Geography & Geographic Information Science

Geography and Geographic Information Science (GGIS)

Saturday, October 11, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium
Latin American Storytime at Urbana Free Library
- Community Service

Monday, October 13, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
CLACS Series: "Language and Life in Q’anjob’al Communties" Adan F. Pascual
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Noyes Laboratory, 163
Angelica Waner: Zines in the Diaspora: Connecting Literary Threads Across Colonial Borders
- Lecture

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: LGBTQ + Stories of Change: A Journey Through History by Dywaine Betts, Jr.

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: LGBTQ + Stories of Change: A Journey Through History by Dywaine Betts, Jr. Time: October 17 at 12 pm Location: Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- 2049 Natural History Building and via Zoom
GGIS Distinguished Alumna Colloquium | Imelda Moise (MS '07, PhD '12)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- JW Eater JR. High, 400 E Wabash Ave, Rantoul, IL 61866
Rantoul City Schools Hispanic Heritage Celebration ; Celebración del mes de la Herencia Hispania de RCS
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 20, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- 314b Illini Union
International Students Navigating the U.S.: Immigration, Rights, and Resources
- Informational
- 4:00 - 6:30 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
AsiaLENS | "Black Box Diaries" Screening + Q&A with filmmater Shiori Itô

AsiaLENS | "Black Box Diaries" Screening + Q&A with filmmater Shiori Itô Location: Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801 Time: October 20 | 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
- Film Screening
- 4:00 pm
Virtual Talk: ESMA Survivors
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students”
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students”

Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students” | October 21 at 12 pm | 210 Levis Faculty Center
- Conference/Workshop
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Juliana Freire’s “Indigenous Documentaries: Art, Self-Representation, and the Environment in Huni Kui Films”
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, Language, Cultures and Literatures Building (LCLB 1080)
Between Amsterdam and the Antilles: Diaspora and Community in Colonial Curaçao
- Lecture

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 12:30 - 3:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
Graduate Workshop on "Effective Fellowship Writing"

GRADUATE STDENT WORSHOP Lunch for attendees: 12-12:30pm | 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals Wednesday, October 22 |12:30 pm - 2:30 pm | 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St Tips for applying for Grants and Fellowships Wednesday, October 22 |2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:30 - 3:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
Graduate Workshop on "Effective Fellowship Writing"
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, October 24, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolishionist Future by Emile Suotonye DeWeaver

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolishionist Future by Emile Suotonye DeWeaver Time: October 24, 12 pm Location: Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center
Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari

An Evening with Ayelet Tsabari. Songs for the Brokenhearted. October 28th | 5 pm | Alice Campbell Alumni Center
- Meeting

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Transitional Justice in Mexico: Sisyphus on the Hill / Dr. Francisco Javier Ramírez Treviño
- Lecture

Friday, October 31, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Black Uncanny: Tales of the Black + The Weird by Stacey Robinson

Black Uncanny: Tales of the Black + The Weird by Stacey Robinson Time: October 31 at 12 pm Location: Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture

Friday, November 7, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- BNAACC Main Multipurpose Room
Strategic Networking for Uncertain Times: Turning Conversations into Career Opportunities
- Informational
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Fighting for Algorithmic Justice in an Age of AI-Driven Surveillance by Clara Belitz

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Fighting for Algorithmic Justice in an Age of AI-Driven Surveillance by Clara Belitz Time: November 7 at 12 PM Location: University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
- Lecture

Monday, November 10, 2025

- All Day
- TBD
Workshop with Mayki Gorosito
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall
Talk by Mayki Gorosito
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Ailton Krenak’s Tomorrow is Not for Sale and Life is Not Useful
- Lecture

Friday, November 14, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: In the Deep End by Jameel Bridgewater

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: In the Deep End by Jameel Bridgewater Time: November 14 at 12 PM Location: University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
- Lecture

Monday, November 17, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Ayni Book Presentation by Carlos Molina-Vital
- Lecture

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