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Lecture: The Industrial Archaeology of Polar Exploration A lecture to close the Library's exhibition: "Names Swallowed by the Cold: Hidden Histories of Arctic Exploration."
Dr. Avango studies the history of technology in the polar regions and has written about industrial archaeology on Svalbard and South Georgia Island. For more information, please visit www.library.illinois.edu/rbx.
Speaker: Dr. Dag Avango of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) at Stockholm Date: Apr 8, 2013 Time: 3:00 pm Location: The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 346 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana Cost: No Cost Sponsor: The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Speaker May Xiong Date Apr 9, 2013 Time 7:00 pm Location Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana, IL Cost free admission Sponsor Asian Educational Media Service and Spurlock Museum Contact Jason Finkelman E-Mail aems@illinois.edu Phone 217-333-9597 Event type Film
Description: With first-hand accounts by CIA supported Hmong soldiers who fought, survived, and fled Laos when the Communists took over in 1975, along with personal stories of Hmong refugees residing in the United States, Witnesses to a Secret War brings greater awareness to a relatively unknown piece of American history.
In the film we meet members of families who were among the first to immigrate to the US, such as Minnesota State Representative Cy Tha whose artwork revisits the struggle of his people, and refugee advocate KaYing Yang who works in Thailand to help Hmong refugees remaining there after 30 years. Through their voices, and those of other witnesses compelled to understand their past, a story of betrayal, loss and survival unfolds.
CLASSICS -- Lanny Bell, Brown University: "Mythology and Iconography of Divine Kingship in Ancient Egypt"
Speaker Lanny Bell, Brown University Date Apr 7, 2013 Time 3:00 pm Location Room 62 Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium) Cost Free and open to the public Sponsor Department of the Classics, Archaeological Institute of America/Central Illinois Society, Krannert Art Museum Event type Lecture
CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture: "Art, Famines and Democracy: Chittoprasad Bhattacharya (1915 - 1978)"
Speaker Pradeep Dhillon, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Policy, Organization and Leadership Date Apr 9, 2013 Time 12:00 pm Location Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building Sponsor CSAMES Contact Angela Williams E-Mail aswillms@illinois.edu Phone (217) 244-5939 Event type Brown Bag lecture Views 46 Originating Calendar CSAMES events
"Pradeep Dhillon is a scholar of global aesthetics and ethics, with a special interest in Kantian value theory, and holds appointments in the department of education policy, organization and leadership in the College of Education and the department of linguistics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dhillon, who is a Sikh
Speaks frequently on the topic.
"Chittaprosad Bhattacharya is India’s most recognized political artist of the mid-20th century. He preferred watercolor and printmaking, avoiding oil on canvas. Chittaprosad used prints to disseminate leftist ideas and propaganda."
Self-Reflection for Improved Teaching: Philosophy & Practice
Speaker Michael Evans Date Apr 9, 2013 Time 1:30 pm Location 428 Armory Bldg Cost Free, but registration required** Sponsor Center for Teaching Excellence Contact Michael Evans E-Mail evans23@illinois.edu Registration here => https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/3660392 Event type Workshop
Originating Calendar Center for Teaching Excellence (new) Faculty and teaching assistants faced with the task of evaluating their own teaching often have a difficult time reflecting on what's working (and what isn't) in their classrooms. What can we control? How can we assess the aspects of our teaching we can control? In this workshop, we'll learn a bit of the philosophy behind effective self-reflection and some practices that encourage long-term, sustained introspection and improvement.
Lemann Lecture Series: What's so New About the New Multicultural Brazil?
Speaker Jeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History'and Chair. Emory University Date Apr 4, 2013 Time 12:00 pm Location 101 International Studies Building Sponsor Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Contact Brigitte Cairus, Angelina Cotler E-Mail bcairus@illinois.edu, cotler@illinois.edu Event type Lecture Series Views 15 http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/863?eventId=27293600&calMin=201304&cal=20130404&skinId=4234
Speaker Safiya Noble, Assistant Professor, Department of African-American Studies Date Apr 8, 2013 Time 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location Women's Resources Center 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd floor Champaign, IL 61820 MC-302 Cost FREE
Come join us for another "Dish It Up: Lunch on Us" Program at the Women's Resources Center (every 2nd and 4th Monday at noon). Enjoy a complimentary meal while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities. Engage with your peers in a fruitful discussion of identity, social phenomena, and justice on campus. Each Dish It Up program offers vegan and vegetarian food options.
Women on the Move | Yoga for Healing | Sexual Assault Awareness Month Programming
Speaker Julianna Ge, WRC Volunteer Date Apr 4, 2013 Time 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Location Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St. MC-302 2nd Fl. Champaign, IL 61820) Sponsor Women's Resources Center, Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations Contact Rachel Lauren Storm, Assistant Director E-Mail rstorm2@illinois.edu Phone 217-333-3137 Event type WRC Program Event Views 43 Women on the Move | Women's-Only Fitness at the Women's Resources Center Thursdays as Scheduled* | 7pm-9pm Weekly Fitness Class + Wellness Talk-Back The Women's Resources Center is pleased to announce the return of our wellness series called Women on the Move, a weekly women'only* fitness class and safe space for women who for personal or religious reasons may be unable or uncomfortable with working out in co-ed facilities. First come, first served'please arrive early, wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and bring a water bottle and towel. Each class features an introductory talk, warm-up, fitness class, and wellness talk-back where students can ask questions about their health! A diversity of fitness classes means students will be introduced to different fitness styles, cultures, and traditions. For women-identified students only. *The Line-Up Feb 7th Zumba Fit Feb 21st Bellydance Fit Mar 7th Midterm Spa and Relaxation Fair Apr 4th Yoga for Healing | Sexual Assault Awareness Month Programming Apr 18th Hip Hop Fit Facilitated by: Julianna Ge, WRC Volunteer
Middle East Film Festival 2013: "The Death of Fear"
Date Apr 4, 2013 Time 7:00 pm Location 245 Altgeld Hall, 1409 W. Green Street, Urbana Cost free and open to the public Sponsor CSAMES Contact Angela Williams E-Mail aswillms@illinois.edu Phone (217) 244-5939 Event type Film Screening Views 0 Originating Calendar CSAMES events "The Death of Fear," Al Jazeera, 2011, 48 mins. A general overview that takes us from 'the death of a penniless fruit seller in Tunisia' to the fall of the Tunisian dictatorship and the inspiration it brought to Egypt and beyond. This is part of the 2013 Middle East Film Festival.
Friday, April 5, Noon, Internet Dating & Safety Workshop, LGBT Resource Center (Illini Union 323) Friday, April 5, 7pm, "VGL 5'4" Top" and Q&A, Location: TBA
Pride is bringing in Lucas Brooks who is a writer, performer and sex educator from NYC to give a workshop and perform his one man show. He runs a blog called "Top 2 Bottom" (http://www.toptobottomnyc.com/ ...there are too many blogs called top 2 bottom... wtf).
