May 2 is the last day to add or drop (with a "W" recorded) a Semester or Part of Term B course (via Late Registration Change in the Graduate College Student Portal). All forms must be submitted to the Graduate College before 5:00 pm on Reading Day, May 2. Students enrolled in non-standard part of term courses should refer to their graduate program for deadline information. Have questions about registration deadlines or submitting a Late Registration or Withdrawal form? Click here for an advising appointment!

May 2 is also the last day to withdraw from ALL semester courses with "W's" recorded (Withdrawal/Cancellation Form and department approval required; approval required from ISSS in the case of International Students). All forms must be submitted to the Graduate College before 5:00 pm on Reading Day, May 2. Students enrolled in non-standard part of term courses should refer to their graduate program for deadline information. Have questions about registration deadlines or submitting a Late Registration or Withdrawal form? Click here for an advising appointment!

April 26 is the last day to drop a Part of Term B course without a grade of "W" recorded and the last day to submit a Credit/No-Credit request via the Graduate College Student Portal for a Part of Term B course. Have questions about registration deadlines or submitting a Late Registration Change or Credit/No-Credit request? Click here for an advising appointment!

Friday, May 3 at 5 p.m. is the last day to complete a master's thesis deposit for May 2024 graduation. Because all corrections and all required deposit materials must be received by the Graduate College no later than 5 p.m. on the day of the deposit deadline, the Thesis Office strongly encourages students to submit the thesis for review several days before the deadline. For further information about the deposit process, visit the Thesis Office website.

Friday, April 26 at 5 p.m. is the last day to complete a dissertation deposit for May 2024 graduation. Because all corrections and all required deposit materials must be received by the Graduate College no later than 5 p.m. on the day of the deposit deadline, the Thesis Office strongly encourages students to submit the thesis for review several days before the deadline. For further information about the deposit process, visit the Thesis Office website.

NIH OITE Mental Health and Well-being Series for Biomedical Researchers. This session will focus on healthy rest, a key to effectiveness at work and overall mental and physical health. The lecture and conversation will define what constitutes healthy rest, explore its benefits, discuss impediments to practice healthy rest, and offer ways to intentionally include rest into one’s lifestyle. Webinar runs 3:00 - 4:15 CDT and is open to NIH and all folks outside the NIH, including students, fellows, staff, and faculty. The talk will be recorded and accessible within 24-48 hours. Register here.

Would you like to know more about self-care but are unsure where to start? This workshop will introduce you to using the web to find information about self-care by learning research strategies to find relevant information and evaluating information for credibility. After this workshop, you'll be able to navigate the wide variety of information available on the web about self-care.

Inspired by community sourcing via bulletin boards and online “in search of” postings, the large windows of the Graduate College will transform into the collaborative installation Rest Lab: In Search of Rest, April 15–26. Acknowledging everyone’s need for rest, we seek offerings to the prompt “In search of rest: what do you need right now?”

As you put the finishing touches on your thesis deposit, it’s a great idea to think of some of the things you need to do if you are preparing to leave the University of Illinois, like set email forwarding, create a plan to manage your Box files, and don’t forget to return your library books! Check out our Post-Deposit Considerations page to learn more. Don’t forget to check with your department to see if there are any final tasks you should complete (such as returning keys, exit interviews, etc.). 

Join Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant staff as they host a panel discussion with individuals who completed advanced graduate degrees and then secured jobs outside of the traditional academic (i.e., tenure) track. Panelists will share how their career path brought them to their current position, and audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions. Register here.

The Council of Graduate Schools is hosting a webinar on the National Science Foundation's new requirements for faculty, postdocs, and other PIs who mentor graduate students. The new rules apply to grants submitted on or after May 22, 2024. The workshop will feature presentations from NSF leadership, graduate deans, and senior research administrators from various institutions. Join to learn about the new requirements and the resources available to help PIs become more effective mentors.

