Speakers
Monday, February 23, 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.
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All DayLincoln Hall Humanities HubDeep dive into the digitized Domestic Science/Home Economics archival collections. In this edit-a-thon, we'll be transcribing documents, identifying people, and translating information into Wikidata. Each session will have an introduction before working with the documents, and we'll be circulating guides ahead of the session. Drop in anytime.
Tuesday, February 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 DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignWith over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Qian Xu, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyAngad Mehta, PhD Department of Chemistry; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Synthetic biology for evolutionary studies and human health"
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1:00 pmSidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 1047
Speaker: Rainer Engelken (UIUC)
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2:00 - 3:00 pmCSL B02
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2:00 - 2:50 pm203 Transportation Building
Panki Kim (Seol Nat U) talks about "Heat kernel estimates for Dirichlet forms".
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3:00 - 5:00 pm223 Gregory HallWhile the second law of thermodynamics states that entropy increases over time, in some systems entropy decreases in parts of the system while increasing in others. A zebra resists or exploits the second law by shunting extra entropy into its environment. Philosopher Heather Demarest (University of Colorado, Boulder)
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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, February 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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 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
“Effect of PGC1α expression on mitochondrial biogenesis and pathogenesis in Fragile X syndrome” Vipendra Kumar Visiting Research Scientist, Prof. Nien-Pei Tsai’s lab Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois
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12:30 - 2:00 pm2405 Siebel Center
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Thursday, February 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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
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12:00 - 2:00 pmEnglish Building 109Faculty and graduate students are invited to join a discussion of work-in-progress by Craig Perry (Emory University): “Slavery, Abyssinian Diaspora, and the Civilian Elite in 15th-Century Mecca.” Lunch will be provided. Please contact Carol Symes if you would like to attend: symes@illinois.edu.
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmSiebel Center for Design- Sunset Studio 1050
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12:30 pmNCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040
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1:00 - 2:00 pm190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Ethan Lake, Miller Fellow, University of California - Berkeley
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library, Room 346
Dr. Elias Petrou will explore the evolution and transmission of the Greek book from East to West, beginning with an overview of the Byzantine educational system, the preservation and transmission of classical Greek knowledge through manuscripts, and how this inherited book culture was transformed through the new technology of print.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801Dr. Elias Petrou will explore the evolution and transmission of the Greek book from East to West, beginning with an overview of the Byzantine educational system, the preservation and transmission of classical Greek knowledge through manuscripts, and how this inherited book culture was transformed through the new technology of print.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmRare Book and Manuscript Library, Main Library Room 346Prof. Elias Petrou will explore the evolution and transmission of the Greek book from East to West, beginning with an overview of the Byzantine educational system, the preservation and transmission of classical Greek knowledge through manuscripts, and how this inherited book culture was transformed through the new technology of print.
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3:30 - 5:30 pmWomen's Resources Center; 616 E. Green Street Suite 213 -
3:30 - 4:30 pmWomen's Resources Center; 616 E. Green Street Suite 213 -
4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422Erin Brock Carlson’s research centers the relationships between place, technology, and power, focusing on how communities work together to address complex public problems through communication and community organizing. She uses community-based and participatory approaches in her research.
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4:00 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History -- Lecture by Prof. Craig Perry (Emory University)
5:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge -- room 1080, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics BuildingA new history of slavery and the slave trade in the medieval Middle East based on the Cairo Geniza archive, with attention to such crucial topics as the slave trade in state diplomacy, the entanglements of gender and household slavery, and the lives of the enslaved.
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Chicago-based artist Oscar Joyo will discuss his vivid and colorful public murals, underscoring the purpose of art and understanding the power of art to create narratives and tell stories about the history of place, the significance of the present, and the hopes for the future. He will also share details of his local engagement with students from Stratton Elementary School
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Friday, February 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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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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 session, presenters will make an argument for teaching students about the limitations of GenAI tools rather than simply telling them not to use it. They will provide examples of how to integrate critical AI literacy into a variety of classes, including training on AI course policies, reflecting on ethical quandaries, and exercises using large language models.
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1:00 - 2:30 pmUniversity of Illinois Foundation | Philanthropy Center 303 St Mary's Rd, Champaign, IL 61820Join us for the University of Illinois Foundation’s Resident Expert Speaker Series—designed to bring practical insights and emerging trends to advancement professionals across the University of Illinois System. This session features Karen Aarestad, PhD, who will share research and strategies on Characteristics of Alumni Donors in Academic Medicine.
