Category: Other departments

Talk by former Governor Edgar

Former Governor of Illinois, Jim Edgar will speak on “Leadership and Solving Problems” on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30, in Room 233 Gregory Hall.  This talk is of interest to all students interested in civic leadership, public engagement and public life after college.  Kindly pass along this information to interested students.

Questions?  Contact  Katie Clark keclark@illinois.edu of the Department of Political Science.
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ECE Explorations Seminar

DATA SCIENCE MEETS AGRICULTURE
Brian Zimmer-VP of Engineering & Erik Andrejko-Senior Lead, Science
The Climate Corporation
Wednesday, March 19 | 5:00pm | 151 Everitt Lab
 
The demand for agricultural outputs is growing. To meet this demand,increasingly mechanized precision agriculture must be combined with enormous amounts of collected data to intelligently optimize agriculture outputs. We will consider the challenges and possible approaches inherent to tackling this problem: optimizing global food production.
 
Zimmer leads the The Climate Corporation’s science and engineering teams. He has more than 15 years of experience leading the development of large-scale systems in a variety of industries. He earned a BS in finance from Illinois.
 
Andrejko leads The Climate Corporation Science and Research Organization, spanning research across teams including climatology, producing hyper-local weather forecasts; and agronomic models,  connecting hyper-local weather measurements to agronomic outcomes.
 
Open to all | Pizza will be provided after the talk!
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Spanish Minor Information Meeting Tomorrow

There will be a Spanish Minor Information Meeting tomorrow, March 18 from 4:30 to 5:30 in the Lucy Ellis Lounge (Rm 1080) of the Foreign Languages Building.

Students should come to ask questions about the minor and studying abroad.

Find out how and when to declare the minor or bring your INTENT TO DECLARE A CAMPUS MINOR  form to the minor information meetings along with a print out of your academic record proving completion of 200, 204 and 228 if you are ready to do so.

Or, if you would like to speak to me in person, come in to my walk-in hours which are posted on the main advising page(below). Thank you for your interest and I look forward to meeting you should you decide to become a Spanish minor in SIP.

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Illinois in Washington

ILLINOIS-IN-WASHINGTON, EXTENDED DEADLINE.

The Illinois in Washington Program has extended its deadline for FALL, 2014 applications to  Tuesday, April 1.

In IIW, students live in Washington, DC for a semester, intern 4 days a week, and take U of I classes.  Students intern in a wide variety of places from Capitol Hill to nonprofits to advocacy organizations.  Below are some of the places where students have interned:

Congress: Senators Durbin, Franken, Kirk, Reid; Representatives Davis, Roskam, Schock, Shimkus, Kinzinger;

Political parties, political organizations and lobbying firms: Democratic National Committee, Republican National Committee, DC Legislative and Regulatory Services, The Keelen Group, The Monument Policy Group

Think Tanks: Brookings Institution, Center for American Progress, Middle East Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Not-for-Profits: Free the Slaves, Truman National Security Project, Center for International Policy, Global Solutions, Alliance for Aging Research, National Parks Foundation, America Votes, Rock the Vote, Environmental Law Institute, Arms Control Association, Search for Common Ground

U.S. Government Agencies: State Department, Department of Labor, FCC, Legal Services Corporation, Office of the US Trade Representative

Applications and information are available at www.washington.illinois.edu.  Illinois in Washington is an academic internship program for all U of I undergraduates.  Questions?  Contact Susan Halebsky Dimock, PhD Interim Director, Illinois in Washington sdimock@illinois.edu  www.washington.illinois.edu 

www.facebook.com/IllinoisinWashington

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Undergraduate Research Opportunity

Greetings,
 
We are seeking two undergraduate research assistants for the remainder of the Spring 2014 semester.
 
The purpose of this research project is to document and assess current study abroad programs in the School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics (SLCL) with a focus on access, diversity, and equity among underrepresented minorities and among students who currently do not pursue a major in languages and literatures but who participate in SLCL study abroad as part of other programs of study.
 
During spring semester 2014 we will pursue a qualitative study that will include two components. The first component will survey, assess, analyze, and synthesize recent scholarship on international student mobility. This text and web based inquiry will be combined with interviews with faculty, instructors, administrators, and students who have been or will be involved with international mobility in SLCL during AY2013-14.
 
The undergraduate Research Assistant will be expected to assist with both phases of this project. This position includes a stipend of $15/hour, and will include about 10-15 hours of work per week. The student will be supervised by Dr. Anna Stenport and Dr. Nicole Lamers, and will work in collaboration with two graduate researchers on this project. Each student will also be required to register for 1 hour of independent study credit.
 
Please submit your application by noon on Wednesday, March 19th for consideration at: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/2766119. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
 
Nicole Lamers, PhD
International Education Specialist
Student and Academic Affairs Office
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2002 Lincoln Hall, MC- 448
702 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: lamers@illinois.edu
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History Tutoring

HISTORY TUTORING
If interested visit our website:
http://phialphathetauiuc.weebly.com/tutoring.html We offer writing help as well as general topic and class specific tutoring.
All majors are welcome.
Questions or concerns? Email phialphathetauiuc@illinois.edu

 

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Econ Tutoring Center

We have created an Econ Tutoring Center for all students to utilize.  Please feel free to distribute the below information to your students. 
 
