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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.

Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

Join us online on the first Thursdays of the month from 12pm-1pm as we welcome new faculty, new stories, and new ways of thinking about the art of teaching.

Dr. González-Martin (University of Texas at Austin) will talk about an extension of her award-winning book, Quinceañera Style, exploring the tensions and opportunities between celebration and commodification of this important rite of passage. Register for Zoom, or attend in person at La Casa Cultural Latina.

Open to faculty and graduate students of any discipline at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In this workshop you'll unravel the mysteries of your writing barriers, then spend the rest of the day writing and reflecting with other retreaters. And you'll be supported throughout the day by live coaching with InkWell Founder, Michelle Boyd, PhD.

Courtney Becks, African American and Jewish Studies Librarian, will share a table reading of a work in progress, her play The Socialization of Love.

"The role of nuclear-enriched long non-coding RNA in hypoxia response and cancer progression"

"Role of RNA Helicase MOV10 and its phosphorylation in mRNA regulation."

Speaker: Jong Yeon Lee, University of California Santa Barbara

This event is held in partnership with the European Union Center and the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program. The discussion will be led by two women who are experts in gender discrimination and are working in high-profile roles on these issues at the United Nations

Futurity, or the intentional imagining and materializing of liberated futures—where freedom from oppression, trauma, violence, and discrimination are realized—inspires this talk. Dr Johnson will discuss their methods for conjuring the world and communities in which we want to live and thrive

Dr. Robert W. Barrett, Jr., University of Illinois, English, "Cherry Trees and More-than-Human Animacies in Zeami's Saigyō-zakura and the N-Town Nativity"

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

This participatory workshop aims to disrupt modes of "doing" scholarly analysis of visual art, performance, film and other cultural productions. Advance registration is required.

The Storytelling Series seeks to highlight the journeys of our faculty. This session will feature Dr. Christina Bollo, Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture as our storyteller for February. The Storytelling Series will be offered in a hybrid format, both in-person in the Main Library, Room 220 (limited capacity) and via Zoom. Registration required. 

This seminar with curator, writer, and Ethnic Studies scholar Dr. Thea Quiray Tagle will cover different models of working with BIPOC visual artists that challenge the alienating norms behind much art historical scholarship and curatorial practice.

This Meet & Greet, open to all Illinois faculty, staff, and students, marks the launch of the Food Security Working Group, a campus-wide initiative to support those interested in getting connected to this work, as well as research resources for those interested in food security.

Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

Join us for a campus-community town hall with a panel of experts on political polarization to answer your questions. We will reflect on how we got here and what we can do to move forward.

Join us for a campus-community town hall with a panel of experts on political polarization to answer your questions. We will reflect on how we got here and what we can do to move forward.

Concerned about divisive politics? Join us for a campus-community town hall with a panel of experts on political polarization to answer your questions. We will reflect on how we got here and what we can do to move forward. For more information and to register:go.illinois.edu/BraverAngels. Registration would be appreciated by February 8.

Associate Professor, Dept. Psychological and Brain Sciences

Join us on Zoom as we explore Turkish Coffee, and let's establish a forty-year friendship while having Turkish Coffee together. We'll walk you through this Turkish tradition step by step, and you'll even be able to play Turkish coffee trivia for the chance to win your own Turkish coffee set.

In this inaugural session of the CSBS Social and Behavioral Health Funding Series, Dr. Bill Elwood, NIH Health Scientist Administrator, will discuss an upcoming NIH funding opportunity focused on social relationships and health.