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
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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"Acute Exposure to Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate or Diisononyl Phthalate Leads to Increased Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in the Uterus of Mice" Adriana Rose Andrus, Graduate Student Animal Sciences
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Join us Sept 3 from 12 - 1 pm for the Center for Children's Books Open House! You'll get a chance to check out our space, learn about what we offer, and get some free galleys.
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Through 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.
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Critical Race Theory in Cinema Film Series. Sept. 3rd. 7:00 PM Art + Design building 3rd Floor Rm. 331. This week's film, "I Am Not Your Negro" Directed by Raoul Peck. Written by James Baldwin/Raoul Peck 2017
Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
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"CNRG Help Desk" Tommie Sturgeon, CNRG Manager of User Services
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Mariana Mora (Associate Professor - Researcher at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, Mexico City) will present “When witnessing isn’t enough: reflections on justice and the transformative potential of research.” This presentation is part of the Interseminars culminating event: Collisions Across Color Lines...
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Mariana Mora (Associate Professor - Researcher at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, Mexico City) will present “When witnessing isn’t enough: reflections on justice and the transformative potential of research.” This presentation is part of the Interseminars culminating event: Collisions Across Color Lines...
Friday, September 5, 2025
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The SKY Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop a relaxed, stress-free mind and an energetic, healthy body. The retreat teaches tools such as evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork, and self-exploration in a fun and experiential format. The retreat is fully funded for all UIUC students.
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Emerging contaminants pose critical risks to ecosystems and public health due to their pervasive presence and potential toxicity.
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FSHN Graduate Seminar Presenter: Steven Jackson, PhD, RDN Adjunct faculty Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and Post-doctoral researcher in Nutritional Toxicology Texas A&M University Title: NutriClay strategies against foodborne AMR bacterial pathogens
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Join us for a conversation with artist Millie Wilson, curators David Evans Frantz and Amy L. Powell, moderated by Jill H. Casid, part of the online series The New Social Environment, organized and hosted by the Brooklyn Rail. Sign up to get the Zoom link: kam.illinois.edu/events. (10 am Pacific / 12 pm Central / 1 pm Eastern)
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Join us for a screening of "In Search of Bengali Harlem" followed by remarks and a Q & A with Vivek Bald (director, producer, writer). This presentation is part of the Interseminars culminating event: Collisions Across Color Lines: Reconsidering Racism, Movements, and Epistemes in the Americas.
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Join us for a screening of "In Search of Bengali Harlem" followed by remarks and a Q & A with Vivek Bald (director, producer, writer). This presentation is part of the Interseminars culminating event: Collisions Across Color Lines: Reconsidering Racism, Movements, and Epistemes in the Americas.
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Join us for a lecture by professor Jennifer Lackey, the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University.
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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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Across rural transportation networks, widening inequalities and limited public transit options mean that even minor disruptions, whether planned or unplanned, often lead to severe delays or make essential trips entirely unattainable.
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Join us for a lecture by professor Jennifer Lackey, the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Her talk will explore how stories can epistemically wrong a person in life-altering ways and yet also be the source of the corresponding epistemic reparations that are called for in response.
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Please join us in our anti-panel conversations about our vessel works. During this segment of the culminating event, we will interact and think through the concepts of resistance, refusal, and re-existence across color lines. A reception will follow.
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Please join us in our anti-panel conversations about our vessel works. During this segment of the culminating event, we will interact and think through the concepts of resistance, refusal, and re-existence across color lines. A reception will follow.
Saturday, September 6, 2025
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The SKY Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop a relaxed, stress-free mind and an energetic, healthy body. The retreat teaches tools such as evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork, and self-exploration in a fun and experiential format. The retreat is fully funded for all UIUC students.
Sunday, September 7, 2025
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The SKY Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop a relaxed, stress-free mind and an energetic, healthy body. The retreat teaches tools such as evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork, and self-exploration in a fun and experiential format. The retreat is fully funded for all UIUC students.
Monday, September 8, 2025
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Ronnie Grinberg, author of Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals, to offer the Program in Jewish Culture & Society and HGMS kick-off event, generously funded by the Goldberg lecture series
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Ronnie Grinberg examines how masculinity and Jewishness were linked in the minds of the New York intellectuals. Men and women, Jews and non-Jews in the group, all embraced a secular Jewish machismo that at its core prized verbal combativeness, polemical aggression, and an unflinching style of argumentation. Light lunch will be provided.
