Two revised policies have been posted to the CAM Website: Faculty Salary Equity Review Process and Academic Professional Salary Equity Review Process. A policy also has been redirected from the CAM Website: Annual Vacation/Sick Leave Reporting.

The 2025 Student Success Symposium is happy to announce that the applications for Proposal submissions and Success Awards (Individual and Team) are now open. Priority Deadline for proposals is Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. Applications for the Student Success Champion are open until Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. 

We are happy to share the University Archives' Fall 2024 issue of "Out of the Vault!" This issue features the Gerald McWorter Papers donation, the Memorial Stadium Pop-Up Museum, an exhibition on photographer David Nolan, the Women in Science Lecture Series featuring Dr. Supriya Prasanth on Nov. 14 and more! You can subscribe here.

To understand the impact of the I-ADVANCE programs, CSBS is collecting information on workplace climate on our campus in 43 STEM departments with a very brief survey. If you are in one of the 43 departments, please consider taking the survey. Your input is essential to ensuring the programs benefit our campus, and your responses are completely confidential. 

The Beckman Institute is offering three interdisciplinary postdoctoral research programs: the Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Beckman-Brown Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Cancer Center at Illinois-Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship. Fill out one common application to be considered for all three programs. The application deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.  

Bring real-world impact to the classroom with Gies Action Learning! Each year, we partner with 200+ companies, giving students hands-on experience solving real business challenges. Know a business looking for support? Share this opportunity to make a difference in their organization and student learning! Project proposals for Spring 2025 can be submitted using this form.

Create community-engaged learning experiences for students! Community Engaged Scholars helps instructors create and implement service learning experiences for students. We offer project matching, instructor consultation, student trainings and more! If you are looking for support in any of these areas or want to learn more, fill out our online form or email us at We-CU@illinois.edu.

To assist evening campus commuters during the winter, the Parking Department will implement the following enforcement policy: effective Nov. 3, 2024, through March 9, 2025, all university rental lots posted for enforcement from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. (M-F) will open for general public parking beginning at 4 p.m. All street meters and 24-hour parking rental areas will continue to be enforced as posted.

This Thursday! Jani Penttinen, CEO, Bitmagic. Besides demonstrating how Bitmagic's software uses AI to enable fast and easy creation of game components, Jani will discuss the very latest developments in the fast-evolving world of generative AI in gaming, how to benefit from GenAI in career development and GenAI copyright issues. Hosted in the Splurlock Museum Knight Auditorium.

How to govern the oceans has become a major political, environmental and economic challenge. The Poseidon Project explores the origins, history and evolution of freedom of the seas and considers what role it will play in the future of ocean governance and Professor David Bosco, executive associate dean and HLS Professor at Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar, will give a lecture on this topic.

Krannert Center Student Association invites all students to a GAME NIGHT from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Lobby at Stage 5. There will be free cookies, snacks and beverages as well as fun board games to play as a way to destress post-election and mid-semester. Come by anytime between 7p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Join the Physics Department for this fall's Saturday Physics for Everyone Saturday, Nov. 9. This in-person lecture series continues with Professor Yonatan Kahn's "Physics of Music, and Music as a Physicist." Snacks will be served at 9:45 a.m. with SPS Physics demos, and the lecture begins at 10:15 a.m. This event is free and open to everyone! We hope to see you there!

Join us at Riggs Beer Company at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, to hear Dr. Eric Morgan discuss science communication strategies, the difficulties involved in translating complex ideas to diverse audiences and potential solutions. Hope to see you there!

Attend this onsite workshop at NCSA to learn how to use OpenACC API compiler directives to quickly develop GPU-capable codes using standard languages and compilers. Knowledge of either C or Fortran programming is required. Hands-on exercises will use Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Bridges-2 computing platform. 

Backed by the magnificent 17-piece Carnegie Hall Big Band, Great American Songbook ambassador Michael Feinstein honors his long-time friend, the legendary Tony Bennett. This powerful musical tribute will feature many of Bennett’s iconic hits, including “Because of You,” “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “Stranger in Paradise” and many more.

University Housing, in collaboration with the Native American House, is celebrating Native American Heritage Month throughout November with special dining events, and you’re invited! Join us for dinner at PAR on Thursday, Nov. 7; at LAR on Thursday, Nov. 14; and IKE on Thursday, Nov. 21. Guests can enjoy a meal in University Housing dining halls by using Illini Cash or credit card.

The young Elizabethan courtier Orlando wanders the world in search of a muse until he unexpectedly awakens as a woman at the turn of the 18th century. Virginia Woolf’s magical novel, poetically adapted by Sarah Ruhl for the stage, embarks on a theatrical and imaginative journey of self-discovery through 400 years of history. Performances Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, and Nov. 6 through Nov. 9.

