Research Seminars @ Illinois
Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.
To have your events added or removed from this calendar, please contact OUR at ugresearch@illinois.edu
Monday, September 29, 2025
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10:00 am3401 Siebel Center -
12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 pmRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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3:00 pmCoble Hall 306 -
5:30 pmTemple Buell Hall Atrium | Temple Buell Hall Room 134 Plym AuditoriumSince its origins in 1992 Díaz Paunetto’s Office had its sight on designing and building its own projects. An initial period marked during the first 7 years of operation, was characterized largely by commissions mostly involving the construction of projects.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 -
12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Serdar Bulun, PhD John J. Sciarra Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine "Uterine Fibroids: How Genetics Informs Neoplastic Transformation and Treatment"
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1:30 - 3:00 pm[Hybrid] Coble Hall 306 & Zoom
Join us for a hybrid event with Uluğ Kuzuoğlu, a historian of modern China and the world, currently teaching at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on the history of non-Western information and communication technologies, spanning from printing devices to artificial intelligence, and their intersections with political ideologies and social imaginaries.
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INHS Seminar | Tiny Hitchhikers, Big Impacts: Following Vector-Borne Parasites on the Wings of Birds
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3:45 - 4:45 pmNCSA AuditoriumSpeaker: Dr. Christopher Stubbs
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4:00 pmRoger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures 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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4:00 - 4:50 pm0027/1025 Campus Instructional Facility, 1405 Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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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Progress in Gas (CO2) Injection Processes for Energy & Sustainability: Current and Future Challenges
4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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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
"A Home-Built Spatial Transcriptomics Microscope: Sample Prep and Applications" Duncan Nall, Research Scientist, Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 1306 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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12:00 pmRoom 212, 501 E. Daniel St, School of Information Sciences
Visiting professor Helle Strandgaard Jensen (Aarhus University) will give a brown bag lecture on the transnational history of Sesame Street. Come and learn with the Center for Children's Books!
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2:00 - 3:00 pmDr. Castellanos will provide insights into the potential variations in grid configurations that might emerge in the future in ERCOT (Texas grid), as well as approaches to model community-centered decarbonization pathways that account for health impacts.
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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3:30 - 5:30 pmMartens Community CenterThrough a collaboration with Illinois Science Explorers, the Cancer Center at Illinois brings hands-on science to the Boys & Girls Club. Cancer Center undergraduate students lead engaging STEM activities designed to spark curiosity and promote conversations about health, science, and cancer awareness.
Thursday, October 2, 2025
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All DayMain Library
Join us for the three days of academic discussions and cultural events at the biennial Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference. The conference brings together Ukrainian Studies scholars and researchers across a broad spectrum of disciplines to explore the theme of Continuities and Ruptures in Ukrainian Culture and Society.
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11:00 am - 12:20 pm2405 Siebel Center
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm306 Coble Hall -
11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSLAssistant Professor, Dept. of Comparative Biosciences
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
"Audio/Visual" Joe Leigh, CNRG Associate Director of IT Solutions
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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3:30 pmIllinois Center for Transportation (ICT) Classroom and Zoom
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4:00 - 5:00 pm3102 Siebel Center
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4:00 - 5:00 pm1002 Grainger Auditorium
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5:00 - 6:45 pm3031 Campus Instructional Facility
From nuclear physics to video games, three members of the Mathematics Development Advisory Board will give talks on how their mathematics degree have impacted their career. Pizza will be provided.
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6:00 - 7:30 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
SPEAK 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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6:30 pmCampus Instructional Facility (CIF) Auditorium 0027/1025
Come view MATH Talks Episode 4 live! Episode 4 of MATH Talks will be filmed on October 2, 2025. Pizza will be served halfway through filming.
Friday, October 3, 2025
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All DayMain Library
Join us for the three days of academic discussions and cultural events at the biennial Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference. The conference brings together Ukrainian Studies scholars and researchers across a broad spectrum of disciplines to explore the theme of Continuities and Ruptures in Ukrainian Culture and Society.
