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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Monday, September 21, 2026
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Today 🌧 67° / 60° dew 61° comfortable | Tue ☁️ 65° / 56° dew 56° comfortable | Wed ☁️ 65° / 56° dew 56° comfortable | Thu ☁️ 68° / 56° dew 59° comfortable |
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| TODAY — Monday, September 21 | | ★ Jason Finkelman Presents: Improviser's Exchange — 5:30 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Jason Finkelman Presents: Improviser's Exchange live at The Rose Bowl Tavern Improvisers Exchange is a multifaceted initiative led by Jason Finkelman… | | ★ The Urbana Hootenanny — 8:00 pm · 106 North Race Street #1, Urbana, IL 61801 [Rose Bowl Tavern] An Urbana tradition, every Monday at The Rose Bowl Tavern, The Urbana Hootenanny!The Urbana Hootenanny! 8pm-midnight, join local pickers, singers,… | | ● 2026 Illinois Library Crawl — all day · Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center, Main Library, Funk ACES Library,… [UI Campus Calendar] Attention Students! Explore Illinois’ AMAZING campus library system during the annual Library Crawl. Visit all four participating library locations anytime… | | ● Illini Men's Tennis vs ITF M15 Columbia — all day · Columbia, S.C. [UI Campus Calendar] | | ● 2026 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition — 10:00 am · Giertz Gallery [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organizer: JUrban@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 50 Organization: GIERTZ GALLERY Categories: PARKLAND PRESENTS: ART, MUSIC,… | | Flu Shots: Krannert Center — 10:00 am · Krannert Main Lobby [UI Campus Calendar] Never Miss A Memory! Get your free flu shot today. Bring your University of Illinois ID card and please wear attire that provides access to your upper arm. | | Rooted Pathways Counseling & Consulting — 10:00 am · Information Table by U Lounge [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: CAREER SERVICES Organizer: SWright@parkland.edu Categories: STUDENT ACTIVITIES Expected Headcount: 2 Event Locator:… | | UIS Transfer Information Table — 10:00 am · College Center - A [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: ACADEMIC ADVISING Organizer: jshumate@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 0 Event Locator: 2026-AASKCQ POST TO CALENDAR:… | | Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours — 11:00 am · 1038 CIF [UI Campus Calendar] Questions about Landuyt Center Academic pathways? Stop by to talk about:The new IIT Bombay Partnership Entrepreneurship and innovation courses and… | | Quench: Meet GSRC and QCC (our affiliated student orgs.)! — 12:00 pm · GSRC, 616 E. Green Street, Suite 202 (Entrance between McDonalds & Subway, 2nd floor) [UI Campus Calendar] Join us for Quench, our lunch on us series in the GSRC! At this Quench we'll be meeting our affiliated student organizations that are part of the Queer… | | Beckman Visualization Lab Office Hours — 1:00 pm · 2203 Beckman Institute [UI Campus Calendar] Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the… | | Social Club — 1:00 pm · B223: Counseling Services Classroom [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: COUNSELING SUPPORT CENTER Organizer: jshumate@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 10 Categories: EMPLOYEE EVENTS &… | | ● Teen Movie Mondays — 3:45 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Vote for which movie to watch! | | Conexiones — 6:00 pm · La Casa Cultural Latina 1203 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States [UI Campus Calendar] Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional… | | ● Death Cafe — 6:00 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Life is short. Let's talk about it. | | Nutrition Coaching — 6:00 pm · Zoom link will be provided when you register [UI Campus Calendar] Learn what it means to eat healthy and balanced without being on a diet. Dietetic students from Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, under the… | | ● Yarn & Shenanigans — 6:00 pm · Douglass Branch Library [Champaign Public Library] Come hang out at the Douglass Branch every first and third Monday of the month with fellow fiber art enthusiasts. Bring your own project or start a new one… | | ● Musical Mondays featuring Lucas Ciocan — 7:00 pm · Illini Union Courtyard Café [UI Campus Calendar] Join us every Monday night during the semester for Musical Mondays at 7 pm in the Courtyard at the Illini Union for FREE music from all types of genres. |
| | TOMORROW — Tuesday, September 22 | | ★ Tavern Tuesday Happy Hour & Whiskey Specials — 3:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Tavern Tuesday's at The Rose Bowl Tavern 🍻 It is happy hour for folks that drink. Whiskey specials and more. Tavern Tuesdays, 3-7pm Join us every week for… | | Drop-In Crafts — 8:30 am · U111: Student Life Flex Space Lounge [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: WELLNESS CENTER Organizer: bhightower@parkland.edu Categories: STUDENT ACTIVITIES Expected Headcount: 10 Event Locator:… | | ● Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Tuesdays) — 9:30 am · Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom [UI Campus Calendar] Create the \"write\" habit! Our writing group provides graduate students with dedicated time to make progress on writing in a supportive atmosphere. The… | | ● 2026 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition — 10:00 am · Giertz Gallery [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organizer: JUrban@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 50 Organization: GIERTZ GALLERY Categories: PARKLAND PRESENTS: ART, MUSIC,… | | ● \"Rest Lab 10: Path\" Exhibition | Krannert Art Museum — 10:00 am · Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign [UI Campus Calendar] Rest Lab 10: Path explores movement as a form of reflection and rest. A winding path invites visitors to explore the meditative and therapeutic potential of… | | Flu Shots: Krannert Center — 10:00 am · Krannert Main Lobby [UI Campus Calendar] Never Miss A Memory! Get your free flu shot today. Bring your University of Illinois ID card and please wear attire that provides access to