Speakers
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayLevis 210 (Hybrid format)Featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Arunima Datta (Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas) and Eric McDuffie (Associate Professor of History, UIUC).
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All DayLevis Faculty Center 210The 24th annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will take place March 5-7, 2026. This year’s theme is Gender and Labor. This year's conference will feature graduate research and keynote speakers Dr. Arunima Datta and Dr. Eric McDuffie.
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All DaySiebel Center for DesignIn collaboration with The Grainger College of Engineering and Siebel Center for Design, the Human-Centered Engineering Consortium is hosting the first symposium on human-centered engineering. The symposium will bring together educators, practitioners and researchers from all engineering disciplines. Attendance is free and all are welcome! Come join us in the conversation.
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9:00 - 10:30 am 02/18/2026University of Illinois Foundation | Philanthropy Center 303 St Mary's Rd, Champaign, IL 61820 | Room 102Please join us Thursday, March 5th at 9:00 AM for Community Conversations with Cunningham Children’s Home. Parking will be available in the southeast corner of the State Farm Center. This session is part of a series featuring local nonprofits and campus and community colleagues who have given their time and talents to those organizations.
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11:00 am - 12:15 pm4045 School of Information Sciences
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11:00 am - 12:15 pmRoom 4045, 614 E. Daniel Street & ZoomJoel Waldfogel will present "AI and the quantity and quality of creative products: have LLMs boosted creation of valuable books?" as part of the AImpact Speaker Series.
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
"Biocluster Overview" David Slater Associate Director of High Performance Computing
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12:30 - 1:30 pmSiebel Center for Design- Sunset Studio 1050
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.
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmSiebel Center for Design- Sunset Studio 1050
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1:00 - 2:00 pm190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Hong-Ye Hu, Harvard Quantum Initiative (HQI) Fellow, Harvard University
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1:00 pmTBD
Speaker: Lauren Childs (Virginia Tech)
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2:00 - 3:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge in LCLB and online via ZoomThe panelists will talk about building AI Literacy for language teachers, both by sharing tools that can support educators and by recognizing the ways AI poses new challenges for teachers. They will also share examples for approaching AI Literacy for learners, including helping students better understand how AI use can impact their language learning, for better or worse.
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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3:00 - 6:00 pmLevis Faculty CenterTechnocracy, the Unit for Criticism's spring conference, will be held on March 5, starting at 3:00 PM, and March 6 starting at 9:00 AM and concluding with a keynote at 5:30 PM. The conference concludes with a keynote by Fred Turner (Communication, Stanford) at 5:30 PM, followed by a reception. Full details are available on the Unit webpage.
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 208Join us for the NAIL Lab's inaugural talk and workshop of the "Visiting with and alongside Indigenous Language Workers: Conversations on Ethics and Praxis in Language Work" series. Materials are said to be in cold storage when they are placed where they can be stabilized and cared for long-term.
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5:00 - 7:00 pm1001 S, Wright St., ChampaignThrough this series of new paintings, Kim Curtis celebrates the ongoing processes of destruction and restoration in our grasslands, forests, and wetlands. The opening reception is March 5, 5:00–7:00 p.m. The exhibition will be on view March 5–April 12.
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5:00Orange & Blue rooms, University of Illinois Chicago Illini Center, 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago
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5:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Professor Buff (Univ. of Wisconsin) traces the rise of private consultancies from 20th-century managerial capitalism and the military-industrial complex to their entry into higher education during neoliberal reforms of the 1980s, expanding further through disaster capitalism after the 2008 Great Recession and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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5:30 - 7:00 pmKrannert Art Museum
Curator at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Michelle Joan Wilkinson, will be in conversation with Krannert Art Museum Senior Curator Allyson Purpura and Professor Irvin Hunt, Department of English, about the process of putting together exhibitions and the kinds of stories they tell.
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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.
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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.*
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7:00 pmKrannert Center for the Performing Arts
Studiodance offers two different programs. Program A (at 7pm) features the MFA thesis works of Maggie Segale and e g condon. Program B (at 9pm) features solo works by Assistant Teaching Professors Jacob Henss and Samuel Hanson, a duet by 2nd year MFA candidates Chelsea Wahrendorf and Ethan Rome, and a group work by junior BFA candidate, Anna Brady.
