Campuswide International Events
This calendar includes events from units or departments on campus that have an international or global focus.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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Welcoming Week
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Champaign County Welcoming Week 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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Welcoming Week
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Champaign County Welcoming Week 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Kaffeeklatsch ☕
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
RecurringJoin us for a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony!
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Kick off Latine Heritage Month with Puerto Rico’s Cultura Pesá! Led by cuatro player Jomar Santos, the group brings the sounds and traditions of Puerto Rico to the stage through bomba, plena, salsa, seis, and aguinaldo. Join us for an energetic performance celebrating music, culture, and community.
Thursday, September 17, 2026
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Welcoming Week
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Champaign County Welcoming Week 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
Friday, September 18, 2026
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Welcoming Week
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Champaign County Welcoming Week 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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CSAMES will host a discussion on the unprecedented disaster brought about by flash floods in the Nepal valley in August 2026. Professor Rabin Bhattarai (rbhatta2@illinois.edu) will lead the discussion. CSAMES is working with Prof. Bhattarai to assemble a resource page with information as they become available.
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The Mosaic: A Welcoming Week Concert September 18 | 6pm - 8pm | Neil Street Plaza (Downtown Champaign Plaza), Neil St & Washington St, Champaign
Saturday, September 19, 2026
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Welcoming Week
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Champaign County Welcoming Week 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Sunday, September 20, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Join us on Sunday, September 20th, at the Orchard Downs Community Center for a free hands-on workshop where people can make delicious mooncakes and egg yolk pastries together! We will be holding a family session from 10:00 am - 11:30 am and a general session open to everyone from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm.
Monday, September 21, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional programs focused on holistic well-being, student engagement, and professional development, Conexiones centers the Latine community and strengthens students’ sense of belonging.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Join the Department of Latina/Latino Studies for an open house to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. Refreshments will be served.
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Kaffeeklatsch ☕
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Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
RecurringJoin us for a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony!
Thursday, September 24, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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"One Big Hapa Family" is Jeff Chiba Stearn's journey of self-discovery to find out why everyone in his Japanese-Canadian family married inter-racially after his grandparents' generation. The film will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and Jason Finkelman (School of Music), and a book signing.
Friday, September 25, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Friday Forum & Conversation Cafe: BENIVENIDOS: The Works and Murals of Jose Vazquez September 25 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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Join us for Tsukimi, the traditional Japanese holiday celebrating the Harvest Moon!
Saturday, September 26, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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For more than two decades, Emmy-nominated and award-winning animation and documentary director, author, and illustrator Jeff Chiba Stearns has used visual storytelling to explore the intersections of Japanese Canadian history, mixed-race identity, family, and culture. Jeff will reflect on using animation, illustration, comics, and film to make history accessible.
Sunday, September 27, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Monday, September 28, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, intermediate/advanced.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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The Level 1: Introduction to Safety and Security Abroad for Program Leaders guides program leaders (faculty, staff, or students leading programs) in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. Those who lead, or assist, short-term education abroad or other university-related travel abroad for students must attend at least one workshop a year.
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A friendly Arabic roundtable where participants learn useful phrases and vocabulary through relaxed conversation. All levels are welcome.
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Kaffeeklatsch ☕
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
RecurringJoin us for a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony!
Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch talk "Sexual Harassment and the Geography of Service Work in the US" will offer hybrid format with in-person in room 306 Coble Hall and via Zoom. Lunch provided with registration. This presentation, which is pulled from the opening chapter of working manuscript, Hands Off: A History of Fighting Back against Sexual Harassment in the American Workplace.
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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Justin Jackson is a George A. Miller Visiting Scholar from the University of Massachusetts Amherst who is here to present his project titled "Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World" about America's complex relationship with occupation and globalization.
Friday, October 2, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Friday Forum & Conversation Café: Acts of Radical Love: A Conversation with an Artist in Rebellion October 2 | 12pm-1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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Japan House welcomes all to stop by and enjoy a bowl of tea and sweet at our Homecoming Matcha Café! Walk-ins welcome!
Saturday, October 3, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Sunday, October 4, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Monday, October 5, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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The Level 1: Introduction to Safety and Security Abroad for Program Leaders guides program leaders (faculty, staff, or students leading programs) in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. Those who lead, or assist, short-term education abroad or other University-related travel abroad for students must attend at least one workshop a year.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Kaffeeklatsch ☕
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Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!
Thursday, October 8, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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CSGGE Lunch Series, "Gender Equity in an Inequitable Era" will host Shaimaa Khanam, Graduate Student in the Department of Communication. Her talk, "Audiences interpretations of gender problems based on Netflix show, Adolescence”, will take place on October 8th at 12pm in person at 306 Coble Hall and virtually. Lunch provided for in-person attendees.