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1:30 - 3:00 pm306 Coble Hall
Join us for our HYBRID Brown Bag talk titled “Zhou Zuoren at Tiger Bridge” with Professor Jingling Chen from the East Asian Languages & Cultures Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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3:00 pmNCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040
Saturday, February 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 DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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All DayUniversity YMCA | 1001 S. Wright St., ChampaignThe Illinois Interfaith Conference is a FREE opportunity for University of Illinois students, campus allies, and community leaders to engage in conversation on interfaith cooperation. Keynote and workshops with Dr. Rami Nashashibi and Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain from the Chicago-based Faith Over Fear Network to discuss interfaith organizing to promote democracy.
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11:00 amSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801Sneakers or “kicks” hold iconic status in hip hop culture. From shell-toe Adidas to crisp Nike Air Force 1, the right pair signals style, status, and influence. Design, color, and assemble a paper replica of kicks that define hip hop in the U.S. and beyond.
Sunday, March 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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2:00 pmState Farm CenterCelebrate Illinois Watches Women's Sports Day with Girl Krush! On Sunday, March 1 @ 2 pm, Girl Krush will be cheering on Illinois Women's Basketball at their final home game of the season versus Minnesota.Students who register and attend will be eligible to receive a FREE Illinois Watches Women's Sports t-shirt* before we head into the stadium to cheer on the team!
Monday, March 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 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St
Join us for talks from our recent Associates and Fellows. At 11am Yi-Cheng Wang (Food Science & Human Nutrition) discusses the development of self-powered light-based sanitizers to enhance food safety and at noon...
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St -
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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5:30 pmShannon Mattern, Director of Creative Research at the Metropolitan New York Library Council, will present on the cross-disciplinary design practice through which the new Library Field project is coming into fruition. We’ll examine how myriad design fields—from traffic and water engineering, to landscape and interface design, to wayfinding and media curation—converge...
Tuesday, March 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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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Shai Bel, PhD Azrieli Faculty of Medicine; Bar-Ilan University “Partners in Slime: Host-Microbiota Interactions in the Gut Mucus Layer”
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3:00 pm114 Huff Hall
Please join the HRI Sport Studies Research Cluster for a guest talk by Dr. Anna Baeth, senior research manager for Athlete Ally. Her talk will center on the science of trans athletes. What does bench science empirically prove about transgender athletes and their place in sport?
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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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7:30 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.
Wednesday, March 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.
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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 -
12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology“Targeted drug delivery to tumor associated macrophages in glioblastoma mouse models" Urbi Saha, PhD Student Department of Neuroscience, University of Illinois
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12:00 pmRoom 306 Coble Hall
Prize-winning filmmaker Simon Bright will present on the challenges of preserving cinematic records of the liberation struggles of Southern Africa.
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2:00 pmNCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040 -
3:30 - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 300The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity and the Humanities Research Institute host the annual campus celebration of International Women's Day with “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories.”
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The Physics Colloquium: Rafael Fernandes "Altermagnetism: an unconventional quantum state of matter"
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5:00 - 6:00 pmEnglish Building 107DWe will discuss programming for 2026-27 and plans for the Medieval Studies semimar.
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 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 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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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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12:30 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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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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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 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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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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All DayLevis Faculty Center 208 (919 W Illinois St, Urbana) -
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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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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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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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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5:00 - 7:00 pmAlice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana)
Please join us for the launch of Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices (Syracuse University Press, 2026). This anthology, co-edited by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, Sara Feldman, and Brett Ashley Kaplan, brings together impactful perspectives from diverse Blewish/Black Jewish landscapes in the U.S. and globally.
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5:00 - 7:00 pmAlice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana)
Please join us for the launch of Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices (Syracuse University Press, 2026). This anthology, co-edited by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, Sara Feldman, and Brett Ashley Kaplan, brings together impactful perspectives from diverse Blewish/Black Jewish landscapes in the U.S. and globally.
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 61801
Speaker: Dafei Jin, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
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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. Gregory, Urbana -
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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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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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 on Thursday, March 12!
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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
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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.
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 - 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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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science and online
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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, 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.
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
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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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801Dr. Anastasios 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 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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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 - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 210
HGMS annual conference, 9a-5pm. Location TBD.
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 210
Please 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. The keynote will be at 11am by Solomon Brager, author of Heavyweight.
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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 pmLevis Faculty Center 300
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 pmLevis Faculty Center 208 and 210
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
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.