Join us to finish the semester the "write" way! Our hybrid writing group provides grad students with dedicated time to make progress on any writing project in a supportive atmosphere. Each meeting consists of a short goal-setting conversation, quiet writing time, and a concluding reflection and wrap-up. You only need to register once with your U of I email to receive weekly email reminders all semester! 

The Writers Workshop is here to help you prepare for finals! Join us for Writing with Style: Revising for Polished Academic Prose (4/23), Making Sources Work for You (4/24), and Final Check: Proofreading & Editing Strategies (4/25). Register in advance to receive the Zoom link on the morning of the event.

This session gets into the technicalities of podcast distribution. We will cover library policies as well as ethical and legal guidelines for ownership and fair use, copyright, and ensuring the accessibility of your podcast.

Need compute time, data storage or research expertise? Illinois Computes is available to researchers from every domain on campus to elevate their work with computing and data storage resources, technical expertise and support services – for free. 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. 

Join us for an evening of poetry! Joy Harjo, 23rd United States Poet Laureate, will read from her body of work, and a book signing will follow. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. This free public event is part of the Joy Harjo residency at Illinois. View all events in this series, taking place April 23-24, 2024.

Join the Crip* Collective for an artistic presentation and workshop on Disability Joy! Crip* interns will present on artists and resources related to disability joy. Then there will be an interactive workshop for participants to engage with disability joy through personal art projects. Feel free to have supplies ready: pencils, pens, paper, a digital device, yarn, tape, glue, paint, or your body! Register here for the Zoom link. ASL interpretation and CART captioning will be provided. Please email asacker2@illinois.edu for additional access requirements.

Join fellow grad students at Krannert Uncorked with Lyric Theater @ Illinois.Come say hello at the Grad College table and pick up a sticker before enjoying Fugitive Songs: "Award-winning songwriters Chris Miller and Nathan Tyson’s Fugitive Songs is a 19-song journey across America."

Join us for an unforgettable evening with Tyler James Williams, renowned star of "Everybody Hates Chris," "Abbott Elementary," and "Let it Shine," as he visits UIUC on Tuesday, April 23, from 7-9pm in the I-Rooms. This event is free with an I-card! Cell phone usage during this event is prohibited. 

Spencer Paysinger is a former NFL linebacker signed as an undrafted free agent in 2011 by the New York Giants. He played until 2017, and in 2018, became a co-producer and actor on the television series All American, which is based on his life story. This event is free with an I-card!

Led by a dedicated Thai student, you'll dive headfirst into Thailand's flavors with Larb Gai, a traditional and beloved Thai chicken salad. Uncover the secrets to balancing spicy, sweet, sour, and salty - the four cornerstones of Thai taste - while getting hands-on experience preparing this refreshing dish. This is not merely a cooking class but an exhilarating culinary adventure for all those ready to broaden their horizons in the kitchen. Get ready to be inspired and educated, and leave with a new dish in your culinary repertoire! Dinner is provided. 

Dance at Illinois presents "Continuum," the Spring Senior Dance Concert, featuring the works of 5 BFA dance majors including Landon Allender, Isabella Saldana, Jaymes Crowder-Acres, Kennedy Wilson and Alana Larry.

Speaker David Whyte: Calls to criminalize "ecocide" are, it seems, everywhere: from indigenous activists and those in the global periphery, to NGOs and political actors in the core. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. Yet this paper contends that ultimately the proposed crime of ecocide may be unable to tackle the social reality of ecocide and may indeed compromise further our ability to do so.

Join us in person or on Zoom for a hybrid symposium hosted by UCRJ (Urbana Champaign Reproductive Justice) livestreamed from Spurlock with panelists all day. Discover the panelist line-up and full schedule of events here: UCRJ Week 2024 | UC Repro Justice

Join us for snacks and a short presentation about what reproductive justice is and how it connects to period poverty/making period products accessible. We’ll also be packing period products to donate during a wellness event with Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. Sign up here if you want to volunteer or pop in to sneak a cupcake!