Friday, March 6, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayLevis 210 (Hybrid format)
Featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Arunima Datta (Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas) and Eric McDuffie (Associate Professor of History, UIUC).
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All DaySiebel Center for Design
In collaboration with The Grainger College of Engineering and Siebel Center for Design, the Human-Centered Engineering Consortium is hosting the first symposium on human-centered engineering. The symposium will bring together educators, practitioners and researchers from all engineering disciplines. Attendance is free and all are welcome! Come join us in the conversation.
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 208
Join us for the NAIL Lab's inaugural talk and workshop of the "Visiting with and alongside Indigenous Language Workers: Conversations on Ethics and Praxis in Language Work" series. Materials are said to be in cold storage when they are placed where they can be stabilized and cared for long-term.
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11:00 - 11:50 amBevier Hall- Room 180FSHN Graduate Seminar Presenter: Brian Imai, PhD Proteomics Laboratory Supervisor Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Title: Proteomics and its applications
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Professor Bharat Mehra, University of Alabama, on "From Trauma, Anxieties, and Dislocation at Intersecting Margins in a South Asian Experience and Beyond to Social Justice: “If Life Gives You Bananas Make Mango Shake”
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity YMCA
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12:00 pmSchool of Labor and Employment Relations
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All DayLevis Faculty Center 208 (919 W Illinois St, Urbana) -
3:00 - 4:15 pm2049 Natural History Building and via Zoom
Permutable Sky: Stratospheric Photosurveillance and the Geopolitics of the Open Secret by Dr. Jerry Zee, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University.
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3:00 pm2005 Mechanical Engineering Lab - MEL (John Deere Pavilion)
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4:00 - 5:00 pmSiebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405
Saturday, March 7, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayLevis 210 (Hybrid format)
Featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Arunima Datta (Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas) and Eric McDuffie (Associate Professor of History, UIUC).
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8:30 amLevis Faculty Center, Room 210This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Light refreshments will be provided. This edition of Scholarship Out Loud will be part of the 2026 Women’s and Gender History Symposium.
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10:30 - 11:30 amKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
Join us for a special tour led by exhibiting artists from Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie. Gain insights into their creative practice and research. Today's tour features Brooke C. White (photography) and Emmy Lingscheit (printmaking). *Parking nearby is free on after 5 pm and on weekends.*
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11:00 amSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
This special guided tour explores the ways in which societies across time and cultures interact with their belief systems, the physical world, and each other to address illness. Through this tour, we will examine how concepts of healing may shift from culture to culture and critically think about how we may implement expanded ideas of wellness into our own lives.
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12:00 pmSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
People often feel an inherent connection to nature. Throughout time, this relationship has become embedded within all aspects of our cultures. When chosen to be depicted physically, there may be a variety of motivations for doing so: politics, trade, and religion are a few examples.
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1:30 pmSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
Come learn about robots and the important women who shaped the field with FRC Team 4096, Ctrl-Z. Alongside Frisbee Bot, our frisbee-throwing robot, visitors will explore the ins and outs of FIRST Robotics Competition robots while also learning about women who profoundly influenced them.
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2:00 pmOrange Theory
Sunday, March 8, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Monday, March 9, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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12:00 pmRoom 215 (Faculty Lounge), College of Law Building
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCoordinated Science Laboratory
https://raymond-yeh.com/
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5:00 - 7:00 pmAlice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana)Please join us at 5pm on March 9th in Alice Campbell Hall on the University of Illinois campus or from anywhere in the world via zoom, for the launch of Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices (Syracuse University Press, 2026). With much gratitude to Deborah Lynch, this event is the 2026 Greenfield Lynch lecture.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Dafei Jin, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
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12:00 - 1:00 pmDr. Giroud will describe new developments in geomembrane design and performance. In particular, he will focus on new developments in the following four areas: (1) stability of geomembrane liner systems on slope, (2) properties of geomembrane liners, (3) leakage control by geomembrane liners, and (4) connection of geomembrane liners to rigid structures.