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11:00 - 11:50 amBevier Hall- Room 180FSHN Graduate Seminar Presenter: Boris Nemzer, PhD Sr. Vice President of R&D Director of Research and Analytical Center VDF FutureCeuticals Title: FutureCeuticals ingredients and functional blends, their formulation, production and efficacy on human health
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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3:00 - 4:30 pmBeckman Auditorium
The Psychology Department is excited to announce the launch of the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2025-2026 academic year, a new monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.
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3:00 - 4:00 pm2049 Natural History Building and Zoom
On October 3, the Geography Graduate Student Association (GGSA) and the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science (GGIS) will host Dr. Rebecca Lave (Indiana University) to deliver a talk titled Critical interdisciplinarity: Our depth perception improves when we combine biophysical and social lenses. This event will be hybrid.
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3:00 pm2049 Natural History Building and via ZoomThe widening gap between critical human and physical geography raises concerns about the long-term viability of our field and spurs regular calls for reintegration. Even a brief review of these calls makes two points glaringly clear: this discussion has been going on for a long, long time and, given its regular reoccurrence, it would seem we have little to show for it.
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3:00 pmW-109 Turner Hall -
3:00 - 4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center
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4:00 - 5:00 pm2405 Siebel Center
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5:00 - 7:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 210
2nd annual Lux Veritatis Lecture with Prof. Xin Wen (Princeton) ~~ The Central Asian kingdom of Turfan clothed the bodies of the dead with used papers which reveal that an extraordinary number of travelers from all over Eurasia converged there.
Saturday, October 4, 2025
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All DayMain Library
Join us for the three days of academic discussions and cultural events at the biennial Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference. The conference brings together Ukrainian Studies scholars and researchers across a broad spectrum of disciplines to explore the theme of Continuities and Ruptures in Ukrainian Culture and Society.
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10:00 am - 10:00 pmDifferent locations (see description) -
10:30 am - 12:00 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
Hands-on art activities for children ages 3+ and their caregivers! Throughout the galleries, enjoy art activities, family tours, and demonstrations on Saturday from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm celebrating the reinstallation of Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600.
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11:00Downtown ChampaignVisit businesses in downtown Champaign from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for interactive activities for both kids and adults! Afterward, join us at the Virginia Theatre for a screening of "Observer" at 3 p.m., presented by Illinois Public Media. The first 200 STEM Crawl participants will be provided with free movie tickets.
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11:00 am - 3:30 pmMultiple locationsJoin us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, when we’ll be highlighting the best of the humanities on our campus, including academic departments, student groups, research, resources, and alumni stories.
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11:00 am - 3:30 pmMultiple locationsJoin us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, when we’ll be highlighting the best of the humanities on our campus, including academic departments, student groups, research, resources, and alumni stories.
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11:00 am - 3:30 pmMultiple locationsUndergraduates and friends of the humanities—save the date for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s first ever Humanities Open House! Join us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, when we’ll be highlighting the best of the humanities on our campus, including academic departments, student groups, research, resources, and alumni stories. More details will be added as th
Sunday, October 5, 2025
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10:00 am - 10:00 pmDifferent locations (see description)
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11:00 am - 3:00 pmCenter for Children's Books / Room 213
Brand new books at heavily discounted prices! Including: young adult, graphic novels, middle grade, and picture books. Proceeds will go to support the Center for Children's Books and the Bulletin. The sale will run from Sunday, Oct 5th - Tuesday, Oct 7th, at various times.
Monday, October 6, 2025
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10:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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12:00 - 1:00 pmMax L. Rowe Auditorium, College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820
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1:00 pmRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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3:00 pmCoble Hall Room 306 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035
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4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
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5:30 pmTemple Buell Hall Atrium | Temple Buell Hall Room 134 Plym AuditoriumMónica Ponce de León is a Latina architect, educator, and dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Fox Family Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lecture Jim Hedges CEO of CoverCress “What experience taught me: 7 keys to startup success”
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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2:00 - 5:00 pmMcKechnie Family LIFE Home, 75 Bailey Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
Please join us for the fall open house at the McKechnie Family LIFE Home, an exciting opportunity to showcase the current projects in interdisciplinary research focusing on advancing smart home solutions for everyone. Guests are invited to explore the facility at their own pace, view posters of current projects, and interact with live demonstrations. Refreshments will be a
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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3:00 pm1005 Forbes Natural History Building, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign -
3:30 pm 10/07/2025Chem Annex 1024
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4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures 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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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:30 pmSpurlock Museum - 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL 61801
Drawing on her recent book, The Heartland (an NPR best book of the year), Professor Kristin Hoganson challenges perceptions of the rural Midwest as quintessentially local prior to World War I. Her starting point is Champaign County, but the stories she has uncovered are surprisingly global in scope.
