TUESDAY, 21ST
- 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM// Freedom Riders// The Art Theater Co-op Champaign// PUJA
WEDNESDAY, 22ND
- 11:00-11:50AM // FSHN 120, Contemporary Nutrition // Foellinger Auditorium // CORIE
- 4:00pm // Physics Colloquium, "Exploring Fundamental Physics through Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background" // 141 Loomis // BRIGITTA
- 4:00pm // Physics Colloquium, "Exploring Fundamental Physics through Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background" // 141 Loomis // BRIGITTA
- 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm// Pitch Party, Practice with your Peers and/or Provide Feedback to Others// Where: EnterpriseWorks Atrium, 60 Hazelwood Drive Champaign// ANN
THURSDAY, 23RD
- 11:30 am//
Open Rank Faculty in Early Childhood Education and Professor in
Curriculum & Instruction Job Talk: Effect of Play Intervention on High-Risk
Preschoolers' Vocabulary Learning// Location:
242 Education Building// JILL
-12:00 pm // EIR Workshop: Building and Leading Your Business// EnterpriseWorks Atrium, 60 Hazelwood Drive Champaign, IL 61820// ANN
- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm// #UIMoney Tweet Chat - Figuring out Financial Aid//
Sponsor USFSCO Student Money Management Center (@ILStudentMoney)// Registration #UIMoney Search// MOLLY
-12:00 pm // EIR Workshop: Building and Leading Your Business// EnterpriseWorks Atrium, 60 Hazelwood Drive Champaign, IL 61820// ANN
- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm// #UIMoney Tweet Chat - Figuring out Financial Aid//
Sponsor USFSCO Student Money Management Center (@ILStudentMoney)// Registration #UIMoney Search// MOLLY
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| civil rights review by Chris, Jill, Brigitta |
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| civil rights review by Chris, Jill, Brigitta |
- 5:00-6:45 pm// Krannert Uncorked: What is the Civil Rights Movement?// Location: Krannert Center, Stage 5// JENI
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| educate a girl review by puja, roshni |
- 7:00 pm // The Three Amigos Comedy Show// Location Courtyard Café // ROSHNI
- 6:00 pm // Forest to Table opening reception/artist talk?// indi go // SEANO
- 8:00 pm// Good Boys and True // BY ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
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| peace corp review by charlotte |
- 6:00pm // Peace Corps Information Session // The Career Center Conference Room, 715 S Wright // CHARLOTTE
- 7:00pm // Moscow Festival Ballet: Cinderella// Location: Krannert Center, Tryon Festival Theatre// Cost: $10-$45// MOLLY
- 8 p.m. // Illini Film and Video Meeting // Gregory Hall Room 111 // BRIAN
FRIDAY, 24TH
- 6:00 am - 7:30 am // Freestyle Ice Skating// University of Illinois Ice Arena// Molly
- 12:00
pm // Biochemistry Seminar (Molecular
Neuroscience Faculty Search Candidate): Dr. Lin Jiang (UCLA) “Amyloid protein
aggregation: structure, computation, mechanism and therapeutics"// Location: Charles G. Miller
Auditorium (B102 CLSL)// JILL
- 1:00 pm -
3:00pm // 'Poverty Simulation' // School of Social Work, 1010 West Nevada
Street, Urbana // KELLY
- 1:00pm // CM Seminar: "Energetics of Superconductivity in the Two Dimensional Hubbard Model"// Speaker Professor Emmanuel Gull, University of Michigan, Department of Physics // 190 Engineering Sciences Bldg - corner Goodwin & Springfield// CHRIS
- 1:30pm // "Peer Victimization and Subsequent Adjustment in Children: The Role of Temperament" // 819 Psychology Building// CHARLOTTE
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm// Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group - "Biophysical characterization of full-scale influenza and dengue visions"// Location 2269 Beckman // ROSHNI
- 6:00pm//Forest to Table opening reception/artist talk?//indi go// SEANO
- 6:30 pm// Exploring Greek Traditions// Union Courtyard Cafe// LINDSAY
- 7:00-9:00pm// Skywatchers in Africa/Prairie Sky// Staerkel Planetarium //SEANO
- 7:30 P.M. // "Crazy & Thief" Screening Q&A // 26 W. Church St, Champaign // BRIAN
- 8:00pm – 9pm // Skywatchers of Africa // the digital remaster of this old favorite! Tickets are $5 adults; $4 students // Staerkel Planetarium (Parkland) // SEANO
- ALL DAY // Forest to Table// January 24, 2014 - February 4, 2014// Location: 9 E. University Ave., Champaign, IL // SEANO
- 8:00pm // Event: Ballroom Dancing with Katjia and Aleks// Location Courtyard Café// CHRIS
- 1:00pm // CM Seminar: "Energetics of Superconductivity in the Two Dimensional Hubbard Model"// Speaker Professor Emmanuel Gull, University of Michigan, Department of Physics // 190 Engineering Sciences Bldg - corner Goodwin & Springfield// CHRIS
- 1:30pm // "Peer Victimization and Subsequent Adjustment in Children: The Role of Temperament" // 819 Psychology Building// CHARLOTTE
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm// Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group - "Biophysical characterization of full-scale influenza and dengue visions"// Location 2269 Beckman // ROSHNI
- 6:00pm//Forest to Table opening reception/artist talk?//indi go// SEANO
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| greek traditions reviews by cate, kelly |
- 6:30 pm// Exploring Greek Traditions// Union Courtyard Cafe// LINDSAY
- 7:00-9:00pm// Skywatchers in Africa/Prairie Sky// Staerkel Planetarium //SEANO
- 7:30 P.M. // "Crazy & Thief" Screening Q&A // 26 W. Church St, Champaign // BRIAN
- 8:00pm – 9pm // Skywatchers of Africa // the digital remaster of this old favorite! Tickets are $5 adults; $4 students // Staerkel Planetarium (Parkland) // SEANO
- ALL DAY // Forest to Table// January 24, 2014 - February 4, 2014// Location: 9 E. University Ave., Champaign, IL // SEANO
- 8:00pm // Event: Ballroom Dancing with Katjia and Aleks// Location Courtyard Café// CHRIS
SATURDAY, 25TH
- 10:00am - 1:00pm // 'Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration' // Krannert Center for the Performing
Arts, 500 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana//
KELLY
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM// Maps for Master Naturalists// Champaign Public Library 200 West Green/ MOLLY
- 7:00 - 9:00PM // Owl Prowl // Anita Purves Nature Centure // CORIE
- 7:00pm – 8pm// In My Backyard// Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College// LINDSAY
- 8:00pm – 9pm // Skywatchers of Africa // the digital remaster of this old favorite! Tickets are $5 adults; $4 students // Staerkel Planetarium (Parkland) // SEANO
- 1:00-3:00 PM // C-U Spinners and Weavers Guild// spurlock museum, 600 s gregory// ALEX
-7:00PM // 7pm: Meet Mary Mattingly // (In-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall (1005 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana)(in the South Rec Room)// LINDA
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM// Maps for Master Naturalists// Champaign Public Library 200 West Green/ MOLLY
- 7:00 - 9:00PM // Owl Prowl // Anita Purves Nature Centure // CORIE
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| backyard stargazing review by Lindsay |
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| https://soundcloud.com/sean_oconnor/1-26-14-stargazers-of-africa |
SUNDAY, 26TH
reoccurring, Jan 26th- March 2014 // 8:00 AM / / The James Bond Theme: Music to Live, Die, and Love Another Day / / Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, 1103 S. Sixth St // ALEX |
| weaver's guild review by Alex |
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| meet mary mattingly review by maggie |
-7:00PM // 7pm: Meet Mary Mattingly // (In-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall (1005 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana)(in the South Rec Room)// LINDA
- All Day //Jan.26-Feb.1// Prepare to be fed-Center City Restaurant Week // Downtown Champaign // BRIGITTA
What: EIR Workshop: Building and Leading Your Business
ReplyDeleteWhen: Jan 23, 2014
Time: 12:00 pm
Where: EnterpriseWorks Atrium, 60 Hazelwood Drive Champaign, IL 61820
Speaker: Lori Patterson
This EIR Workshop will focus on the basics to building and leading your business. Discussion will include building of leadership, Human Resources fundamentals, evaluating and securing professional services, decision-making, and approaches for greater sales success.
