Main navigation | Section navigation | Content

LAS Events « News « College of Liberal Arts & Sciences « University of Illinois


LAS Events


College of LAS Events

skip to main content

calendar tabs

  • (Selected tab)  All 
  • Grid
  • Month
  • Week
  • Day

All events

Event Detail Information

  1. Week of February 23, 2012

    1. Thursday, February 23, 2012

      1. 9:00 am - 11:00 amATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      2. 12:00 pmMr. Subha Mukherjee
        CHEM 575 Seminar: Mr. Subha Mukherjee, "Kinetic Stabilizers & Proteostasis Regulators as Therapeutics for Misfolding Diseases"
        217 Noyes Laboratory
      3. 12:00 pmEduardo Coutihno, Distinguished Lemann Visiting Professor
        Lecture Series. Multiculturalism and Miscegenation in the Construction of Latin America`s Cultural Identity
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
      4. 12:00 pmRodney W. Johnson, PhD, Professor and Director, Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC- "From inflammation to sickness and cognitive dysfunction: When the immune system subjugates the brain"
        B102 CLSL
      5. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmJapanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      6. 2:00 pm   116 RALSeminar of Special Interest, Dr. David Flaherty, University of California, Berkeley, "Determining Driving Forces for Selective C-C Bond Cleavage in Hydrocarbons"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      7. 4:00 pmJob Talk
        142 Psychology Building
      8. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmLinguistics Seminar - Prof. Jennifer Cole: Workshop on Funding for Graduate Student Research
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      9. 4:00 pmMathematics Colloquium: Amie Wilkinson
        245 Altgeld Hall
      10. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmDr. Auinash Kalsotra
        School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Seminar: Dr. Auinash Kalsotra, Baylor College of Medicine, "MicroRNA regulation of alternative splicing networks during heart development and disease"
        B102 CLSL
      11. 4:00 pmSteven Culpepper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
        UIUC-Purdue Joint Colloquium
        Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
    2. Friday, February 24, 2012

      1. 12:00 pmGroup discussion
        Cognitive brownbag: Group discussion
        TBA
      2. 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm"Discourse Across Borders: Slavic Studies from Kievan Rus to Present Day"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      3. 12:00 pmTiberiu Dragu
        Faculty-Student Seminar
        404 DKH
      4. 12:00 pmPanel with Brent Roberts, Bill Brewer, Dan Simons, and Aaron Benjamin
        VCHP Brownbag - ethics panel (NOTE DIFFERENT DAY)
        TBD (most likely at Beckman)
      5. 1:30 pmJosh Gulley (University of Illinois)
        Developmental Brown Bag - Josh Gulley (University of Illinois)
        819 Psychology
      6. 2:00 pmAlison Lanski, UIUC
        CLASSICS - Alison Lanski, UIUC: "Emissaries in Herodotus: Character and Identity"
        Room 4080A, Foreign Languages Building
      7. 2:30 pm - 4:00 pmInger Stole, Faculty Member, Department of Communication
        Dept of Communication Colloquium Series-Inger Stole
        Music Room Levis Faculty Center
      8. 3:00 pmWGHS Reading Group
        217 Gregory Hall
      9. 4:00 pmDr. Vitaly Chernetsky, Associate Professor, Miami University of Ohio
        SLAVIC -- Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky, Associate Professor, Miami University of Ohio: "National Cinema and Cinematic Nationhood: The Case of Modern Ukraine"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      10. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmKorean Conversation Table
        Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi San)
    3. Saturday, February 25, 2012

      1. 9:00 am - 7:00 pm"Discourse Across Borders: Slavic Studies from Kievan Rus to Present Day"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
  2. Week of February 26, 2012

    1. Monday, February 27, 2012

      1. 12:00 pmChris McNorgan, Northwestern University
        Brain & Cognition Brown Bag - - Chris McNorgan, Northwestern University
        4269 Beckman Institute
      2. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