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1:00 pmSidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 1047
Speaker: Gabriel Provencher Langlois (UIUC)
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3:00 pmForbes Natural History Building -
4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional Facility
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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5:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. GregoryIngrid Sinclair’s feature-length film Flame (1986) tells the story of two young African women who join the liberation struggle for Zimbabwe in the 1970s. The film follows Flame and Liberty as they are faced with sexual harassment by male freedom fighters and later, by the patriarchy of the newly liberated Zimbabwe.
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5:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pm 01:30 pmConference Room 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL -
3:30 - 5:00 pmGregory Hall 319
Join us for a lecture with Jennifer Chuong, an assistant professor in the Department of Art History at the U of I. This lecture examines the invention of carborundum mezzotint by the African American artist Dox Thrash (1893-1965), arguing that the technique's significance lies not only in its aesthetic effects but in the labor surrounding its discovery and production.
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5:00 - 6:00 pmWomen’s Resources Center| Suite 213 | 616 East Green Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 -
6:00 - 7:00 pmSiebel center for design
Join Mayor Deb for a roundtable on her recent China visit and help shape future CU-China connections!
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7:00 - 10:00 pmVirginia Theatre (203 W Park Ave, Champaign, IL 61820)Illinois Public Media and the Japan House present KOKUHO (2025). Kokuho, meaning "National Treasure," is a highly successful 2025 Japanese epic film by director Sang-il Lee about the intense, decades-long rivalry between two men destined for greatness in the traditional world of Kabuki theater.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St -
11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208 919 W. Illinois St, Urbana
We are delighted to showcase the work of some of our most productive and creative faculty in this informal series of intellectually and spiritually invigorating presentations. You are invited to drop in when you can to learn about the exciting projects undertaken by our faculty.
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
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12:00 - 1:30 pmIllini Union Bookstore, Rm 514
The Center for Writing Studies invites you to our lecture on Thursday, October 16, featuring Dr. Toby Beauchamp, an Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and affiliate faculty in the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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12:00 - 1:30 pmIllini Union Bookstore, Room 514
The Center for Writing Studies will be hosting Dr. Bobby J. Smith II for a brownbag talk! Dr. Smith will be giving a lecture titled "Writing the Forgotten Black Past: Brief Notes on Recovery." Please join us this week on Thursday, March 12!
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12:00 - 1:30 pmIllini Union Bookstore, Room 514
The Center for Writing Studies will be hosting Dr. Bobby J. Smith II for a brownbag talk! Dr. Smith will be giving a lecture titled "Writing the Forgotten Black Past: Brief Notes on Recovery." Please join us on Thursday, March 12!
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12:00 - 1:00 pmJoin us on Zoom (registration link below) or at the University Archives (146 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana)Dr. Elizabeth Sutton, Director of Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, will discuss her background as an anthropologist and her work as the director of the Spurlock Museum.
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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4:00 - 5:30 pmWomen’s Resources Center (WRC), 616 E. Green St. Suite 213, Champaign, IL -
5:00 pm210 Levis Faculty Center -
7:00 - 9:30 pmThe Red Herring Restaurant, 1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana, IL 61801
Friday, March 13, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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12:00 pmBevier Hall 249Join us March 13th for Soup and Stories featuring guest storyteller Sydney Turner. Sydney will share her journey into activism, how her work in reproductive health, sexual violence prevention, and sex education shaped her confidence, and lessons learned from navigating discrimination as a Black woman activist.
Saturday, March 14, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Sunday, March 15, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Monday, March 16, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Friday, March 20, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Saturday, March 21, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Sunday, March 22, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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1:00 pmRiggs Beer Company, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, IL 61802Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting.
Monday, March 23, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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12:00 pmWomen's Resources Center (616 E Green St. Suite 213)Join the Women's Resources Center for Dish It Up on Monday, March 23 to hear from Champaign's Urbana's 2025 Woman of the Year, Shannon McFarland, and how she's building a sustainable future for her community. The Safety Zone: Youth Programming and Violence Prevention by Shannon McFarland
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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4:00 pmNathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
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5:00 - 6:00 pmGender & Sexuality Resource Center | 616 E Green St, Champaign, IL 61820
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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12:00 - 1:00 pmArnold O. and Mabel M. Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 5602 -
3:00 pmForbes Natural History Building -
3:30 pmNCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Auditorium -
4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional Facility
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana -
5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Journalist Helmuth (Slate, Scientific American, Washington Post) will argue that as universities, public health bodies, science agencies, and publishers face growing political attacks, scholars must build public support for academic freedom, long-term research, honest history, and life-saving health policy by engaging journalists and mass media directly.
