Research IT News

The VR@Illinois campus network, in partnership with the Virtual Reality Club at Illinois, presents:  Virtual Reality (VR) Demo Day on Friday, August 30, 2019, from 1pm to 5pm.

Faculty, students, and staff are invited to join us at multiple sites across campus on VR Demo Day to explore how these technologies are being used in higher education. Visit each participating site to demo over ten different types of VR and AR headsets and experience immersive programs simulating archaeological digs, 3D anatomical pregnancy simulation, 3D art and modeling, 360 Videos, Google Earth, games, and more. Come and learn about what VR and AR resources are available to you across campus.

For more information on VR Demo Day, visit us online at: https://go.illinois.edu/VRDemoDay

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced a new collaboration between the Blue Waters Project, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the University of Minnesota and The Ohio State University to produce digital elevation models (DEM) of the entire Earth, among other geospatial research projects.

Food and Family Conference | September 25-26, 2019 | Chicago, IL

Join the nation's foremost experts in human nutrition, obesity research, and child and family health at the Food and Family Conference 2019. Hosted by the Family Resiliency Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with the Christopher Family Foundation.

Click here to register: https://appserv7.admin.uillinois.edu/FormBuilderSurvey/Survey/uiuc_famil... .

Detailed agenda coming soon!

The OPRS has revised its exempt research policy. The revisions will go into place August 1, 2019. Read about the changes and how OPRS is implementing them here. Researchers can also learn about the changes through our informational session on August 16, 2019. The session will take place from 10:00-10:30 am in Room 121 of 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue.

What will 21st century humanities pedagogy look like? How might we strengthen and diversify the humanities and engage and inspire a new generation of learners? What is already being done, and what new models and structures might we create, to shape a future of undergraduate research that re-centers the importance of the humanities in undergraduate education at Illinois?

The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) and the Illinois Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) invite faculty and staff to participate in this important conversation, which will begin with a keynote by Ellen McClure, professor of French and Francophone Studies and History, and Director of the new Engaged Humanities Initiative (EHI) at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Please register for the conference by August 1.

Carle and University of Illinois leadership recently approved funding to purchase a MAGNETOM 7 Tesla (7T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. They join an elite network of clinical facilities (currently one of only six nationwide) to offer patients access to this technology, the highest magnetic field imaging strength commercially available in the United States approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for brain and knee scans of patients greater than 66 lbs.

Please join us Wednesday, Aug. 7, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Beckman Institute for a poster session and recognition luncheon for our inaugural Health Equity Scholars program. You will have an opportunity to meet the scholars and learn more about their work with faculty mentors and community organizations to address health disparities.

Learn more and RSVP by August 2.

Friday July 12, 10am to noon.

The Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS) will be hosting walk-in office hours. Staff reviewers will be available to assist you with your IRB protocol during this time. No appointment is needed. OPRS is located at 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue in Urbana.

IHSI has extended the deadline for faculty nominations to participate in the complete National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Writing Series during the 2019 fall semester. Junior faculty (years 2-4) may nominate themselves with a letter of support from their department head, a copy of their CV, and a brief summary of their research interests. Pleasesubmit your nomination to Maggie Berg by July 12, 2019.

Application deadline: August 14, 2019

The NEH Media Projects: Production Grants program supports the production and distribution of documentary film, television, radio, and podcast projects that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways.