General Events
Thursday, November 12, 2026
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What does the return of tariffs mean for the liberal international order? This interdisciplinary conference examines trade policy as a meeting point of economics, politics, and history. Bringing Atlantic and Pacific perspectives into conversation.
Friday, November 13, 2026
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What does the return of tariffs mean for the liberal international order? This interdisciplinary conference examines trade policy as a meeting point of economics, politics, and history. Bringing Atlantic and Pacific perspectives into conversation.
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This presentation explores how Tribal Relations Administrators bridge Tribal Nations and higher education institutions. Grounded in Indigenous methodologies, it examines reciprocity, accountability, and resistance to settler colonial practices, offering guidance for policies that center Indigenous knowledge and support Indigenous futurity. Lunch will be provided at noon.
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Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, November 13 from noon to 1 p.m for their monthly meetup.
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Dr. Tiffani Kelly will share culturally grounded practices from the University of Oklahoma’s CS-INCLUDES scholarship program, which supports Indigenous Computer Science students through graduation. She will highlight program resources, structured support, and insights to inform efforts to increase Native and Indigenous representation in Computer Science and STEM.
Monday, November 16, 2026
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Blue corn holds deep cultural and ceremonial significance for the Diné, including in the Kinaaldá, a coming-of-age ceremony honoring a Diné girl’s transition into womanhood, and traditional Diné weddings. During this cooking demonstration, Chefs Justice Janowski and Patrick Lyke will show participants how this meaningful ingredient can be used to make blue corn cookies.
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Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional programs focused on holistic well-being, student engagement, and professional development, Conexiones centers the Latine community and strengthens students’ sense of belonging.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=7227
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Join Dr. Worl via Zoom as she shares insights from decades of collaboration with Indigenous communities in Alaska and the Arctic. Drawing on Tlingit culture, subsistence lifeways, and industrial development, she will explore how Indigenous knowledge sustains Native cultures, communities, and relationships with the land.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Word documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Word and then jump right into practice.
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In this intermediate workshop, students who are already comfortable using basic app features will learn how to use representational strategies such as line weight, tone, and shading. Students will use the perspective and guide tools, and learn to create custom brushes.
Thursday, November 19, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on making your PowerPoint presentations accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PowerPoint and then dive straight into practical solutions.
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Canvas open office hours
RecurringCITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting open office hours for Canvas support, training, and consultation. Please join us at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85970622537?pwd=ZFlUZHk5K09ZQjZXZTN0MFFHcUFhZz09 with your Canvas questions.
Friday, November 20, 2026
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This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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Join artist Megan Lotts as she leads you through the process of making a zine -- a small, handmade booklet that combines words, images, collage, drawing, and storytelling to share ideas and experiences in a creative way.
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Join us for the Startup Launch Series on Friday, November 20 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
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Get up to speed quickly on making your MS Excel spreadsheets accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we'll work together, hands-on, with practical strategies for naming tables, labeling header cells and workbook titles and sheets, creating accessible links, and working with colors and color testing tools.
Monday, November 23, 2026
Tuesday, November 24, 2026
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Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page.
Thursday, November 26, 2026
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Canvas open office hours
RecurringCITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting open office hours for Canvas support, training, and consultation. Please join us at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85970622537?pwd=ZFlUZHk5K09ZQjZXZTN0MFFHcUFhZz09 with your Canvas questions.
Friday, November 27, 2026
Monday, November 30, 2026
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Participants will learn about AISES programs, membership, scholarships, conferences, and pathways for becoming involved in an Indigenous STEM community rooted in relationships, knowledge, and collective success.
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
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This hands-on workshop covers what makes digital math accessible for all learners, including major accessible math formats, accessible math tools, structuring workflows to deliver accessible math, and how digital math interacts with platforms like Canvas, Jupyter Notebook, MS Office documents, and webpages. See full description for free software requirements.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
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Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation host a Champaign-Urbana AgTech Breakfast for community leaders and local professionals in the agricultural technology sector. The event is by invite-only and held 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Illinois Conference Center.
Thursday, December 3, 2026
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Canvas open office hours
RecurringCITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting open office hours for Canvas support, training, and consultation. Please join us at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85970622537?pwd=ZFlUZHk5K09ZQjZXZTN0MFFHcUFhZz09 with your Canvas questions.
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Get up to speed quickly on creating accessible documents, presentations, and spreadsheets natively in the Google Workspace. In this hands-on workshop, you'll practice accessible authoring methods natively in Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets before using Grackle Suite to evaluate and remediate common Google document accessibility barriers.
Friday, December 4, 2026
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Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.
