Speakers

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Mammalian cells expend large amounts of energy into generating >100 different enzyme-mediated RNA chemical modifications that can change the base-pairing, RNA secondary and tertiary structures, or recruitment of RNA binding proteins among many functions.

Join the WRC and WGGP as we discuss ""Period: The Real Story of Menstruation" by UIUC Professor Kate Clancy! We'll be exploring issues surrounding menstruation, from bodily autonomy, menstrual hygiene, and the COVID-19 vaccine to the ways racism, sexism, and medical betrayal warp public perceptions of menstruation and erase it from public life.

Speaker: Noah Kurinsky, Staff Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Speaker: Peter Zenz (Stanford and Brown) Title: On real zeros of holomorphic Hecke cusp forms

Gil Blander, PhD President, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Segterra (Inside Tracker) "Longitudinal Longevity Data Analysis: Insights And Lessons From A Decade Of Insidetrack-ing"

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

Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series Fall 2024

The Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory offers a series of public lectures on the topics of critical theory every fall semester. Shirl Yang (Washington University, Department of English) will deliver a lecture titled “A Labor Theory of Suspense.”

The Madan Sara documentary tells the stories of these indefatigable women who work at the margins to make Haiti’s economy run. Despite facing intense hardship and social stigma, the hard work of the Madan Sara puts their children through school, houses their families, and helps to ensure a better life for generations to come.

As part of our annual Ukrainian Studies Conference, we are hosting two special events that are free and open to the public: Film screening of "The Price of Conflict," October 5, 7:15p.m. at Spurlock Museum, with opening remarks by Film Producer Polina Herman; Piano Recital, featuring acclaimed Ukrainian pianist Pavlo Gintov, October 6, 7:30 p.m. at...

Ukrainian Studies Today: History, Memory, Representations, and Collections ​Conference Program – Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference (illinois.edu)

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.

The documentary film Fighting Indians tells the successful effort to eliminate the use of Native-themed mascots and names in the public school system of Skowhegan, ME, the last district in the state to use such mascots or names.

Speak Café stands for Song, Poetry, Expression, 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.

Join us for an evening of conversation about inequities in health care, incarceration, and addiction recovery—all through a local lens. Hear from our panelists about their organizations, the challenges they face, and how they're working to positively impact community health and individual well-being.

Join us for an informative Fellowship Information Session on the American Association of University Women's fellowship, led by Dana Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Director of External Fellowships at the Graduate College. Lunch is provided with registration.

Join us for an information session on the AAUW Fellowship. This information session will focus on AAUW's International & American Fellowship. Current submission deadline is November 15, 2023. Lunch included with Registration.

Dr. Lowe will discuss the ongoing program being developed at the Cleveland Clinic using ultra high field MRI to perform a very high spatial resolution imaging of ex-vivo brains.

Edition Redux is the most recent of Ken Vandermark's ensembles, an addition to an ongoing series of bands that have been internationally and critically acclaimed, which include The Vandermark 5, FME, The Resonance Ensemble, The Territory Band, Made To Break, and Marker...

Dr. Villeneuve will discuss the brain changes that characterize the preclinical phase of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Villeneuve will also discuss the potential modifiable risk factors that could slow down disease progression, and explain how altering new imaging and fluid criteria can help to identify individuals in the preclinical phase of AD.

Join us for our Dish It Up/Lunch on Us Series at the Women's Resources Center every 2nd & 4th Monday at noon (12 p.m. CST), while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.

Join the WRC and WGGP as we discuss ""Period: The Real Story of Menstruation" by UIUC Professor Kate Clancy! We'll be exploring issues surrounding menstruation, from bodily autonomy, menstrual hygiene, and the COVID-19 vaccine to the ways racism, sexism, and medical betrayal warp public perceptions of menstruation and erase it from public life.

Speaker: Kanu Sinha, Assistant Professor, School of Electrical, Energy and Computer Engineering, Arizona State University

Speaker: William Chen (Rutgers) Title: The dark side of the modular group SL(2,Z)

Mary Arends-Kuenning is Acting Associate Dean of International Programs in the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, and former Interim Director of the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies at the University of Illinois.

Join us for a talk by Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize laureate and Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, United Kingdom.

Preparing to apply to graduate school should begin early. Learn what you can be doing NOW to position yourself for success after completing your undergraduate degree.

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

Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series Fall 2024

The Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory offers a series of public lectures on the topics of critical theory every fall semester. Shelley Weinberg (UIUC, Department of Philosophy) will deliver a lecture titled “Descartes and Locke on the Certainty of Knowledge.”

This year, KAM’s Global African Community Forum is being co-organized with the Center for African Studies and the African Students Organization to explore the themes of Reckoning, Restitution and Repair.

"From Neurons to Neuroblastoma and Back Again: Stem Cell and Cancer Differentiation In Vivo"

Wednesday, October 11, 12pm-1pm, Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center Food for the Soul: Reckoning, Restitution and Repair: African Art and the Politics of Return