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5:15 - 6:45 pmLincoln Hall 1000
François Proulx (French & Italian, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) will deliver lecture on Post-structuralism as part of the Fall 2025 Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series. Please check the MCT website for the latest location updates.
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5:15 - 6:45 pmLincoln Hall 1000
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5:30 - 6:30 pmLocation: Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W Nevada St, Urbana)Dinner on Us is administered by the Native American House and is part of the Lunch on Us Series within SSIB. DOU is a biweekly, one-hour program featuring scholar- and practitioner-led workshops alongside a shared meal. Workshops explore a range of subjects and provide participants with opportunities to connect with peers and experts in a casual setting.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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All DayLocations Vary (see flyer)Intellectual freedom is more than banned books. It's the free flow of ideas and information. Protect freedom to read, create, and express. Borrow a banned book from the Library bookmobile, create resistance art, or visit the cultural center libraries for a chance to win a limited edition Read & Resist tote bag and gift card to the Illini Union bookstore.
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10:00 amSiebel Center 2405
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pmRoom 306 Coble Hall -
12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
EJP accepts applications every fall from individuals interested in working with our college-in-prison program at Danville Correctional Center, on our reentry and deportation guides, and with our policy and research team. We seek tutors, workshop instructors, and more for part-time, uncompensated roles in our vibrant learning community at the prison.
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12:00 - 12:50 pmW109 - Turner Hall -
12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
"An Introduction to the LSM 980" Umnia Doha, Research Scientist,Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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12:15 - 1:15 pm Reception to follow22 Education
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1:00 - 2:00 pmNCSA 1040Please join us for the first Cancer Center at Illinois Distinguished Lecture Series event, featuring University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumna Dr. Elaine Fuchs. Light refreshments will be provided.
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2:00 - 3:00 pmChemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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4:00 pmBallroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana
Professor Reyes Mason's presentation is grounded in a belief that our collective work on climate change can indeed lead to a healthier and thriving world for all in the midst of disaster and devastation, from our own backyards to communities across the globe.
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4:00 pmBallroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave
In this CAS/MillerComm talk, Professor Reyes Mason will discuss examples of climate injustice in the U.S. and abroad, then suggest ways to multi-solve the climate crisis with other societal problems, discuss strategies for action including collaborating across sectors and silos and offer touchstones of hope and joy.
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102 -
7:00 pmSpurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
Join Spurlock Museum staff as we explore erotica in our collection. Take a guided tour of some of our galleries, get a closer look at some of our artifacts, and enjoy some cupcakes. Audience: University Students/Adults
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7:00 pmRm 331 A + D Building 408 E Peabody • Rm. 331 Art + Design Building 7:00 PM
In adjacent male and female prisons, inmates communicate by "pecking" messages by hand. New prisoner Julian forges an alliance with the hot-tempered Manaury and learns to become a "woodpecker." Complications arise when Yanelly, Manaury's girlfriend, becomes more interested in communicating with Julian.
Thursday, October 9, 2025
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All DayLocations Vary (see flyer)
Intellectual freedom is more than banned books. It's the free flow of ideas and information. Protect freedom to read, create, and express. Borrow a banned book from the Library bookmobile, create resistance art, or visit the cultural center libraries for a chance to win a limited edition Read & Resist tote bag and gift card to the Illini Union bookstore.
