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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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Alumni Lectures feature Chemistry at Illinois alumni who have, with the foundation of their chemistry studies at Illinois, made a meaningful impact in their chosen field. This Alumni Lecture tells the story of environmental law from its emergence in the United States to the present day.
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This presentation seeks to motivate Western audiences towards a deeper understanding of Middle Eastern music. Participants will gain new insights into the beauty and expression of Arabic maqams and traditional rhythmic structures. The workshop incorporates music listening and live music demonstration to help increase awareness of this seminal musical genre.
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Shreyas Jammi is a junior in physics that has been working two years with the Illini Relativity Group with Professor Antonios Tsokaros. His current research is in numerical relativity and is concerned with developing a simulation of a black hole with an accretion disk. He is very interested in high performance code and computing systems, data science, and computer vision.