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5:30 pmAlice Campbell Alumni Center 601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL
Join us for dinner and a lecture given by Dr. Jerome Galea.This lecture explores the rapidly evolving field of Global Mental Health over the past decade. It examines the reasons behind limited access to mental health services worldwide in the context of the increasing global burden of mental illness leading to the "mental health treatment gap."
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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11:00 am - 12:00 pmPlease join Library Trends for a thoughtful discussion on how the intersection of technology and reality is reshaping the roles of librarians in education. The guest editors and authors of select articles from 74 (3), "Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality" will be presenting their research.
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12:00 - 1:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana
Merle Bowen, CAS Associate 2024-25 (African American Studies), presents her recent work that sheds light on the hitherto untold stories of Black rural life in Atlantic Canada, analyzing the diverse experiences of people of African descent and by situating them as speakers and agents of their own lives.
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12:00 - 1:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St
CAS Associate 2024-25 Merle Bowen (African American Studies) discusses her research that brings to light untold stories of African-descended communities in Atlantic Canada. With support from the Center for African Studies and the Department of African American Studies.
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Oraya Zinder, PhD Candidate Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois
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12:00 pm 01:30 pmRoom 210 – Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL -
4:00 pmIllini Union Bookstore, Author's Corner, 2nd Floor -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, March 26, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmSiebel Center for Design- Sunset Studio 1050
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1:00 - 2:00 pmLoomis 464
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library, Room 346
From its invention in the Bronze Age, glass was conceived as “molten stone” and continuously used to emulate gems, gold, and rare marbles. Drawing on archaeological finds, representations in art works, and written sources, Dr. Anastasios Antonaras (Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki,)
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801Dr. Anastassios Antonaras (Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki,) places Byzantine glass in context to a wider Mediterranean tradition where it emerges as a powerful medium of splendor, authority, and sacred presence.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmRare Book and Manuscript Library: Main Library Room 346 -
4:00 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
Friday, March 27, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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9:00 am - 3:30 pmLevis Faculty Center 210Please join us for the seventh annual symposium in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies. The past annual symposia were wonderful, and we hope that this conference will continue to showcase diverse and brilliant work within memory studies (broadly conceived) of graduate students.
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
2:00 - 3:00 pmArmory room 172 and online via ZoomAn informative roundtable conversation about the use of Gen AI in students' educational journeys, personal lives, and career preparations. Several students from the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (BNAACC) will share how they use Gen AI as learning tool, remain aware of AI's cultural impacts in society, and build AI skills for career preparations.
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4:00 - 7:00 pmTBD
Join us for the Big Ten Trans Studies Initiative's research symposium, March 27-28. Friday, March 27: opening plenary session, featuring past and present University of Illinois Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellows in Trans Studies: Emi Frerichs, Sawyer Kemp, Ava L.J. Kim, and Adrian King. Reception to follow.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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9:00 am - 4:30 pmTBD
Join us for the Big Ten Trans Studies Initiative's research symposium, a full day of panels featuring scholars from institutions across the Big Ten network.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Monday, March 30, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm3401 Siebel Center
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12:00 - 1:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 424This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Bring your lunch and stop by to listen and chat!
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4:00 pmNathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk 4pm
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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5:00 pmUniversity YMCA, Latzer Hall
The Women’s Resources Center invites you to join us for the 7th Annual Strive Awards! Join us in celebrating Illinois students, staff, and faculty doing incredible gender equity work on our campus!
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Henry Yuen, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
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1:00 pmSidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 1047
Speaker: Anjali Nair (U Chicago)
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3:00 pmForbes Natural History Building -
4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
“Tuning surface interactions of two-dimensional materials in dry and wet environments” Gus Greenwood, PhD Candidate Prof. Rosa Espinosa-Marzal’s Environmental Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 6:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Join us to celebrate the book launch of Richard (Chip) Burkhardt's The Leopard in the Garden: Animal and Human Lives in Paris at the First Public Zoo of the Modern Era (U of C Press, April 2026). Professor Burkhardt will share some highlights of the book, then participate in a panel discussion with local and visiting scholars.