It's free! Could be really helpful for those who would like to have their own business in the future or to those who are selling their artwork and whatever else!
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/7?eventId=30676265&calMin=201401&cal=20140120&skinId=1
What: Pitch Party, Practice with your Peers and/or Provide Feedback to Others
ReplyDeleteWhen: Jan 22, 2014
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Where: EnterpriseWorks Atrium, 60 Hazelwood Drive Champaign, IL 61820
This is a fun, casual way to practice your pitch (either an elevator pitch or a pitch deck) and get feedback from colleagues in the Research Park. The ideas is to practice before you have to do it with investors or stakeholders. This is also a good way to try out a new pitch or product idea. We will videotape the pitches so companies can see themselves and review their performances internally. We will have short anonymous pitch scorecards for the audience to give feedback to the presenters on key aspects. We welcome Research Park employees to come listen to the pitches, ask questions, and help provide feedback to the companies. Appetizers as well as beer and wine will be served. So we can manage the number of companies who will be pitching at this event, please register your company's participation here: http://go.illinois.edu/pitchparty. We encourage you to use your slide deck, speak for about 8-10 minutes, or do a short elevator pitch about your business and take questions. Each companies time will be limited to about 15 minutes and we''ll have music and fun in between companies. Don''t be shy!
For those who are practicing a pitch, registration is required which can be done on this website! http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/7?eventId=31292892&calMin=201401&cal=20140120&skinId=1
This week I attended the Pitch Party event in Research Park on Wednesday January 22nd. I dragged Brianne to this event with me and she came along to take some pictures of the event for her classes. When we arrived to this event we were a bit early and the place was empty, I was concerned that it may have been canceled without our knowledge but soon after we took our seats, a few people greeted us. Everyone was so excited and curious to get to know one another. There was one guy who stayed and talked to us for about 20 minutes asking us about cool things to do in Champaign because he and his girlfriend had just moved here a couple weeks ago. It was unusual but nice to have such friendly people surrounding us. The event was set up in the atrium of the EnterpriseWorks building and they had hired people to come in and cater the event. I was shocked how fancy the food was; they even had alcohol, all for free. I enjoyed some strawberries and Clementine’s before the pitching had begun. At this time Brianne and I had been introduced to many people, all who were very curious on why we were attending such an event but then when we mentioned that we are photo students and we had to attend different events each week; everyone seemed very interested. I was talking with a man who mentioned that he owned a nice camera; he asked me if I knew about his Sony, but I didn’t.
DeleteAs the pitching began, we were handed out half sheets of paper to rate each pitch performance and they would be given to whoever was pitching and they were completely anonymous. The first man who gave a pitch really threw Brianne and I for a loop because by the end of his pitch, we had no idea what he was talking about. The second pitch that was given was much more clear and I actually learned about a new upcoming product that will help doctors run tests on patients much quicker than the current method that is being used today. The last pitch that was given was pitched by two females about a possible product that would allow aircrafts to have a second way to be controlled from the ground, just in case something happened to the pilot. I thought this product was neat, but I didn’t quite understand it.
Overall this event was neat, the food was great and I liked being in Research Park for an event. I believe I would go back to a similar event if one was offered in the future.
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Sex & Gender Film Series | To Educate a Girl
ReplyDeleteDate Jan 23, 2014
Time 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location Women's Resources Center
703 S. Wright Street, 2nd Floor, Champaign
FREE
In the year 2000, 110 million children in the world were not in school—two thirds of them girls. Ten years later, in 2010, filmmakers Frederick Rendina and Oren Rudavsky traveled to Nepal and Uganda, two countries emerging from conflict and struggling with poverty to find the answer to one question: What does it take to educate a girl? Framed by the United Nations global initiative to provide equal access to education for girls by 2015, "To Educate a Girl" takes a ground-up and visually stunning view of that effort through the eyes of girls out of school, starting school or fighting against the odds to stay in school.
The Sex + Gender Film Series occurs on Thursdays at the Women's Resources Center in collaboration with the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, National Organization for Women UIUC Chapter, DiversityEd, and Department of Media and Cinema Studies. Free and open to the public- bring your friends!
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2345/31073030
I attended the film screening of "To Educate a Girl" at the Women's Resource Center. This film gave the audience an interesting perspective into the lives of a few girls in Uganda and Nepal. Both countries survived through a civil war. The girls captured in this film were living in poverty and did not go to school. The film captured the efforts in encouraging girls to attend school and capturing when they actually were in school. Although I knew and was interested about this topic, this film gave a detailed and intimate look at what it is like to be a girl living in poverty and expected to get married rather than completing her education. The girls in Nepal were living in poverty due to their caste and were very under privileged that they could not even afford to go to school. Many girls do not realize the importance of education and follow what their parents know, which is working for survival. In Uganda, there is a similar mentality in terms of working and maintaining the family.
DeleteAn interesting part of the film showed two different social activism groups, GEM and Young Champions, who help raise awareness about education and how important it is to send kids to school. GEM is a group from Uganda that gathers girls already in school, teachers, school staff, and any volunteers to help sing around the villages to encourage girls to attend the first day of school. They prepare these songs and pass out uniforms the day before classes. The Young Champions is a group from Nepal that communicate directly to parents who have not sent their kids to school. The Young Champions end up discussing the reasons and walk the kids themselves to help kids adjust and learn in school. In addition to Young Champions, a radio show called "Chatting with My Best Friend" where many letters with personal stories/struggles are received from individuals all over Nepal. The show team discusses the stories and decide on reading some on the air and at the end give advice about the situation. Many of the stories on the show have helped spread the word on the importance of education and have helped families understand why. Many families have even changed their minds and allow their girls to receive an education. This was amazing to see how much of an impact media can have on the population.
