitators for the 2024 session of The Institute™ by LeaderShape®. The Institute is a four-day program where students learn to lead with integrity while working towards a vision grounded in their deepest values. The application for volunteers will be open until midnight on Sunday, October 8. Apply here!

October Dance 2023 features the historic work, Steps in the Street (from Chronicles) by Modern Dance pioneer Martha Graham. Also on the program, premieres by Dance at Illinois faculty, Cynthia Oliver, Alexandra Barbier, Anna Sapozhnikov and undergraduate BA major, Nawal Assougdam. 

This year, Dads Weekend is November 10-12, 2023. If your department is holding special events during Dads Weekend, we invite you to add them to the official Dads Weekend calendar. Click here to view the calendar. In the upper right-hand corner, you'll see a "+" sign; click that and add your event! 

LabEscape brings you the final and most exciting chapter in the story of renowned quantum physicist Professor S. LabEscape is the world's only science-based "escape room"! Absolutely NO science background is necessary to succeed. This chapter features a unique set of awesome puzzles and challenges. Cost is $8 for students and $12 for nonstudents, and is perfect for a fun team-building activity!

Ever wondered what plant-based eating is and why we might consider it? Explore the creative possibilities of plant-based cooking with our fun and inclusive cooking class. Learn to craft delicious, wholesome dishes that celebrate the vibrant flavors and health benefits of plant-powered ingredients. Registration fee: $12 for Students and $20 for non-members. Register here

Dare to Dream offers a unique approach to life planning. This six-week program meets virtually at 6:30 pm on Tuesdays starting October 3. Participants actively visualize where they would like their personal and professional lives go, and creatively strategize how to move towards realizing their dreams. Sessions are virtual, fun, and interactive. To learn more or to register go here.

The Accessibility & Accommodations Division of OAE is offering a series of live online trainings and workshops this fall. Topics include navigating the employee accommodation process, planning accessible events, and understanding non-visible disabilities. We also offer a full range of trainings on digital accessibility topics. Visit oae.illinois.edu to view our full calendar and register.

Join us 9/27 for a discussion with Dr. Jan Brooks to further your understanding on student development abroad. This workshop offers experienced program leaders a chance to dive further into potential issues abroad & also provides a unique opportunity to discuss questions or concerns with our staff and other program leaders. Visit safetyabroad.illinois.edu for more information and to register.

Research Park staff are available to come to your class to talk to students about on-campus internship opportunities in tech within the Research Park. The Research Park is comprised of 120+ companies, 30 of which are large corporate innovation centers. Over 800 Illinois students work for companies in the Research Park at any given time. 

The Office of Civic Life is partnering with Unifying America for the Unifying Challenge College Bowel.  The Bowel is a 1 hr virural gathering to facilitate respectful dialogue across political, geographic,racial, and ideological differences.  Students can select a day on  September 26, 27, 28 or October 3, 4, 5 either 4pm or 7pm. Register here  https://www.unifyamerica.org/college-bowls/uiuc

This exciting summit will bring together scholars, students, observers, and participants in the American government to discuss the state of democracy in the present-day United States. The event will be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum & President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield, Illinois. Space is limited, so you are encouraged to register early. 

Fresh Press is offering four fun campus & community hand-papermaking workshops this Autumn 2023! They are Welcome to Papermaking, Pulp Painting and Stencils, Harvest Moon, and Pride Paper! You can learn more about the activities involved and costs at our Workshop page! 

Jasmine Crowe, founder of Goodr, will be the speaker at the fall 2023 Hallene Lecture on Saturday, September 30, in the Illini Union. She will introduce practical ways for implementing sustainability into corporate culture and provide thought leadership on translating technical knowledge and ideas into tangible, caused-based practices. Learn more at go.illinois.edu/JasmineCrowe.

Infographics can be an effective way to convey small bits of information very quickly, while drawing viewers in due to their visual appeal. We will learn best practices for creating infographics, and explore several free online tools to create your own infographics, including: Piktochart, Infogr.am, and Visme. We will practice using a webtool of your choice.

