Rockford Event Calendar

Debu Chakravarti, PhD, the Anna Lapham Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University will present a lecture on Epigenomic and Enhancer Dysfunction in Uterine Benign Tumorigenesis.

The Office of Research’s WAG Grant Application group meets weekly for 60 minutes, led by Dr. Xue-jun Li.  WAGs provide support and accountability that will increase writing productivity in groups of academic researchers on campus. If you are interested in joining a Writing Accountability Group on campus, contact Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper at vweide1@uic.edu.

The Office of Research’s Writing Accountability Group for academic researchers on campus working on manuscripts and publications meets Fridays. Led by Dr. Kristine Zimmerman, this group provides support and accountability that will increase writing productivity for campus researchers. If you are interested in joining, contact Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper at vweide1@uic.edu.  

Cindy Veldhuis, PhD, Research Psychologist and Associate Research Scientist in the School of Nursing at Columbia University, will help researchers learn to use PowerPoint to better communicate research, ensure posters clearly communicate the research and guarantee posters capture the audience’s attention at conferences.

The Office of Research’s WAG Grant Application group meets weekly for 60 minutes, led by Dr. Xue-jun Li.  WAGs provide support and accountability that will increase writing productivity in groups of academic researchers on campus. If you are interested in joining a Writing Accountability Group on campus, contact Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper at vweide1@uic.edu.

The Office of Research’s Writing Accountability Group for academic researchers on campus working on manuscripts and publications meets Fridays. Led by Dr. Kristine Zimmerman, this group provides support and accountability that will increase writing productivity for campus researchers. If you are interested in joining, contact Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper at vweide1@uic.edu.  

The Office of Research’s WAG Grant Application group meets weekly for 60 minutes, led by Dr. Xue-jun Li.  WAGs provide support and accountability that will increase writing productivity in groups of academic researchers on campus. If you are interested in joining a Writing Accountability Group on campus, contact Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper at vweide1@uic.edu.

The Office of Research’s Writing Accountability Group for academic researchers on campus working on manuscripts and publications meets Fridays. Led by Dr. Kristine Zimmerman, this group provides support and accountability that will increase writing productivity for campus researchers. If you are interested in joining, contact Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper at vweide1@uic.edu.  

Area high school students age 16 and up are eligible to apply for this free program sponsored by the College of Medicine Rockford Department of Biomedical Sciences and Thermo Fischer Scientific. STEM Camp will be held June 20-25, 2022.

This free program for five accepted area high school students is a research mentoring program to introduce them to medical research and its impact and to prepare them for a career in scientific research. It runs from June 13 through August 7, 2022.