He'll be holding a workshop about internet dating (I'm assuming this will focus a lot on Craigslist. I am assuming based on the title of his one man show. He includes stats about his physical features in online jargon.
This also seems like it will be very gay man oriented. Sorry lesbians... but who know? Maybe he will have some great tips for women as well, I don't want to limit his work.
Friday, April 5, Noon-12, University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St) Eboo Patel talks on Interfaith Cooperation to combat prejudice and anti-muslim sentiment
Eboo's book "Acts of Faith" was our One Campus/One Book selection my freshman year. I read it, because I love talking about religion and how to talk about religion. He helped to start the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) which has done great things in interfaith relations. He was a U of I grad student. He has a new book. I should check that out. You should check that out.
Anyway, he will be talking about suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims after 9/11 and how interfaith work is important to building cooperation in our nation. He will also be going over how Interfaith has been a key component to American identity all the way back to George Washington.
TALK: Evaluating Prison Education With and For Justice
Speaker: Jennifer Green, professor; Nora Gannon-Slater and Ayesha Tillman, doctoral students Date: Apr 3, 2013 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location: 22 Education Building Sponsor: CREA Contact: Betsy Greifenkamp E-Mail: greifenk@illinois.edu Description: CREA is sponsoring a presentation by the Education Justice Project titled "Evaluating Prison Education With and For Justice." A light lunch will be provided. Presenters, all from the Department of Educational Psychology, include Jennifer Green, professor; and Nora Gannon-Slater and Ayesha Tillman, doctoral students.
Tuesday 9 April 2013 | 5:30PM Japan House | 2000 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL, 68102
Tamaki Levy leads a hands-on workshop, focusing on Japanese main dishes. You'll receive hands on experience, recipes and samples! The workshop is $30 each or $25 if you are a Tomonokai member. Call 217-244-9934 or email probst@illinois.edu to make your reservation!
Annual GSLIS Storytelling Festival Date Apr 6, 2013 Time 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location Room 126, LIS Building, 501 East Daniel Street, Champaign Sponsor
The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) Views 146 Originating Calendar Graduate School of Library and Information Science
The Center for Children's Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) will host their annual Storytelling Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 7-9 pm at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Building, Room 126, 501 E. Daniel St. in Champaign.
The cost for students is $3 with a Student ID and $5 for the public.
Tickets can be purchased at the door beginning at 6:30pm. For more information, please contact the CCB at (217) 244-9331 or ccb@illinois.edu.
Date Apr 4, 2013 Time 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sponsor Department of Chemistry Contact Krista Smith E-Mail kristasm@illinois.edu Registration Registration Event type General Views 121 Originating Calendar Chemistry - Department of Chemistry Events Form a team and join in! Space is limited, so register by March 31st at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/982675 Prizes will be awarded to the winning team! *Families/significant others are welcome to participate.
SEEING INVISIBLE INFLUENCES Lecturer: Martin Wattenberg | "Big Picture" Visualization Group, Google
Wednesday 03 April | 4:00PM Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium | 600 S Gregory St.
The talk is about how Big Picture uses visualization to spark the joy of revelation — mapping the invisible forces that surround us, from social networks to the play of the wind. To sweeten the pot, Martin Wattenberg will show embarrassing outtakes from their design process.
Prior to joining IBM, Wattenberg was the Director of Research and Development at SmartMoney.com, a joint venture of Dow Jones and Hearst. His work at SmartMoney included the groundbreaking Map of the Market.
Wattenberg is known for his visualization-based artwork, which has been exhibited in venues such as the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the New York Museum of Modern Art.
Wattenberg holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from U.C. Berkeley. He lives in Winchester, Massachusetts
The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) will host their annual Storytelling Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 7-9 pm at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Building, Room 126, 501 E. Daniel St. in Champaign. The Festival will feature humor, horror, hubris, and more. Our tellers will bring to life some eclectic characters including Anansi, Bluebeard, the boy who cried wolf, and one insatiable pig. Stories will be performed by a select group of GSLIS students and faculty, including new storytellers and seasoned professionals.
“The Festival is a great opportunity for the community to enjoy the art of storytelling and it provides our emerging student storytellers with a chance to shine,” said Assistant Professor Kate McDowell, who teaches storytelling courses at GSLIS.
The cost for students is $3 with a Student ID and $5 for the public. Tickets can be purchased at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Some material will not be appropriate for children.
For more information or if you need a special accommodation to fully participate in this program/event, contact the CCB at (217) 244-9331 or ccb@illinois.edu.
"Evolution of Life Histories, Indeterminate Growth, and Perceptions of Age in Turtles" Dr. Justin Congdon - Savannah River Ecology Lab Apr 9, 2013 3:00 pm 1816 S. Oak St Champaign, IL
The singular life-history trait of attaining maturity combined with the relative contributions of juvenile and adult growth combine to shape the suite of life-history traits of organisms with indeterminate growth. Although the assumption that indeterminate growth is a general trait of reptiles is widely accepted, data are scarce (particularly for long-lived individuals.)
We examined patterns of variation in adult growth using over a hundred years of mark-recapture data on 13 populations of 9 species (3 families) of freshwater turtles from studies in South Carolina, Michigan, and Arizona in the USA and in Ontario, Canada. The influence of growth on life-history trait values indicated that increases in body size (and associated reproductive output) resulting from indeterminate growth are not substantial enough to represent a major factor in the evolution of life histories in general or the evolution of longevity and aging specifically.
Seventh Annual Turkish Studies Symposium: Ethnographies of Istanbul
Apr 5, 2013 9:30 am - 5:00 pm University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Levis Faculty Center (Reading Room, 1st floor); 919 W Illinois St..; Urbana, IL 61801
This symposium will explore the theme 'Ethnographies of Istanbul.' It aims to explore a number of contemporary issues brought together in the hyper-urban space of Istanbul from multiple disciplinary perspectives, opening up a possible ending meditation on the degree of historical contingency or determination in their coincidence for further dialogue with comparable work done in other world areas.
DOCHA, DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN’S FREE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL, ANNOUNCES FOURTH SEASON
APRIL 5 – 7, 2013
Champaign, IL—DoCha, downtown Champaign’s free chamber music festival, announces its fourth season, April 5-7, 2013. All events will take place at the Orpheum Theatre as part of DoCha’s partnership with the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum. All events will be free and open to the public. Committed to the idea that chamber music can and should be enjoyed by all people, DoCha’s festival events will be fun- spirited, informal, engaging, collaborative, and educational. Food and beverages will be sold at each evening event. Tables and chairs will be set around the centrally-placed stage allowing guests to experience the live music performances up close while enjoying refreshments.
The festival will feature some of Champaign’s own world-class, internationally acclaimed musicians, scholars, and music educators as well as visiting artists and gifted local young musicians in unique artistic collaborations both within and outside the chamber music genre.