The Senate Committee on Educational Policy is collecting information regarding a Proposal to Establish the Center for Research and Innovation in Technology-Enhanced Learning in the College of Education. A public hearing will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2024, in room 232 of the English Building. Follow this link to get more information, to RSVP to the hearing or to provide written comments.

The Senate seeks information regarding establishing the Departments of Oncology, Surgery and Digestive Health, Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery, and Neurology and Neurosurgery in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. A public hearing will be held at 4 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2024. Follow this link for Zoom link and more information, to RSVP to the hearing or to provide comments.

Join us for an exciting opportunity to discover this month’s theme: Applications of GenAI in Research. This monthly online and in-person event sparks inspiration for educators, technologists, researchers, students or those just curious about AI. Come chat and see real-world examples. Use the link to register and feel free to sign up to share a 5-minute presentation.

The College of LAS Inclusive Excellence is sponsoring a Wellness Check-In Day for all students. Various resource tables will be available for students to learn about support the College of LAS and campus can offer; decompressing stations (gaming, coloring, friendship bracelet making, snacks) will also be available, and students will have the chance to interact with UIPD’s service dog, Rosie.

The Future of Work Symposium will explore the question: "How do we study and ground conversations about the future of work in a deeper understanding of the technologies of work?" The event will feature facilitated dialogue among participants, sparked by the keynote remarks, to foster collaboration around the broad interest in the Future of Work on campus.

Nimir Elbashir - director of Texas A&M’s Engineering Experiment Station Gas and Fuels Research Center - will present on CARGEN®, a novel technology with a dual-reactor system that produces multi-walled carbon nanotubes and syngas as products as a method to decarbonize gas processing and chemical plants.

Peaceworks on Campus is an effort to regain the narrative about Israel and Palestine on campus today. The work is focused on future policymakers on college campuses. To counteract the toxic, polarized environment their campuses have become, Mr. Nidal Foqaha(Palestinian Peace Coalition/Geneva Initiative) and Tehila Wenger(Geneva Initiative in Israel) will come to campus with a new narrative.

Student participants will explore the rich history of Champaign-Urbana to better understand how history impacts the local community today. They will reflect on the meaning of community belonging, participate in self-mapping activities and play a new foresight board game aimed at creating third spaces that foster connection and inclusivity. Lunch is provided. Please register.

Join us as Dr. Van Savage from the University of California discusses a framework for expanding beyond pairwise interactions in networks. He'll explore how these interactions affect fitness landscapes, potentially slowing bacterial drug resistance. Applications to genetic epistasis, predator-prey dynamics, social systems and more will be covered.

Professor Bob Morrissey joins us in the RBML to showcase the "John Eliot Bible," published in 1663, and discuss how this unusual text can be used to examine American origin stories as well as histories of historical interpretation and practice in our land-grant institution. Come take a look at RBML’s copy of this exceedingly rare book!

“From Reel to Ritual: Worldmaking through Cinéritual in African Diasporic Film” - This multimedia presentation explores the practice of cinéritual by African diaspora women and non-binary filmmakers. Sharing clips from her own film work and practice of cinéritual, Guzman reveals a multi-sensory world of remembrance, collaboration and action.

Join us for the Phi Alpha Theta Conference, our first regional undergraduate history conference. This year's theme is conflict and culture. Panelists will explore how cultural expressions reflect, respond to and shape the nature of conflicts throughout history. Join us in exploring the powerful narratives that emerge when conflict and culture intersect. 

"The Certainty Trap" (September 2024) refers to the contempt that arises from an unwillingness or inability to consider the possibility that we might be wrong or might not be right in the way we think; consider the downsides to our preferred policy; make our principles, values and assumptions clear and explicit; or allow those principles, values and assumptions to be challenged or criticized. 

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books will be hosting a book sale on Nov. 9 at the new iSchool Building (first-floor lobby of 614 E. Daniel). We’ll have hundreds of *brand-new* children’s and YA titles at a steep discount. Register to attend the pre-sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. or join us for the public sale from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

In this talk, Richard T. Rodríguez will discuss his recent book "A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and US Latinidad," which explores the relationship between British post-punk musicians and their U.S. Latine audiences since the 1980s. 

Need a break from all the homework? Socialize and relax for our painting event where you can learn the basics of how to mix colors, prepare a canvas and start a painting! Bring your friends and wear a t-shirt you don’t mind getting dirty! Supplies provided.

This session introduces the podcasting equipment and technology available to our campus community from the libraries. In addition to familiarizing ourselves with the equipment for recording, we will cover some beginning recording and audio editing techniques, particularly within the software Audacity.

This workshop will use practical applications of two AI tools — Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity AI. These tools support your research process, offering intelligent assistance with brainstorming, refining ideas, finding sources and enhancing your writing development. You will learn how to use these tools to efficiently gather insights, structure arguments and streamline your research.