In both Uganda and Nepal the schools do not have basic resources such as chairs or desks to help students concentrate. Many student sit on the dirt floor and listen to the teacher as they lecture. Some students are even scared about other students and teachers physically hurting them in class and so many choose not to go.
The film allowed the girls a chance to express their feelings and thoughts on screen. I loved seeing and hearing their opinions on the situation and how they are able to do certain things to change their circumstances. One 14 year old girl, Sanju, wrote to the radio show about how much she didn't want to get married and the radio show advised her not to. Her parents heard the response and decided she should focus on school. It was really nice seeing girls so young able to address their issues and voice their opinions so openly.
Overall the film educated me about the issue through personalized stories that kept my attention. The film had so many different stories, groups and types of people. The stories had some interesting similarities that I thought were incredible. I realized that through a group effort and unique approach many people can be convinced to make a change. I also realized how much of an impact local media can have on underprivileged families. It was cool to see someone use their job to create change.
I attended the screening of “To Educate a Girl” with fellow blogger (and roommate) Roshni. There weren’t many others in attendance, but I wish that hadn’t been the case. This was a moving documentary that left me feeling emotional. The fact that we are students at an educational institution just made it even more impactful.
DeleteThis film validates the importance of equal access to education on a global scale, particularly for young girls in underprivileged regions of the world. The story is framed around the lives of Manisha and Sanju from Nepal, and 6 year-old Mercy in Uganda. A voice-over begins saying, “We need all those in power to change things to come together in a global alliance for girls’ education.” The United Nations set an initiative to educate young girls in hopes that children everywhere will have “equal access to all levels of education” by 2015. After visiting India just a few short weeks ago, I realized that there is still a long way to go before that goal is achieved. I am hopeful that significant progress is being made every day though.
Many of the times I felt irony while watching this movie. In fact I feel it right now; there seems to have been a collective hope on campus tonight that classes would be cancelled tomorrow due to weather conditions. That hope was killed with a recent email from school officials saying that things will go on as usual. I’ve noticed that American students, myself included, typically celebrate the announcement of a snow day with so much passion and vigor. In this film, you see Ugandan children marching proudly with songs and signs to inform the locals that “we are now in school,” and leaders trying to convince other parents to enroll their kids. I don’t think I need to elaborate on what’s ironic here.
A major theme in the film was that of gender roles, and how they are affected by poverty. Manisha, who appeared to be a young teenager, was afraid that if she went to school she would be made fun of for being older than most of the kids. “I feel like a servant,” she says. Although Manisha manages many of the household duties, she also believes that earning money from physical labor is more useful than going to school, because that’s what feeds her family at the end of the day. In the villages of India where my family is from, it is common for poorer individuals to work for middle to upper class families. They work hard for little pay usually—many of them are very young, and some too old.
Pressures of marriage are another societal burden placed on young women, which often delays or prevents their education. Sanju, a 14-year-old from Nepal, says that the locals gossip about her older sister because she works instead of getting married. “My sister has a different destiny,” Sanju says proudly. Even many mothers who may have been uneducated themselves realize that there is power in learning, and have a strong desire to give their daughters what they couldn’t have.
Seventeen-year-old Sarah from Uganda was one more character introduced to the film. She had dropped out of school when rebels killed her parents. This story hit me a little hard, but it was good to see that she had found some solace when she returned to school and focused her energy onto education. It really makes you think how much we take for granted, and hopefully I’m starting to realize just how lucky I am.
***This is tonight***
ReplyDeleteFreedom Riders
1/21/2014 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign
Co-sponsored by the University of Illinois’ Department of African American Studies, the award winning documentary, Freedom Riders, will be shown. The documentary covers the six-month period in 1961 where Black and White Americans risked their freedom in protest of Jim Crow laws in the Deep South. The film will be followed by a Q&A session and short discussion.
Contact: Otis Noble III (onoble@illinois.edu)
http://engagement.illinois.edu/EventDetail.aspx?ID=Freedom-Riders
Event:
ReplyDeleteOpen Rank Faculty in Early Childhood Education and Professor in Curriculum & Instruction Job Talk: Effect of Play Intervention on High-Risk Preschoolers' Vocabulary Learning
Date: Jan 23, 2014
Time: 11:30 am
Location: 242 Education Building
This presentation reports added value of play on high-risk preschool children's vocabulary learning in Early Reading First project serving Head Start children. Children were randomly assigned into two tutoring sessions, one with explicit vocabulary teaching protocol, the other with additional play. The results revealed that children who received the additional play showed more growth on expressive vocabulary measures and more of the children in play intervention met the receptive vocabulary measure's benchmark. Additionally, children in the Play group showed a steeper growth trajectory on the Curriculum-Based Measurement. The promise of play in literacy learning is discussed.
http://education.illinois.edu/events/University-Primary-School-Culminating-Event
Event:
ReplyDeleteBiochemistry Seminar (Molecular Neuroscience Faculty Search Candidate): Dr. Lin Jiang (UCLA) “Amyloid protein aggregation: structure, computation, mechanism and therapeutics"
Date: Jan 24, 2014
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)
Speaker: Dr. Lin Jiang
Abstract: Protein aggregates termed amyloid oligomers and fibrils have been linked to dozens of devastating human pathologies, ranging from Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and type II diabetes to many p53-related cancers and SEVI-mediated HIV transmission. The focus of my research is to use computational modeling and design to develop novel therapies for treating protein aggregation diseases. I worked on structure-based computational approaches for developing amyloid inhibitors by taking two directions: 1) for those fibrils-causing diseases including amyloidosis, computational design was used to create non-natural peptide inhibitors that cap the fibrillar ends of amyloid fibrils and thus stop fibril formation; 2) for many neurodegenerative diseases where soluble amyloid oligomers are emerging as toxins, structure-based screening was applied to identify fibril-binding compounds that stablize amyloid fibrils, shift the equilibrium from toxic oligomers towards fibrils, and therefore reduce amyloid toxicity. Both approaches have generated lead compounds with therapeutic potential for many diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, HIV transmission, Prion disease and p53-related cancer. Our proof-of-concept work suggests that computational modeling/design technology coupled with knowledge of amyloid structure will provide new tools to understand protein folding and misfolding, offer new insights to eventually control protein aggregation, and lead to new therapeutic strategies to treat or prevent protein aggregation diseases.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1249?eventId=31006044&calMin=201401&cal=20140121&skinId=4273
Krannert Uncorked: What is the Civil Rights Movement?