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8:30 amInstituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) -
11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL -
Emma Guo CHEM 575 Seminar "CRISPR - inspired Strategies for RNA - Protein Interactome Investigation"
12:00 pmNoyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL -
12:00 pmNoyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
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12:00 - 1:00 pmUniversity Archives Main Library Room 146
Please join us for the University Archives' monthly Women in Science Lecture Series, Oct 9, from 12 -1 pm. Dr. Karen Terio, Professor and Interim Assistant Director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab and Chief of the Zoological Pathology Program, will present “Wildlife Pathology: Dead animals tell tales”
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12:30 - 1:30 pm428 Mumford Hall
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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3:30 pm1320 Digital Computer Laboratory
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4:00 - 5:00 pm3102 Siebel Center
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4:00 - 5:00 pm3102 Siebel Center
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4:00 pm2405 Siebel Center
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
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4:00 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
4:30 pmIllini Union Bookstore: Authors CornerA reading by Leland Cheuk, made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series.
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5:00 - 7:00 pmCIF 2035
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7:00 - 8:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Catherine Murphy | The Golden Future of Nanotechnology
Friday, October 10, 2025
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All DayLocations Vary (see flyer)
Intellectual freedom is more than banned books. It's the free flow of ideas and information. Protect freedom to read, create, and express. Borrow a banned book from the Library bookmobile, create resistance art, or visit the cultural center libraries for a chance to win a limited edition Read & Resist tote bag and gift card to the Illini Union bookstore.
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9:00 am - 3:30 pm314A Illini Union
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9:00 amInstituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) -
10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
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3:00 pm2049 Natural History Building and via ZoomDr. Atiles book Crisis by Design (Stanford, 2024) offers an interdisciplinary sociolegal analysis of the role of law, emergency powers, and anticorruption mobilizations in Puerto Rico’s ongoing multilayered crisis.
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4:00 - 6:00 pmSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
In honor of LGBTQ+ History month, come by Spurlock for guided explorations of some of our exhibits and collections that document LGBTQ+ histories and cultures. Drop in any time between 4:00 and 6:00. Free admission. Everyone is welcome.
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4:00 pm1214 Siebel Center
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5:00 - 6:30 pmCampus Instructional Facility (CIF) 4036
Saturday, October 11, 2025
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All DayLocations Vary (see flyer)
Intellectual freedom is more than banned books. It's the free flow of ideas and information. Protect freedom to read, create, and express. Borrow a banned book from the Library bookmobile, create resistance art, or visit the cultural center libraries for a chance to win a limited edition Read & Resist tote bag and gift card to the Illini Union bookstore.
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10:00 am - 4:00 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
You are invited to enter a playful, restorative greenspace inside the museum. Soft artificial turf covers the gallery floor, inviting visitors to slow down and stretch out. By creating a visual and tactile interruption in typical museum spaces, Rest Lab 8: Greenspace, provides a calm, grounding atmosphere for people to gather.
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2:00 - 3:00 pmUrbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium
Sunday, October 12, 2025
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All DayLocations Vary (see flyer)
Intellectual freedom is more than banned books. It's the free flow of ideas and information. Protect freedom to read, create, and express. Borrow a banned book from the Library bookmobile, create resistance art, or visit the cultural center libraries for a chance to win a limited edition Read & Resist tote bag and gift card to the Illini Union bookstore.
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2:00 pmSpurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
In September 1985, almost 80,000 fans packed Memorial Stadium on the UIUC campus to hear the first Farm Aid concert. Over 50 musical acts came together to raise awareness of the economic crisis facing American family farms. Our exhibit curator will offer a guided look at the exhibit commemorating Farm Aid's 40th anniversary. Free admission. No registration required.
Monday, October 13, 2025
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All DayLocations Vary (see flyer)
Intellectual freedom is more than banned books. It's the free flow of ideas and information. Protect freedom to read, create, and express. Borrow a banned book from the Library bookmobile, create resistance art, or visit the cultural center libraries for a chance to win a limited edition Read & Resist tote bag and gift card to the Illini Union bookstore.