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IUC Labor Education Program professor Augustus Wood will join HRI Social Movements Reading Group to discuss his book, Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power, and Repression under Gentrification on Mon Sept 8 (discussion) and Mon Sept 15 (Q&A) 5:30PM Lincoln Hall 3057.
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Cities must be conceived as complex systems capable of integrating multiple levels of connectivity: ecological, urban, social, and metropolitan. Only through such interrelations is it possible to achieve the bioclimatic quality required to mitigate the effects of climate change and to ensure resilient urban environments.
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The HRI Social Movements Reading Group will discuss readings on global working class social movements to inform our intellectual development, political education, and praxis Mondays at 5:30 pm, Lincoln Hall 3057.
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Come join us on Monday, September 8 at 6:30pm in 1090 Lincoln Hall as we hear from an Illinois alum, Theodore Boone BA ’83, who will talk about why majoring in philosophy is excellent preparation for law school! Afterwards, join us for pizza and casual conversation in the LAS Hub at 7:30.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
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Speaker: Andrei Faraon, William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
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Ilana Brito, PhD Mong Family Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering; Cornell University "Infection Genomics for One Health"
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Attend this session to learn about the Interseminars Co-Teaching Grant for tenure-stream faculty (application deadline October 3, 2025). Interseminars will fund three interdisciplinary graduate courses in the arts and humanities, each co-taught by two faculty instructors. Each team will receive programming funds for course-related guest speakers and events.
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Attend this session to learn about the Interseminars Co-Teaching Grant for tenure-stream faculty (application deadline October 3, 2025). Interseminars will fund three interdisciplinary graduate courses in the arts and humanities, each co-taught by two faculty instructors. Each team will receive programming funds for course-related guest speakers and events.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Kicking off this year’s Modern Critical Theory lecture series, Peter Coviello (English, University of Illinois Chicago) will deliver a talk titled “What is Theory? Inside the Fascist Sequence.”
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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The Beckman Institute will celebrate Beckman Founding Director Ted Brown the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 10. Ted has generously named Ted's Café, the completely remodeled gathering space within the Beckman Atrium.
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Catherine Dulac of Harvard University, will give the annual Beckman-Brown Lecture at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the Beckman Auditorium. Her talk is titled, "Neurobiology of Sickness and Social Behavior." A ribbon cutting for Ted's Café, named for Beckman Founding Director Ted Brown, is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. that day. A reception will follow at 3 p.m.
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Bio: Dr. Gabriel Stanovsky is a senior lecturer (assistant professor) in the school of computer science & engineering at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a research scientist at the Allen Institute for AI (AI2). He did his postdoctoral research at the University of Washington and AI2 in Seattle, working with Prof. Luke Zettlemoyer and Prof. Noah Smith, and his PhD
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Through 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.
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Riccardo Muti’s Cherubini Orchestra Cello Quartet will perform in Urbana as part of a five-city tour organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago.
Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
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Join the WRC for a discussion with Katie Simon, journalist and author of Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault. The author's talk will take place on Thursday, September 11, from 12-1 PM at the Women's Resources Center (616 E Green St, Suite #213).
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New York–based artist Ronny Quevedo will discuss his solo exhibition Ronny Quevedo: a l l s t a r s, on view at Krannert Art Museum through December 6, 2025. This expansive project includes drawings from several lenders across the United States and a monumental sculpture. He will be joined in conversation by Krannert Art Museum curators Amy L. Powell and Allyson Purpura.
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The Flatlands Dance Film Festival is dedicated to supporting and presenting Dance Cinema, a medium which explores and innovates the intersections between filmmaking and dance making. The festival builds educational platforms, encourages dialogue, and promotes a diverse range of cultural perspectives from around the globe. This year's films coincide with Dance at Illinois'
Friday, September 12, 2025
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Dr. 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.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Sunday, September 14, 2025
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Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting. Our speaker will be Professor Lori Raetzman
Monday, September 15, 2025
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
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Speaker: Angela Kou, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois
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Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) slopes and earth retention structures have evolved to become cost effective solutions for transportation projects. This presentation covers the design and construction of these systems through projects and case studies. Hybrid systems involving GRS-IBS and deep foundations are discussed highlighting the future of these technologies.