As part of our annual Ukrainian Studies Conference, we are hosting two special events that are free and open to the public: Film screening of "The Price of Conflict," October 5, 7:15p.m. at Spurlock Museum, with opening remarks by Film Producer Polina Herman; Piano Recital, featuring acclaimed Ukrainian pianist Pavlo Gintov, October 6, 7:30 p.m. at Smith Memorial Hall, 805 S Mathew Ave, Urbana.

We have all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform your audience the best? Is it only about your slide design or are there other techniques that leave a lasting impression? In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand.

Join us on Sept. 29 (4:00pm - 6pm) & Sept. 30 (8:30am - 6pm) 2023 at the Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana, IL. for a Teacher Workshop as  Soulemane Bachir Diagne (Keynote speaker on "Disrupting Area Studies"), Debora Heard, Shayla L. Monroe, and Elizabeth Matsushita discuss "The Living Sahara: New Horizons in Teaching Africa and the Middle East.” Register here & details here

Kick off Homecoming week with the Homecoming 5K! Whether you're joining us in person or virtually, we can't wait to see you cross the finish line. Celebrate with a pancake breakfast served up by our pancake flipping chefs! For the grand finale, witness the fountain turn orange. It’s a family-friendly event, so come make memories as we usher in a week of "Sweet Home Illini" festivities!

The Allerton Family Campout is scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 14-15. This hassle-free camping experience in the Meadow will provide your family with the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and learn about nature. Food will be available throughout the weekend from area food trucks and the Greenhouse Café. $15/person ($10/child eight and under). Register here by Oct. 11.

University Primary School, the Reggio Emilia inspired Preschool-5th Grade lab school of the College of Education at University of Illinois, invites you to Fall Community Open House Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Prospective families, researchers, and community members may visit preschool 9:00 AM- Noon and Kindergarten-5th grades 9:00 AM-2:30 PM. No appointment is needed.

The Summer’s End concert this Friday is the last of the outdoor season at Allerton Park. It will feature the funk and soul music of The North 41 and Joslyn & the Sweet Compression will take to the stage on the Gatehouse Lawn. Also planned are a vendor fair and plenty of food trucks. A cash bar will also be available. A donation of $5/person or $10/family is suggested at the gate.

How about one more day of camp? That’s the idea behind Allerton Kids Club: Games Galore from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9 in the Greenhouse Auditorium. This program includes various games for first through fourth graders, including minute-to-win-it challenges, puzzles, board games, card games, brain games, STEM challenges and a game of capture the flag. $40/person. Register here by Oct. 2. 

Join Allerton Natural Areas Manager Nate Beccue for a Tree Identification Hike from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 on the park’s south side. Meet Nate and other hikers at the Lost Garden/McDonald Family Trails Parking Lot. The hike will last approximately three hours and hikers are encouraged to bring a water bottle, bug spray and sunscreen. $10/person. Register here by Sept. 27. 

Hasan Ayoub Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine 

The Office of the Provost invites you to attend the upcoming session in the Thriving as an Associate Professor seminar series: Congrats You've Been Promoted, Now What? We will share tips & strategies to help you on your career path since your own promotion to Associate Professor. Breakfast 8-8:30am and session 8:30-10am. Click here to register.

The National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics is premiering A Tale of Two Labs, a feature film they produced in collaboration with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The film is the basis of a professional development program tailored to laboratory environments. Seating is limited. Ticket requests can be submitted here.

Join us at the second annual Crop Sciences Harvest Open House on Saturday, September 30th, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Visitors will learn about agriculture, food, insects, & science through hands-on activities, including popcorn tasting, pumpkin painting, touch-a-tractor, pasta making and more! Admission to the event is free. Maize food truck will be available for purchase starting at 11:00 a.m.

CETACEAN (The Whale) is the sixth interdisciplinary performance from Deke Weaver’s The Unreliable Bestiary—a lifelong project representing an endangered animal or habitat. CETACEAN has evolved into a juxtaposition of lo-fi effects, story, video, dance, sound design, and a colossal installation—a plastic sea with plastic whales. It’s gonna be a whale of a show!