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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10:30 am - 8:00 pmSpurlock Museum of World Cultures and Native American House -
12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
"Biocluster" Dan Davidson Director of CNRG and Research Computing
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12:30 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium
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1:00 pmRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035
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4:00 - 5:00 pmNoyes Laboratory, 163 -
4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 - 5:00 pmNoyes Laboratory, 163 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmNoyes Laboratory, 163
Angelica Waner, assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese argues that Zapotec literary magazines published in Mexico City and Oaxaca across the 20th century can be read as sites of autonomy for Isthmus Zapotec intellectuals.
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5:00 - 6:30 pmTemple Buell Hall
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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3:00 pm1005 Forbes Natural History Building, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign -
4:00 pmLoomis Laboratory of Physics, Room 141
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4:00 pmRoger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
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4:00 - 4:50 pm141 Loomis Laboratory Of PhysicsLectures 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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4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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5:15 - 6:45 pmLevis Faculty Center 210
Sofía Zaragocín (Geography & GIS, UIUC) will deliver a lecture on Feminism (Latin America/Latinx Feminist Geographies) as part of the Fall 2025 Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series. Please check the MCT website for the latest location updates.
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5:15 - 6:45 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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8:00 am2269 & East Atrium
We welcome you to join Sandia National Labs and U of Illinois for our 4th Annual Joint Student Symposium and poster session at the U of Illinois!
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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
"Aggregation and division aberrations in model archaeon lacking its S-layer" Abigail Finn, PhD Candidate Microbiology
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium
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12:00 - 12:50 pmW109 - Turner Hall -
12:30 - 1:30 pmInstitute of Communications Research
Media scholars John D. Peters (Yale) and Ben Peters (UTulsa) will reflect on the digital media sometimes called artificial intelligence. They will share insights from ongoing research projects, including Ben’s research on the Soviet prehistory of AI. Among his working points: AI today is Soviet and ChatGPT hallucinates because of Stalin’s homophobic purges.
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102 -
5:30 - 7:30 pmCampus Instructional Facility, Room 4039
Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age Speaker Series with John Durham Peters, the María Rosa Menocal Professor of English and Professor of Film and Media Studies at Yale University.
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7:00 pmGallery Art Bar | 119 W Main St, Urbana, IL 61801
Join us for a reading of creative work my MFA students from the Department of English. This month's reading will feature: Nathan Metz Mason McVeigh Isabella Escamilla
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm347 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Mihai Marian (UBC)
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL -
12:00 - 1:00 pmIllini Union Bookstore, Room 514
The Center for Writing Studies is happy to host Dr. Toby Beauchamp! He will be giving a lecture titled "Embracing Trans Regret under Authoritarianism." Please join us on Thursday, October 16th!
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12:00 - 1:00 pmIllini Union Bookstore, Room 514
The Center for Writing Studies will be hosting Dr. Toby Beauchamp for a brownbag talk! Dr. Beauchamp will be giving a lecture titled "Embracing Trans Regret under Authoritarianism." Please join us this week on Thursday, October 16!
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12:00 pmNoyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
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12:00 pmNoyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
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12:30 - 1:30 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 - 2:00 pmLoomis 464
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
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4:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080)
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5:15 pmMain Library Building, Room 66 (1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801)
An award-winning film, SHTTL (Ukraine, 2022), portrays the lives of people in a small Ukrainian Jewish town (shtetl) at the Polish border, 24 hours before the Nazi invasion. It is a touching story of a filmmaker who returns from Kyiv to his native shtetl to marry the love of his life and disrupts the balance of the entire town.
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7:30 pmIllini Union, Room 210Nadine Naber (Gender and Women’s Studies, Global Asian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago) will present the lecture “Radical Mothering as Prison Abolition Pedagogy in Chicago” as part of the Story & Place event series.
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7:30 pmIllini Union, Room 210Nadine Naber (Gender and Women’s Studies, Global Asian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago) will present the lecture “Radical Mothering as Prison Abolition Pedagogy in Chicago” as part of the Story & Place event series.
