College of Media Events Calendar
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pm231 Gregory HallStudents are invited to join this Frank Center Student Workshop to learn more about investigative reporting and editing from Cheryl Whitlow Thompson (BS '82, LAS; MS '84, journalism), NPR investigative correspondent and senior editor.
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmGregory Hall, Room 225The ICR Colloquium Series is an interdisciplinary forum that brings together faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students, and interested undergraduates to engage in dialogue around some of the most relevant and timely research in our field. Topic: Job Talk with Jennifer Zhang
Monday, October 20, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pm336 Gregory HallStudents are invited to join this Frank Center Student Workshop to learn more about investigative journalism with María Inés Zamudio (BS '07, journalism), award-winning investigative journalist from the Invisible Institute, a nonprofit journalism production company in Chicago.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Thursday, October 23, 2025
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmGregory Hall, Room 225
The ICR Colloquium Series is an interdisciplinary forum that brings together faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students, and interested undergraduates to engage in dialogue around some of the most relevant and timely research in our field. Dr. Pierre will be discussing Advertising Intelligence in Advertising.
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7:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, UrbanaAs part of the annual Roger Ebert Lecture and Screening, join us for the screening of Piccadilly (1929). E.A. Dupont’s film starring Chinese-American pioneer Anna May Wong is a formative cinematic entry in the transition from silent to sound films.
Friday, October 24, 2025
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2:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, UrbanaJoin us in person or via Zoom for the Roger Ebert Lecture, given by Yiman Wang, professor of film and digital media at UC Santa Cruz. Wang’s lecture will present from her recent book "To Be an Actress," on early Hollywood Chinese-American performer Anna May Wong.
Monday, October 27, 2025
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pmFrank Newsroom at Richmond Studio, 1110 W. Main, UrbanaStudents are invited to join this Frank Center Student Workshop to learn more about being a news correspondent from alum Maggie Vespa (BS '10, journalism), NBC News Correspondent based in Chicago.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmGregory Hall, Room 225
The ICR Colloquium Series is an interdisciplinary forum that brings together faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students, and interested undergraduates to engage in dialogue around some of the most relevant and timely research in our field. Topic: Egoistic and Altruistic Messages in Prosocial Communication
Saturday, November 1, 2025
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7:00 pmVirginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign, IL 61820
Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pmFrank Newsroom at Richmond Studio, 1110 W. Main, UrbanaStudents are invited to join this Frank Center Student Workshop to learn more about newsgathering with Betsy Korona, an award-winning journalist and media executive with high-impact network, cable, and streaming experience.
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmGregory Hall, Room 31
The ICR Colloquium Series is an interdisciplinary forum that brings together faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students, and interested undergraduates to engage in dialogue around some of the most relevant and timely research in our field. Dr. Troy will be discussing climate change communication.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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5:00 - 7:00 pmCampbell Hall, 300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
Join Illinois Public Media and the Friends of WILL for our 5th Annual Friendsgiving Open House. Stop by Campbell Hall from 5:00 - 7:00 PM for a behind-the-scenes peak into the magic of public media. Staff members — including your favorite on-air talent! — will be in attendance to answer your questions and explain the importance of local independent public media.
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7:30 pmVirginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign, IL 61820
Step into Black Violin’s Full Circle Tour, where GRAMMY-nominated duo Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus redefine the possibilities of music by merging classical depth with hip-hop’s pulse.
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmGregory Hall, Room 225
The ICR Colloquium Series is an interdisciplinary forum that brings together faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students, and interested undergraduates to engage in dialogue around some of the most relevant and timely research in our field. Topic: Misinformation, media literacy, critical thinking, public health emergencies, social media, and information behaviors
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7:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, UrbanaJoin us for the Ebert Center screening of Ari Aster’s debut feature-length film "Hereditary" (2018), one of the most notable horror films of the 2010s.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmGregory Hall, Room 225
The ICR Colloquium Series is an interdisciplinary forum that brings together faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students, and interested undergraduates to engage in dialogue around some of the most relevant and timely research in our field. Dr. Goncalves will be discussing reframing research for publication.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Friday, November 28, 2025
Monday, December 1, 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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5:00 - 6:00 pm1092 Lincoln HallJoin the College of Media Frank Center in person or register to join us via Zoom (link to come) for this Q&A with Chris Cillizza, an independent news creator on Substack and YouTube.