Join us for a series of events on campus and in CU, organized by UCRJ (Urbana Champaign Reproductive Justice) and sponsored by the University Library. Find full schedule of events here. Any ideas? Submit them here. 

Sign up to give feedback on the Illinois app’s new AI feature this summer—from anywhere! As a beta tester, you'll expand your resume with AI experience and win prizes along the way for your participation. Sign up below!

We are now recruiting presenters for the 2024 Summer Self Care Series. In this series, we are looking for presenters with a research focus on aging populations. If you have relevant experience and are passionate about exploring your health studies through the lens of aging, please let us know. As always, the Community Seminar Series is open to health topics of any background. We have a limited number of speaking spots, so please email Max Wallace if you are interested in being a presenter. 

The 2024 Undergraduate Research Week (URW) & Symposium (URS) is finally here! The URW features 17 events hosted by various departments, colleges and units. The URS (April 25) will feature over 900 students presenting their reseach through oral panels, performances, exhibits and demonstrations. Come be inspired by our incredible undergrads! Full digital program: https://go.illinois.edu/URW

Effective Fa24, the Office of Minority Student Affairs' (OMSA) name will be The Michael L. Jeffries, Sr. Center for Access & Academic Success (for short the Jeffries Center). Our emphasis remains aligned with its original Educational Opportunities Program mission: academic support and personal development of first-generation, low-income, and historically underrepresented students at Illinois. 

After we celebrate campus and student accomplishments, the 2025 Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) writing process will kick off as we ask participants to check out current accomplishments and challenges — and tell us what needs to be included in the next version of this important plan, our pathway to carbon neutrality. RSVPs encouraged for the celebration >>>

The Intensive Language Instruction Program (ILIP) offers classes in 13 different languages. ILIP classes combine language and culture via engaging activities led by skilled instructors. No grade, just for fun! Students receive 30 hours of enjoyable language instruction which maximizes exposure to the target language to help them meet their own personal learning goals. Register for ILIP today!

SKY Happiness Retreat is a total well-being training offered to thousands of university students, faculty, and staff across the country. A recent study at Yale University found that SKY Happiness Retreat significantly reduces stress, depression, and has a long-lasting impact on mental health. The course features interactive group processes, breath-work, yoga, and evidence-based meditation. 

Dr. Jessica Roberts, Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech University, will present her talk entitled "Revealing Information Hiding in Plain Sight: Designing Trellises to Spark Engagement" as part of the TIER-ED Speaker Series. Dr. Roberts’ work focuses on supporting free-choice (non-classroom) learning by creating experiences to frame information in a way to facilitate curiosity and exploration.

This presentation focuses on how undergraduate health humanities and public health learners can pivot comics/comics scholarship, and tools from visual communication, toward understanding how environments influence human health. Viewing samples in comics forms, learners focus on environmental factors affecting human health throughout various communities/geographies, as well as explore how graphic texts may be used to benefit the stakeholders (such as healthcare providers, family members, and friends) involved in human illness and health circumstances connected to environment. 

Horrara Moreira, is a lawyer, activist, researcher, and former coordinator of the national anti-surveillance campaign in Brazil “Tire Meu Rosto Da Sua Mira!”. She will join us from Rio De Janeiro on Tuesday, April 30th at 12pm to discuss digital activism efforts and strategies aimed at banning the use of facial recognition technologies for public security in Brazil. This speaker series is in collaboration between Kainen Bell (PhD student in Information Science), the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies, and the Center for Global Studies' "Global Intersections Grant". Register here to join!

The Grainger College of Engineering is excited to host Dr. Shirley Malcom, Senior Advisor and Director of STEMM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Join the discussion of Changing the Narrative: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Essential to Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine.

