Speakers
Friday, November 13, 2026
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Join us for the final symposium of the Chancellor’s Research Program. Since 2020, the program has provided support for academic research and the expansion of community-based knowledge that advances the understanding of systemic bias and structural disparities – some of the greatest challenges facing our society.

Monday, November 16, 2026
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"Computational development of novel therapeutics for precision oncology" Daniel P. Wickland, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics Senior Associate Consultant in the Division of Computational Biology Mayo Clinic

Tuesday, November 17, 2026
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Beckman Core Facilities Tech Talk

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Dr. Lawrence David, PhD Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology; Duke University "Decoding Diet Using Genomics"

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Speaker: Kay Kirkpatrick (UIUC)

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Janos Englander (U Colorado, Boulder) talks about "TBA".

Wednesday, November 18, 2026
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Join us for our weekly FACS Seminars, given by graduate students, staff, and other ACE Affiliates! Take the opportunity for an excellent meeting to learn about ACE topics, and to meet like-minded peers.

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“Using the Axioscan and ImageJ to Examine How Dietary Fiber Influences Stress-Induced HPA Axis and Microglial Activation” Jordan Rindels, Ph.D Student Gut-Microbiota Communication Lab, Division of Nutritional Sciences University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Thursday, November 19, 2026
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Join Women@NCSA on November 19 on Zoom at 2 p.m. for "Female, Black, and Fat...the Challenges and Joys of Navigating through Life with Labels" with Ramona Cheek, Senior Consultant, MSL Healthcare.

Friday, November 20, 2026
Monday, November 30, 2026
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
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Speaker: Charlotte Bottcher

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"Engineering stomata for improved water use efficiency" Tracy Lawson, PhD Department of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Biology Co-leader, IGB Photosynthesis & Food Security Research Theme University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Speaker: John Sanders (Quincy University)

Wednesday, December 2, 2026
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Join us for our weekly FACS Seminars, given by graduate students, staff, and other ACE Affiliates! Take the opportunity for an excellent meeting to learn about ACE topics, and to meet like-minded peers.

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Join us as we highlight the incredible work of each of Humanities Without Walls' Reciprocity and Redistribution Grand Research Challenge projects in four virtual showcases over the 2026-27 academic year. During each event, 2-3 teams will present their projects and share a bit about the centrality of reciprocal and redistributive methods to their work.

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“Vision and plans for the Advanced Microscopy and Diagnostics Facility” Subha Srinivasan Associate Director for Research & Operations Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Thursday, December 3, 2026
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In this talk, I will present our recent works on physical world models that connect pixels to explicit 3D state and dynamics, and integrate physical simulation with generative models to create interactive, physically grounded visual experiences

Friday, December 4, 2026
Monday, December 7, 2026
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
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Terence Capellini, PhD Professor and Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology; Harvard University “The Regulation of Human Skeletal Development and Musculoskeletal Disease Risk”

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Zipei Nie (UIUC) talks about "Feige’s Conjecture, Samuels’ Conjecture, and Beyond".

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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

Wednesday, December 9, 2026
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Join us for our weekly FACS Seminars, given by graduate students, staff, and other ACE Affiliates! Take the opportunity for an excellent meeting to learn about ACE topics, and to meet like-minded peers.

Wednesday, December 16, 2026
Wednesday, January 20, 2027
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Join us as we highlight the incredible work of each of Humanities Without Walls' Reciprocity and Redistribution Grand Research Challenge projects in four virtual showcases over the 2026-27 academic year. During each event, 2-3 teams will present their projects and share a bit about the centrality of reciprocal and redistributive methods to their work.

Friday, January 22, 2027
Friday, February 12, 2027
Friday, March 5, 2027
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Spanning two days, the Symposium brings together educators and practitioners from all disciplines of Engineering to collaborate and share how Human Centered perspectives inform their work. A poster session will feature ongoing work of Symposium delegates. Discussion sessions and workshops will help you to learn what's going on in this exciting space.

Saturday, March 6, 2027
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Spanning two days, the Symposium brings together educators and practitioners from all disciplines of Engineering to collaborate and share how Human Centered perspectives inform their work. A poster session will feature ongoing work of Symposium delegates. Discussion sessions and workshops will help you to learn what's going on in this exciting space.

Wednesday, March 10, 2027
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Join us as we highlight the incredible work of each of Humanities Without Walls' Reciprocity and Redistribution Grand Research Challenge projects in four virtual showcases over the 2026-27 academic year. During each event, 2-3 teams will present their projects and share a bit about the centrality of reciprocal and redistributive methods to their work.

Thursday, March 25, 2027
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March 25-26, more information is coming soon. Part of the Up Against Erasure event series.

Friday, March 26, 2027
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March 25-26, more information is coming soon. Part of the Up Against Erasure event series.

Friday, April 2, 2027
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The symposium will explore the timely field convergence of posthumanism and environmental design, especially with regard to how the posthumanist perspective can challenge, guide and even inspire new ways of thinking about the environment and the life that is dependent on it.

Friday, April 23, 2027
Friday, April 30, 2027
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More info is coming.