Highlights for 2013
• Renewed partnership: Orpheum Theatre. DoCha is pleased to renew its partnership with the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum. The beautiful and historic Orpheum Theatre will once again serve as DoCha’s venue for the 2013 festival. DoCha will transform this former vaudeville theatre into a cabaret-style, live music venue. Guests will be welcome to enjoy food and drinks at tables set up inside the theatre while listening to great live chamber music in an intimate and stylish setting.
DoCha 2013 Festival Announcement, p. 2
• Renewed food and beverage partnerships: Gourmet snack plates prepared by Pekara Bakery and Bistro and wines, cocktails, and other beverages from Corkscrew Wine Emporium / Buvons Wine Bar will be sold at the venue.
• Young People’s Concerts on Friday, April 5 at 10 a.m. and Saturday, April 6 at 1 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre featuring Musical Moods, a comical musical play which will introduce children to how composers use the elements of timbre, dynamics, and articulation to create works of art. This program is co-presented by the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, DoCha’s festival venue sponsor. The Friday, April 5 performance at 10 a.m. is designed for school field-trip programs for students aged 5 to 10. An instrument-making craft activity will follow. Teachers may sign their classes up for this program by contacting Paul Redman at dochamusic@gmail.com or 773-217-0022. The Saturday, April 6th performance at 1 p.m. is open to the public.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
All events are free and open to the public. All events will take place at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Champaign: 346 North Neil, Champaign, IL 61820. Theatre doors open 40 minutes prior to each event.
Midwest underground punk fest. This is going to be seriously awesome and cool and I encourage you to check it out.
http://fest.skeletallightning.net/
This will be the fest’s first year, and we can’t wait to get things going.
We started the fest as a way to bring many of the people involved in the Midwestern underground music scene together to celebrate what we have accomplished.
We hope everyone can make it out for this very special weekend celebration.
Full lineup, tickets, and a tentative schedule are now available.
Feel free to browse around for the initial lineup, date, location, and more as it comes along.
FindTheBest - Working At A Startup Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 06:00PM-08:00PM Lincoln Hall 1065
Ever wonder how early stage technology companies brainstorm new products and features? Want to get a sense for how startup internships and entry-level jobs differ from professional services and large corporation jobs? Please join FindTheBest for an exciting and lively discussion. Bob Goldman, Director of Product at FindTheBest, will lead an interactive discussion about life and innovation at early-stage startups. Food will be served.
FindTheBest is an early-stage internet startup operating a network of data-driven decision engines, including FindTheBest.com, FindTheData.org, and FindTheCompany.com. It's been called "a different approach to search" by the New York Times, and "the more talented offspring of Wolfram Alpha and Google Squared" by Search Engine Land. Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) even told readers to "keep an eye on this one - it's for real." Each month, 24M people use FindTheBest to make critical decisions across a number of products, services, and use cases. Founded by Kevin O'Connor (DoubleClick, ISS), and backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, FindTheBest is in hypergrowth and plans to triple its Santa Barbara, CA team by scaling its engineering, product management, business development, and sales teams in the next 12 months.
The High School Computer Science Shortage and How YOU can help
Who: Kevin Wang, Founder, Technology Education And Literacy in Schools (TEALS) When: 12:00 pm, Apr 9, 2013 Where: NCSA Auditorium
Did you know that in 2012, a time when computer science is one of the fastest growing employment sectors, only 0.67% of all AP tests taken were for computer science (CS)? A severe shortage of high school teachers with a CS background means the number of CS courses in high schools has actually decreased in the last decade. TEALS is a volunteer program that aims to ensure that all American high school students will have the opportunity to take a computer science class. You can join the fast-growing movement after graduation while you begin your career in high-tech.
Bio: Kevin Wang founded TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools), a grassroots program that recruits, trains, mentors and places high-tech professionals into high school computer science classes in a team teaching model with in-service teachers. He is a former high school computer science teacher and software engineer at Microsoft. Kevin earned his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and his graduate degree in education from Harvard.
Read more about TEALS, including a New York Times feature on the program, at http://tealsk12.org/index.html.
Food for the Soul: Challenging Ourselves to be Life-Long Learners
Speaker Lieutenant Colonel Eric Stetson, Professor and Head, Department of Military Science Date Apr 3, 2013 Time 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location 708 S. Mathews Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 Sponsor Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center Contact Ashley M. Davis E-Mail adavis2@illinois.edu Phone 217-333-2092 Event type Lunch Views 537 Originating Calendar Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
Condensed Matter Seminar: Collective magnetization relaxation in single molecule magnets
Speaker Prof Anupam Garg - Dept of Physics and Astronomy - Northwestern University Date Apr 5, 2013 Time 1:00 pm Location 190 Engineering Sciences Bldg - corner Goodwin & Springfield
Sponsor Physics Contact Peggy Pennell E-Mail ppennell@illinois.edu Phone 217/244-7636 Event type CM Seminar Views 556 Originating Calendar Physics - Condensed Matter Seminar The phenomena that have drawn the most attention in molecular magnets such as Fe_8 can be understood at the single molecule level -- a large spin in an anisotropic crystal field. Yet that is only half the story. The slow and glass-like demagnetization or magnetization of the solid as a whole, its response to a slowly swept external field, etc., entail collective behavior arising from the dipole-dipole interaction between the spins of different molecules, and pose a challenging theoretical problem. The talk will discuss how this behavior can be understood in terms of a long-range Glauber-like model, how this model can be justified microscopically, and how it can be formulated in terms of a kinetic equation. Monte Carlo simulations of the model, and numerical solution of the kinetic equations display several (but not all) aspects of experimentally seen behavior, and many questions remain open.
Stock Pavilion Setup for Mom's Day Show Saturday April 7 10am
On Saturday, the Horticulture club will be setting up the garden show for Mom's Day Weekend. Since I wasn't able to attend the horticulture event last week, I would like to attend on Saturday to see what the Horticulture major here is all about. I took one hort class last semester that was interesting so Ive been wanting to broaden my knowledge of the subject.
Support?System Down: A documentary about the Family Court System
A documentary film that covers the stress the everyday issues of stress, family, struggle and suffering that families experience when put through the detrimental, winding maneuvers of the family court system. For those interested in socially changing films, parental alienation, and divorce and custody issues in America. Discussion to follow the film.
6:30 – 8 p.m., Thursday, April 4
Venue: Urbana Free Public Library, Downstairs conference room
Address: Corner of Race St. and Green St. (2 blocks south of Main St.) Enter from Race Street entrance and the stairs to the left lead directly to the basement.
Sponsored by IllinoisFathers.org, a non-profit group of Fathers for Children’s and Fathers’ Rights. For more information, contact Lee at 217-871-9273 or gurgalee@att.net
Andy Douglas, the author of a newly published memoir, "The Curve of the World: Into the Spiritual Heart of Yoga" will give several readings in the Champaign/Urbana area. On Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m. at the Urbana Public Library, Douglas will read from his memoir and perform Bengali devotional music.
