Urbana Campus Research Calendar (OVCRI)
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12:00 pm 3/25/2026Krannert Art Museum, room 62. -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 3/25/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St -
3:00 - 5:00 pm 3/26/2026Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801Dr. Anastassios Antonaras (Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki,) places Byzantine glass in context to a wider Mediterranean tradition where it emerges as a powerful medium of splendor, authority, and sacred presence.
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 3/26/2026Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Main Library Room 346 -
10:00 am 3/27/2026Urbana Free Library, 210 W Green St -
2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/27/2026Armory room 172 and online via ZoomAn informative roundtable conversation about the use of Gen AI in students' educational journeys, personal lives, and career preparations. Several students from the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (BNAACC) will share how they use Gen AI as learning tool, remain aware of AI's cultural impacts in society, and build AI skills for career preparations.
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4:00 - 6:00 pm 4/1/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
5:00 pm 4/2/2026Levis Faculty Center, 208This talk introduces medieval Sicily in its Muslim period, focusing on how this history was experienced, archived, imagined, and remembered by its native poets and writers, as well as the travelers who visited the island, during its political and cultural apogee, and the later years under the domination of the Norman kings.
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1:00 - 2:00 pm 4/3/2026Armory room 172 and online via ZoomIn this talk, we will report on our effort to test this hypothesis: is it possible to "excel" in a course without absolutely any knowledge? We show that, while there is variability across courses and assignment types, large language models are indeed often able to achieve a strong grade in a course without any meaningful help from human users or course material.
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 4/3/2026Gregory Hall 223Join us for a lecture by Andrea Scarantino, a professor of Neuroscience and Philosophy at Georgia State University.
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4:00 pm 4/6/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 422This talk will highlight the Kinsey Institute’s founding and multi-disciplinary history, continued cultural impact, current research program, and reflect on the ways in which today’s social and political climate presents new challenges for multi-disciplinary sex research.
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5:30 pm 4/7/2026404 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W Gregory Dr, Urbana -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 4/15/2026Department of African American Studies Conference Room, 1201 W Nevada St. Urbana ILJoin professor Tayzhaun Glover for a talk for the Department of African American Studies Colloquium series.
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11:00 am - 1:00 pm 4/16/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
3:00 - 5:00 pm 4/17/2026Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Main Library Room 346This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 4/17/2026Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
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1:00 - 2:00 pm 4/24/2026Armory room 172 and online via ZoomHow can generative AI support ideation and conceptual thinking in graphic design education? Through classroom projects, two graphic design students and their professor will show how GenAI tools were used to spark ideas, explore visual directions, and expand conceptual thinking.
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 4/24/2026319 Gregory HallJoin us for a lecture by Heather Demarest, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Boulder.
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5:15 pm 4/27/2026Architecture Building, Room TBA -
10:00 am 5/7/2026Temple Hoyne Buell Hall 134 Plym Auditorium -
10:00 am - 12:00 pm 5/7/2026Temple Hoyne Buell Hall 134 Plym Auditorium