The Cancer Center at Illinois and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology will host Luisel Ricks-Santi at 12:00 p.m. on April 30 for a seminar titled "Molecular Epidemiology of Triple Negative Breast Cancer in African American Women." Ricks-Santi is a research member at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center and the Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. 

Nicole Ellison will present "Reflecting Identity, Signaling Attention, Shaping Language: Examining Digital Social Practices" on April 25 at 3:30 p.m. Ellison is the Karl E. Weick Collegiate Professor of Information in the School of Information at the University of Michigan, and the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Sponsored by Institute of Communications Research and School of Information Sciences.

The Grainger College of Engineering Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) invites you to attend the 2024 IDEA Conference. This event will celebrate individuals that contribute to DEI and showcase research from our Grassroots Initiatives Addressing Needs Together (GIANT) DEI research projects. 

Come to Spring Jam, U. of I.'s annual FREE outdoor concert! This year, rapper NLE Choppa will be performing on the Main Quad stage. Bring your i-card for entry and review the list of prohibited items, including backpacks/bag/purses/clutches. Students with an early-access wristband will be given first entry from 1-1:15pm, with general admission beginning at 1:15pm. Check out Illini Union Board's Last Chance Week events for opportunities to get a wristband and more Spring Jam swag!

Join us in person or online at “Cultivating Functional Safety,” a three-day comprehensive workshop on mastering ISO 25119 compliance and preparing for autonomy in agriculture. This engaging event offers in-depth training, insightful discussions, and valuable networking opportunities. The workshop costs $400, but we're offering a limited number of student discounts that will bring the cost down to $75. Register today and/or share this opportunity with your networks.

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to an open forum co-sponsored by the Senate Library Committee and the University Library. The Forum will include remarks from Dean of Libraries and University Librarian Claire Stewart, the Library's role in AI, and an update on space projects. Please register here for Zoom link. 

Join sophomore history and psychology student, Sophia, for a walking tour she created for the Illinois Distributed Museum for Undergraduate Research Week. The tour will highlight astronomy-related innovations from the University of Illinois. This is a walking tour that will only have occasional places to sit and will last about an hour and a half.  Register at: go.illinois.edu/AstronomyInnovations

Bayer is bringing its mobile escape room to the Research Park from April 23 through April 25, and 10 to 6:30 pm. Dive into "Breaking Through Impossible – The Escape Game" by Leaps by Bayer where you'll rescue a biotech breakthrough. The pressure is on as you navigate through intricate puzzles, decipher cryptic clues, and unravel hidden secrets. FREE! Learn more and register for a timeslot on the Research Park Calendar.

Join IHSI's Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) team to learn valuable insights and practical tips to bolster the credibility of your work, how to critique the studies you read or review, deepen your understanding of validity, elevate the quality of your research, and embark on a journey toward more robust and reliable scientific inquiry. 

Join us for a reproductive justice zine event! Included will be a short presentation about zines and how they provide a space for reproductive justice, and plenty of time to create your own zine! Materials and music will be provided, as well as the opportunity to look through a selection of the Social Justice Zine Collection housed in the Ricker Library of Art and Architecture.

Celebrate Earth Day on April 22 by visiting the Main Quad. Student organizations have planned Sustainapalooza, a great opportunity to learn about how environmentally-related RSOs, university affiliate groups, and community groups are benefiting the environment — and to seek opportunities to get involved in campus sustainability!

Join us for CultureTalk, a conversation featuring Joy Harjo (23rd United States Poet Laureate; member of the Muscogee [Creek] Nation) in dialogue with Jenny L. Davis (American Indian Studies and Anthropology; member of the Chickasaw Nation). This free public event is part of the Joy Harjo residency at Illinois. View all events in this series, taking place April 23-24, 2024.

McKinley Health Center serves on-campus students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

The University of Illinois Counseling Center provides mental health counseling and well-being education for students. 

If you or a student you know may need support with their basic needs or financial stressors, please reach out.