your upper arm. | | Mental Health Fair — 10:00 am · Illini Union, Rooms B&C [UI Campus Calendar] Join the Student Well-being Council, in support of Illinois as a Health Promoting Campus, for the Mental Health Fair during Illini Wellness Week on Tuesday,… | | ● Library Staff at Birth-5 Blast Off Resource Fair — 10:30 am · Soccer Planet [Urbana Free Library] Library staff will share information about programs and resources and sign people up for library cards. | | ● New! Coffee & Conversation with Director Stephanie Smith — 10:30 am · Krannert Art Museum, Café Meeting Room [UI Campus Calendar] Stop by and share your thoughts about Krannert Art Museum with our new director! Stephanie Smith will talk with visitors on a first-come, first-served… | | ● Play & Learn With Me! A Paving Pathways Playgroup — 10:45 am · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Join staff from Crisis Nursery for a playgroup for 0 - 3 years old with their caregiver for a variety of fun activities, designed to help develop your… | | ● Champaign County Health Care Consumers — 11:00 am · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Need Help with health insurance or accessing healthcare? CCHCC is at The Urbana Free Library. | | Engineering Club Meetings — 12:00 pm · M124: Class Laboratory [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: STUDENT CLUB Organizer: JJang@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 8 Categories: STUDENT ACTIVITIES Event Locator:… | | High Throughput Gene Delivery Technologies for Applied Microbiology and Engineered Cell Therapies — 12:00 pm · 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology [UI Campus Calendar] Cullen Buie, PhD Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biological Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology “High Throughput Gene… | | Stress Less Tuesday's — 12:00 pm · Vet Med Cafe [UI Campus Calendar] Stop by our table for stress management materials, resources and giveaways. | | “Startup Incorporation: The What, When, & How” with Alan Singleton — 12:00 pm · EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive [UI Campus Calendar] Registration Required: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/836574257 Do you find yourself unsure about the right business entity type to consider for your… | | Beckman Visualization Lab Office Hours — 1:00 pm · 2203 Beckman Institute [UI Campus Calendar] Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the… | | ● Intro to Google Sheets — 2:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Library staff will introduce you to Google Sheets, part of the Google Workspace, to create spreadsheets. | | Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 2 — 2:00 pm · https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89396568251?pwd=IdLeMgegXDozOkS9Nhl4KP9R0o9HPp.1 [UI Campus Calendar] Get up to speed quickly on making your PDF documents accessible for everyone on campus. This workshop will focus on PDF remediation (accessible PDF… | | Healthy Habits for Happy Rodents: Nutrition & Welfare Essentials — 3:00 pm · https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3zFGZOy_RaC5Psem1v_SXw [UI Campus Calendar] Healthy Habits for Happy Rodents: Nutrition & Welfare Essentials We are pleased to invite you to a free live webinar featuring Dr. Fernanda Wendt from the… | | INHS Seminar | Right Tool, Right Question: Matching Movement, Abundance, and Monitoring to Fisheries Management Decisions — 3:00 pm · Forbes Natural History Building [UI Campus Calendar] This seminar will be held in room 1005 Forbes Natural History Building, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign with a virtual Zoom option at… | | Student Programming Board Meeting — 3:00 pm · U106: Student Life Conference Room [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: STUDENT LIFE, STUDENT CLUB Organizer: bhightower@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 5 Categories: STUDENT ACTIVITIES… | | Better Together: Combining the Strengths of Rubin, Euclid, and Roman for Time-domain Science and Cosmology — 3:30 pm · Astronomy Building [UI Campus Calendar] We have entered an exciting decade for survey science, with space-based surveys such as Euclid and Roman and ground-based surveys such as Rubin… | | Light the Night 2026 — 4:00 pm [UI Campus Calendar] The Bike Month Planning group is organizing the 19th annual Light the Night, a bike light giveaway event on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, from 4-7 p.m. at five… | | Seminar Series - Areg Danagoulian, Associate Professor, MIT — 4:00 pm · 1306 Everitt Laboratory [UI Campus Calendar] \"Cosmic Protons as Arms Control Inspectors: Can we detect nuclear weapons in satellites?\" Abstract: In 2022 Russia launched the Kosmos 2553 satellite into… | | Strategic Storytelling: Interviewing — 4:00 pm · https://go.grad.illinois.edu/eventspace [UI Campus Calendar] An effective interview should demonstrate why you're a good fit for a role and leave the interviewers excited about the prospect of working with you. But… | | Courtyard Happenings featuring Loteria & Ryan Kim — 6:00 pm · Illini Union Courtyard Café [UI Campus Calendar] The Courtyard Café will offer different genres of entertainment, starting at 7 pm, during the semester. If you are interested in performing for Courtyard… | | Desde '74 — 6:00 pm · La Casa Cultural Latina 1203 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States [UI Campus Calendar] Desde 74 Mentorship | Desde 74 is La Casa’s mentorship initiative, reintroduced in Fall 2024, and rooted in our longstanding commitment to mentorship since… | | ● Fraud-Proof Your Business — 6:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Essential Controls for Small Business Protection | | ● Puzzling Colors Club — 6:00 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] For Adults — Come relax and color or puzzle your stress away. The club meets on the second Tuesday of each month. | | ● CU Broad Comedy — 7:30 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Broad comedy open mic at The Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana. A group dedicated to diversifying the Champaign-Urbana comedy community. Open Mic Rules:… |
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