Procedures for reporting harassment, discrimination and/or retaliation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are now available. The procedures also describe how reports will be handled once they are received. This may include acts based on race, color or national origin, including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics. The university's Nondiscrimination Policy has also been updated to include shared ancestry and ethnic characteristics. See the Jan. 13 Massmail for more on our response to discrimination and harassment under Title VI.

The Community-Academic Scholars program is a 10-week summer research experience empowering undergrads in all majors to address critical issues in Champaign-Urbana. Scholars work with an Illinois researcher and community organization on a research project designed to directly benefit the community members served by the partner organization. Encourage undergrads in your networks to apply by Feb. 6.

The Office of the Provost invites you to a workshop for assistant and associate professors: Teaching Feedback and Evaluation: What’s New, What’s Coming and What it Means for You. Our campus is moving towards a vision for teaching feedback and evaluation that is focused on helping course instructors improve teaching through sharing of best practices, encouraging experimentation, identifying needs and mobilizing resources to meet those needs. In this online discussion, learn about the coming changes to teaching feedback and evaluation and how to make them work for you. Click here to register.

The Office of the Provost, in conjunction with the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, offers this asynchronous training course for students to understand how the university defines Academic Integrity and what students’ responsibilities are to maintain it in their coursework. This training is available for open enrollment on the Canvas site where students can work through the content at their own pace and receive a badge that can be shared with their instructors. Contact CITL (citl-info@illinois.edu) for more information or to schedule a consultation.

The Illinois Scholars at Risk Program is seeking expressions of interest from campus units interested in hosting on a visiting basis a scholar at risk in their field in AY25-26. The ISAR Committee can help units identify scholars and has matching funding units may apply for. Units should submit this expression of interest form by Feb 10. Learn more about current ISAR scholars here!

OLLI at Illinois’ Spring 2025 Course Registration is underway! OLLI offers a wide range of non-credit, in-person and online courses for people 50 and older. Join our lifelong learning community to enjoy classes, study groups, lectures, interest groups and social events throughout the year! Special spring trial memberships are also available for anyone new to OLLI. Find out more at olli.illinois.edu, email us at olli@illinois.edu or call 217-244-9141.

Welcome to the start of a new semester! Are in you need of compute time, data storage or research expertise? Illinois Computes is available – at no cost – to researchers from every domain on campus to elevate their work with computing and data storage resources, technical expertise and support services. Get started with Illinois Computes now and take advantage of NCSA’s state-of-the-art resources and world-class experts right here on campus.

There is one week remaining to submit your proposal to the Global Mental Health Research and Services Conference on Oct. 9 and 10, 2025, in Champaign. Abstracts are due Jan. 31, 2025. Coinciding with World Mental Health Day, our theme is "From Local to Global: Encouraging creative solutions to transcultural mental health challenges." 

The Office of the Provost provides funding assistance for full-time, tenure-stream and specialized faculty of all ranks to attend the Faculty Women of Color in the Academy conference. Funding for eligible faculty covers the registration cost (up to $500). Click here to apply by Feb. 24, 2025.

The Media Commons supports a variety of projects requiring broad access to digital media creation tools, training in multimedia hardware and software and instruction in media production practices. Located in Rooms 220 and 306 of the Main Library, the Media Commons hosts a wide range of emerging technologies and digital media-related tools for you to experiment with. Learn more by visiting mediacommons.illinois.edu or emailing mediacommons@illinois.edu.

Excited to showcase your Illinois pride at your next event? Join our Illinois in a Box workshop to learn how you can easily borrow or purchase a variety of Illinois-branded resources — banners, tablecloths, giveaways and more — through a simple online system. Whether you're planning a presentation, conference or celebration, we've got you covered with everything you need to represent the university in style. Discover how Illinois in a Box can make your event planning hassle-free and full of Illini spirit! Register here.

Join the Non-Traditional Species Club for Wildlife University, a comprehensive short-course for students on the medical management of wildlife species. The program will include lectures, panel discussion and an additional opportunity to purchase a ticket for a hands-on wet lab. In-person or virtual participation options are available. Registration deadline is Feb. 14. 