ReplyDeleteDate: Jan 23, 2014
Time: 5:00-6:45 pm
Location: Krannert Center, Stage 5
This week, Krannert Uncorked partners with the University of Illinois Office of Diversity, Equity, and Access for a special program: What Is the Civil Rights Movement? As Martin Luther King Jr. Day unofficially commences Black History Month, the conversation surrounding the Civil Rights Movement, its impact on current events, and how it is being lived today are becoming even more pertinent. This presentation and performance led by Ollie Watts Davis and Sundiata Cha-Jua, two experts in the field, focuses on the role of music in the Civil Rights Movement. http://www.krannertcenter.com/performance.aspx?id=2013819101557536128174106178
I attended this event with two pals. It was staged in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. When we first walked in a band was playing which confused us since we were expecting more of a lecture rather than a musical performance. Because of this it was hard to make notes because I felt it would be rude to have my laptop out during the musical numbers. Wine, cheese, and crackers were being served which was a pleasant surprise. We were handed seats since many of the tables had filled up, and then waited for the event to start (which began 15 minutes late). The Black Chorus sang a few songs and encouraged audience participation, which is not my most favorite thing. Two songs they sang were The National Anthem and The Negro National Anthem. Afterwards, a slide was projected explaining the differences between these songs and their composers, and how The National Anthem was in fact written by a man who was pro-slavery. Between slides songs were sung, which seemed to personally create a lull in digesting the information. The rest of the slide presentation dealt with civil rights activists and the events that spurred the civil rights movement, like Rosa Parks and the lynching of Emmet Till in 1955. Overall it was an uplifting and enthusiastically presented event with voices that gave me chills.
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I, along with Brigitta and Jill attended "Krannert Uncorked: What is the Civil Rights Movement?" Admittedly, I was not entirely sure what to expect while attending this event. Upon our arrival, there was a band set up along with free wine and cheese. I had thought it would be more of a lecture with short musical appearances dispersed throughout.
DeleteWhat I had not realized was that the music was so powerful and explanatory, that it in many ways acted as an extension of the lecture. First, the University of Illinois Black Choir came out and sang a few songs. The introductory speaker explained that the songs were meant to be experienced, and then encouraged the audience to sing along. Then, the songs began. I have always thought of the civil rights movement as a time of difficulty, and struggle to overcome cruel oppression, which it was. But that was not what the music focused on. The music was positive, and uplifting, and it called for people to band together through the power of their religious faith. That spoke to me immensely. The ability to stay positive and maintain belief in a force of greater good in such a difficult time shows incredible strength. The civil rights movement was about banding together and rising up as one. This was reflected in the Negro National Anthem: "Lift Every Voice and Sing". This being a different, more positive line of thinking than the United States' national anthem, which focuses on conflict and battle, and contains strong racial undertones.
What surprised me the most however, was how organized the civil rights movement was even from the beginning. Hundreds of citizens of the city of Montgomery, Alabama assembled in a church to vote (unanimously by the way), to boycott the buses that had been treating black people unfairly. From that point on, 50,000 black people boycotted the buses, and the metaphorical ball that was the civil rights movement had been set in motion.
For me this event transcended any lecture on the subject of the Civil Rights movement that I had witnessed in school. This was not just a lecture, but also an experience. Listening to the music of the time period accompanied by interesting complimentary lectures painted a vivid picture that really spoke to me. I was very pleased I went.
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“Krannert Uncorked: What is the Civil Rights Movement?” from the beginning was very different than my expectations. The event was held at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. I expected the event to be in a closed room, but it was held out in the open right as you enter through the main doors. I expected the event to be more in the style of a lecture, where there would be a speaker who gave a talk about the Civil Rights Movement, but that was not the case. There were beverages and food available for people to eat and drink. Instead of chairs seated in rows there were tables available where you could intimately talk to people you came with. The tables were focused toward a stage.
DeleteThe event started 15 to 20 minutes late, giving people time to socialize with each other. I was glad that I went to the event with two friends or else it may have been awkward during this amount of time. The order of events was quite interesting. The celebration opened up with a choir of about 20 people. They started with “freedom songs” and encouraged audience participation. At first I found this odd because I did not know the songs, but they were very repetitive which allowed for them to be easily memorized. To my surprise, I along with the majority of people in attendance either sang or clapped along.
The rest of the event switched back and forth between music and a PowerPoint presentation about the Civil Rights Movement. I found this structure successful because it broke up the amounts of fact information and entertainment, which kept the audience attention. An interesting fact that I found inspiring was the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which 50,000 people decided to boycott the bus (their main form of transportation) for a consecutive 381 days. It shows that when people are passionate enough about a cause then they are willing to make sacrifices to make a change.
Jan.24 // 1:00pm - 3:00pm // 'Poverty Simulation' // School of Social Work, 1010 West Nevada Street, Urbana
ReplyDeleteDescription: Of all Dr. Martin Luther King's messages, one of his most prominent was the issue of poverty. The School of Social Work at Illinois will host a poverty simulation to help Urbana-Champaign, and the campus to better understand the issues, hurdles, and roadblocks that individuals living in poverty face. The simulation will provide an opportunity for participants to debrief their experiences and how they can begin to tackle the challenges of poverty in Champaign County.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/500?eventId=31353941&calMin=201401&cal=20140122&skinId=1
Jan.25 // 10:00am - 1:00pm // 'Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration' // Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana
ReplyDeleteDescription: This event marks the culmination of the week of events that surround Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's legacy. The program will include performances by Maggie Brown, an expert in the history of African American music, and various Illinois student organizations. Dr. Phyllis Wise, the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present the winners of the MLK, Jr. Creative Expressions Contest. The event will have entertainment for all ages.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/500?eventId=31353942&calMin=201401&cal=20140122&skinId=1
Skywatchers of Africa
ReplyDeleteOriginally produced by the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, “Skywatchers of Africa” is a celebration of many diverse African cultures and their observations and explanations of the yearly cycles of the heavens. Africa has many vibrant cultures thriving today, as well as countless past civilizations that continue to speak to us through their sky lore across time. Come and see the digital remaster of this old favorite! Tickets are $5 adults; $4 students, seniors, & kids, all sold at the door.
January 24 & 25, 8pm – 9pm
Staerkel Planetarium (Parkland)
This shit looks cool I'm goin'
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"Prairie Sky" is right after
DeleteA live-narrated tour of the wonders of tonight's sky, accompanied by some of the legendary stories of the ancient sky. Find out what constellations and planets are visible tonight from your backyard. This show is updated seasonally and is intended for all ages. Our winter show gives way to spring on March 21. Tickets are $5 adults; $4 students, seniors, & kids, all sold at the door.
http://visitchampaigncounty.org/calendar/date/prairie-skies-3
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: 2400 W. Bradley, Champaign, IL, IL
Correction: "Prairie Sky" is the title for Jan 24th 7-8 and "In by Backyard" is the title for Jan 25th 7-8.
DeleteThis past Saturday my boyfriend and I took at trip to Parkland College to see the "In my Backyard" show from 7-8pm at the planetarium. We walked in not knowing what to expect. I have been to the Adler Planetarium in Chicago so I was very curious to see how the one in Champaign compared. It started out geared towards kids (there were a lot of children in the audience). Their was a mans voice speaking and narrating to the animated characters projected onto the dome. It was very surreal sitting down in a reclined chair and looking up to animations. The first ten minutes the man spoke about weather and seasons and how it effects the environment and holidays. This was information that I learned in about second grade so I was starting to second-guess choosing to come to this show.