Come get rowdy with Rory Book & the Volumes for their big debut at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts!! Rory Book & the Volumes are an up-and-coming Swampadelic Cosmic Country n' Blues band based out of Urbana, Illinois.  Playing the same events and stages with acts such as: Billy Strings, Pokey Lafarge, Nathan Rateliff, Smoking Popes, Chicago Farmer, Willi Carlisle, Bobby Bare Jr.

Award-winning compositions by Anna-Louise Walton (USA), Louis J. Goldford (USA), and Lina Tonia (Greece) will be performed by the Illinois Modern Ensemble, Carlos Carrillo and Stephen A. Taylor, co-directors. The compositions were selected from 402 submissions for the 27th Annual Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award.

Merz Trio are passionately committed to reshaping the narrative of classical music through vibrantly dynamic programming and wide-ranging interdisciplinary collaboration. Their narrative programming style juxtaposes classical standards, new music, and their own arrangements of familiar and forgotten works, fluidly interwoven and guided with speaking from the Trio’s members.

Diana Taylor "Reparative Memory" 

It's flu season! Stop by the Orange Room in the Main Library from 3-7pm on September 26 and 27 to get your flu shot from the McKinley Health Center. Free for UIUC students; faculty and staff must bring proof of state health insurance. Learn more here: https://www.mckinley.illinois.edu/node/970 

Extension offers Diabetes 101, a free, six-part, online series to help build a solid foundation for diabetes care that begins October 4. Participants will learn the importance of lifestyle and how nutrition, meal planning, physical activity, weight, stress management, and talking with their healthcare provider can help improve their quality of life and feel better. Registration is required.

For complete schedule information, please consult: religion.illinois.edu

Featuring author of "The Intersectional Environmentalist", Leah Thomas, sustainable fashion designer, Niha Elety, Ecofeminism Trivia, and more, the Summit will explore the intersection of social oppression and environmental justice through a series of engaging events. Participants are eligible for prizes and giveaways including tote bags and menstrual cups! Funding provided by SSC and SCPF

The next event in the MillerComm series is coming on October 2nd, titled How the Myth of the Free Market Has Blocked Climate Action by Naomi Oreskes. Click the link for more details!

Dr. Fatima Husain, and her Graduate Students will be presenting the latest research on tinnitus, its mechanisms, and management options. This is open to the University community and the public. It will take place on 09/27/2023, at 9.30-11.30AM, at the iHotel, with complimentary continental breakfast. The event will be hybrid. To register, visit https://go.illinois.edu/TinnitusSeminarRegister. 

The free, all-ages Open House run by students at the College of Veterinary Medicine wants you to know that Veterinarians Are Superheroes (without the capes). Come visit >40 interactive exhibits featuring lots of live animals and learning opportunities. Aspiring veterinarians can find out about getting into vet school. Please note: this event is for human guests only.

It's official! We have a centralized place online where the First-Gen community can learn about campus resources and events. Consider stopping by our next community event on September 27th at the Chez Veteran Center. Free registration is available at Go.illinois.edu/UIUCFirstGen.

Join Davide Lo Presti of the University of Palermo as he presents via Zoom at the Fall 2023 Kent Seminar Series Thursday, September 28, from 2-3 p.m. (CT). Pizza and soft drinks will be provided beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the ICT Classroom. 

Please join the College of Education and the Dean's Office for a lecture given by Dr. Susan Faircloth on the subject of Publicly Engaged Research for Social Justice.

Learn about the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on wetlands protections, scientific research, legal analysis and policy during a joint webinar with the Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium & Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin titled “Protecting Wetlands Post Sackett Decision.” Panelists include three researchers from Prairie Research Institute.

International Safety and Security presents a review of CAM Policy HR-39, International Travel Safety. Topics include traveler requirements (faculty, staff, and students), the international insurance, other campus policies, and Q&A. Presentations are September 25 @ 3PM, October 3 @ 1PM, and October 12 @ 11AM. These presentations are for travelers and staff supporting travel abroad.

Communities and healthcare professionals need trusted connections to stay informed of emerging advancements in health sciences. Gain research-based insights into complex health issues as researchers from University of Illinois deliver forward-thinking, holistic solutions for addressing today’s health challenges.

