College of LAS Events
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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4:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge, LCLBWho has the right to tell a war story? How to keep creating art in times of war? Join us for Maria Reva’s talk on the ethics of writing at times of war and a discussion of her groundbreaking artistic practices in response to the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in her new award-winning novel Endling (2025).
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4:00 pmRoger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity YMCA/Latzer Hall -
2:30 - 3:00 pmCLSL B-102
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3:00 pmCoble Hall, room 306
Thursday, December 4, 2025
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL -
1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, ILJoin us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
5:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St. UrbanaAsiaLENS presents a free screening of the film Hug Me Tight: A Robot Story, followed by a virtual Q&A with filmmakers Heesun Shin and Chihyung Jeon. In South Korea, thousands of older adults are living with Hyodol, a doll-shaped robot. Following the journey of Hydol from production to use, this film asks: Can robots take care of older adults? Can older adults take care of
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6:00 - 7:30 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignSPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic. *Parking nearby is free after 5 pm and on weekends.*
Friday, December 5, 2025
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12:30 pm2049 Natural History Building and on ZoomIn recent years, the shipping industry has increasingly strategized to decarbonize itself. Conventionally, the industry has been understood as a hard-to-abate sector, one that is hard to decarbonize due to its heavy reliance on fossil fuels. In response to the global call for climate action, however, it has increased its engagement in decarbonization in recent years.
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3:00 pm2049 Natural History Building and via Zoom
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5:00 pmOnline application portalCampus Fellowship applications are due.
Saturday, December 6, 2025
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9:30 - 11:00 amChampaign Public Library, Lillie Story Room
Monday, December 8, 2025
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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4:00 pmRoger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
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5:30 pmCampus Instructional Facility, Room 2039
Join us for a lecture in the Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age series with Matthew DeCamp (University of Colorado). Drawing on insights from medical practice, philosophy, and the social sciences, his lecture will explore the use of AI in medicine and argue that AI has the potential to change who we are and what we value.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Thursday, December 11, 2025
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL -
12:00 - 3:00 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
Take a break from finals and unwind with art, snacks, DIY projects, good vibes, and more! Recharge and get inspired before finals week begins. In collaboration with the College of Fine & Applied Arts (FAA) and Ricker Library for Art and Architecture, Krannert Art Museum is proud to host FAA Finals Fest...
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1:00 pmSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
You deserve to take care of yourself! Whether you've got finals on your mind, or the frenzy of the holiday season, or some combination of those and so many other things, scheduling time for joy and creativity can make all the difference.
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library, Room 346Come and celebrate the semester’s end with hot apple cider, sweet and salty treats, and some of our favorite winter-themed materials from the RBML vault. Make a button, relax with a coloring sheet, and leave with a live-printed linocut card! This event is part of the library's Reading Day De-Stress Fest; it is open to the public and refreshments will be served.
Friday, December 12, 2025
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Thursday, December 18, 2025
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
Saturday, December 20, 2025
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLatzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
Monday, December 22, 2025
Thursday, December 25, 2025
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
Thursday, January 1, 2026
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
Thursday, January 8, 2026
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
Thursday, January 15, 2026
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
Friday, January 16, 2026
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Thursday, January 22, 2026
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
Friday, January 23, 2026
Monday, January 26, 2026
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4:00 - 5:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
7:00 pmG58 LCLB- Film Classroom
Lee Miller was an incredible photographer who was present at the liberation of some concentration camps. Trigger warning: some parts of this film display graphic images of survivors and victims of the Holocaust. 7 pm Holocaust Remembrance Day screening of Lee. Location TBD.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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12:00 - 1:30 pmThe Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge program supports PhD students in the humanities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in exploring new career paths while making an impact in our community. Join us at this info session for more information about this opportunity!
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12:00 - 1:30 pmThe Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge program supports PhD students in the humanities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in exploring new career paths while making an impact in our community. Join us at this info session for more information about this opportunity!
Thursday, January 29, 2026
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
5:00 - 7:00 pmKrannert Art MuseumEleven faculty members from the School of Art & Design will be featured in the upcoming exhibition, Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie. The exhibition considers how people make and define place through stories, and how stories carry out a kind of labor, maintaining narratives about the places we live—and about us.