General Events

Celebrate Match Day 2026 as Carle Illinois College of Medicine’s Class of 2026 reveals their residency placements. Join us Friday, March 20, 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. at the I Hotel & Illinois Conference Center to honor their achievements.

Join the Women's Resources Center for Dish It Up on Monday, March 23 to hear from Champaign's Urbana's 2025 Woman of the Year, Shannon McFarland, and how she's building a sustainable future for her community. The Safety Zone: Youth Programming and Violence Prevention by Shannon McFarland

The Women’s Resources Center invites you to join us for the 7th Annual Strive Awards! Join us in celebrating Illinois students, staff, and faculty doing incredible gender equity work on our campus!

“Tuning surface interactions of two-dimensional materials in dry and wet environments” Gus Greenwood, PhD Candidate Prof. Rosa Espinosa-Marzal’s Environmental Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois

Come celebrate National Poetry Month (April) with the Literatures and Languages Library by reading or listening to poems from around the world in the original language and English translation.

Join We CU and the Community Learning Lab for an end-of-year reception. Stop by the Alice Campbell Alumni Center on April 23 from 3:00 and 4:30 p.m. and help us celebrate the positive impact our students, instructors, and community partners have had in the Champaign-Urbana community this year. Light refreshments will be served. Registration link to follow.

Join us for our annual awards ceremony celebrating the accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff.

Scott Fraser, PhD President, Dynamic Imaging, Head of Biohub, San Francisco "Eavesdropping on Biology by Using New Instrumentation and AI to Foster Multiscale Imaging"

Annual Student Awards Reception on May 8, 2026, 5:00–7:30 PM at the Illini Union, Rooms A–C. Join us in recognizing student, faculty, and staff award recipients. Buffet dinner provided. RSVP form available in April 2026.

Celebrate our doctoral graduates!