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Institute is a barrier-busting,
interdisciplinary
research facility
and community
of innovation.

The Beckman Institute is a barrier-busting, collaborative
research facility
and community of innovation.

We Break Barriers.

The Beckman Institute was created to support interdisciplinary research among University of Illinois faculty. We foster scientific advances that couldn’t be done in any other way.

Learn more about the
Beckman Institute

Our founder, Arnold Beckman, was an inventor and philanthropist who knew firsthand the power of interdisciplinary work.

The Beckman Institute is a barrier-busting, collaborative
research facility
and community of innovation.

We Propel Science and Technology.

The Beckman Institute is a unique engine for research. We're making incredible advances while helping ordinary people.

Explore our research

Beckman researchers have developed a new polymer-curing process that could reduce the cost, time, and energy needed.

The Beckman Institute is a barrier-busting, collaborative
research facility
and community of innovation.

We Help You Connect.

We offer a café with drinks and daily specials, events from concerts to research lectures, and plenty of study and meeting spaces.

Visit the Beckman Institute

The Beckman Institute was built to help people connect. Learn more about exploring Beckman.

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Upcoming events

May
31

12:00 PM

Yoga at Beckman

Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu

Join us at noon on Wednesdays for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome. Bring your own mat!

June
1

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

New-to-Beckman tour

Meet in the Illinois MRI Exhibit (off of the first-floor East Atrium)

Contact name: Lexie Kesler
Contact email: lkesler@illinois.edu

New and seasoned employees alike will learn something new about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology on this half-hour tour, offered the first Thursday of every month at 10 a.m. Before you know it, you'll be navigating the building and discussing Beckman's research like a pro!

Tours are led by Lexie Kesler, Beckman's outreach specialist.

June
6

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Gather in the Garden

Beckman West Garden

Contact name: Stacy Olson
Contact email: srolson@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-8373

Join Director Nadya Mason and your colleagues this summer for informal conversation and coffee in the Beckman West Garden.

This Gather in the Garden Series will be from 10-10:30 a.m. every Tuesday through the end of July.

June
13

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Gather in the Garden

Beckman West Garden

Contact name: Stacy Olson
Contact email: srolson@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-8373

Join Director Nadya Mason and your colleagues this summer for informal conversation and coffee in the Beckman West Garden.

This Gather in the Garden Series will be from 10-10:30 a.m. every Tuesday through the end of July.

June
20

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Gather in the Garden

Beckman West Garden

Contact name: Stacy Olson
Contact email: srolson@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-8373

Join Director Nadya Mason and your colleagues this summer for informal conversation and coffee in the Beckman West Garden.

This Gather in the Garden Series will be from 10-10:30 a.m. every Tuesday through the end of July.

June
27

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Gather in the Garden

Beckman West Garden

Contact name: Stacy Olson
Contact email: srolson@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-8373

Join Director Nadya Mason and your colleagues this summer for informal conversation and coffee in the Beckman West Garden.

This Gather in the Garden Series will be from 10-10:30 a.m. every Tuesday through the end of July.