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4:00 - 6:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana
The Leopard in the Garden: Animal and Human Lives in Paris at the First Public Zoo of the Modern Era presents the inner workings of the menagerie at the Paris Museum of Natural History and how visions for the zoo collided with the interests of humans and animals alike.
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4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, April 2, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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4:30 pmIllini Union Bookstore Author's Corner
A reading by alumni of the creative writing program, Jessica Tanck and Matthew Gavin Frank. This event is made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series.
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4:30 pmIllini Union Bookstore: Authors Corner
A reading by alumni of the creative writing program, Jessica Tanck and Matthew Gavin Frank. This event is made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series.
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, 208This talk introduces medieval Sicily in its Muslim period, focusing on how this history was experienced, archived, imagined, and remembered by its native poets and writers, as well as the travelers who visited the island, during its political and cultural apogee, and the later years under the domination of the Norman kings.
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5:00 - 6:30 pmCampus Instructional Facility (CIF) Room 1035
2026 Pakistan Studies Lecture by Professor Saad Gulzar, University of Notre Dame on "Politics, Bureaucracy, and the Promise of Better Governance in Pakistan" NO REGISTRATION required.
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5:30 pmDigital Computer Lab
Join us for a powerful, community-centered dialogue exploring Reproductive Justice—a framework grounded in the belief that true reproductive freedom requires access to the social, economic, and cultural conditions necessary to make empowered decisions about one’s body, family, and future.
Friday, April 3, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St
Jesse Oak Taylor (U Washington), Jonathan Howard (Yale U), Sarah Dimick (Northwestern U), and Min Hyoung Song (Boston College) join UI faculty in a series of talks and a concluding roundtable, which together will take up the question of how the study of literary history can contribute to our understanding of both the causes of and potential solutions...
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
10:00 am - 4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana
This symposium presents a series of four talks and a concluding roundtable, which together will take up the question of how the study of literary history can contribute to our understanding of both the causes of and potential solutions to the crisis of climate change.
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11:00 - 11:50 amBevier Hall- Room 180FSHN Graduate Seminar Presenter: Stuart Phillips, Ph.D., FACSM, FCAHS, FCSEP, FRSC Distinguished University Professor, Canada Research Chair Chair, Department of Kinesiology McMaster University, Ontario Title: Protein and Muscle: From the Gym to the Lab and Back Agains
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
1:00 - 2:00 pmArmory room 172 and online via ZoomIn this talk, we will report on our effort to test this hypothesis: is it possible to "excel" in a course without absolutely any knowledge? We show that, while there is variability across courses and assignment types, large language models are indeed often able to achieve a strong grade in a course without any meaningful help from human users or course material.
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1:30 - 3:00 pm306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign
Join us for a hybrid CEAPS Speaker talk "Finding An Audience: Japan’s First Women Architects and the NHK Ladies' Classroom" with Dr. Michelle L. Hauk (Washington University in St. Louis). Register here!
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1:30 - 3:00 pm306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign -
3:00 - 5:00 pmGregory Hall 223
Join us for a lecture by Andrea Scarantino, a professor of Neuroscience and Philosophy at Georgia State University.
Saturday, April 4, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Sunday, April 5, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Monday, April 6, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422This talk will highlight the Kinsey Institute’s founding and multi-disciplinary history, continued cultural impact, current research program, and reflect on the ways in which today’s social and political climate presents new challenges for multi-disciplinary sex research.
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5:30 pmSpurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801Our Mr. Matsura, a feature documentary film, is the story of photographer Frank Matsura who journeyed from his native Japan to live in rural Washington State in the early 1900s. The film presents a picture of the “frontier” that departs from the existing popular culture narrative and celebrates the singular contribution of a community-building immigrant artist in America.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Zheshen Zhang, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan
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1:00 pmSidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 1047
Speaker: Rick Laugesen (UIUC)
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3:00 pmNCSA Auditorium
For this event, Dr. Holloway (President and CEO, Henry Luce Foundation, and former President of Rutgers University) will join Chancellor Charles L. Isbell, Jr. and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor John Coleman for a moderated conversation about their experiences and observations on the role of risk management in leadership for higher education today
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7:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St. Urbana
Award-winning Palestinian artist and filmmaker Basma al-Sharif will present early and recent film works, Morgenkreis/Morning Circle (2025, 20:31minutes), which follows a father and son in their intimate rituals as they prepare to start the day and head to kindergarten; Capital (2023, 19 minutes)...
