College of LAS Events
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Thursday, January 7, 2021
Friday, January 8, 2021
Monday, January 11, 2021
To join the virtual thesis defense, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Friday, January 15, 2021
Sunday, January 17, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Monday, January 18, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
We invite you to join us for this informational session. Materials and discussion will cover the Fellowship and other programs, including: Collaborative Research, Digital Humanities Advancement Grants, Public Scholars, and Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translations. Panelists are among the recent NEH Fellowship and grant recipients on our campus and will share their exp
Led by Assistant Dean for Career & Professional Development in the Graduate College, Derek Attig, this information session for potential applicants to the HWW Summer Bridge Experience will explain the application process.
Led by Assistant Dean for Career & Professional Development in the Graduate College, Derek Attig, this information session for potential applicants to the HWW Summer Bridge Experience will explain the application process.
Black Power on Campus is an informative piece that captures the intentional activism of Black students at the University of Illinois following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Attendees will relive those students’ hopes and dreams for a university that honors the Black student experience, diversity in education, and equal opportunities for all students.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Join David Northern, Sr., MPA, CEO of the Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC), to discuss his organizing efforts towards HACC technology goals and measure current levels of broadband access, adoption, and use.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
During this information session, Dr. Cynthia Oliver, Associate VCRI – HARF, will provide an overview of the pilot Arts CO+RE program and answer questions about the application process.
Friday, January 22, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Saturday, January 23, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Sunday, January 24, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Monday, January 25, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
Facilitated by The Counseling Center’s Latinx Outreach Team and Sankofa Teams. This workshop will focus on healing from racialized trauma by introducing the concept of and actualizing a racial healing circle. Participants will develop a shared definition of healing through an inclusive lens and will learn about various avenues to healing, both collectively and individually
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
The Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies is honored to host three incredible speakers and one incredible film on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27th January, 2021, 2-4pm Central US Time, over Zoom.
Join us for a discussion of The Legend of Bhagat Singh (India, 2002). Professor Nilanjana Bhattcharjya of Arizona State University will offer insight on the film’s cultural and historical context. Dr. Bhattacharjya, honors faculty fellow and principal lecturer at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University, has published widely in South Asian Studies, Film and
Presenter: Lloyd Graham, MS, Assistant Director, Diversity Initiatives, Community Education Program Director, Indiana University. This Inclusion workshop will focus on concepts such as diversity, inclusion, and privilege. Students who participate will recognize the values of others, and identify differing social identities in relation to leadership.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
To join the virtual thesis defense, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link)
"High Quantile Regression for Tail Dependent Time Series"
Join exhibiting artist Bea Nettles and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Amy L. Powell for a virtual gallery conversation covering fifty years of Nettles’s experimental photographic techniques and formats.
Friday, January 29, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Join us for the first installment of our Spring Seminar Series - continuing the conversation that we began in the fall. Our first presenter is Heather Gifford, PhD candidate at the University of Illinois.
Join us for a presentation and Q&A with Professor Lou Turner (Urban and Regional Planning) on the Hal Baron Project and what Baron's work can teach us about the current moment.
Join us for a presentation and Q&A with Professor Lou Turner (Urban and Regional Planning) on the Hal Baron Project and what Baron's work can teach us about the current moment.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s advocacy work around poverty issues, the School of Social Work, in partnership with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, invites students, faculty, staff and community members to engage in a poverty simulation that bridges the gap from misconception to understanding in an interactive immersion experience.
This event is part of the Becoming a Trans Inclusive Library Project. Join us for a reading and conversation with Anya Johanna DeNiro, a fantasy and science fiction writer based in Minnesota. She is the author of the novella City of A Thousand Feelings by publisher Aqueduct Press (2020).
Saturday, January 30, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Sunday, January 31, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Monday, February 1, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Just Infrastructures announces its inaugural Speaker Series with Joan Donovan, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University, presenting “What is Media Manipulation?” on Feb. 3, 2021. The event is on Zoom from 12-1p.m. central time.
Just Infrastructures announces its inaugural Speaker Series with Joan Donovan, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University, presenting “What is Media Manipulation?” on Feb. 3, 2021.
Join the Pre-Law Advising Services Office (PLAS) for a special presentation for History majors and minors. Learn more about preparing for law school, the application process, and services available through PLAS. Students will also have an opportunity to ask individual questions during the Q&A portion!
This talk focuses on detention care and its deadly consequences in the United States. Between October 2003 and November 2020, there were at least 216 deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, many the result of grossly inadequate medical practices.
This talk focuses on detention care and its deadly consequences in the United States. Between October 2003 and November 2020, there were at least 216 deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, many the result of grossly inadequate medical practices.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
"Rates of Approximation for CLT and Bootstrap in High Dimensions"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link)
Friday, February 5, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.
Join us for another installment in our Spring Seminar Series, featuring our very own Professor Caitlin Vitosky Clarke. This seminar will take place on Friday, February 5th, 2021 at 9AM via Zoom. We hope to see you there!
Led by Bill Hart-Davidson, these sessions will aid applicants to the Humanities Without Walls Seed Grant and Grand Research Challenge in shaping ideas, pitching, project management, and more. Attendees are highly encouraged to attend these workshops with their potential team members.
Looking for a way to jump start your semester? Join us for an afternoon of trivia! Our theme: The Nobel Prize in Literature. Test your knowledge and win a prize!
Saturday, February 6, 2021
The Champaign County Museum Network, along with the Spurlock, Krannert Art Museum, and other area museums, will host a trivia contest January 12 through February 7! This family-friendly contest challenges community members to experience local museums, science centers, nature centers, and archives virtually in order to answer some fun and engaging trivia questions.