Join Matteo Muratori, of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, as he presents via Zoom at the fall 2024 Kent Seminar Series from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7. Food and soft drinks will be provided beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the ICT Classroom.

This workshop will introduce participants to the process of prototyping in human-centered design. The two-hour session will cover topics such as low fidelity vs. high fidelity prototyping, prototyping methods and the value of prototyping during your design process. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own lo-fi prototypes.

Join Mardia Bishop and Deja Rollins (LAS) in an interactive workshop that will empower you with practical strategies and hands-on practice to address difficult comments and actions in your classroom. Let's work together to ensure your classroom remains a dynamic, inclusive space where every voice is respected.

Maksim Kitsak, associate professor at the Delft University of Technology, will present a talk on "Modeling and Inference of Complementarity Mechanisms in Networks." More information on this talk and the iSchool’s CIRSS “Studying Science Scientifically: State of the Art and Prospects for the Science of Science”  Speaker Series is available here.

Please join us at 1 p.m. Nov. 6 for the next IGET meeting. We will be going over the highlights of the semester to date and general information moving forward.  

The Writers Workshop will provide tips for writing concise and professional resumes and cover letters. We’ll review common structure, purpose, audience expectations and strategies for creating a set of application materials that complement each other. We encourage you to bring a current job ad and questions about your current in-progress materials!

REMINDER: the inaugural Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium is this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2024! Faculty, staff and students from public institutions across the state are invited to converge, collaborate and cultivate transformative approaches to online teaching and learning tailored to Illinois' diverse landscape and heritage. Registration still open for the Keynote and Main Sessions!

Join Kristin and Jamie as they revisit their Web Con 2024 presentation on the Community Impact Campaign. They'll review key aspects of their campaign strategy, from audience research and message development to collaborating with strategic partners. Plus, they’ll share new insights on creating a campaign website and video, tracking ad success and exploring ways to expand the campaign's reach. 

The Education Justice Project's Policy and Research Team is hosting a research group meeting from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 11, via Zoom. Join us to hear from Andrea DaViera about her current research, “Defund the police, save lives? Testing for links between police funding and police shootings against civilians.” All are welcome! You do not need to be an EJP member to attend.

Join us for Writing in Engineering, an installment of the online series "Writing in the Disciplines." Hosted by the DRSP and the Writers Workshop, this series connects doctoral students with faculty, journal editors and publishers to discuss writing styles and skills. Panelists: Dr. Scott M. Olson (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Dr. Naira Hovakimyan (Mechanical Science and Engineering).

"Bringing Health Equity to Clinical Research: Toward Reparative and Race-Conscious Approaches." Speaker: Bram Wispelwey, associate physician in the Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an open access digital library of more than 59 million pages. Focused on biodiversity literature, it includes rare materials with original descriptions of plants and animals. Attendees will learn to search the BHL catalog as well as the stunning collection of public domain images in Flickr.

Plan your legacy with confidence. Join us on Zoom Nov. 7, 2024, to learn essential concepts of asset management across the lifespan. Build, protect and leave your nest egg for future generations. Registration required.

Spices and herbs are a great way to help make home-cooked dishes more flavorful. However, there are gaps in awareness and utilization of specific spices, especially in health care settings. Join us for a presentation that will expand your knowledge of spices/herbs from around the world and explore how these spices/herbs might be incorporated into your diet. Presenter: Haeley Peters.

This workshop introduces the basics of Miro, a virtual whiteboard tool used across industries to create and collaborate. Learn SCD’s best practices for using Miro to organize research, facilitate remote work and create collaborative environments for student projects. We’ll share examples from our work and provide templates and tips to help you start using Miro for instruction or research.

Seeking participants ages 21-64, non-smokers, who had a sleeve gastrectomy 1-5 years ago or have not had any type of bariatric surgery (control group). Participants must drink alcohol at least once a month. There will be blood draws, body composition assessments, alcohol challenge tests and questionnaires. Compensation will be provided, up to $850. Contact marielm2@illinois.edu if interested.

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. Fill out our interest form!

We are examining the effects of complementary protein in a meal on the rate of building muscle proteins. The study requires three days of participation including two full-day trials with blood and muscle sample collection. You get $250 upon completion, information about your body composition (muscle and fat) and results of your lower body strength testing. Contact Zan for more information!

We are seeking participants ages 50 and older for a two-hour study ($35 compensation) to explore how people learn to use virtual reality and their training support preferences. Participants should have prior hands-on VR experience, be fluent in English and be willing to visit the U. of I. campus. For more info, please contact us at vrsupport@illinois.edu or 217-300-5445, or click here to sign up!

The Labs That Work For Everyone program, created in partnership with HHMI, is seeking piloting research groups. This is an asynchronous online course with periodic full lab discussions. Early reviewers found the program useful and relatable. Support all in your lab in building leadership and conflict resolution skills with this interactive program rooted in a feature film about lab science.

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.