Registration is now open for the 2025 Lincoln Legacy Teaching and Learning Community Conference on May 19-20, 2025. The "Lincoln Legacy Teaching and Learning Community" is the successor to the "Faculty Summer Institute," which for a quarter century hosted an annual conference of educators and instructional-technology professionals. Each May, participants came to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from across Illinois and as far away as Canada.

Join us in person March 5 for the 2025 CDA Conference, where we'll explore the current landscape and future potential of precision livestock management technologies. We seek to bring together industry, government, and academia experts to share knowledge, discuss lessons learned and collaborate on advancing innovations in the field. Together, we'll explore how these technologies can continue to evolve to help feed and clothe the world's growing population. It's free to attend! More details and registration are here.

Please join the Slavic Reference Service and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures for a screening of the award-winning documentary "The Hamlet Syndrome: To Be or Not to Be in Ukraine." This documentary follows a group of young Ukrainians preparing the play "Hamlet" as they grapple with their own experiences of violence in their generation. All are welcome! No pre-registration necessary.

Keynote Speaker: Susan Stark, Ph. D., OTR/L, FAOTA, Washington University, St. Louis. Enjoy breakfast, network with community/university leaders, learn about research engagement activities and opportunities. Registration closes on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Share with others in your department or organization. Everyone must register individually. This event highlights the Center on Health, Aging and Disability (CHAD) research themes, The Collaboration in the Advancement of Research on Disability (CARD) and The Collaboration in Health, Aging, Research and Technology (CHART). Register Here.

Seminar Series with Camila Martinica at 5 p.m. Jan. 30 - Housed at Argonne National Laboratory, IAEA Programs works with the Department of State to serve as an interface between the IAEA and the U.S. nuclear community, promoting peaceful uses of nuclear energy and technology and supporting nuclear safety and security. The IAEA Careers Program encourages well-qualified Americans to join the IAEA's professional staff in non-Safeguards departments and assists interested U.S. candidates in applying to open positions.

IQUIST, IIDAI, Siebel School, GCoE and NCSA invite you to a workshop on Feb. 14, 2025, focused on advancing quantum computing at the U. of I. This event will identify critical gaps in the quantum computing stack, explore tools and standards to address these gaps and foster collaboration to make quantum computing more accessible. Researchers, students and faculty from all disciplines are encouraged to join and contribute to shaping the future of quantum research. For more information, click here.

Illinois Extension is proud to partner with Healthy Champaign County for the Feeding Champaign County Food Summit 2025 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 26, 2025, at the I Hotel and Conference Center. The summit, now in its third year, addresses the need for collaboration on food access and security in Champaign County. Join us for presentations, workshops and networking as local food system leaders work toward community solutions. Register by Feb. 12 to reserve your spot. To learn more and register, visit https://go.illinois.edu/champaignfoodsummit.

Join us for a free monthly practice of the Tamarkoz concentration and meditation method, which includes relaxation, breathing exercises, slow meditative movements and visualization. The practice will be led by a licensed clinical psychologist. Sessions will be held the first Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Wesley Student Center at 1203 W. Green St. in Urbana. The next session is Feb. 1.

February Dance 2025 celebrates the fierce commitment to artistic innovation in the Department of Dance. Works will be performed by professor Paige Cunningham Caldarella and MFA alumna Anna Peretz Rogovoy (’24); professor Rebecca Nettl-Fiol and the Illinois Modern Ensemble; and two MFA thesis works by Gabriel Bruno Eng Gonzalez and Banafsheh Amiri.

Welcome back, Illini! We hope you had a relaxing winter break! We are so happy you're back on campus, and we would love to see you next Wednesday, Jan. 29 at the Illini Union for Coffee with a Cop! Enjoy a FREE coffee while chatting with officers and other Public Safety employees. We would love to hear about your winter break activities or answer any questions you may have. Good luck this semester, and we hope to see you at Coffee with a Cop!

Krannert Art Museum to host Spring 2025 Opening Night celebration with the public opening of "Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Architecture." The evening will feature a salon talk with the curators, a performance by faculty from the Department of Dance, live music, artmaking and a dessert bar. The exhibition explores four houses, all designed for performance, by and for people associated with the University of Illinois and the production of modernist culture in Champaign-Urbana from the 1940s through the 1990s.

Dr. Rana Khoury will host an informal, public-facing event about Syria's recent events.