Published by Bottom Dog Press, "The Curve of the World" tells the story of the author's seven years in Asia, including four as a yogic monk, on a path grounded in meditation and service. It draws connections between spirituality and social justice, music and devotion. And, as the author eventually faces serious illness, the book explores the link between body, mind and spirit.
Andy Douglas was born in Brazil to missionary parents, and travel and spiritual practice have shaped his life ever since. He has practiced yoga and meditation for thirty years, and lived for seven years in various countries of Asia.
Speaker Jonathan Tullis -- UIUC Date Apr 5, 2013 Time 12:00 pm Location 819 Psychology Sponsor Cognitive Division Contact John Hummel E-Mail jehummel@illinois.edu Event type Brown Bag Views 546 Originating Calendar Psychology General Calendar That Reminds Me: The Consequences of Unplanned Retrieval on Memory and Understanding
IPRH-Mellon Spring Symposium: "Performance and Globalization" 9:00 a.m. –5:00 p.m. Half Ballroom West, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 South Lincoln Ave, Urbana Featuring Keynote Speakers: Dan Segal (Pitzer Professor of Anthropology and Professor of History & Director of the Munroe Center for Social Inquiry, Pitzer College), Ananya Chatterjea (Professor, Theatre Arts and Dance, and Director of Dance, U Minnesota), and Josh Kun (Associate Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School, USC). Presentations by UIUC Faculty and Post-Doctoral Fellows, including Harry Liebersohn (History), Samir Meghelli (Chancellor’s Post-Doctoral Fellow, African American Studies), Cynthia Oliver (Dance), Ahalya Satkunaratnam (IPRH-Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow/Dance/Gender and Women's Studies) and Gabriel Solis (Music/African American Studies/Anthropology). Event Schedule
Cycle 11 and 17 (All-Stars) contestant and transgender woman on Tyra's "America's Next Top Model" talks about her experiences on the show and growing up as a trans woman.
COMPARATIVE & WORLD LITERATURE - Film and discussion with filmmaker Moinak Biswas, "Spring in the Colony" (2009)
Speaker Filmmaker Moinak Biswas Date Apr 9, 2013 Time 6:00 pm Location Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building Cost Free and open to the public
Yom HaShoa Seder at Illini Hillel Cohen Center, Monday 6:30 pm.
A Seder, just like the passover seder to remember the story of the jews but instead of concerning the exodus from egypt, it is about the Shoa, the Holocaust.
SpeakerLuke Keele DateApr 9, 2013 Time12:00 pm Location223 David Kinley Hall SponsorDepartment of Political Science Event typePresentation Views1207 Originating CalendarPolitical Science "Stronger Instruments By Design"
TEDxUIUC aims to enhance the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign community through a TED-like experience. It provides top thinkers and the most remarkable doers a platform to share ideas through presentations, performances, discussions and more at a day-long conference. TEDxUIUC 2013 encourages attendees to initiate vision, innovate their paths, and inspire a better world.
'An interactive performance piece about sex positivity in a sex negative world'
Produced by Inner Voices Social Issues Theater Date april 9,10 and 11 at 7pm april 12 at 5pm and 7pm location Armory Free Theater Co-Sponsored by the Counseling Center and the Department of Theater
Department of Theatre Series | This 2007 hit Broadway musical derived from Frank Wedekind’s late-19th-century German masterpiece floods the stage with the high energy of adolescence and sexuality. Just as Wedekind realized in 1892, there is still a time in the lives of young people when sex commands every waking hour. The musical investigates the ways in which students deal with the mysteries, frustrations, fears, and tragedies that are the result of their sexual preoccupations.
Lecture: The Industrial Archaeology of Polar Exploration
ReplyDeleteA lecture to close the Library's exhibition: "Names Swallowed by the Cold: Hidden Histories of Arctic Exploration."
Dr. Avango studies the history of technology in the polar regions and has written about industrial archaeology on Svalbard and South Georgia Island.
For more information, please visit www.library.illinois.edu/rbx.
Speaker: Dr. Dag Avango of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) at Stockholm
Date: Apr 8, 2013
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 346 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
Cost: No Cost
Sponsor: The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
AsiaLENS Screening: Witnesses to a Secret War
ReplyDeleteSpeaker May Xiong
Date Apr 9, 2013
Time 7:00 pm
Location Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana, IL
Cost free admission
Sponsor Asian Educational Media Service and Spurlock Museum
Contact Jason Finkelman
E-Mail aems@illinois.edu
Phone 217-333-9597
Event type Film
Description:
DeleteWith first-hand accounts by CIA supported Hmong soldiers who fought, survived, and fled Laos when the Communists took over in 1975, along with personal stories of Hmong refugees residing in the United States, Witnesses to a Secret War brings greater awareness to a relatively unknown piece of American history.
In the film we meet members of families who were among the first to immigrate to the US, such as Minnesota State Representative Cy Tha whose artwork revisits the struggle of his people, and refugee advocate KaYing Yang who works in Thailand to help Hmong refugees remaining there after 30 years. Through their voices, and those of other witnesses compelled to understand their past, a story of betrayal, loss and survival unfolds.
CLASSICS -- Lanny Bell, Brown University: "Mythology and Iconography of Divine Kingship in Ancient Egypt"
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Lanny Bell, Brown University
Date Apr 7, 2013
Time 3:00 pm
Location Room 62 Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium)
Cost Free and open to the public
Sponsor Department of the Classics, Archaeological Institute of America/Central Illinois Society, Krannert Art Museum
Event type Lecture
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/596?eventId=23915287&calMin=201301&cal=20130114&skinId=1
CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture: "Art, Famines and Democracy: Chittoprasad Bhattacharya (1915 - 1978)"
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Pradeep Dhillon, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Policy, Organization and Leadership
Date Apr 9, 2013
Time 12:00 pm
Location Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
Sponsor CSAMES
Contact Angela Williams
E-Mail aswillms@illinois.edu
Phone (217) 244-5939
Event type Brown Bag lecture
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Originating Calendar CSAMES events
Speaker is Prof Pradeep Dhillon:
Delete"Pradeep Dhillon is a scholar of global aesthetics and ethics, with a special interest in Kantian value theory, and holds appointments in the department of education policy, organization and leadership in the College of Education and the department of linguistics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dhillon, who is a Sikh
Speaks frequently on the topic.
"Chittaprosad Bhattacharya is India’s most recognized political artist of the mid-20th century. He preferred watercolor and printmaking, avoiding oil on canvas. Chittaprosad used prints to disseminate leftist ideas and propaganda."
