Advith's Calendar

Thursday, August 20, 2026

• Thesis Defense: "Investigating the Limitations of the Fluxonium Qubit"

  Time

  12:30 pm

  Location

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

Saturday, August 29, 2026

• America 250: Celebrating Science and Innovation

  Time

  10:30 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  Prisco Community Center

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Colloquium: Dr. Lawrence Stacey

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Hall Room 3057

  • Lecture

  

Friday, September 4, 2026

• Thesis Defense: "New Developments in Causal and Hyperbolic Theories of Transient Relativistic Fluids"

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Fall Kickoff Psychology Quiz Game Competition

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Auditorium

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Colloquium: Dr. Lawrence Stacey

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Hall Room 3057

  • Lecture

  

Friday, September 4, 2026

• Thesis Defense: "New Developments in Causal and Hyperbolic Theories of Transient Relativistic Fluids"

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Fall Kickoff Psychology Quiz Game Competition

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Auditorium

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• The Il(literacy) Impact on Language Change in Brazilian Portuguese

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• "Recalibrating the Law of Official Immunity" - Carl L. Vacketta Lecture on the Role of Government and the Law

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Max L. Rowe Auditorium, College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• Constitution Day: The Declaration of Independence at 250 and American Constitutionalism

  Time

  12:00 - 1:15 pm

  Location

  Max L. Rowe Auditorium, College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Nathan Hensley | No Escape, No Ending: Gesture, Improvisation, Solidarity

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• Archaeology of Illinois

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Glen Ellyn Historical Society

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Stephanie O'Rourke | Landscapes of Dis-placement: Mining and Mapping the 19th-century British Empire

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Justin Jackson | Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Stewart Coles, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Auditorium

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Stephanie O'Rourke | Landscapes of Dis-placement: Mining and Mapping the 19th-century British Empire

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Justin Jackson | Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Stewart Coles, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Auditorium

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Food For Thought | Nicholas Jackson and Stefan Vogler

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Brent Roberts | Studying Lives and Living a Life: Personality Development Across the Life Course

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• History Book Club with PhD Alumni Juan Ignacio Mora, Michael Staudenmaier & Robert M. Rouphail

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Gregory Hall 223

  Join us to celebrate the new books of three history PhD alumni.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Youssouf Sangaré | Islam in France

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Thesis Defense

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• Thesis Defense

  Time

  12:30 pm

  Location

  3169 Beckman

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Colloquium: Dr. Victor Ray

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Hall Room 3057

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Food For Thought | Fahad Mahmood and Aleksei Aksimentiev

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Johnnie Kallas, Assistant Professor, Labor and Employment Relations

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Auditorium

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Physics Careers Seminar

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  464 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• Food For Thought | Kimberly Mack and Laura Hetric

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• Food For Thought | Kimberly Mack and Laura Hetric

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• Food For Thought | Tess McNulty and Alex Shakar

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Friday, February 5, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Cherie Avent, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  TBA

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, March 5, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Wendy Rogers, Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor of Applied Health Sciences

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  TBA

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, March 5, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Wendy Rogers, Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor of Applied Health Sciences

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  TBA

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, April 2, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Fatima Husain, Professor, Speech and Hearing Science

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  TBA

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, April 2, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium: Fatima Husain, Professor, Speech and Hearing Science

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  TBA

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, April 30, 2027

• 2027 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Paul Alivisatos, University of Chicago, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Lecture