Join Ziran Wang of Purdue University as he presents in person at the Spring 2025 Kent Seminar Series from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. Food and soft drinks will be provided beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Illinois Center for Transportation Classroom. 

Step into the shoes of those facing financial hardships in our community with an immersive simulated experience. Acknowledging the profound impact of poverty, the School of Social Work invites students, faculty, staff and community members to participate in a unique event designed to provide a firsthand understanding of life under financial constraints. During this “Immersive Simulated Experience,” participants will navigate the challenges of limited resources and heightened stress. Simulation Registration.

The Illini Union Rec Room offers a Classic Bowling League (singles or team), Friday Lunchtime League and a February Doubles League, For each league you will bowl three games each week. Check out complete details and register full or partial teams or sign up individually and be placed on a team.

Donna Rae Pearson is a passionate curator described as a “radical historian, who gives underrepresented groups agency to tell their stories in the most accessible way possible.” Join the campus community in the Illini Union South Lounge, where Donna will discuss Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education and the twelve female plaintiffs in the 1954 Supreme Court case. 

Join us for the 23rd Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium: Gender and the Law, featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Dr. Neil J. Young (historian, writer and podcaster) and Dr. Laura Goffman (professor of history, U. of I.). This will be a hybrid event. Learn more and register here: https://wghistory.web.illinois.edu/.

Please join us for an AI and Legal Practice Speaker Series event, featuring professor Pia Hunter. She will provide an overview of how AI tools can enhance legal research and technology skills while exploring the risks and benefits of using AI for legal study and practice. Free and open to the public; a limited number of lunches provided to attendees.

Join the Writers Workshop to learn about genre expectations for personal statements and strategies for drafting and tailoring your statement. We will review a range of disciplines. Register using your Illinois email to receive a reminder and the Zoom details on the morning of the event.

In this session, we will dive deeper into what inflation is and how it affects our buying power, how we can adjust our budget with increasing prices and provide resources to better understand the effects of inflation in our everyday lives.

The Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS) will host a talk by Mario Krenn, research group leader, Artificial Scientist Lab at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, on “Towards an Artificial Muse for New Ideas in Science” as part of its Generative AI and the Future of Research speaker series. Details available here.

The RBML welcomes Jason Dean (Linda Hall Library) for a Zoom talk — all are welcome to attend! In 1716, John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, built a pyre on Greenwich Hill near the Royal Observatory. From a safe vantage point, he watched with satisfaction as pages from a book he wrote went up in flames, calling it a good “sacrifice to TRUTH.” The series of events that led to this furious act involved some of the most powerful members of the early Royal Society, including Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley, all embroiled in professional jealousy, intellectual theft and clandestine printing.

Join this Quick Start Workshop to learn how to make your videos accessible to everyone. You'll explore key accessibility requirements, including captioning, audio descriptions and transcripts, and discover how to design videos that meet accessibility standards. Additional workshops on document and course accessibility, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and PDF, are scheduled for the spring semester. Sign up and expand your accessibility skills!

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.

Are you interested in a study involving research that will lead to advances in screening, treatment and care of Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety Disorder? We seek participants who currently have MDD or AD and participants who do not have either of these conditions. Participating in the study will involve completing surveys about physical and mental health and participating in an interview.

We are seeking families with infants 3 to 10 months of age. Moms and babies will take part in one visit to our laboratory playroom and one visit on Zoom. Families will also complete daylong home recordings using an infant wearable device, LittleBeats. Families receive $190 in e-gift cards. Visit our website to learn more and fill out an interest form or contact us at 217-244-2945.

The iCONS research study involves seven 2-hour visits and a daily gummy for 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 217-300-1667.

We are recruiting children for a paid research study focused on how to improve children's speech understanding in noisy environments. We’re looking for children 5-17 years old who speak English as their first language. The study lasts approximately one hour. Children are paid $15 per hour. Parking is free. Daytime, evenings and weekends are available. Email child-SRL@illinois.edu for info!

Adults ages 40-70 years sought for a study on the impact of chronic kidney disease on leg muscle strength and endurance. We are recruiting healthy adults with a BMI greater than 30 for a one-time, 3-hour study visit. Participants will receive up to $100. Parking is provided. To learn more, please contact HIP-LAB@illinois.edu. Freer Hall, 906 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Ashley Morgan • Department of Health and Kinesiology.