Breaking Binaries, Challenging Assumptions: Supporting Transgender Identities
ReplyDeleteDate Apr 9, 2013
Time 7:00 pm
Location Wilson Chapel Room at the YMCA
Cost free
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/594?eventId=26842636&calMin=201304&cal=20130409&skinId=1
Self-Reflection for Improved Teaching: Philosophy & Practice
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Michael Evans
Date Apr 9, 2013
Time 1:30 pm
Location 428 Armory Bldg
Cost Free, but registration required**
Sponsor Center for Teaching Excellence
Contact Michael Evans
E-Mail evans23@illinois.edu
Registration here => https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/3660392
Event type Workshop
Originating Calendar Center for Teaching Excellence (new)
Faculty and teaching assistants faced with the task of evaluating their own teaching often have a difficult time reflecting on what's working (and what isn't) in their classrooms. What can we control? How can we assess the aspects of our teaching we can control? In this workshop, we'll learn a bit of the philosophy behind effective self-reflection and some practices that encourage long-term, sustained introspection and improvement.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/7?eventId=27320755&calMin=201301&cal=20130122&skinId=1
DeleteLemann Lecture Series: What's so New About the New Multicultural Brazil?
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Jeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History'and Chair. Emory University
Date Apr 4, 2013
Time 12:00 pm
Location 101 International Studies Building
Sponsor Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Contact Brigitte Cairus, Angelina Cotler
E-Mail bcairus@illinois.edu, cotler@illinois.edu
Event type Lecture Series
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http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/863?eventId=27293600&calMin=201304&cal=20130404&skinId=4234
Google and the Pornification of Black Girls
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Safiya Noble, Assistant Professor, Department of African-American Studies
Date Apr 8, 2013
Time 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location Women's Resources Center 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd floor Champaign, IL 61820 MC-302
Cost FREE
Come join us for another "Dish It Up: Lunch on Us" Program at the Women's Resources Center (every 2nd and 4th Monday at noon). Enjoy a complimentary meal while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.
Engage with your peers in a fruitful discussion of identity, social phenomena, and justice on campus. Each Dish It Up program offers vegan and vegetarian food options.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2345?eventId=27139002&calMin=201303&cal=20130211&skinId=2292
Women on the Move | Yoga for Healing | Sexual Assault Awareness Month Programming
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Julianna Ge, WRC Volunteer
Date Apr 4, 2013
Time 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St. MC-302 2nd Fl. Champaign, IL 61820)
Sponsor Women's Resources Center, Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations
Contact Rachel Lauren Storm, Assistant Director
E-Mail rstorm2@illinois.edu
Phone 217-333-3137
Event type WRC Program Event
Views 43
Women on the Move | Women's-Only Fitness at the Women's Resources Center Thursdays as Scheduled* | 7pm-9pm Weekly Fitness Class + Wellness Talk-Back The Women's Resources Center is pleased to announce the return of our wellness series called Women on the Move, a weekly women'only* fitness class and safe space for women who for personal or religious reasons may be unable or uncomfortable with working out in co-ed facilities. First come, first served'please arrive early, wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and bring a water bottle and towel. Each class features an introductory talk, warm-up, fitness class, and wellness talk-back where students can ask questions about their health! A diversity of fitness classes means students will be introduced to different fitness styles, cultures, and traditions. For women-identified students only. *The Line-Up Feb 7th Zumba Fit Feb 21st Bellydance Fit Mar 7th Midterm Spa and Relaxation Fair Apr 4th Yoga for Healing | Sexual Assault Awareness Month Programming Apr 18th Hip Hop Fit Facilitated by: Julianna Ge, WRC Volunteer
Middle East Film Festival 2013: "The Death of Fear"
ReplyDeleteDate Apr 4, 2013
Time 7:00 pm
Location 245 Altgeld Hall, 1409 W. Green Street, Urbana
Cost free and open to the public
Sponsor CSAMES
Contact Angela Williams
E-Mail aswillms@illinois.edu
Phone (217) 244-5939
Event type Film Screening
Views 0
Originating Calendar CSAMES events
"The Death of Fear," Al Jazeera, 2011, 48 mins. A general overview that takes us from 'the death of a penniless fruit seller in Tunisia' to the fall of the Tunisian dictatorship and the inspiration it brought to Egypt and beyond. This is part of the 2013 Middle East Film Festival.
A Day with Lucas Brooks
ReplyDeleteFriday, April 5, Noon, Internet Dating & Safety Workshop, LGBT Resource Center (Illini Union 323)
Friday, April 5, 7pm, "VGL 5'4" Top" and Q&A, Location: TBA
Pride is bringing in Lucas Brooks who is a writer, performer and sex educator from NYC to give a workshop and perform his one man show. He runs a blog called "Top 2 Bottom" (http://www.toptobottomnyc.com/ ...there are too many blogs called top 2 bottom... wtf).
He'll be holding a workshop about internet dating (I'm assuming this will focus a lot on Craigslist. I am assuming based on the title of his one man show. He includes stats about his physical features in online jargon.
This also seems like it will be very gay man oriented. Sorry lesbians... but who know? Maybe he will have some great tips for women as well, I don't want to limit his work.
Here's Pride's Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/607668635927154/607782869249064/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity
Screw that. Go to this.
ReplyDeleteFriday Forum at the University YMCA
Friday, April 5, Noon-12, University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St)
Eboo Patel talks on Interfaith Cooperation to combat prejudice and anti-muslim sentiment
Eboo's book "Acts of Faith" was our One Campus/One Book selection my freshman year. I read it, because I love talking about religion and how to talk about religion. He helped to start the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) which has done great things in interfaith relations. He was a U of I grad student. He has a new book. I should check that out. You should check that out.
Anyway, he will be talking about suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims after 9/11 and how interfaith work is important to building cooperation in our nation. He will also be going over how Interfaith has been a key component to American identity all the way back to George Washington.
It'll be great. There will probably be food.
http://www.universityymca.org/friday_forum/
reviewed by HARRISON
Deletereviewed by PUJA
DeleteTALK: Evaluating Prison Education With and For Justice
ReplyDeleteSpeaker: Jennifer Green, professor; Nora Gannon-Slater and Ayesha Tillman, doctoral students
Date: Apr 3, 2013
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: 22 Education Building
Sponsor: CREA
Contact: Betsy Greifenkamp
E-Mail: greifenk@illinois.edu
Description: CREA is sponsoring a presentation by the Education Justice Project titled "Evaluating Prison Education With and For Justice." A light lunch will be provided. Presenters, all from the Department of Educational Psychology, include Jennifer Green, professor; and Nora Gannon-Slater and Ayesha Tillman, doctoral students.
JAPANESE COOKING WORKSHOPS
ReplyDeleteTuesday 9 April 2013 | 5:30PM
Japan House | 2000 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL, 68102
Tamaki Levy leads a hands-on workshop, focusing on Japanese main dishes. You'll receive hands on experience, recipes and samples! The workshop is $30 each or $25 if you are a Tomonokai member. Call 217-244-9934 or email probst@illinois.edu to make your reservation!
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3020?eventId=26633671&calMin=201303&cal=20130321&skinId=972
CSSA Karaoke + Board Game Night!