Unlock the power of studying text on a large scale through this beginner-friendly introduction to text mining. We’ll provide an overview of analytical techniques, identify datasets you can use for your research, and play with easy-to-use tools for understanding linguistic patterns in text. No prior experience needed!

Are you overwhelmed by organizing your sources? Zotero is a free, open-source citation manager that helps you store and organize your files and insert formatted citations into papers. You will leave this hands-on workshop with a Zotero library set up and ready to use!

Scopus is the largest interdisciplinary database of peer-reviewed literature including journals, books, and conference proceedings, particularly in the sciences. We will highlight how to find literature on a particular topic, reviewing author details, using article citations to discover more information, and evaluating sources. Audience: Undergraduate or graduate students in any field.

Show off your cooking skills and share your cuisine with the Urbana-Champaign community! Fill out this volunteer information form if you are a student, faculty, or staff member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign or member of the Urbana-Champaign community who would like to cook in the International Cooking Show.

Are you struggling to keep track of all your sources? Looking for an easier way to cite as you write? Mendeley is a free citation manager that helps you organize your citations, store and annotate your files, and insert formatted citations into papers. You will leave this hands-on workshop with the ability to set up and use your very own Mendeley library!

In the 2nd event of the Community-Engaged Research Series, Ross Wantland, OVCDEI, and Karen Simms, Trauma & Resilience Initiative, will explore how inequalities and inequity can emerge in community-engaged research and our responsibility as researchers to address it. Participants in this interactive workshop will learn strategies to incorporate principles of equity-minded practices in their work. 

Paul Groth, a professor of Algorithmic Data Science at the University of Amsterdam where he leads the Intelligent Data Engineering Lab (INDElab), will present "Knowledge (Graphs) in the Language Model Era." We continue the CIRSS speaker series in Fall 2023 with a focus on "Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Computing". 

Faculty and Staff within the University of Illinois System are welcome to experience how Audio Description (AD) makes visual images accessible for people who are blind or have low vision—the visual is made verbal. Describer training will be detailed according to the Fundamentals of Audio Description developed by Joel Snyder, Ph.D.
 October 4-6, 2023 9:30 am-5:00

Join the University Library for the first webinar in a Show and Tell series showcasing exciting and unique items from our world-renowned collection. Presented by Kit Condill, Jenny Marie Johnson and Jameatris Rimkus.

Knowledge of archives and archival research is critical to advanced scholarship. Guest instructor William Maher (University Archivist Emeritus, UIUC) will advise students about sources for locating archival collections, practices, protocols, and the various terminologies associated with archival research. Register using the link below; a Zoom link will be sent to participants directly.

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!

Looking for adults aged 40-64 years to participate in a study into sedentary behavior. The study involves 1 screening call, wearing activity monitors, and 1 visit to Freer Hall. Measures include cognitive tests, electroencephalography, a body scan, and sub-maximal exercise test. Compensation up to $50. Click here if interested!

We are examining the effects of protein distribution and source on the rate of building muscle proteins. The study requires 17 days of participation with blood and muscle sample collection. You get $300 upon completion and 2 full weeks of free meals. Email askow2@illinois.edu for more information!

We are looking for participants in a UX study that will directly impact our Digital Special Collections. We are looking for undergraduate and graduate students throughout the humanities to participate in a task-based engagement and share feedback. We anticipate this will take each participant an hour to complete and in appreciation of their time and feedback they will each receive $20.00.

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) 300-544 

We are recruiting 7-13-year-old children to participate in the Liver and Brain (LiBra) study, which examines the relations between diet, physical health, and cognition. Participation involves 3 visits to Freer Hall (visits 1 & 2) and the Beckman Institute (visits 2 & 3). Measures include diet recalls, weight status, MRI, and a blood draw. Compensation will be provided (up to $200).

UIUC graduate study seeks kids aged 8-15 and a guardian to play or watch as a family team to investigate how family members learn about climate change from movies and video games. The session is < 45 minutes and will be in-person at the Children’s Research Center. The child receives a $20 Amazon gift card for participating. Email AJ Christensen with questions: achrist3@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