DeleteAs the show progressed they started moving into stars and planets and the visuals became very interesting and engaging to look at. They reviewed the sun and the moon and orbiting and then moved into all of the different planets and where they were located. This was complete with a song that the audience was supposed to sing a long to. Next, they spent a large chunk of time going through all of the constellations that you can see from your backyard and going into the historic detail behind each formation.
The Big dipper was the first constellation, Leo the lion was next and then came Casseopia and then the great bear and the little bear were last. Both bears have tails in the constellations (the tails are actual the long side to the big dipper). The story was the back on earth Leo the Lion was angry and bit off tails of other animals. He bit off rabbit’s tail, pigs tail and the bears tail. The mouse was the only animal that was quick enough to get away and that is why mice have long tails today. The story goes that the great bear and little bear were being chased by Leo the Lion, they were saved from their tails being bitten of by escaping to the sky. They have lived as constellations in the sky, with tails ever since.
Damn I'm going to the planetarium for all my posts if I can.
DeleteI went this weekend to see 'Starwatchers of Africa'. I haven't been to a planetarium all but twice in my life; a traveling, inflatable, cheapass blowup one came to my elementary school and it was crazy loud (from the 50lb fan blowing next to me) which I remember being kind of cool only because I had no idea there were even a fraction of as many stars as I was seeing, and then the lady told us there were wayyyy more stars which blew my mind, I think. And I went to Adler in 7th grade, which was alright. Its a real trip to ponder the universe and that is what holds my interest in the final frontier.
The planetarium is a good place for most space-related activities, both scientific and anthropologic. Skywatchers falls a bit more into the anthropological side, which I somewhat expected and yet also didn't know what to expect. I was aware that ancient people have looked at the sky and stars for a long time(doesn't everybody?) but I was excited to learn that people could interpret and apply these observations for far beyond what we've proven to be the oldest living humans. In the soundclip there's a section telling a story of an artifact being found on the east African coast; a baboon leg bone older than any known human with 29 notches cut into it. Obviously we're making a big inference that a human(ish) life carved this calendar, but it's fascinating to me that even as old as the oldest known people are, their great, great, great ancestors were able to calendar out a year based on the monthly cycles of the moon and stars.
Ancient Africans from different parts of the continent used astronomy in different ways. For most cultures, in some form or another the stars symbolized major spiritual and religious symbols. In Egyptt Pyramid of Kufu, there is a small passage way about the diameter of a shoebox running from the center of the pyramid straight out to the north side directing to Polaris (north star) exactly. This passageway was a road for the pharoah's soul to pass through as it entered the stars. Because the Egyptians viewed life and death in close terms with the setting and rising of the sun and stars, a never setting star was thought to be imperishable and therefore the only way a pharoah's soul could also be undying. This is also why in Egypt that the communities and villages lie on the east bank of the Nile while the pyramids, tombs and so forth lay west.
I also found it very interesting that navigators of both desert and ocean used Polaris to find land, water and eventually their destination. In a hot desert, it is more comfortable to travel by night, so traders depended on their knowledge of the stars with their life. The soundclip explains how you can use the north star (if you're north of the equator) to determine exactly how far north displaced you are from the equator, as well as how to find Polaris by way of the Big Dipper.
As for the theater experience, it was really crazy to watch a film by that sort of projection. The seats recline real far back and your vision is literally taken over by the overhead dome screen. Your peripherals are filled up with whats in front of you and depending on where you're sitting you still have to look around and move your head to see everything in front of you. Just like real life. Whoa.
If it wasn't 11:30pm already, this is where I would go on and on about Sagan and parallel universes and other forms of life in the universe, and then explain that those probably take place very very far away or very very long ago or very very far into the future (like star wars) and lead into how insignificant we really are in this.....place.
https://soundcloud.com/sean_oconnor/1-26-14-stargazers-of-africa
but just remember that we're made by the stars and its kind of an astronomical miracle that we exist so maybe we're not thaaaat insignificant? philosophy
DeleteThis is kind of "fine art" realm but still sounds super interesting so I thought I'd post it
ReplyDeleteForest to Table
January 24, 2014 - February 4, 2014
Opening Reception: January 24, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
This show illuminates the close connection between the tree and the furniture made from it, highlighting the creative process that starts with the management of the forest, moving through the careful processing of lumber, to its selection and transformation into beautifully designed furniture. Coming from both the rural and urban forests of Illinois, the lumber used in Schneider’s furniture is produced by a small sawmill and sustainable hardwood lumber business run by Michael and Patricia Johnson.
Daniel Schneider is a furniture maker in Champaign, Illinois and professor in the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois. His work takes inspiration from classic pieces of mid-century designers, with an emphasis on the careful selection of figured woods and grain.
Michael Johnson is a traditional large format photographer, producing silver/gelatin prints from view camera negatives. Michael’s love of the land and aesthetic vision is expressed both through his photography as well as his stewardship of a 40 acre tree farm in the driftless area of northwestern Illinois.
www.danielschneiderfurniture.com
www.michaeljohnsonphotography.com
Time: (All day)
Location: 9 E. University Ave., Champaign, IL
Website: www.indi-go-art.com
Good Boys and True @ Station Theatre ------>> (Really awesome indie theatre space in downtown Urbana. Nick Offerman used to perform in productions there.)
ReplyDeleteJANUARY 23–FEBRUARY 8, 2014
ALL SHOWS BEGIN AT 8:00 P.M.
GOOD BOYS AND TRUE
BY ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
DIRECTED BY THOM SCHNARRE
This modern work by an emerging playwright focuses on affluent Washington D.C. doctor Elizabeth Hardy, whose idyllic life in 1988 is threatened when the coach of her Ivy League bound son, Brandon, presents her with a grainy video tape. The tape shows an unspeakable crime performed by a boy that may be her son. As Elizabeth investigates whether her child is guilty, all of Brandon’s secrets come to light, and Elizabeth is forced to confront how her choices have condoned her son’s attitudes and actions and affected all around him.
http://www.stationtheatre.com/
Jan.24 // 8:00pm // 'Ballroom Dancing with Katjia and Aleks' // Courtyard Café (Illini Union)
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A chance for people of all ages to come together to gain new skills, and learn a classic and elegant form of physical expression. A perfect chance to grow both socially and culturally.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/7?eventId=31292275&calMin=201401&cal=20140122&skinId=1
If someone were to ask you to describe ballroom dancing, you’d probably use the words classical music, pairs or partners, dancing (obviously), more formal, and something grandparents pick up after they retire because they’re bored. Okay, maybe that was just me and my very elementary expectation of this ballroom dancing event (…and maybe only my grandparents felt the need to pick up ballroom dancing). Regardless of one’s definition of ballroom dancing, I would bet my bottom dollar that had anyone else walked into the Union’s Courtyard Café, they would have checked the blog about twenty time to make sure they were in the right location at the right time just as I did.