ReplyDeleteDate: Apr 5, 2013
Time: 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Location: Asian American House
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1027?eventId=27516228&calMin=201303&cal=20130324&skinId=2292
"The History of Women of Color"
ReplyDeleteBria Purdiman and the Women of Color Executive Board
Date: April 3
Location: Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
http://studentaffairs.illinois.edu/diversity/bnaacc/index.html
Event Detail Information
ReplyDeleteAmerican Indians and Health Disparities after Traumatic Brain Injury
Speaker: Adele Proctor, Associate Professor Speech and Hearing Science, African American Studies
Date: Apr 5, 2013
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Native American House
Event Type: Chat 'n' Chew - FREE!
ReplyDeleteAnnual GSLIS Storytelling Festival
Date Apr 6, 2013
Time 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location Room 126, LIS Building, 501 East Daniel Street, Champaign
Sponsor
The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS)
Views 146
Originating Calendar Graduate School of Library and Information Science
The Center for Children's Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) will host their annual Storytelling Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 7-9 pm at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Building, Room 126, 501 E. Daniel St. in Champaign.
The cost for students is $3 with a Student ID and $5 for the public.
Tickets can be purchased at the door beginning at 6:30pm. For more information, please contact the CCB at (217) 244-9331 or ccb@illinois.edu.
Whoa! i hope this was part of the contract too
ReplyDeleteGraduate Student Appreciation Week: Cosmic Bowling Tournament
Date Apr 4, 2013
Time 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sponsor Department of Chemistry
Contact Krista Smith
E-Mail kristasm@illinois.edu
Registration Registration
Event type General
Views 121
Originating Calendar Chemistry - Department of Chemistry Events
Form a team and join in! Space is limited, so register by March 31st at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/982675 Prizes will be awarded to the winning team! *Families/significant others are welcome to participate.
SEEING INVISIBLE INFLUENCES
ReplyDeleteLecturer: Martin Wattenberg | "Big Picture" Visualization Group, Google
Wednesday 03 April | 4:00PM
Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium | 600 S Gregory St.
The talk is about how Big Picture uses visualization to spark the joy of revelation — mapping the invisible forces that surround us, from social networks to the play of the wind. To sweeten the pot, Martin Wattenberg will show embarrassing outtakes from their design process.
http://cas.illinois.edu/Events/ViewPublicEvent.aspx?Guid=BFEBEDCE-81B9-4FC0-83B5-265BCA8C731E
Martin Wattenberg's Bio:
DeleteMartin Wattenberg is a computer scientist and artist. He is a co-leader, with Fernanda Viégas, of Google's "Big Picture" data visualization group.
Before joining Google, he and Viégas founded Flowing Media, Inc., a visualization studio focused on media and consumer-oriented projects. Prior to Flowing Media, they led IBM’s Visual Communication Lab, where they created the ground-breaking public visualization platform Many Eyes. From 2005 to 2010, Wattenberg founded and managed IBM's Visual Communication Lab, exploring new forms of visualization and how they can enable better collaboration. A key project was Many Eyes (http://www.many-eyes.com), an experiment in open, public data visualization and analysis.
Prior to joining IBM, Wattenberg was the Director of Research and Development at SmartMoney.com, a joint venture of Dow Jones and Hearst. His work at SmartMoney included the groundbreaking Map of the Market.
Wattenberg is known for his visualization-based artwork, which has been exhibited in venues such as the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the New York Museum of Modern Art.
Wattenberg holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from U.C. Berkeley. He lives in Winchester, Massachusetts
reviewed by MIKE B.
Deleteif anyone is in Chicago you should go to this. i have never been, but i have always heard good things.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wbez.org/air-events-6th-annual-global-activism-expo-102172
Off-Air Events: 6th Annual Global Activism Expo
Saturday, April 6, 2013 @ 12:00pm – 6:00pm
EVENT INFO
Admission
FREE, but RSVP is encouraged
Venue
UIC Forum
725 W Roosevelt Rd.Chicago, IL 60607
ReplyDeleteMitchell Joachim
Co-President, Terreform ONE
Lecture Title: "Envisioning Ecological Cities"
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
7:00 P.M. - Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
Annual Storytelling Festival @ GSLIS
ReplyDeleteEvent Date:
Sat, 04/06/2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) will host their annual Storytelling Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 7-9 pm at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Building, Room 126, 501 E. Daniel St. in Champaign. The Festival will feature humor, horror, hubris, and more. Our tellers will bring to life some eclectic characters including Anansi, Bluebeard, the boy who cried wolf, and one insatiable pig. Stories will be performed by a select group of GSLIS students and faculty, including new storytellers and seasoned professionals.
“The Festival is a great opportunity for the community to enjoy the art of storytelling and it provides our emerging student storytellers with a chance to shine,” said Assistant Professor Kate McDowell, who teaches storytelling courses at GSLIS.
The cost for students is $3 with a Student ID and $5 for the public. Tickets can be purchased at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Some material will not be appropriate for children.
For more information or if you need a special accommodation to fully participate in this program/event, contact the CCB at (217) 244-9331 or ccb@illinois.edu.
DUPLICATE POSTING
Delete"Evolution of Life Histories, Indeterminate Growth, and Perceptions of Age in Turtles"
ReplyDeleteDr. Justin Congdon - Savannah River Ecology Lab
Apr 9, 2013
3:00 pm
1816 S. Oak St Champaign, IL
The singular life-history trait of attaining maturity combined with the relative contributions of juvenile and adult growth combine to shape the suite of life-history traits of organisms with indeterminate growth. Although the assumption that indeterminate growth is a general trait of reptiles is widely accepted, data are scarce (particularly for long-lived individuals.)
We examined patterns of variation in adult growth using over a hundred years of mark-recapture data on 13 populations of 9 species (3 families) of freshwater turtles from studies in South Carolina, Michigan, and Arizona in the USA and in Ontario, Canada. The influence of growth on life-history trait values indicated that increases in body size (and associated reproductive output) resulting from indeterminate growth are not substantial enough to represent a major factor in the evolution of life histories in general or the evolution of longevity and aging specifically.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/844?eventId=23142255&calMin=201303&cal=20130330&skinId=5207
reviewed by ANNE
Deletereviewed by MOLLY
DeleteSeventh Annual Turkish Studies Symposium: Ethnographies of Istanbul
ReplyDeleteApr 5, 2013
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Levis Faculty Center (Reading Room, 1st floor); 919 W Illinois St..; Urbana, IL 61801
This symposium will explore the theme 'Ethnographies of Istanbul.' It aims to explore a number of contemporary issues brought together in the hyper-urban space of Istanbul from multiple disciplinary perspectives, opening up a possible ending meditation on the degree of historical contingency or determination in their coincidence for further dialogue with comparable work done in other world areas.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/779?eventId=28186420&calMin=201303&cal=20130330&skinId=2600
DOCHA, DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN’S FREE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL,
ReplyDeleteANNOUNCES FOURTH SEASON
APRIL 5 – 7, 2013
Champaign, IL—DoCha, downtown Champaign’s free chamber music festival,
announces its fourth season, April 5-7, 2013. All events will take place at the Orpheum
Theatre as part of DoCha’s partnership with the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum.