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Join us for the Startup Launch Series on Friday, December 4 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
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Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent reading and navigating order culprits, freeze columns and rows, hide unused columns and rows, delete empty rows between elements, create accessible links, and use the Accessibility Assistant.
Saturday, December 5, 2026
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Patient Centered Health Make-A-Thon
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Join Krannert Art Museum educators and librarians from The Urbana Free Library for Artventures for Kids!—an interactive Saturday program designed for children (ages 5+) with their families and caregivers.
Sunday, December 6, 2026
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Patient Centered Health Make-A-Thon
Recurring
Monday, December 7, 2026
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Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional programs focused on holistic well-being, student engagement, and professional development, Conexiones centers the Latine community and strengthens students’ sense of belonging.
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=7227
Thursday, December 10, 2026
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Canvas open office hours
RecurringCITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting open office hours for Canvas support, training, and consultation. Please join us at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85970622537?pwd=ZFlUZHk5K09ZQjZXZTN0MFFHcUFhZz09 with your Canvas questions.
Friday, December 11, 2026
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Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, December 11 from noon to 1 p.m. for their monthly meetup.
Monday, December 14, 2026
Tuesday, December 15, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on making your PowerPoint presentations accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PowerPoint and then dive straight into practical solutions.
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Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=7227
Thursday, December 17, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Word documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Word and then jump right into practice.
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Canvas open office hours
RecurringCITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting open office hours for Canvas support, training, and consultation. Please join us at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85970622537?pwd=ZFlUZHk5K09ZQjZXZTN0MFFHcUFhZz09 with your Canvas questions.
Friday, December 18, 2026
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Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page.
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This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
Friday, January 8, 2027
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Join us for the Startup Launch Series on Friday, January 8 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Friday, January 22, 2027
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Join us for the Startup Launch Series on Friday, January 22 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Saturday, January 23, 2027
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The fifteenth annual weSTEM Conference is scheduled to be held at the I Hotel on Saturday, January 23rd, 2027, with a Welcome Reception on Friday evening, January 22nd, 2027.
Friday, February 5, 2027
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Join us for the Startup Launch Series on Friday, February 5 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Monday, February 8, 2027
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Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional programs focused on holistic well-being, student engagement, and professional development, Conexiones centers the Latine community and strengthens students’ sense of belonging.
Friday, February 26, 2027
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This conference will bring together scholars working across disciplines to explore how movement, exchange, and place-making shaped the medieval Asian world.
Saturday, February 27, 2027
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This conference will bring together scholars working across disciplines to explore how movement, exchange, and place-making shaped the medieval Asian world.
Monday, March 1, 2027
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Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional programs focused on holistic well-being, student engagement, and professional development, Conexiones centers the Latine community and strengthens students’ sense of belonging.
Tuesday, March 9, 2027
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One of the premier AgTech hubs in the nation, Champaign-Urbana is uniquely positioned to bring together entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and industry for learning, networking and advancing this sector.
Monday, March 22, 2027
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The Poet as Seismograph: Ukrainian and Yiddish Poetry of the 1920s and Beyond” explores the intersections between Ukrainian and Yiddish literature through the metaphor of the poet as sounding board and listening device.
Tuesday, March 23, 2027
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The Poet as Seismograph: Ukrainian and Yiddish Poetry of the 1920s and Beyond” explores the intersections between Ukrainian and Yiddish literature through the metaphor of the poet as sounding board and listening device.
Friday, March 26, 2027
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ILLS is a general linguistics conference open to all subfields and aimed primarily at providing graduate and undergraduate students a friendly venue to present their work. The ILLS annual conference is proud to be entirely student-organized and operated by the Linguistics Student Organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Saturday, March 27, 2027
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ILLS is a general linguistics conference open to all subfields and aimed primarily at providing graduate and undergraduate students a friendly venue to present their work. The ILLS annual conference is proud to be entirely student-organized and operated by the Linguistics Student Organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Monday, April 5, 2027
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Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional programs focused on holistic well-being, student engagement, and professional development, Conexiones centers the Latine community and strengthens students’ sense of belonging.
Thursday, April 8, 2027
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Balkan Research Forum
Recurring
Friday, April 9, 2027
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Balkan Research Forum
Recurring
Saturday, April 17, 2027
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When anyone can generate a prototype in seconds, making things isn’t the hard part—knowing what’s good is. UX Day 2027 explores taste, craft, and credit in the age of AI: what makes great work great, how we learn to recognize it, and who gets credit when people and machines create together. Keynotes, workshops, and conversations for students, educators, and professionals.
Monday, May 3, 2027
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Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional programs focused on holistic well-being, student engagement, and professional development, Conexiones centers the Latine community and strengthens students’ sense of belonging.