DeleteIt appears that I managed to make the last half of the “Exploring Greek Traditions” event because the ballroom dancing event was actually at 8pm on Saturday the 25th.
As if I needed to be more confused...
^That's unfortunate. I just put the date the website said it was.
DeleteJan.24 // 1:00pm // 'Energetics of Superconductivity in the Two Dimensional Hubbard Model' // 190 Engineering Sciences Bldg - corner Goodwin & Springfieldnion)
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Professor Emmanuel Gull, University of Michigan, Department of Physics
Description: Recently developed numerical methods have enabled the explicit construction of the superconducting state of the Hubbard model of strongly correlated electrons in parameter regimes where the model also exhibits a pseudogap and a Mott insulating phase. d-wave symmetry superconductivity is found to occur in proximity to the Mott insulator, but separated from it by a pseudogapped nonsuperconducting phase. The superconducting transition temperature and order parameter amplitude are found to be maximal at the onset of the normal-state pseudogap. The emergence of superconductivity from the normal state pseudogap leads to a decrease in the excitation gap. All of these features are consistent with the observed behavior of the copper-oxide superconductors.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/500?eventId=30620848&calMin=201401&cal=20140122&skinId=1
Jan.22// 4:00pm // Physics Colloquium, "Exploring Fundamental Physics through Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background" // 141 Loomis // BRIGITTA
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Bradford Benson, KICP, University of Chicago
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides a unique window into early universe physics. The CMB is generated by well-understood dynamics that enables precise calculation of its observable features which directly connects new measurements to fundamental physics. I will discuss the latest cosmology constraints from the South Pole Telescope (SPT), including the first detection of a curl-only component (B-modes) in the polarization of the CMB by SPTpol. I will describe the instrumentation and detector technology in development for next-generation experiments, including SPT's next camera, SPT-3G, and a future ground-based CMB experiment, CMB-S4. The science goals of these experiments aim to answer some of the most exciting questions in cosmology: to differentiate between dark energy and modified gravity to explain the origin of cosmic acceleration, to test and constrain physics at grand-unified theory energy scales (~1e16 GeV), to measure the sum of the neutrino masses at a level below the minimum mass expected from neutrino oscillations (<0.06 eV), and to precisely constrain the relativistic energy density of the universe and any "dark radiation" component.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/598?eventId=29248283&calMin=201401&cal=20140122&skinId=1
Exploring Greek Traditions
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6:30 pm
Union Courtyard Cafe
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/7?eventId=31292188&calMin=201401&cal=20140123&skinId=1
Come and learn about a variety of Greek life traditions.
My decision to attend the ‘Greek Life’ event at the Courtyard Café began as an innocent misunderstanding. I thought, ‘Oh, Greek traditions. I’ve always appreciated Grecian culture. This should be interesting.’ At that time, I had no idea of the horrors awaiting me.
DeleteBefore even reaching the room, I could hear the music: no-name techno dance club garbage with an obnoxious amount of bass. Realization dawned on me just as a throng of eager freshmen girls excitedly skipped past. Far too late, I grasped the enormity of my mistake. But by then, my fate was sealed. I had nowhere to go but through the doors in front of me, praying I’d make it out alive.
So…maybe I’m being a touch dramatic. Despite my naïve and pretty hilarious error, I decided to try and use the experience as something positive. I have very strong opinions and, admittedly, preconceptions about Greek life at universities, so the event offered the speakers’ an opportunity to change my thinking as well as offering myself the opportunity to adopt a new perspective.
Unfortunately, the event failed to convert me to a supporter of Greek life. I feel as though the more controversial issues surrounding Greek life (excessive drinking, drug use, initiation rituals, sexual assault, peer pressure, expenses …etc.) were glossed over in favor of the fun topics. I know the University does hold the houses on campus to a certain standard, and they are punished for breaking policy and/or laws.
Those attending, however, seemed to really enjoy the presentation. There was certainly no lacking of energy from the hosts and the entire event perpetuated the “party” atmosphere expected from fraternities and sororities. The social benefits of joining a house were highlighted, especially forming life-long bonds to house brothers/sisters and proudly representing one’s chapter both now and after college. That sort of surprised me, because I never really understood the depth of loyalty that members have for their houses. There could be multiple generations in a single family who all belong to the same fraternity/sorority. This concept of deep-set tradition is a huge part of the Greek system.
Although Greek life has never appealed to me personally, I do see why it’s a perfect fit for some people. It offers a second family of friends and supporters while also organizing events to keep its members busy, happy, and together.
PART ONE:
DeletePLEASE NOTE BEFORE READING THAT I AM APPROACHING ALL TOUCHY SUBJECTS IN A LIGHT HEARTED CONVERSATIONAL WAY. I AM IN NO WAY ATTACKING ANYONE NOR CAN YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND MY TONE AND PERSONALITY THROUGH THE INTERNET WITHOUT HAVING MET ME IN PERSON.
My attendance at this event was a complete accident… one that I’d like to consider a happy accident because to be completely honest, I felt more at home at this event then I would have at the ballroom dancing event (the one I thought I was attending… see comment on ballroom dancing event for that explanation). Had I know that this event would be what it was (I had originally thought this event would have something to do with Grecian culture just as Kelly did… see video for a visual of the actual event… once I figure out how to post it) I would have definitely attended it on purpose.
I went to Urbana’s public high school, Urbana High School, where the term “grinding” (the front to back grinding of one partner’s genitals against the backside of the second partner) could sufficiently describe our school dances. Not being able to compete with the suburb style of dreamlike proms, our class sponsors and class office (aka people like me and my overly involved friends) would do the best we could to come up with cost effective spaces to host our events… places like the Union (yes.. that’s right people.. one of the proms I attended was at the Illini Union… LET THAT SINK IN..). And yes Kelly, “no-name techno dance club garbage with an obnoxious amount of bass. [with throngs] of eager freshmen girls excitedly [skipping] past…” truly feels like home to me (especially since I remember being one of those freshmen girls at one point… in fact every one of us in this blog has been at one point or another.. even the males).
However, thanks to the diversity of Urbana and the high school I attended I’m able to walk into an event and not have to worry if “I’d make it out alive.“ (Don’t worry Kelly I totally understand your tone and where you are coming from.. I’m just morphing your words to make my point). In fact, I’ve learned to love these types of events… Low budge events put on by students that focus on what’s important (culture and tradition) while including everyone with an additional focus of just having a good time together.
PART TWO:
DeleteNow here’s where things get really interesting (at least in my opinion).
If I’m correct… The type of Greek life that was attending that event is different (and classified differently) from the Greek life that tends to be in the spotlight for “more controversial issues surrounding Greek life (excessive drinking, drug use, initiation rituals, sexual assault, peer pressure, expenses …etc.)” on our campus… though they are in fact held to the same “standard, and they are punished for breaking policy and/or laws…” So why are they classified differently if they are essentially the same thing… people looking for “The social benefits of joining a house… forming life-long bonds to house brothers/sisters and proudly representing one’s chapter both now and after college…” and held to the same standards by the university…?
