The Graduate Academy for College Teaching is Illinois' pre-semester TA training program. Volunteering is fulfilling and impactful. Help by facilitating Microteaching (providing feedback to new TAs), running Small Group Sessions (teaching lesson planning and interaction) or running Concurrent Sessions (workshops on teaching topics). Training provided. Volunteer using this form. 

The Illinois Leadership Center is now accepting applications to serve as a small group facilitator for our upcoming Leadership Labs (formerly known as iPrograms). Each lab facilitated comes with a $160 stipend and is approximately 4-6 hours worth of service. Facilitators will grade digital assignments on Canvas and work with groups of 8-10 students on leadership skill development.

Join us for The Career Center’s annual Graduate and Professional School Fair from noon to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 9, at the Illini Union. This is the perfect opportunity for you to talk in person with students about your program. Save $100 and register early! Early bird registration ends on August 9. Click here to learn more and to register.

Chuck Thompson, the former assistant dean and chief information officer at The Grainger College of Engineering, has been named the director of Illinois Computes. Previously at Yale University, Thompson returns to campus to lead the program - which offers computing and data storage resources, technical expertise and support services to Illinois researchers for free - into the next era. Read more!

Join us for this month’s theme: New AI Ventures at Illinois where we’ll discuss Illinois AI startups. Use the link to register to attend. Have you developed an AI product or tools? Consider signing up to share a 5-minute presentation. This monthly online and in-person event is open to those curious about AI (educators, technologists, researchers, and students). Come chat and learn.

The Sandage Social Media Lab in the Department of Advertising offers free weekly brand consults. Curious about how to use social media to help grow your business or promote campus activities? Schedule a 30-minute consult with an advertising student! Summer Hours are online Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to noon and 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The NCSA Delta Project Office and the NSF NAIRR Pilot will host NVIDIA for a workshop to give you hands-on experience with distributing and scaling Machine Learning applications using data parallelism and GPUs while assessing their performance with Nsight tools. This will be a virtual workshop with three sessions from 7/9 to 7/11. Use the link in the title to register and find more details.

The United States Coast Guard Band is the premier band representing the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security. Concerts are free and open to the public and include a broad spectrum of music, from wind ensemble classics to swinging jazz.

The best of both worlds when Latin meets jazz! The Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project is a fresh mix of outstanding jazz soloists, Afro-Cuban-inspired rhythms and unique arrangements of jazz standards. Their Latin, tropical sound lends itself especially well to summer events, with music that is multicultural and easily accessible to a wide audience. Free and open to the public! 

Join the Savanna Institute for a tour of a unique system of farming at a Demonstration Farm Tour at the 4-H Memorial Camp on Wednesday, July 10. Participants will park in the Main Parking Lot and meet the instructor at the picnic tables on the Gatehouse Lawn. The tour should be of interest to farmers, Technical Service Provider clients, landowners and others. Registration is required here. 

Listen to some of the best in blues music at Reds, Whites, & the Blues from 6 p.m. to 9.m. Friday, July 5, on the Gatehouse Lawn, featuring Billy Galt & The Blues Deacons (6 p.m.) and James Armstrong (7:30 p.m.). Food will be available to purchase from area food trucks and a cash bar will be available. $5 per person or $10 per family, payable upon arrival. Please bring lawn chairs or blankets.

Need a good place to relax and concentrate on your latest read? Then swing out to the Allerton Park Mansion for a Silent Book Club from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, July 1. The evening will begin with a brief group discussion, then participants will break up to do what they love: READ! Silent Book Club is free and registration is not required. Bring your favorite snack if you like!

We are seeking older adults to participate in a research interview about Medicare. Participants must be 62 or older and not be enrolled in Medicare. Participants will receive $50 through an Amazon e-code for completing the study. For more information, please contact kch-hfa-createp3@illinois.edu or call 217-244-3688.

Testing the effect of soy flour on hunger, blood sugar and insulin responses. Participants ages 21-45 who are non-smokers, BMI 25-40 kg/m2 and no diabetes will complete questionnaires, product tasting (bread, tortilla or arepa), body composition scans and blood draws. Receive $260 upon completion of four visits for 3-4 hours and free parking. Please fill out our Online Screening if interested 

Is drinking causing problems in your relationship? The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is conducting a research study for people with alcohol use disorder and their romantic partners. Participants will receive 12 sessions of science-backed alcohol couples treatment and complete phone-based study assessments during their enrollment. Qualified individuals will be compensated for their time. 

Help make the Next Alcohol Fitbit! The Alcohol Research Lab is looking for participants for a validation study of transdermal biosensing bracelets. Participation involves attending three laboratory sessions, wearing a transdermal bracelet and filling out surveys for two weeks. Up to $300 in compensation for participation. 

We are exploring challenges encountered in daily activities for older adults (60+) with a history of a 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. 

The Alcohol Research Lab is looking for social drinkers to participate in our study. Participation involves attending one 6- to 9-hour laboratory session and completing cognitive, social and communicative tasks while EEG brain responses are recorded. A referral of at least one same-gender friend is required at the time of sign up. Up to $100 in compensation.

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. 

Participants needed for a study on health technology that supports blood pressure medication adherence. Participants must be 65 or older, take at least one 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 520-477-9369.

Are you a Latina woman who had a planned cesarean delivery in the past 12 months? We are looking for women (ages18-45) 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