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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This inaugural event by the Borders of Sanctuary Working Collective presents a public facing panel that pairs Professor Willie Mack (Black Studies, University of Missouri) on Black migration with Devin Lowe from the Black Trans Travel Fund, which serves Black and Transgender migrants.
Friday, October 9, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Friday Forum & Conversation Cafe: Breaking Chains, Building Futures: Pathways to Redemption, Education, and Excellence October 9 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
Saturday, October 10, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Sunday, October 11, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Monday, October 12, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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This year’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day examines how Native mascots, logos, and stereotypical imagery perpetuate colonial narratives and cause harm. Through programs and dialogue, we will challenge notions of “honor,” center Indigenous voices, and explore how self-representation can affirm the diversity, humanity, sovereignty, and contemporary presence of Indigenous peoples.
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The Level 2: Analysis and Reflection of Safety & Security Abroad for Experienced Program Leaders guides program leaders (faculty, staff, or students leading programs) in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. Those who lead, or assist, short-term education abroad or other University-related travel abroad for students must attend at least one workshop a year.
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Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional programs focused on holistic well-being, student engagement, and professional development, Conexiones centers the Latine community and strengthens students’ sense of belonging.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Join us for a conversation with current and former students who have taken active roles in community-engaged research and leadership. Three students/alums will be joined by their faculty mentors. Presented by the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity and the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, this session will be facilitated by Dr. Kevin Tan (Social Work).
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Women in Science Lecture Series: Professor Kelli Trei October 13 | 12pm - 1pm | Main Library Room 146 or Zoom
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A friendly Arabic roundtable where participants learn useful phrases and vocabulary through relaxed conversation. All levels are welcome.
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Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, intermediate/advanced.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Kaffeeklatsch ☕
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
RecurringJoin us for a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony!
Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Dr. Tingting Zhang, School of Labor and Employment Relations gives lunch talk, "Pushed out and Boxed In: Gendered Silence and Exit Orientation in China's Tech Industry" on Thursday, October 15th. She argues that silence in such environment is not a uniform response to constrained institutional conditions, but it shaped by the gendered social positions workers occupy.
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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CEAPS 2026 Fall Travel Grants are due today!
Friday, October 16, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Professor Austin Strange is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He will be presenting his paper titled "Is Soft Power a Zero-Sum Competition?" where he dives into the economic relations between the United States and China. Join us in David Kinley Hall Room 404 to learn more about his findings.
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Friday Forum & Conversation Café: LGBTQ Advocacy: Past & Present October 16 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
Saturday, October 17, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Sunday, October 18, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Monday, October 19, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Graduate Student Workshop, "Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals for Research Abroad" will be Wednesday, Oct. 21 12-2:30pm in Illini Room A, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana. Lunch provided for registered attendees at 12 pm with workshop 12:15-2:30pm. The workshop will be led by Dana Johnson, PhD, Director of External Fellowship Office, Graduate College
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Kaffeeklatsch ☕
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Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
RecurringJoin us for a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony!
Thursday, October 22, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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The Level 1: Introduction To Safety & Security Abroad For Program Leaders guides program leaders (faculty, staff, or students leading programs) in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. Those who lead, or assist, short-term education abroad or other university-related travel abroad for students must attend at least one workshop a year.
Friday, October 23, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Friday Forum & Conversation Cafe: Beautiful Struggle: How One American High School Took on Systemic Racism October 23 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
Saturday, October 24, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Sunday, October 25, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Monday, October 26, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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The Level 1: Introduction to Safety and Security Abroad for Program Leaders guides program leaders (faculty, staff, or students leading programs) in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. Those who lead, or assist, short-term education abroad or other University-related travel abroad for students must attend at least one workshop a year.
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Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, intermediate/advanced.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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A friendly Arabic roundtable where participants learn useful phrases and vocabulary through relaxed conversation. All levels are welcome.
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Kaffeeklatsch ☕
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
RecurringJoin us for a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony!
Thursday, October 29, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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CSGGE Lunch Series, "Gender Equity in an Inequitable Era" will host Yeaseul Hur is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her talk, "When Women Are Ideal Workers: The Gendered Impact of Overwork on Wages and Promotion”, will take place on October 29th at 12pm in person at 306 Coble Hall and virtual.
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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The Level 2: Analysis and Reflection of Safety & Security Abroad for Experienced Program Leaders guides program leaders (faculty, staff, or students leading programs) in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. Those who lead, or assist, short-term education abroad or other university-related travel abroad for students must attend at least one workshop a year.
Friday, October 30, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Friday Forum & Conversation Café: Fighting Oligarchy and Fascism in the 21st Century October 30 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
Saturday, October 31, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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