“Good question, Cate. I’ll let you know when I get to the bottom of this mystery.”
“Gee! Thanks, Cate!”
“No problem, Cate.”
Let’s add another variable to my perspective.
Guess who’s in a sorority! You know one of those god-awful organizations that clap and sing and are sluts that get drunk and raped by frat boys. You know the kind of organization that everyone knocks before ever trying. No no no, not the ethnic sororities.. the ones that are in the spot light for terrible things and sought out by primarily white women. THIS GAL IS… aka me.
Now let’s throw another curve ball…
I am white… white as can be (bet you didn’t see that one coming). I am awkward and lame and white (my grandparents ballroom dance if that gives you an idea of how stereotypically “white” I am..). I am culturally out of touch with anything that is not McDonalds or a reality television show (okay that is not completely true.. I don’t actually like reality TV... however I do wake up every morning craving McBreakfast). I know how terrible it is to blanket statement things that are this touchy to talk about… however it’s impossible to ignore that a larger percentage of White American’s seem to be way more out of touch with their roots than that of really any other ethnic group.
Now going back to that thing I was talking about 3 pages ago.. you know that event thing.
I see these events as more than just somebody “organizing events to keep its members busy, happy, and together.” (that could actually be seen as super offensive from anyone in either forms of Greek life). I watch these events and see young people who have the ability to be ten times more passionate than I’ve ever found myself to be towards anything. It’s honestly incredible. I’ve also found that many people within the Greek system find it just as ridiculous as those outside of the system.. (believe me I’m one of them and I could go on for hours talking about the crazy things I’ve learned from being in the system for the very short amount of time that I have been- both positive and negative and completely unexpected.. I'll spare you though).. and their passion is not for or because of their organization necessarily, but from their will to enjoy everything they do.
And I really admire that.
If you’ve made it to this point… congratulations… I’m honestly impressed because I would not have.
Linda, I hope this is what you wanted… cause I just wanted to ballroom dance.
Cate wins this week
DeleteIn My Backyard
ReplyDeleteSat, January 25, 7pm – 8pm
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College
Let’s explore the night sky from our own backyards! Through use of story-telling, poetry and songs, children are encouraged to participate in the show while learning about the seasons, Ursa Major, planets, meteors, and the Moon. Narrated by Fred Penner. Tickets are $5 adults; $4 students, seniors, & kids, all sold at the door.
http://www2.parkland.edu/planetarium/calendar.html
Jan 23 // 6:00pm // Peace Corps Information Session // The Career Center Conference Room, 715 S Wright // CHARLOTTE
ReplyDeleteInterested in joining the Peace Corps? Learn more about the program and application process at this information session.
http://www.careercenter.illinois.edu/events/2014/01/23/peace-corps-information-session
So I ended up deciding to attend the event which was a promotional event for the Peace Corps. I remember when I was younger I always talked about wanting to join the Peace Corps at some point in my life, but I actually had no idea what that entailed.
DeleteI got to the event a couple minutes before it started, expecting to walk into an auditorium with a lot of people there, yet when I arrived I came across a small classroom with only 3 other students. The woman running the presentation was curious about how I found out about the event and I could tell she was somewhat disappointed about the small turnout. Because of the amount of people there I felt a little uncomfortable taking a picture because I knew someone would notice and I did not want to admit I was there just for a class. So, instead I took the handouts to photograph.
Learning about the Peace Corps was definitely interesting. I had no idea that when you sign up you are committing to a 27 month trip. You are virtually unpaid except for $7,425 which is meant for adjusting when you return. The speaker told a story about how she served in Colombia. I think it would be hard to pack up and move to another country, mostly because I am a person that does not do well with change initially.
The speaker told us about how hard it can be to come back because all you want to talk about is your experiences, which I completely understand after being in Paris this summer. Except I am sure it is completely different because of the culture.
Although I do not think I will every make it to the Peace Corps, I will keep my eyes open for these kind of volunteering experiences because it is something I feel passionately about.
Jan.24 // 1:30pm // Developmental Brown Bag // Niwako Sugimura // 819 Psychology Building
ReplyDelete"Peer Victimization and Subsequent Adjustment in Children: The Role of Temperament"
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1249?eventId=31441341&calMin=201401&cal=20140123&skinId=4273
ReplyDeleteThe Three Amigos Comedy Show
Date Jan 23, 2014
Time 7:00 pm
Location Courtyard Café
Cost Free
Sponsor Courtyard Café
Views 509
Join the crowd for a free comedy show with three different and amusing comedians!
Freestyle Ice Skating
ReplyDeleteDate: Jan 24, 2014
Time: 6:00 am - 7:30 am
Sponsor/Location: University of Illinois Ice Arena
Event type: Figure Skating
Originating Calendar: Ice Arena Calendar
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/637?eventId=31223756&calMin=201401&cal=20140123&skinId=1
http://www.campusrec.illinois.edu/skating/freestyle.html
Moscow Festival Ballet: Cinderella
ReplyDeleteDate: Jan 23, 2014
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Krannert Center, Tryon Festival Theatre
Cost: $10-$45
Sponsor: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Contact Krannert Center Ticket Office
E-Mail: kran-tix@illinois.edu
Phone 217/333-6280 or 800/KCPATIX
Event type: Dance
Originating Calendar: Krannert Center
Description:
Helmed by Bolshoi Ballet principal dancer Sergei Radchenko since its inception in 1989, the Moscow Festival Ballet will enliven the tale of the love-crossed Odette and Siegfried in "Swan Lake," enhance the haunting beauty of "Giselle," and whisk us away to the ball in "Cinderella."
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/597?eventId=28557938&calMin=201401&cal=20140123&skinId=1
#UIMoney Tweet Chat - Figuring out Financial Aid
ReplyDeleteDate Jan 23, 2014
Time 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sponsor USFSCO Student Money Management Center (@ILStudentMoney)
Registration #UIMoney Search
Event type Tweet Chat
Originating Calendar SMMC Online Events - All Campuses
Filling out your FAFSA, applying for grants and scholarships, and taking out loans can be a confusing process. It’s always been SMMC''s goal to offer transparent information and this #UIMoney tweet chat is no different! Join us Thursday as we navigate the financial aid ropes, unveil some of the confusion, and get your take on the financial aid process!
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/598?eventId=31269674&calMin=201401&cal=20140123&skinId=1
ReplyDeleteTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group - "Biophysical characterization of full-scale influenza and dengue virions"
Speaker Dr. Tyler Reddy, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Date Jan 24, 2014
Time 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location 2269 Beckman
Sponsor Klaus Schulten - TCB Group
Contact Donna H. Fackler
E-Mail dhfackler@ks.uiuc.edu
Phone 217.300.8022
Event type Seminar
Views 3565
There are several pleomorphic enveloped viruses that affect human health, including HIV, Ebola virus, Rabies virus, Hepatitis C, and the influenza virus that is the focus of our work. Influenza epidemics are seasonal in temperate climates, and yet the precise underlying cause of seasonality remains controversial. One strain of avian influenza has a projected survival time of 3.6 years in water at 4 oC, and influenza survival on bank notes is strongly dependent on the liquid medium employed for deposition. These and other examples serve as a prime motivation for biophysical analysis of the full- scale flu virion and the effect of its environment on stability at the molecular level. We have constructed a computational model of a full-scale flu virion, and performed a series of microsecond-length coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. I have also recently produced a full-scale model of a dengue virion using a creative approach.