All events will be free and open to the public. Committed to the idea that chamber
music can and should be enjoyed by all people, DoCha’s festival events will be fun-
spirited, informal, engaging, collaborative, and educational. Food and beverages will be
sold at each evening event. Tables and chairs will be set around the centrally-placed stage
allowing guests to experience the live music performances up close while enjoying
refreshments.
The festival will feature some of Champaign’s own world-class, internationally
acclaimed musicians, scholars, and music educators as well as visiting artists and gifted
local young musicians in unique artistic collaborations both within and outside the
chamber music genre.
Highlights for 2013
• Renewed partnership: Orpheum Theatre. DoCha is pleased to renew its
partnership with the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum. The beautiful and
historic Orpheum Theatre will once again serve as DoCha’s venue for the 2013
festival. DoCha will transform this former vaudeville theatre into a cabaret-style,
live music venue. Guests will be welcome to enjoy food and drinks at tables set
up inside the theatre while listening to great live chamber music in an intimate
and stylish setting.
DoCha 2013 Festival Announcement, p. 2
• Renewed food and beverage partnerships: Gourmet snack plates prepared
by Pekara Bakery and Bistro and wines, cocktails, and other beverages
from Corkscrew Wine Emporium / Buvons Wine Bar will be sold at the
venue.
• Young People’s Concerts on Friday, April 5 at 10 a.m. and Saturday, April 6
at 1 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre featuring Musical Moods, a comical musical
play which will introduce children to how composers use the elements of timbre,
dynamics, and articulation to create works of art. This program is co-presented
by the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, DoCha’s festival venue
sponsor. The Friday, April 5 performance at 10 a.m.
is designed for school field-trip programs for students aged 5 to 10.
An instrument-making craft activity will follow. Teachers may sign their classes
up for this program by contacting Paul Redman at dochamusic@gmail.com or
773-217-0022. The Saturday, April 6th performance at 1 p.m. is open to the
public.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
All events are free and open to the public. All events will take place at the Orpheum
Theatre in downtown Champaign: 346 North Neil, Champaign, IL 61820.
Theatre doors open 40 minutes prior to each event.
https://docs.google.com/a/illinois.edu/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.2&thid=13da7487c45f8086&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui%3D2%26ik%3De2c727d21b%26view%3Datt%26th%3D13da7487c45f8086%26attid%3D0.2%26disp%3Dsafe%26realattid%3Df_heqf0e0g0%26zw&sig=AHIEtbTmH5QEgvJJPaUMApRzPVVgt0Bv_Q
Midwest underground punk fest. This is going to be seriously awesome and cool and I encourage you to check it out.
ReplyDeletehttp://fest.skeletallightning.net/
This will be the fest’s first year, and we can’t wait to get things going.
We started the fest as a way to bring many of the people involved in the Midwestern underground music scene together to celebrate what we have accomplished.
We hope everyone can make it out for this very special weekend celebration.
Full lineup, tickets, and a tentative schedule are now available.
Feel free to browse around for the initial lineup, date, location, and more as it comes along.
April 5th + 6th
DeleteFindTheBest - Working At A Startup
ReplyDeleteWednesday, Apr 03, 2013 06:00PM-08:00PM
Lincoln Hall 1065
Ever wonder how early stage technology companies brainstorm new products and features? Want to get a sense for how startup internships and entry-level jobs differ from professional services and large corporation jobs? Please join FindTheBest for an exciting and lively discussion. Bob Goldman, Director of Product at FindTheBest, will lead an interactive discussion about life and innovation at early-stage startups. Food will be served.
FindTheBest is an early-stage internet startup operating a network of data-driven decision engines, including FindTheBest.com, FindTheData.org, and FindTheCompany.com. It's been called "a different approach to search" by the New York Times, and "the more talented offspring of Wolfram Alpha and Google Squared" by Search Engine Land. Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) even told readers to "keep an eye on this one - it's for real." Each month, 24M people use FindTheBest to make critical decisions across a number of products, services, and use cases. Founded by Kevin O'Connor (DoubleClick, ISS), and backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, FindTheBest is in hypergrowth and plans to triple its Santa Barbara, CA team by scaling its engineering, product management, business development, and sales teams in the next 12 months.
The High School Computer Science Shortage and How YOU can help
ReplyDeleteWho: Kevin Wang, Founder, Technology Education And Literacy in Schools (TEALS)
When: 12:00 pm, Apr 9, 2013
Where: NCSA Auditorium
Did you know that in 2012, a time when computer science is one of the fastest growing employment sectors, only 0.67% of all AP tests taken were for computer science (CS)? A severe shortage of high school teachers with a CS background means the number of CS courses in high schools has actually decreased in the last decade. TEALS is a volunteer program that aims to ensure that all American high school students will have the opportunity to take a computer science class. You can join the fast-growing movement after graduation while you begin your career in high-tech.
Bio: Kevin Wang founded TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools), a grassroots program that recruits, trains, mentors and places high-tech professionals into high school computer science classes in a team teaching model with in-service teachers. He is a former high school computer science teacher and software engineer at Microsoft. Kevin earned his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and his graduate degree in education from Harvard.
Read more about TEALS, including a New York Times feature on the program, at http://tealsk12.org/index.html.
Event url: http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/500?eventId=28231527&calMin=201304&cal=20130409&skinId=1
Food for the Soul: Challenging Ourselves to be Life-Long Learners
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Lieutenant Colonel Eric Stetson, Professor and Head, Department of Military Science
Date Apr 3, 2013
Time 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location 708 S. Mathews Avenue Urbana, IL 61801
Sponsor Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
Contact Ashley M. Davis
E-Mail adavis2@illinois.edu
Phone 217-333-2092
Event type Lunch
Views 537
Originating Calendar Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
TEDxUIUC
ReplyDeleteSunday April 7th, 2013
at some hotel in Champaign
Tickets are sold out, but I'll be there.
Livestream and chat will be available here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c08k9p8nc33vse2h4jpn78gki2s
DeleteCondensed Matter Seminar: Collective magnetization relaxation in single molecule magnets
ReplyDeleteSpeaker
Prof Anupam Garg -
Dept of Physics and Astronomy - Northwestern University
Date Apr 5, 2013
Time 1:00 pm
Location
190 Engineering Sciences Bldg - corner Goodwin & Springfield
Sponsor Physics
Contact Peggy Pennell
E-Mail ppennell@illinois.edu
Phone 217/244-7636
Event type CM Seminar
Views 556
Originating Calendar Physics - Condensed Matter Seminar
The phenomena that have drawn the most attention in molecular magnets such as Fe_8 can be understood at the single molecule level -- a large spin in an anisotropic crystal field. Yet that is only half the story. The slow and glass-like demagnetization or magnetization of the solid as a whole, its response to a slowly swept external field, etc., entail collective behavior arising from the dipole-dipole interaction between the spins of different molecules, and pose a challenging theoretical problem. The talk will discuss how this behavior can be understood in terms of a long-range Glauber-like model, how this model can be justified microscopically, and how it can be formulated in terms of a kinetic equation. Monte Carlo simulations of the model, and numerical solution of the kinetic equations display several (but not all) aspects of experimentally seen behavior, and many questions remain open.
