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Join us on Zoom on Monday, February 20, 6pm for the next installment of the Perfect Pitch: Performance Psychology Panel Series: "Practice Makes Imperfect". What does practicing mean to you? What does it mean to be one's own teacher? What are the practice routines of famous musicians? How should athletes prepare their bodies for the workloads and stressors of practice?

Panelists:

Ryan Johnson, UIS Director of Sports Performance

Katelyn Hummel, UIS exercise science, psychology, and music student

Delinda Chapman, Visual Artist

The Learning Hub is holding a series of workshops on writing topics throughout the Spring 2023 semester. Please join us to learn some handy tips and tricks to be a better writer!

Registration is required for online workshops. Please email your name, UIN, and which workshops you would like to attend to thehub@uis.edu

Thesis Statements

Attend our online workshop! Our writing staff will discuss how to develop your topic from a general subject to a specific thesis statement.

The UN Climate Negotiations: A Complex Space for Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Determining Pathways Forward

Brandon Barclay Derman | Wednesday, April 26, 6:00 P.M.
Brookens Auditorium

Ethical Artificial Intelligence: An Industry Perspective | Doug Hamilton | Wednesday, April 12, 6:00 P.M. | Student Union Ballroom

Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents an enormous opportunity to advance human well-being.  It also, however, represents a sea-change in how decisions are made, who is making those decisions, and who is liable for outcomes.  Today this very topic is being tackled by an odd admixture of ethicists, attorneys, statisticians, computer scientists, and regulators. 

Festival de Mujeres 1979: Window to Latina Actvism, in 1970s Chicago - A Pilsen Latina Histories Chicago Monuments Project Panel

Sarita Hernández, Hinda Seif, & Diana Solís | Wednesday, March 29, 6:00 P.M. |
Brookens Auditorium

Free Speech for Engaged Citizenship: On Campus & Beyond | Alex Morey | Wednesday, March 1, 6:00 P.M. | Brookens Auditorium

Engaged citizens use their voices to express themselves, support causes they care about, and make positive societal change. But given today’s often volatile environment impacting speech around critically-important issues like race, COVID-19, abortion, and more, using this core right can seem — or even be — risky.

Viewing Student Success on Campus Through a Historian's Lens | Dr. Jessica Harris | Wednesday, February 15, 6:00 P.M. | Brookens Auditorium

Equity is a moral, social, and economic imperative. The democratic and economic future of the state of Illinois and the country rests in our collective ability to get a greater number of citizens with a post-secondary credential. The equity gaps that persist in student outcomes at colleges and universities are rooted in the past and have endured over time.

Flamenco-Jazz Crosscurrents: A Musical Case Study of Intercultural Collaboration | David Chiriboga, Wendy Clinard, & Dr. Brian Stark | Wendnesday, February 1, 6:00 P.M. | Brookens Auditorium

In this presentation, jazz saxophonist Dr. Brian Stark will outline the interaction of cultural forces during the evolution of the flamenco-jazz style, with a special emphasis on jazz musician Miles Davis’s perception of the similarities between his experience as a Black American and that of the Spanish Roma people who originated flamenco.

In November of 2022, Dr.

Implicit authentication (IA) is a technique that allows the smart device to recognize its owner by being acquainted with his/her behaviors.