The student tutors are available for general assistance on economics courses or economics related questions, primarily for ECON 102, 103, 202, 203, 302 and 303 (some of the 400s).  Students should visit their Instructors or TAs with questions specific to classes, such as due dates, tests, etc. (most Econ classes have numerous TA Office hours).
 
Econ Tutoring Center
DKH Room 17A (basement level)
Monday: 11am-4:30pm
Tuesday: 3:30-5:30pm
Wednesday: 12-5:30pm
Thursday: 1:30-5:30pm

We will have extended hours on Reading Day and other peak periods.
 
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Psychology Career Information Night, Monday, February 24, 2014

We’re holding our annual Career Information Night (CIN) on Monday and invite any student to participate in our event.  Over 35 Psychology alums representing business, computer technology, education, higher education, human resources, law/legal, medical, mental health, and social services are scheduled. ———————————-
 
Psychology Career Information Night, Monday, February 24, 2014
 
4 – 5 pm – Alumni Panel Discussion – Alumni representing Human Resources, Mental Health, School Counselor, and School Social Work, will give an overview of how they got to where they are.  Come listen to their stories and ask questions.  Room 142 Psychology Bldg. 
 
5 – 6:30 pm – Meet Psychology Alumni, Psychology Atrium.
 
Meet and greet session.  Here’s your opportunity to meet with and talk to former Psychology undergraduates.  Nearly 40 alumni have volunteered to share their stories with you.  This is your time to conduct an “informational interview” of people who are doing things you want to do.  Become engaged!  Join us for any part of the evening that you can.
 
Food and beverages will be available.  Business casual dress encouraged.
 
Summer internships in C/U and Chicago.  Stop by the Internship table for more information.  If you can’t make it to this event, information will be sent next week via e-mail.
 

 

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2014 Undergrad Writing Contest

Each year the Department of English sponsors and administers two annual undergraduate literary competitions, one in short fiction and one in poetry.  All University of Illinois undergraduates are eligible to compete, and the deadline for submissions this year is Monday, March 3.

Depending on available funding, there will be 3-4 prizes for fiction and 2-3 for poetry this year.  Past prizes have ranged from $100 to $1000.  Once the specific numbers are available, they will be announced at http://creativewriting.english.illinois.edu/undergraduate/awards/.

 

2014

UNDERGRADUATE

CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS

Deadline: Noon, Monday, March 3, 2014

 

The English Department sponsors and administers two annual undergraduate literary competitions in Short Fiction and Poetry.  Depending on available funding, there will be 3-4 prizes in Fiction and 2-3 in Poetry this year.  Past prizes have ranged from $100 to $1000.  As soon as we have specific funding numbers available, we will announce them at our website:

http://creativewriting.english.illinois.edu/undergraduate/awards/

 

Contest rules are as follows:

 

Short Fiction:  no contestant may submit more than one unpublished story (7500 words, maximum length)

 

Poetry:  no contestant may submit more than 200 lines, as a single unpublished poem or a group of unpublished poems

 

Only University of Illinois undergraduate students are eligible to compete.  To be considered for a prize, submissions must adhere to the following rules.  All submissions must be sent to the following email address: sdavenpo@illinois.edu.  Depending on your entry (poetry or fiction), the subject line must read as follows: UNDERGRAD POETRY or UNDERGRAD FICTION (not both).  If you enter in both categories (poetry and fiction), you will need to send separate emails.    Your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, net id, status (undergrad), and UIN number must appear in the body of the email.  Your fiction OR poetry entry is to be contained in one attachment (doc, docx, or rtf only), the name of which should be as follows: contest category followed by your last name, such as FICTIONJONES or POETRYJONES.  Your name should not appear in the attachment itself.

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Persistent Homology: Basics, Applications, Software Tuesday November 19, 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM in 141 CSL

Paul Bendich (Duke Math) will give a tutorial style lecture/demonstration tomorrow (Tuesday) on Persistent Homology. Please forward this to others who may have interest. Here are the details:
             
              TITLE: Persistent Homology: Basics, Applications, Software
              Tuesday November 19, 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM in 141 CSL
             
ABSTRACT: Topological Data Analysis (TDA) is now around 15 years old, and it is becoming a widely-used technique in data analysis, often in combination with more traditional methods.
One of the key tools in TDA is the persistence diagram, which provides a compact description of the multi-scale topological information carried by a point cloud or other embedded object.
In this informal tutorial, I will start by going over the very basics of persistent homology, showing how one can go from a point cloud, or a space equipped with a function, and produce a persistence diagram. Depending on audience interest, I can then cover some or all of the following:
             
-some simple (and not-so-simple) applications which show how persistence diagrams, in combination with statistical ideas, can extract interesting information from unusual datasets.
             
-the geometry of the space of persistence diagrams: why it’s strange, and the possible implications for statistics with diagrams.
             
-different algorithms for computing persistence diagrams, some of which are correct and slow, some of which are correct (in certain circumstances) and fast, some of which are fast and approximate with good guarantees.
             
-a demonstration of our new software package RCA, which gives a very fast (and correct!) computation of persistence diagrams for components and loops.
             
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