Stock Pavilion Setup for Mom's Day Show
ReplyDeleteSaturday April 7
10am
On Saturday, the Horticulture club will be setting up the garden show for Mom's Day Weekend. Since I wasn't able to attend the horticulture event last week, I would like to attend on Saturday to see what the Horticulture major here is all about. I took one hort class last semester that was interesting so Ive been wanting to broaden my knowledge of the subject.
A Special Documentary Film Showing
ReplyDeleteSupport?System Down: A documentary about the Family Court System
A documentary film that covers the stress the everyday issues of stress, family, struggle and suffering that families experience when put through the detrimental, winding maneuvers of the family court system. For those interested in socially changing films, parental alienation, and divorce and custody issues in America. Discussion to follow the film.
6:30 – 8 p.m., Thursday, April 4
Venue: Urbana Free Public Library, Downstairs conference room
Address: Corner of Race St. and Green St. (2 blocks south of Main St.) Enter from Race Street entrance and the stairs to the left lead directly to the basement.
Sponsored by IllinoisFathers.org, a non-profit group of Fathers for Children’s and Fathers’ Rights. For more information, contact Lee at 217-871-9273 or gurgalee@att.net
this one looks better!
ReplyDeleteMemoir Reading by Former Yogic Monk
Andy Douglas, the author of a newly published memoir, "The Curve of
the World: Into the Spiritual Heart of Yoga" will give several readings in
the Champaign/Urbana area. On Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m. at the Urbana Public Library,
Douglas will read from his memoir and perform Bengali devotional music.
Published by Bottom Dog Press, "The Curve of the World" tells the
story of the author's seven years in Asia, including four as a yogic monk, on a
path grounded in meditation and service. It draws connections between
spirituality and social justice, music and devotion. And, as the author eventually
faces serious illness, the book explores the link between body, mind and
spirit.
Andy Douglas was born in Brazil to missionary parents, and
travel and spiritual practice have shaped his life ever since. He has
practiced yoga and meditation for thirty years, and lived for seven years in various
countries of Asia.
Cognitive Brown Bag -- Jonathan Tullis -- UIUC
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Jonathan Tullis -- UIUC
Date Apr 5, 2013
Time 12:00 pm
Location 819 Psychology
Sponsor Cognitive Division
Contact John Hummel
E-Mail jehummel@illinois.edu
Event type Brown Bag
Views 546
Originating Calendar Psychology General Calendar
That Reminds Me: The Consequences of Unplanned Retrieval on Memory and Understanding
I really wanted to go to this, so I hope someone reviewed it!
DeleteIPRH-Mellon Spring Symposium: "Performance and Globalization"
ReplyDelete9:00 a.m. –5:00 p.m.
Half Ballroom West, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 South Lincoln Ave, Urbana
Featuring Keynote Speakers: Dan Segal (Pitzer Professor of Anthropology and Professor of History & Director of the Munroe Center for Social Inquiry, Pitzer College), Ananya Chatterjea (Professor, Theatre Arts and Dance, and Director of Dance, U Minnesota), and Josh Kun (Associate Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School, USC). Presentations by UIUC Faculty and Post-Doctoral Fellows, including Harry Liebersohn (History), Samir Meghelli (Chancellor’s Post-Doctoral Fellow, African American Studies), Cynthia Oliver (Dance), Ahalya Satkunaratnam (IPRH-Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow/Dance/Gender and Women's Studies) and Gabriel Solis (Music/African American Studies/Anthropology).
Event Schedule
http://www.iprh.illinois.edu/symposiumschedule/default.aspx
DeleteIsis King: Top Model
ReplyDeleteCycle 11 and 17 (All-Stars) contestant and transgender woman on Tyra's "America's Next Top Model" talks about her experiences on the show and growing up as a trans woman.
Tuesday, April 9, 7pm
Illini Union 209
reviewed by GINO
Deleteadding this now because animah and i attended it!
ReplyDeleteCOMPARATIVE & WORLD LITERATURE - Film and discussion with filmmaker Moinak Biswas, "Spring in the Colony" (2009)
Speaker Filmmaker Moinak Biswas
Date Apr 9, 2013
Time 6:00 pm
Location Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
Cost Free and open to the public
Yom HaShoa Seder at Illini Hillel Cohen Center, Monday 6:30 pm.
ReplyDeleteA Seder, just like the passover seder to remember the story of the jews but instead of concerning the exodus from egypt, it is about the Shoa, the Holocaust.
monday the 8th
DeleteLuke Keele
ReplyDeleteSpeakerLuke Keele
DateApr 9, 2013
Time12:00 pm
Location223 David Kinley Hall
SponsorDepartment of Political Science
Event typePresentation
Views1207
Originating CalendarPolitical Science
"Stronger Instruments By Design"
TEDxUIUC
ReplyDeleteApril 7, 2013
i-Hotel
TEDxUIUC aims to enhance the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign community through a TED-like experience. It provides top thinkers and the most remarkable doers a platform to share ideas through presentations, performances, discussions and more at a day-long conference.
TEDxUIUC 2013 encourages attendees to initiate vision, innovate their paths, and inspire a better world.
http://tedxuiuc.com/
'The Elusive Concept of Brain Connectivity: Implications for Interpreting Brain Imaging Data'
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Barry Horwitz, National Institutes of Health, NICHD
Date Apr 9, 2013
Time 4:00 pm
Location 1005 Beckman Institute
Sponsor Neuroscience Seminar
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/7?eventId=28233044&calMin=201304&cal=20130409&skinId=1
I went to this lecture but it wasn't listed here so I added it
Deletereviewed by CAROLINA
Delete'An interactive performance piece about sex positivity in a sex negative world'
ReplyDeleteProduced by Inner Voices Social Issues Theater
Date april 9,10 and 11 at 7pm
april 12 at 5pm and 7pm
location Armory Free Theater
Co-Sponsored by the Counseling Center and the Department of Theater
Spring Awakening
ReplyDeleteKrannert Center
April 8th- 7pm
Department of Theatre Series | This 2007 hit Broadway musical derived from Frank Wedekind’s late-19th-century German masterpiece floods the stage with the high energy of adolescence and sexuality. Just as Wedekind realized in 1892, there is still a time in the lives of young people when sex commands every waking hour. The musical investigates the ways in which students deal with the mysteries, frustrations, fears, and tragedies that are the result of their sexual preoccupations.