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7:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
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7:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory
Award-winning Palestinian artist and filmmaker Basma al-Sharif explores cyclical political histories and conflicts. In films and installations that move backward and forward in history, between place and non-place, she confronts the legacy of colonialism through satirical, immersive, and lyrical works.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
“Creating Art of Science” Julia Pollack, Creative Program Manager Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois
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4:30 pmTBDA reading by Stephen Markley, made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series. Stephen Markley is the author of The Deluge, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as an Editor's choice. His previous books include the critically acclaimed bestseller Ohio, as well as Publish this Book and Tales of Iceland. He has also written for the hulu comedy
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4:30 pmTBD
A reading by Stephen Markley, made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series. Stephen Markley is the author of The Deluge, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as an Editor's choice. His previous books include the critically acclaimed bestseller Ohio, as well as Publish this Book and Tales of Iceland.
Thursday, April 9, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 am - 12:15 pmRoom 4045, 614 E. Daniel Street & ZoomAlex Moehring will present "Designing Human-AI Collaboration: A Sufficient Statistic Approach" as part of the AImpact Speaker Series.
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11:00 am - 12:15 pm4045 School of Information Sciences
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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5:30 - 7:30 pmCampus Instructional Facility, Room 2035
Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age Speaker Series with Alva Noë.
Friday, April 10, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 amLevis Faculty Center 400
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures invites you to a lunch seminar with celebrated writer Yan Geling on April 10 (Fri), 11:00 AM at Levis Faculty Center (4th Floor). The discussion focuses on her novel Criminal Lu Yanshi, the inspiration for Zhang Yimou’s films Coming Home and One Second. Translator Lawrence Walker will also join.
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11:00 - 11:50 amBevier Hall- Room 180FSHN Graduate Seminar Presenter: Stephanie Rogus, PhD, RDN Assistant Professor and Extension Nutrition Specialist Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Title: Leveraging Programs and Policies to Improve Diet Quality Among US Adults
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
1:30 - 3:00 pm306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign
Join us to help celebrate Political Science professor & CEAPS Advisory Board member Yujeong Yang on her new book! Refreshments will be served. Please register here!
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1:30 - 3:00 pm306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign -
4:00 - 5:00 pmSiebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405
Saturday, April 11, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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8:30 amLiteratures, Cultures and Linguistics Building
Sunday, April 12, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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8:30 amLiteratures, Cultures and Linguistics Building
Monday, April 13, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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4:00 pmNathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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1:00 pmSidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 1047
Speaker: Rachidi Salako (U of Nevada)
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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6:00 - 7:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
2026 Indian Languages and Cultures Lecture by Professor Andrew Ollett, University of Chicago, on "Context, from 7th century India to today". NO REGISTRATION required.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pmBruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
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7:30 pmAlice Campbell Alumni CenterJoin us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayElectrical and Computer Engineering Building
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11:00 amLevis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana
In this talk, Professor Soto-Crespo discusses Enrique Laguerre’s literary works The Blaze (1935) and Montoya’s Plantation (1941), as key roots of ecological thought in Puerto Rico. Laguerre’s ecological viewpoint offers a way to understand the connection between humans and non-human entities within a landscape of harsh exploitation.
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St
Join us for presentations by our recent CAS Associates. At 11am Ramón Soto-Crespo (English) discusses the origin of Puerto Rico's ecological literature and at noon, Alison Bell (Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior) presents the evolution of family life in a small fish.
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmSiebel Center for Design- Sunset Studio 1050
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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4:00 pmBruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center; 1212 W. Nevada Street, Urbana IL -
4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St
Join us for a discussion with GAM Visiting Artist Paul O'Mahony, Founder and Director, Out of Chaos Theatre (London, UK).
