The Department of Physics at the University of Illinois has a long tradition of innovation in undergraduate education, from PLATO to Tycho to i>clickers. The tradition continues with their most recent innovation: prelectures — short Flash(r) animations designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts before they attend a lecture. Watch the seminar by Tim [...]

On Monday April 13th, Sheri D. Sheppard, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, and Consulting Scholar at Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching presented “Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field”. The video from the talk can be found in the viewer below

or on Google Video here.

[ April 21, 2009; 5:00 pm; ] John Steck will present “New Directions for Product Development in Organizations”, as a part of the Designmatters2 lecture series. The talk will be held at the Siebel Center of Computer Science on Tuesday, April 21, 5pm. More information is available here.

[ April 17, 2009; 2:30 pm; ] Christian Sandvig will present the Department of Communication Colloquium – “Networked Television Beyond Television Networks: The Policy Problems of Internet Video Distribution”.
The talk will be held at Lincoln Hall on Friday, April 17, 2:30 p.m.

Abstract: We are in an exciting transitional moment for anyone interested in television–such as the 98.9% of Americans who watch it. [...]

[ April 16, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Edison Liu, A George A. Miller Visiting Professor at University of Illinois and Director of the Genome Institute of Singapore will preset the talk “Science and Technology and the Survival of Humankind”.

Thursday, April 16, 2009, 7:00 PM
Pollard Auditorium, The Forum, Carle Foundation Hospital
611 W. Park Street, Urbana

We, as a species, have now populated the [...]

[ April 22, 2009; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Abigail Stewart will present the seminar “Advancing Faculty Diversity in Science and Engineering” as a part of Provost’s Spring Lecture on Gender Equity. The Seminar will be held at the Law Auditorium, on the Wednesday, April 22, 12:00.

Abigail Stewart is a well-known scholar in the field of faculty diversity and gender equality, and is the [...]

The University of Illinois and Olin College co-sponsored yesterday’s Summit on the Engineer of the Future at Olin College.  iFoundry co-director David E. Goldberg helped open the summit with his remarks, Lonely Dots, Dot Connecting & the Engineer of the Future. Download the remarks in pdf form here.

Monday 13 April, 4:00 p.m., 1000 Micro and Nanotechnology Lab (MNTL)
Sheri D. Sheppard, Professor—Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, and Consulting Scholar—Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Abstract: A recently published Carnegie Foundation study of engineering education describes and analyzes both typical and exemplary approaches to teaching and learning engineering at the outset of the new century. It [...]

Wednesday 29 April, 4:00 p.m., 301 Coordinated Science Lab (CSL)
Professor Tim Stelzer, Department of Physics

Abstract: The Department of Physics at the University of Illinois has a long tradition of innovation in undergraduate education. From PLATO (the first computer based learning system) to Tycho (web-based homework employing the Socratic method), to Peer Instruction with i>clickers, we [...]

David Whyte
Thursday 19 March, 5:00 p.m., Alice Campbell Alumni Center
David Whyte is a poet, speaker, and author who takes his perspectives on creativity into the field of organizational development. For more information on David and his work, you may visit his web site, and/or listen to his February 2 interview on WILL AMís Focus 580.