Meet and greet with old friends, alums, faculty, new students, former faculty, and colleagues at the 2024 Neuroscience Graduate Program Reception. Faculty and graduate students will be available to talk about the current status of the Program or just welcome back alum and previous faculty members. Come enjoy some good food, good company, and great conversation. 

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Many individuals experience long-lasting cognitive/neurological problems after COVID-19, but the causes are unknown. We find that cerebrovascular Wnt/beta-catenin pathway suppression contributes to neuroinflammation and cognitive deficits in COVID-19/Long COVID mouse models by opening transcellular and paracellular blood-brain permeability. This suggests potential therapeutic strategy.

Michelle Tomaszycki will present and discuss the newly approved qualifying exam procedures. This will be followed by an orientation on the qualifying exam process and a Q&A. Students and faculty are welcome to attend. 

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the atrium!

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 to bring their own mat! 

Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying! 

Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve.

Join members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. 

This interactive session shares best practices for inclusive, responsive, reflective, and adaptive mentoring in a research context. Through individual reflection and collaborative analysis of case studies, participants will begin to define their own mentoring philosophy. This session fulfills part of the training requirement for the Graduate College Mentoring Certificate.

No registration required. You can join in person (Graduate College, 507 E. Green St., Champaign) or on Zoom (https://go.grad.illinois.edu/eventspace)

See the full listing of Graduate College workshops at https://go.grad.illinois.edu/workshops

*If you require any disability-related accommodations to participate in this workshop more fully, please email gradsuccess@illinois.edu

This interactive session shares best practices for beginning and sustaining a mentoring relationship in a research context. It will address topics like assessing mentee goals, setting expectations, choosing and assigning work, providing constructive feedback, combating implicit bias, what to do when things go wrong. This session fulfills part of the training requirement for the Graduate College Mentoring Certificate.

No registration required. You can join in person (Graduate College, 507 E. Green St., Champaign) or on Zoom (https://go.grad.illinois.edu/eventspace)

See the full listing of Graduate College workshops at https://go.grad.illinois.edu/workshops

*If you require any disability-related accommodations to participate in this workshop more fully, please email gradsuccess@illinois.edu

Join us for our interactive, hands-on science experience "World of Genomics: Discover Everyday DNA" featuring multiple stations focused on specific aspects of science!

Visitors will learn about DNA, genetics, agriculture, robotics, microbes—all through family-friendly activities led by researchers from the IGB. See living biobots in action, interact with our ant and bee hives, explore the structure of DNA, score yourself on the Veggie Meter, and much more!

Date: Friday, October 18, 2024

Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. CST/ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EST

Get energized, focused, and calm! Join our mindfulness instructor extraordinaire, Kristina Reese, in a six-week virtual Mindfulness and Movement series. These live video classes combine mindfulness-based meditation instruction with easy-to-do “desk yoga” type exercises. Contact us at wellbeing@illinois.edu to register for the class.

Our Dare to Dream program offers a unique approach to life planning; this six-week program meets virtually at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays starting September 24. Participants actively visualize and creatively strategize how to move toward realizing their dreams. Group support, honest introspection, and creative expression are encouraged.  To learn more or to register, reach out to us at wellbeing@illinois.edu.

Stop by and meet University of Illinois Police Department therapy dogs Huff and Rosie.