Friday, October 17, 2025
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9:00 am3100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
10:00 am - 5:00 pmSchool of Art & Design, Room 15
This symposium will explore artistic production, practices, and the agency of printed media before 1750 as they intersect with themes of sexuality and gender. Keynote speaker will be Dr.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
1:00 pm1232 Coordinated Science Laboratory
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
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3:00 pm2049 Natural History Building and via Zoom -
3:00 pmW-109 Turner Hall
Saturday, October 18, 2025
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9:30 - 10:30 am
Save the date for a webinar focused on navigating mental health during a cancer diagnosis.
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10:00 am - 2:00 pmLincoln Square Mall, 201 Lincoln Square, Urbana, IL 61801
Join us for a fun day of hands-on science! Talk with scientists and explore exhibits and activities including learning how organisms relate to each other on the Tree of Life, extracting strawberry DNA to make necklaces, and understanding how genomics pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Although designed for K-12 children, all members of the community are welcome.
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1:00 - 3:00 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
Come experience immersive sound as you view artworks at Krannert Art Museum! Members of Improvisers Exchange Ensemble will create soundscapes within the museum through site-specific solo performance and collective improvisation in reflection and response to artwork on display. Museum visitors are invited to experience viewing the art in these sonic locations.
Monday, October 20, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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4:00 pm1310 Yeh Student Center, 205 N Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
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5:30 pmTemple Buell Hall Atrium | Temple Buell Hall Room 134 Plym AuditoriumJames is a founding member of the design-led interdisciplinary practice Assemble and has a teaching position as a postgraduate studio leader at the CASS School of Architecture and Design since 2015. Within Assemble he has worked on a range of projects, from the design and fabrication of furniture and installation projects, to the orchestration of large-scale collective bui
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester
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12:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute
Ari Belotserkovsky will present on Recent advances in AAV gene delivery and therapy for CNS diseases
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12:00 - 1:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210 -
12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Claire Vanpouille-Box, PhD Cell Biology in Radiation Oncology; Weill Cornell Medicine "Targeting lipid metabolism to restore immune reactivity of irradiated glioblastoma"
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1:00 pmRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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3:00 pm1005 Forbes Natural History Building, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign -
4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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4:00 - 4:50 pm1306 Everitt LaboratoryLectures 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 pmLucy Ellis Lounge, Language, Cultures and Literatures Building (LCLB 1080)
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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8:30 amOffice of Civic Life
Each year, the Office of Civic Life coordinates the Thanksgiving Meal Drive to support the Big Give with HeartStrong Food Pantry. We are collecting items for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner that will support our goal of feeding 1000 families. Your donations are welcomed thru Friday, November 14, 2025.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 - 12:50 pmW109 - Turner Hall -
12:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 108
Join this collaborative session with HRI and the Writers Workshop for tips and guidance on preparing your HRI Graduate Fellowship application.
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12:00 - 1:00 pmEducation Building, Room 4G
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12:30 - 3:00 pmWomen's Resources Center, 616 E Green St, Suite 213 -
2:00 - 3:00 pmThe US electrical grid is experiencing a rapid transition as cheap renewable electricity transforms the energy mix. With these grid changes, new supply is not spatially matched to demand, and the transmission network has become more strained. This talk would discuss how better market integration could thus lower US generation costs.
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:30 pmCampus Instructional Facility (CIF) 4039 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
Thursday, October 23, 2025
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL -
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Exposed and covered geomembrane liner systems are subjected to wind uplift, hydrostatic uplift, gas generation and erosive / external forces that need to be assessed for long term resistance to site and environmental conditions but that are not often addressed during the design and construction phase.
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2:00 pm Alexandre Sukhov (University of Lille), Kobayashi metrics on Riemannian manifolds243 Altgeld Hall
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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 61801More than 500 years after its printing, the production details of the Catholicon are still a much debated topic in incunabula research. Come learn about the most recently discovered clues with the subject’s preeminent scholar, Paul Needham!
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3:30 pm106B1 Engineering Hall
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4:00 - 5:30 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center Room 210
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210
Lecture by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Associate Professor of History, University of Chicago. Professor Jonsson will discuss his work on some of the historical dimensions of the climate crisis.