Maps for Master Naturalists
ReplyDeleteDate and Time: January 25, 2014
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
This event is located in Champaign County.
Location:
Champaign Public Library
200 West Green
Champaign, IL 61820
Description:
Maps For Master Naturalists
Saturday, January 25, 2014
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Library Friends Room (215)
Champaign Public Library
The maps workshop will consist of an hour-long session for Master Naturalists to learn the basics of how physical and cultural features on the landscape are represented on Illinois maps. We will examine historical maps, look at a variety of current maps, learn about the Public Land Survey System used to legally describe parcels of land, and complete exercises for locating and describing places on USGS topographic maps. The session will NOT include geographic information systems (GIS) but will be of use in understanding 21st century mapping. The session will begin promptly at 1:00 PM and can be considered one hour of continuing education for ECIMNs. Preregistration (free) is required and a limited number of spaces are available. If you have any questions please get in touch with session instructor Alice Berkson at berksonalice@gmail.com
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/state/calendar_event.cfm?ID=64239
Jan. 24 // 7:30 P.M. // "Crazy & Thief" Screening Q&A // 26 W. Church St, Champaign // BRIAN
ReplyDeleteScreening and Q&A!
There will be a FREE screening of the family-friendly “Crazy & Thief” sponsored by Hendrick House, which will be followed by a Q&A session with Director Cory McAbee.
Cory is a musician-turned-filmmaker who wrote, directed, and starred in the space-western-musical films “The American Astronaut” and “Stingray Sam”. Both films screened at the Sundance Film Festival. His newest film, “Crazy & Thief”, is showing at film festivals all over the world and was listed as one of the Top 10 Best Undistributed Films of 2012 by Indiewire.
“Crazy & Thief” is a musical fantasy about a seven-year old girl taking her two-year old brother on a fantastic voyage through the real world with a homemade star-map to guide them.
Cory McAbee’s visit is a part of the Champaign-Urbana Film Society’s Visiting Filmmaker Series, which is made free to the public by the generous support of an Urbana Public Arts Grant.
Jan. 23 // 8 p.m. // Illini Film and Video Meeting // Gregory Hall Room 111 // Brian
ReplyDeleteThe Illini Film & Video club at the University of Illinois will resume meetings for the 2013-14 academic year later tonight, Thursday, January 23, 8 p.m., in Room 111 of Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana. These meetings not only allow interested members of the student body to learn about and get involved in film-making projects, fund-raising events, and volunteer or paid job opportunities outside of IFV, but they provide direct access to the “who’s who” behind the group far better than their otherwise useful Web site, YouTube channel, and Facebook page.
In the e-mail blasts leading up to this week, a new challenge has been presented! In the spirit of the Champaign-Urbana Film Society’s Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competition, students may submit original film scripts no longer than 10 pages to the IFV board via e-mail by this Saturday, January 25; from the pool, two or three finalists will be chosen and produced as group projects by the club. One should also watch for announcements about outreach activities, including IFV’s annual involvement with Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, for they’ll come fast and furious as the spring semester continues!
Jan.26-Feb.1// All Day // Center City Restaurant Week // Downtown Champaign // BRIGITTA
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Prepare to be fed. #EatCenterCity this last week of January and discover the many locally-owned and unique dining options available throughout Downtown, Midtown and Campustown Champaign. With special tasting menus or just incredible deals, you'll eat well this week!
Stay tuned for featured menus, available soon!
http://www.champaigncenter.com/
reoccurring, Jan 26th- March 2014 // 8:00 AM / / The James Bond Theme: Music to Live, Die, and Love Another Day / / Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, 1103 S. Sixth St // ALEX
ReplyDeleteThis exhibit explores the historical and musical roots of these two distinct movie themes and illustrates through music, photographs, graphic art, and oral history interviews their lasting impact on the Bond movie legacy. Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-5:00. Special hours on April 13 from 1:00-3:00. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/CasinoRoyale60. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, 1103 S. Sixth St., Champaign,217-244-9309
Jan 26th / / 1:00-3:00 PM // C-U Spinners and Weavers Guild// spurlock museum, 600 s gregory// ALEX
ReplyDeleteFor the exhibit Inspired by…, members of the C-U Spinners and Weavers Guild created original artworks inspired by Museum artifacts. During this event, Guild members will speak with visitors about their works and demonstrate the techniques they used to create them. A variety of hands-on experiences will also be available to visitors.
sorry for 502849902 posts.. :/
Today, I attended the weaving seminar at the Spurlock Museum. It was actually really cute and a good time, despite having the flu and feeling like garbage.. There were stations set up around the museum where the members of the C-U Spinners guild (mostly small old white ladies) were using looms and other devices to demonstrate weaving techniques. My friend Hilary and I sat in on one of the hands-on demonstrations where we learned how to take raw wool and turn it into workable thread. We stayed after the demonstration to see one of the instructors use our thread in a loom, and create a small patch of fabric. Overall, it was a fun alternative activity to attend. The Spurlock Museum was open as usual during the demonstrations, so it was fun to walk among the ancient greek statue replicas while people were using foot pedaled looms and other contraptions. They were all very welcoming and happy to answer any questions we had. I didn't expect to leave a weaving demonstration feeling refreshed, but i guess that could have been the dayquil!
DeleteJan 22nd // 11:00-11:50AM // FSHN 120, Contemporary Nutrition // Foellinger Auditorium // Corie
ReplyDeleteFundamental principles of human nutrition and their application to the selection of an adequate diet for health and wellness; current nutrition topics of importance.
This week I attend the class FSHN 120. It has always been a class I have wanted to take while attending UIUC, but was discouraged by my peers or could not fit it into my schedule. I went to the first class of the semester, where the class received an outline what they should expect. I assume most students, of the 750 enrolled, would claim this class holds a lot of work for a gen-ed class, but it offers strong information that can be carried with you for the rest of your life no matter your major. Professor Becky Roach stated, "if there was one thing you would remember from this class was this one saying : Eat food. Mostly Plants. Not too much." I wish I would have followed through and enrolled in the class; it may have been a class needed to have a dedicated work ethic, but I would have gained, what I believe, valuable knowledge.
DeleteJan 25th // 7:00 - 9:00PM // Owl Prowl // Anita Purves Nature Centure // Corie
ReplyDeleteExplore Busey Woods at night in search of owls with avian specialist Tara Beveroth of the Illinois Natural HIstory Survey. Learn owl calls and examine bones and pellets. At the end of the hike meet the center's screech owls while you warm up with hot chocolate. Call 367-1544 to sign up. Cost: $9 for resident $14 for non-resident