Campus community,

This seminar explores mirror-image biology, synthetic systems, and data governance, emphasizing inclusive global collaboration— linking the America 250 ideals of discovery, security, and shared prosperity.

This seminar is in collaboration with Dr. Noah Reynolds' General Biochemistry class.

This event is open to the public.

A practical session applying a 5×5 risk-assessment matrix to case studies in biosafety and biosecurity. Participants will learn to balance innovation with safety, reflecting the American value of responsible scientific advancement.

This workshop is in collaboration with Dr. Jessica Madrigal's Environmental Risk Assessment class.

This event is open to the public.

An interactive keynote highlighting global AMR trends, the One Health framework, and community driven interventions that resonate with the American tradition of scientific leadership and civic engagement.

This event is open to the public.

During this interactive session, Dr. Sajjad will share his Fulbright experience as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, including:

A Call to Think: We’re All in This Together

Chancellor Gooch will be joined by Mylas Copeland, a respected community leader and beacon in Springfield’s civic life, for an engaging conversation on the power of connection, collaboration, and community impact.

Ashlynn Stillwell, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will discuss her work on sustainable water and energy systems. Water and energy are closely linked resources with clean water and sanitation services dependent on energy, and fuels production and electric power generation dependent on water. This water-energy nexus spreads across scales to include large-scale infrastructure systems, societal trends and patterns, and individual behaviors.

UIS Campus Senate will meet on Friday, November 8, 2024, from 10 a.m. to noon in PAC 160, Community Room (formerly known as C/D).

If an expected document is missing from the links provided, please notify CampusSenate@uis.edu as soon as possible.

Please join us for the next installment of the monthly Employee Development Series: Violence Prevention & De-Escalation Training with Captain Justin Emmonson on November 19, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. Attendees will leave this session with new knowledge on identifying different types of disruptive, concerning or criminal behaviors, how to be a good witness, and the Dos and Don’ts of incident involvement.

The Employee of the Year (EOY) Program recognizes employees who have served UIS in an exceptional manner. Please join us at 3 p.m. on Thurs., Jan. 29, in the Student Union Ballroom as we celebrate our 2025 Employees of the Month and announce the Employee of the Year.