Show your love of fat bears with fan art! Illinois students, submit original fat bear themed art in any medium by September 26! Winner will be announced October 1, and will win "The Bears of Brooks Falls"! Send digital copies and questions to PRI librarian, Emily Benton, at [email protected]

We're marking 40 years of @farmaid.org concerts! 🎵 Visit our farm crisis exhibit to learn what led to the 1985 concert at Memorial Stadium.🌽🐄Join us at @spurlockmuseum.bsky.social on 9/21 for an event highlighting this history, with related exhibits on view at the Music and Performing Arts Library!

Excited about fat bears? You should be! Fat Bear Week is fast approaching, and you can celebrate it at Funk ACES from September 19 to October 3!

Interested in learning more about the databases available to you as a student? Come to Funk ACES's Savvy Researcher sessions on PubMed and Web of Science! Learn more and register at: go.library.illinois.edu/SavvyResearc...

Around campus this summer? Come spend some time at Funk ACES! To learn more about our hours, visit our website at: www.library.illinois.edu/funkaces/

We're so proud of you! Congratulations to all graduates. Remember, you can still use library resources as an alumni! Check out this LibGuide for details: guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=4380...

Study and relax with Funk ACES Library. Look back on everything we did this year! (And see what you might have missed!) Enjoy coloring, crafts, puzzles, and animal cams throughout the week of finals.

Finals are coming sooner than you think! If you need help with final projects, reach out to one of our subject specialists. To contact our librarians, follow this link: www.library.illinois.edu/funkaces/con...

On May 8th, Funk Library will be showing Rachel Carson: The Woman Who Launched the Modern Environmental Movement from 2pm-4pm for Reading Day, in Room 509! Bring coursework to work on, or just De-Stress for finals! To sign up, follow this link: go.cgs.illinois.edu/StudyTV.

Funk Library’s Summer course reserve deadline is April 30! Instructors: we can hold a book for your summer course students for 2-hour, in library use. Submit your requests by the deadline. For guidance on how to request and manage your course reserves, read: guides.library.illinois.edu/reserves

Thank you for joining our 7th annual panel on environmental justice! You can still access the event and the panelists here: go.library.illinois.edu/FunkACESLibr... See you next year! @illinoisnres.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social

Tomorrow is the date! Join our 7th annual panel on environmental justice! Click the link to learn more about the event and the panelists: go.library.illinois.edu/FunkACESLibr... Attend in-person or in Zoom: illinois.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @illinoisnres.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social

Next week we'll hold our 7th annual panel! Don't forget to save the date for this years theme: environmental justice! Click the link to learn more about the event and the panelists: go.library.illinois.edu/FunkACESLibr... Attend in person or in Zoom: illinois.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Meet our upcoming panelists! Steve Wilson is a Groundwater Hydrologist and Head for the Environmental Public Health, Information and Data Services Section at the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS), Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois. He authored and manages The Private Well Class.

Meet our upcoming panelists! Omar Pérez Figueroa is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is dedicated to supporting underrepresented and disenfranchised communities in addressing environmental inequalities.

Meet our upcoming panelists! McKenzie Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She engages in research at the intersection of environmental politics, human security, and environmental justice.

Our exhibit for the upcoming Spring Panel, Solving the World's Challenges: Environmental Justice is up for viewing! Come browse our display, checkout our Libguide, and consider attending the event in person or via Zoom! @illinoisnres.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social

Have a fantastic spring break! Here are the hours for Funk ACES during the break. For more details, visit: www.library.illinois.edu/funkaces/

We'll be hosting our 7th annual panel next month! Save the Date for this year's event: Environmental Justice @illinoisnres.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social

On March 5th, 1973, Mario Fabbrini held a funeral for thousands of frozen pizza pies. 52 years later, Funk ACES is celebrating the legacy of the Great Michigan Pizza Funeral with an event to educate and entertain the community. Photo by: United Press International #UIUC #FoodSafety #BookSky

Come check out The Human Menstrual Cycle exhibit at Funk! It features reusable period products provided by Greener Goods Shop + Refillery. This small business offers reusable products in Champaign, and we're thrilled to have worked with them to create this display! #UIUC #sustainability #booksky

Check out a book and join the adventure of blind dating with the unique, cute, and beautiful animals! No judging by the cover—just take a chance and discover a new favorite!

We are celebrating the 42nd Insect Film Fear Festival with Mae Berenbaum and the Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA)! Check out our Tarantulas exhibit to learn more about theses creatures and grab a craft bag to DIY your fat spider or spider ring!

Now that we're a few weeks into UIUC's term, we'd like to introduce our Graduate Assistants (GAs) at Funk ACES! All of our GAs are members of the Library and Information Science program at the iSchool. If you're interested in getting your LIS degree, consider us for your Graduate Assistantship!

Drop by to see our exhibit on Ice Age megafauna! It features materials provided by @illinoisdnr.bsky.social’s Resource Trunks for Educators, available for educators to borrow at our library – see more info below! #megafauna #paleontology #fossils #UIUC www.library.illinois.edu/funkaces/ser...

Join us Jan 27-31 for a week of Chinese New Year celebration! Enjoy activities such as fortune telling, Chinese candy taste shop, paper snake giveaway, and voting for your favorite Zodiac animal! Happy Chinese New Year! 新年快乐! #ChineseNewYear #LibraryFun #YearOfTheSnake #CelebrateTogether