Speakers
Sunday, November 2, 2025
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All DayMain Library Room 346The 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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignWith over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
Monday, November 3, 2025
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All DayMain Library Room 346
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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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10:00 - 10:50 amCITL Innovation Studio, Armory room 172 and online via ZoomAt-scale programs face a dilemma: how to maintain educational quality and a great experience while keeping programs affordable and sustainable. This presentation demonstrates how AI-assisted grading (where AI helps graders focus their time on students needing more assistance) can resolve this tension through three experiments at the Gies College of Business.
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10:00 - 11:00 am3401 Siebel Center
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
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All DayMain Library Room 346
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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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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: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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11:00 - 11:50 amAltgeld Hall 145
Speaker: Qihang Sun (University of Lille) Title: Sphere packing, Fourier interpolation, and real-variable Kloosterman sums
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12:00 - 1:00 pmCoble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Jungsu Kim, PhD P. Michael Conneally Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Dept. of Medical and Molecular Genetics; Indiana University School of Medicine "Leveraging Neurogenetics to Decode Functional Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease"
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12:00 pmNCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040
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12:00 - 1:00 pmNCSA (1205 W. Clark St. Urbana, IL, 61801) | Room: 1040 -
12:30 pmKAM 62, Krannert Art Musem, 500 E Peabody Dr. Champaign, IL -
1:00 pmAltgeld Hall 141
Speaker: Tim Roberts (U Chicago)
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3:00 pm1005 Forbes Natural History Building, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign -
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.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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All DayMain Library Room 346
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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 - 4:30 pmIllini Rooms B & C, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana, ILThe iSchool Research Showcase shares human-centered, interdisciplinary research through a keynote speech and a series of short presentations and posters by School of Information Sciences faculty, staff, and graduate students. Kevin Hamilton, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation – Humanities, Arts & Related Fields, will deliver the keynote.
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
"Introducing ZEISS Lightfield 4D: One Snap, One Volume" Matt Curtis, Product Application Sales Specialist, Life Sciences Midwest, Zeiss Research Microscopy Solutions
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12:00 - 12:50 pmW109 - Turner Hall -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
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5:30 pmTemple Buell Hall Atrium | Temple Buell Hall Room 134 Plym AuditoriumArturo A. Massol-Deyá is the executive director of Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas, a community-based group with 38 years of services in natural resources conservation, education, and sustainable development.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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All DayMain Library Room 346
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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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9:00 am - 3:00 pm
This conference brings together healthcare professionals, educators, and advocates to explore best practices, innovations, and collaborative strategies that enhance safety in perinatal care. Through expert-led sessions and interactive discussions, we aim to foster a culture of continuous improvement in maternal and newborn health.
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10:00 - 10:50 amCITL Innovation Studio, Armory room 172 and online via Zoom
Join Senior Assistant Director, James Castree from the Career Center at Illinois for a discussion on how generative AI has impacted career services. Learn about its uses in career coaching, its impact on the job search process for our students, and how employers have responded to the AI boom.
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSLTanveer Singh, Ph.D.
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12:30 pm 1:30 pmGregory Hall, Room 31
The ICR Colloquium Series is an interdisciplinary forum that brings together faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students, and interested undergraduates to engage in dialogue around some of the most relevant and timely research in our field. Dr. Troy will be discussing climate change communication.
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4:00 - 5:00 pm3102 Siebel Center
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4:00 - 5:00 pmSiebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405In this talk, I will present recent work on multichannel and multidimensional haptic displays that augment user experience—allowing users to feel stories through semantic cues in natural language, manipulate virtual objects with varying compliance and dynamic properties, and mitigate cybersickness through spatial haptics applied to the body.
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5:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge -- room 1080, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics BuildingIn 14th-century Provence, the volume of contracts produced by public notaries increased rapidly from thousands each year to millions. Reliance on writing impacted even the most remote rural communities and marginalized actors, including women, peasants, and religious minorities. Why did written records become so wildly popular so quickly? What were the consequences?
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6:00 - 10:00 pmSiebel Center for Design, 208 S 4th St, Champaign, IL 61820 -
6:00 - 7:30 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignSPEAK 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.
Friday, November 7, 2025
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All DayMain Library Room 346
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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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8:30 amEnglish Building 107DInterested faculty and students will meet for a lunchtime discussion of a work-in-progress. Please contact Carol Symes if you wish to participate.
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9:00 - 10:00 amSiebel School for Computing and Data Science Room 2124
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12:00 - 1:00 pmLatzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, ChampaignFriday Forum + Conversation Café: Fighting for Algorithmic Justice in an Age of AI-Driven Surveillance by Clara Belitz Time: November 7 at 12 PM Location: University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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12:00 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
12:00 - 12:50 pmLincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801, Room 1002
Development of a Mobile Application for the Rehabilitation of Hyperacusis and Misophonia Children’s Ability to Use Extended High-Frequency and Head Orientation Cues for Auditory Scene Analysis
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2:00 - 3:15 pm1304 Siebel Center
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2:00 pm3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
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3:00 - 5:00 pmGregory Hall 321Join us for a lecture from Tempest Henning, an associate professor at Fisk University.
Saturday, November 8, 2025
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All DayMain Library Room 346
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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All DayKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
With over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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11:00 am - 12:00 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignJoin us for Pause + Play held in conjunction with Krannert Art Museum’s Rest Lab 8: Greenspace exhibition. Kids (ages 4–8) will dive into playful, drop-off art activities, while their caregivers get a guided tour exploring the museum's galleries and artworks on view. The program balances restorative pause with playful engagement, offering parallel experiences that nurture
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2:00 - 4:00 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignJoin us to celebrate Rest Lab 8: Greenspace. You'e 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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5:00 - 7:00 pmChanning Murray Foundation, 1209 W Oregon St Urbana, IL 61801The Annual Tagore Festival commemorates the Nobel Laureate’s visit to the UIUC campus in 1912 when he delivered a series of lectures at the Channing Murray Chapel, the first Unitarian Church of Urbana.
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7:30 pmThe Station Theatre, 223 N. Broadway Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801Inspired and informed by the groundbreaking Turnaway Study, conducted by Dr. Diana Greene Foster, a 2023 MacArthur Fellow and researcher at the UCSF, this play uses the words and experiences of real people to bust myths and reduce abortion stigma. Drama, humor, and audience participation make it an engaging and thought-provoking theatrical event.