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4:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
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4:30 pmSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Join John Doe, co-founder of the legendary band X, for a conversation about the band’s appearance at the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign in 1985. Our conversation with John Doe will be a chance to reflect on the inaugural Farm Aid concert ...
Friday, October 24, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
12:00 - 1:00 pmNCSA 1040
Speaker: Dr. Sam Hadden
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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The domain-specificity of domain-generality in mathematical cognition: Leaning in to task impurities
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2:00 - 3:15 pm1304 Siebel Center
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3:00 pmW-109 Turner Hall -
4:00 - 5:00 pm1214 Siebel Center
Saturday, October 25, 2025
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9:45 amNate & Lillie Story Room
Monday, October 27, 2025
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
"Data Management" Yifei Kang, CNRG Research Data Management Specialist
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 pmRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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5:00 - 7:30 pmLincoln Hall 3057
The HRI Social Movements Reading Group will hold two sessions on higher ed labor organizing with the Campus Faculty Association on Mon Oct 27 & Mon Nov 3, 5:30-7 PM (central time) at Lincoln Hall 3057 (use one of the entrances on Wright Street). We will read excerpts from Jane McAlevey’s No Shortcuts for the first session. Light refreshments provided. You can find more in
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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11:00 am - 12:15 pm0216 Siebel Center (with refreshments!)
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
"Patterning the meristem: Development and Evolution of the floral ground plan" Ya Min, Assistant Professor Plant Biology, Physics
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2:00 - 3:20 pm 09/22/2025317 David Kinley Hall
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3:30 pmVirtual Only! -
3:45 - 4:45 pmNCSA Auditorium -
4:00 pmBeckman Institute 1025 - Auditorium -
4:00 pm4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
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5:00 - 6:30 pmAlice Campbell Hall
Ayelet Tsabari’s National Jewish Book Award winning, novel, Songs for the Brokenhearted, traces the story of the history of Yemeni Israelis through a fictional family. Tsabari visited UIUC in 2019, and was interviewed for Ninth Letter.
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5:15 - 6:45 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 pm2049 Natural History Building and via ZoomDespite a decade of economic decline, disasters, and population loss, Puerto Rico’s auto market has demonstrated remarkable resilience, with new vehicle sales consistently surpassing 120K units since 2021. The phenomenon reflects more than consumer preference—revealing a systemic dependence on automobility shaped by colonial political, logistical, and financial structures.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pmChemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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3:00 pmCoble Hall 306 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102 -
7:00 - 8:00 pmLincoln Hall Theater
Thursday, October 30, 2025
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSLProfessor, University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute
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12:00 pmNoyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
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12:00 pmNoyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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3:30 pm106B1 Engineering Hall
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
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5:30 - 7:00 pmSiebel Center for Design, Classroom 1002
How might service and volunteer work reinforce structures of inequity? Join We CU and OVCDEI on Thursday, October 30, at 5:30 PM for a workshop on centering equity and humility in service learning. This training will help you develop strategies to promote equity in your own service work, critically examine biases, and center the voices of the communities you are serving.
Friday, October 31, 2025
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 DCL - 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana IL 61801 -
11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 - 1:30 pmNatural History Building 2049
Are you a first-gen student interested in grad school but unsure where to start? Our group of panelists from the Department of Geography & GIScience will answer your questions and share their experiences.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 pm1232 Coordinated Science Laboratory
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1:30[Hybrid] Coble Hall 306 & Zoom
Please join us for a hybrid event with Baiheng Qian, a PhD Candidate in Classical Chinese Literature at Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China). Her talk examines women's ci poetry and cultural transformation in the mid-to-late Ming dynasty (1522-1644), a period shaped by tensions between hedonistic indulgence and moral rigor.
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1:30 - 3:00 pmHybrid: 306 Coble Hall & ZOOM -
2:00 pmRoger Adams Lab 419
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3:00 pmLevis Faculty Center Room 210
Juno Salazar-Parreñas, Tropical Polar Bears: A Story of Competing Colonialisms in the Great Acceleration