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana
How does Greek tragedy respond to and reflect the concerns of modern communities? Drawing on his experiences staging and reimagining Greek literature in theatres, online and within community settings, Paul O’Mahony explores the issues and opportunities these ancient texts present.
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4:00 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
4:30 pmIllini Union Bookstore: Authors Corner
Join us in celebrating the student writers who have won awards this spring!
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7:15Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum.
2026 Screening and Discussion: Zinda Bhaag (2013), will be an event of film screening and introduction followed by Q/A with Professor Iftikhar Dadi, Cornell University. A reception will follow. NO REGISTRATION required.
Friday, April 17, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayElectrical and Computer Engineering Building
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
All DayIllini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 -
3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library, Room 346
This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmRare Book and Manuscript Library: Main Library Room 346This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayIllini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
Sunday, April 19, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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1:00 pmRiggs Beer Company, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, IL 61802
Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting. Our speaker will be Quang Nguyen, a neuroscientist who leads interdisciplinary projects using biochemical and physiological approaches.
Monday, April 20, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208
Book launch of Ethan Madarieta's Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia.
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5:00 - 6:00 pmIllini Union Room BJoin the Frank Center for a Q&A with Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen, who have co-authored best-selling books on recent presidential campaigns.
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 208
Please join us for the launch of Ethan Madarieta’s first book, Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Yuan Ping, Associate Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Csaba Forro, PhD and Daniel Wang, PhD, Group Leaders at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago "Towards Mapping Inflammation in Real Time" "Spatiotemporal Molecular Profiling of Inflammation with Microengineered Devices"
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional Facility
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Drawing on scholarship about the value of suspending economic incentives in everyday life, Dr. Newfield will argue that public universities must replace a financial model that harms education and erodes solvency. His presentation will also examine and challenge the belief that “learning equals earning” amid deep dependence on debt, asset inflation, and risk management.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayCenter for Writing Studies
Grad students from all disciplines are invited to the 16th Gesa E. Kirsch Graduate Student Symposium, April 23–24, 2026—an interdisciplinary, student-led event featuring diverse presentations, workshops, and a keynote by Kaia Simon (UW Eau Claire). Proposals on writing, rhetoric, media, education, and more are welcome in traditional or experimental formats.
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All Day
Grad students from all disciplines are invited to the 16th Gesa E. Kirsch Graduate Student Symposium, April 23–24, 2026—an interdisciplinary, student-led event featuring diverse presentations, workshops, and a keynote by Kaia Simon (UW Eau Claire). Proposals on writing, rhetoric, media, education, and more are welcome in traditional or experimental formats.
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmGregory Hall, Room 336
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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5:00 pmTBD
Annual Armenian Genocide Event, featuring Helen Makhdoumian (Postdoc, Vanderbilt University)
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center Room 208
In honor of the annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, Helen Makhdoumian will give a talk entitled "On Beginnings, or the Roots and Routes of the Nested Memory Concept.”
Friday, April 24, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayCenter for Writing Studies
Grad students from all disciplines are invited to the 16th Gesa E. Kirsch Graduate Student Symposium, April 23–24, 2026—an interdisciplinary, student-led event featuring diverse presentations, workshops, and a keynote by Kaia Simon (UW Eau Claire). Proposals on writing, rhetoric, media, education, and more are welcome in traditional or experimental formats.
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12:00 pm108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
3:00 - 5:00 pm319 Gregory Hall
Join us for a lecture by Heather Demarest, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Boulder.
Saturday, April 25, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Sunday, April 26, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Monday, April 27, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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5:15 pmArchitecture Building, Room TBA
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayI Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First St., Champaign IL
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Scott Fraser, PhD President, Dynamic Imaging, Head of Biohub, San Francisco "Eavesdropping on Biology by Using New Instrumentation and AI to Foster Multiscale Imaging"
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional Facility
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All DayI Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First St., Champaign IL
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
“Fiber Rearrangement Redistributes Energy and Modulates Intrinsic Cutting Energy in Bovine Glisson's Capsule” Shaobo Zhan, PhD Candidate Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois
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4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
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5:30 - 7:30 pmGregory Hall 112
Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age Speaker Series with Ross Douthat.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
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All DayMain Library Room 346
The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
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1:00 pm161 Noyes Hall
Speaker: Adrian Lam (Ohio State University)