Exciting News: IHR unveils a newly redesigned website! Visit now for a fresh look, improved navigation, mobile responsiveness, enhanced content and Level AA Accessibility Standards. Your feedback matters as we continue to refine for you! Visit https://humanresources.illinois.edu. 

Stay overnight in the Allerton Mansion or guesthouse as part of a Weekend Wind Down on June 14 and 15. Take advantage of a discounted rate ($110 per night), which includes two drink tokens per night. You can also take part in optional events, such as the LOVE FOR ALLerton Concert, Third Saturday Garden Tour, Public Mansion Tour and more. Make your reservation here or call 217-333-3287.

Take part in an upcoming course or workshop at The Farms: An Allerton Folk School. Offerings include Bee Hive Observation, Family Friendly Hikes, Exploring Nature and Life Through Mary Oliver’s Poetry and Backpacking for Beginners. Click on the links for more info and to register.

The Illini-Alert emergency notification system will be tested at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday, June 4. Visit go.illinois.edu/illinialert for additional information and technical support. To receive prompt emergency notifications, add or update your cellphone numbers and email addresses at emergency.illinois.edu.

Get Fresh features not only weekly sourced produce from the Sustainable Student Farm but also baked goods from a local cottage bakery, Tooth Butter, based in Urbana. Tooth Butter bread and sweets are made with local, organic ingredients. You won't want to miss this opportunity to explore and support local business! 

The Writers Workshop will open next Monday! Students can schedule written feedback, in-person or online consultations to receive feedback on their writing. Request a tailored presentation for your course or RSO and peruse our presentations on our calendar. We'll also host two writing retreats and biweekly writing productivity groups. We look forward to serving you this summer!

Join Center on Health, Aging and Disability at the Aging Services of Champaign County free Summer Senior Event, 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 8, at the Martens Center, 1515 N Market St., Champaign. Activities include 60+ resource booths, indoor 1K walk, Fit and Strong class, expert-led panel discussions and food trucks. For more information, contact Carrie Wennerdahl, CHAD Research Coordinator.

Hear the music and stories behind songs at the Greenhouse Cafè’s Nashville Singer Songwriter Round Saturday, June 8 (noon to 4 p.m.), and Sunday, June 9 (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.), in the Meadow.  Participants include Grammy Award-nominated Bobby Tomberlin and Tess Frizzell. Bring your lawn chair or blanket, grab some food and drink from the cafè and enjoy the tales told by these talented songwriters.

The Community Unity Festival (CU FEST) is a reimagined version of National Night Out aimed to be a tradition here in the Urbana-Champaign community. This event promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer and a more caring place to live while offering free food, activities and more. Register your organization or department TODAY!  

Join us for the Biennial Conference of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies “Hidden Histories: Reshaping Canons, Reimagining Archives, Making Gender Visible.” For more information, visit the conference website. 

Dr. Becky Smith from the Carle Illinois College of Medicine will give a seminar on the spread of tickborne diseases in Illinois and how to protect yourself and your pets. She will also address how climate change may affect these dynamics in the future and how this impacts the way we explore the outdoors. Register at go.illinois.edu/TicksandDiseases 

During this in-person event, we will break into small peer groups to discuss the highs and lows of long-term writing and connect with others to build a supportive community. It is open to current University of Illinois graduate students. Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59 p.m. CT on June 5.

This in-person workshop will help graduate writers assess, respond to and incorporate feedback. We will review specific strategies for creating a revision plan and making revisions to structure and length at the paragraph and sentence levels while improving concision and clarity. Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59 p.m. CT on June 4. 

This in-person workshop will lead graduate students through activities related to defining, organizing and writing an effective literature review. We will also discuss strategies for researching, evaluating and synthesizing sources. Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59 p.m. CT on June 3. 

This in-person workshop will include reflection on your current writing processes, successes and challenges. We will provide tips for cultivating positive emotions and behaviors around writing, developing and maintaining a writing routine and forming a successful writing group. Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59 p.m. CT on June 2. 

This webinar will propose a reliability analysis for geosynthetic lined landfill slopes that employs the procedure in Duncan (2000) and a variation of 5-to-15% input parameters. A random distribution is introduced to allow for uncertainty in shear displacements induced and mobilized interface strength, waste unit weight and leachate level in landfill to assess impact on probability of failure.

Building healthy and sustainable savings habits can be overwhelming when starting from scratch. In this session, we will explore some simple strategies that can help you improve your financial future. Join us on June 12, 2024, for this free webinar!

To understand how personal experience is related to how people read, we invite adolescents (ages 14-17) who speak English at home for an in-person study. We will record the eye-movements while they read on a computer. We provide $15 per hour compensation and cover parking expenses. To learn more and schedule your appointment, please contact Dr. Anastasia Stoops, PI at: agusico2@illinois.edu

We are exploring challenges encountered in daily activities for older adults (60+) with a history of traumatic brain injury or stroke. If you or someone you know is experiencing difficulty with thinking, memory or concentration, we would like to learn from your experiences, via videochat, to develop solutions. Participants will be paid. Contact KCH-HFA-ENACT@illinois.edu or 217-265-0885. 

Your child will participate in seven 2.5 hour visits and take a daily gummy over nine months. Activities include height, weight and eye health measurements, reading and math related questions, computer tasks and parent questionnaires. Families will receive up to $300, plus $10 per visit for travel costs. Parking provided. To learn more, email iconstudy@illinois.edu or call 217-300-1667.

Looking for adults ages 60-75 to participate in a study into prolonged sitting and how adults think. The study's aim is to test the feasibility of interrupting sitting with short bouts of high intensity exercise in older adults and measure brain and cognitive functions before and after sitting. Compensation for participation is $280. If you are interested, please click here. 

Are you a Latina woman who had a planned cesarean delivery in the past 12 months? We are looking for women (ages 18-45) to help us develop a mindfulness intervention for Latina women who plan to deliver by cesarean. Eligible participants will complete a brief online survey and receive a $10 electronic gift card. Contact us today at 217-244-9363 or mamidappstudy@illinois.edu