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Part of the Cancer Center at Illinois Seminar Series that features the latest research and the center of cancer and engineering.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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Join us for an event celebrating the publication of professor Gus Wood's book, Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Resistance, and Repression under Gentrification.
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Syphilis and other treponemal diseases have been understood as “New World” exports to Afro-Eurasia. But recent demonstrate the presence of these diseases in the “Old World."
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Dr. Kahyun Choi (School of Information Sciences), Maryann Naumann (Arizona State University Libraries), and Erika Immel (New Trier High School) join the CCB in a moderated panel discussion about how schools are using AI and the important considerations for youth, and the role of school libraries in supporting best practices.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
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Gerry Wright, PHD Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University "Everything Old is New Again: Revisiting the Ribosome in Antibiotic Discovery"
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Professor Jacob Darwin Hamblin will speak on Modeling Harm in Nuclear Environments. More information on The Nuclear Environment Symposium (September 19) can be found here.
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A poetry reading by Carmen Giménez made possible by the Kaplan Family Writer-In-Residence Series.
Friday, September 19, 2025
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Two panels and a roundtable on nuclear weapons and nuclear energy as environmental problems. Toshihiro Higuchi (History, Georgetown U) and Aanchal Saraf (Social Science & Cultural Studies, Pratt Institute) speak on Temporalities of the Nuclear Age (9:30am-10:45am)...
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FSHN Graduate Seminar Presenter: Irida Kastrati, PhD Associate Professor Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Loyola University Chicago Title: Cancer biology: Discoveries on biological drivers and the development of therapeutic or food strategies to reduce disparities
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Previous surveys suggest that speech-in-noise (SIN) testing is underutilized, but little is known about practice patterns, facilitators, and barriers to SIN testing. Therefore, we conducted an online survey of U.S. audiologists’ SIN practice patterns. Results indicate that SIN testing is used more frequently and with greater confidence for adults than pediatrics.
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Join us for a lecture by Sarah Clark Miller, a professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University.
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Join us for the opening reception of RBML's fall exhibit, "Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho", featuring poetry and dance performances.
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Dr. 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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The ancient poet Sappho coined “sweetbitter” in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three thousand years later. But who was Sappho? RBML’s new exhibit will explore the enigmatic figure as poet, muse, and icon through the millennia. The opening reception will evoke an old form of a symposium: a party with spoken words and dance!
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Sunday, September 21, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Monday, September 22, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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Zoe Yan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Chicago
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Graeme Attwood, PhD Principal Scientist, AgResearch at the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited "Cultivation of plant-adherent rumen bacteria and creation of the Hungate1000 Culture Collection resource" Adam Guss, PhD Genetic and Metabolic Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory “Rapid development of genetic tools for diver
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Xiaoxue Han will present on Exosome-Based Drug Delivery: Exploring Cell and Plant-Derived Vesicles for Tissue Regeneration
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Catherine Hall (Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London) in conversation with Jennifer Morgan (History, New York University), moderated by Antoinette Burton (History).
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Catherine Hall (Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London) in conversation with Jennifer Morgan (History, New York University), moderated by Antoinette Burton (History).
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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, September 24, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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"Dissecting sub-millisecond stepping dynamics of dynein with MINFLUX" Joseph Slivka, PhD Candidate, Yildiz & Limmer Group - Physics, University of California, Berkley
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Catherine Hall (Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London) and Jennifer Morgan (History, New York University)
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Catherine Hall (Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London) and Jennifer Morgan (History, New York University)
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Through 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.
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Catherine Hall (Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London) will present the lecture “Land, property, and the story of 18th century race-making: displacement and belonging between the Caribbean and Britain.” With Jennifer Morgan (History, New York University) responding. Part of the Story & Place event series.
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Catherine Hall (Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London) will present the lecture “Land, property, and the story of 18th century race-making: displacement and belonging between the Caribbean and Britain.” With Jennifer Morgan (History, New York University) responding.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Friday, September 26, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Saturday, September 27, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Sunday, September 28, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Monday, September 29, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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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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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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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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"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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Through 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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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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"Audio/Visual" Joe Leigh, CNRG Associate Director of IT Solutions
Friday, October 3, 2025
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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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FSHN 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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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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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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The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.