        Dieter Cassel, Associate Director of International Programs, Mercator School of Management, Duisburg/Essen


        Educating Undergraduate Students Through Summer Study Abroad: The Case of BEST

        42A Education (map)

      3. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumProf. David Johnson, Center for Green Materials Chemistry, University of Oregon, "Ferecrystals: New materials with designed nanoarchitecture and tunable properties"
        100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
      4. 4:00 pmProf. Squire J. Booker, Penn State
        Prof. Squire J. Booker, Penn State, "Enzymatic functionalization of unactivated sp2-hybridized carbon centers"
        116 Roger Adams Lab
      5. 7:00 pmAsh-har Quraishi, Emmy Award-winning television journalist, writer, photographer and filmmaker
        Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football Documentary screening and discussion
        Art Theater, Champaign
    2. Tuesday, February 28, 2012

      1. 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmElana Zilberg, Associate Professor, Communication Department. University of California
        Lecture Series. Gangster, Guerilla, Soldier, Cop: The Many Faces of Transnational Violence between the U.S. and El Salvador
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
      2. 2:00 pm   116 RALSeminar of Special Interest, Dr. Guihua Yu, Stanford University, "Rational Design and Assembly of Functional Nanomaterials for Energy and Electronics Applications"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      3. 4:00 pmAstrophysics Colloquium: NO COLLOQUIUM TODAY
      4. 4:00 pmProf. Margarete Zimmermann (FU Berlin)
        FRENCH - Prof. Margarete Zimmermann (FU Berlin): "Salons du XVIe siecle et espaces urbains"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building
      5. 4:00 pmProfessor Magarete Zimmermann, Free University Berlin
        Salons du XVIe sicle et espaces urbains
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, FLB
      6. 5:30 pm - 7:30 pmSPSS I v19.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences): Getting Started with SPSS
        G17 FLB; Foreign Language Building
    3. Wednesday, February 29, 2012

      1. 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

        Alan Matthews, Professor of European Agricultural Policy, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin


        Agricultural policy reform in the European Union

        Giertz Conference Room, IGPA, 1007 W. Nevada, Urbana, IL (map)

      2. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmTim Mahrt, PhD Student, Department of Linguistics
        'Language, Identity, and the Loss of Cultural Practices in Siwa, Egypt'
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth St, Champaign
      3. 12:00 pmPam Glosson, University of Illinois
        VCHP Brownbag - Pam Glosson - University of Illinois
        Psychology 819
      4. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmJapanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      5. 3:00 pmProfessor D. Fairchild Ruggles, Department of Architecture
        3rd Annual "Historians Among Us" Lecture
        307 Greg Hall
      6. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      7. 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmData Services Open Lab Hours
        314 Main Library
      8. 3:00 pm

        David Sauri, Department de Geografia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona


        Urban Sustainability Speakers Series: "It heats people up more than fire and makes them drunk more than wine": An overview of recent water history in Spain

        Davenport 219, 607 S. Matthews Ave., Urbana, IL (map)

      9. 3:30 pmAmir Muhammad
        Servants of Allah: Islam and American Slavery
        College of Law Auditorium
      10. 4:00 pmProfessor Paul Braun, University of Illinois, "Three-Dimensional Structures for Storing, Generating and Harvesting Photons and Electrons: Ultra-high Power Batteries and Light Emitting Diodes"
        112 Chem Annex
      11. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProf. Numa Markee, Dept. of Linguistics
        SLATE - DSIT Lab Workshop: Prof. Numa Markee, Dept. of Linguistics
        Room G-24, Foreign Languages Building
      12. 5:30 pm - 7:30 pmArcGIS I v10: Introduction to ArcCatalog and ArcMap
        G17 FLB; Foreign Language Building
      13. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmLINGUISTICS -- Arabic Movie Night: "Amreeka"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
  3. Week of March 1, 2012

    1. Thursday, March 1, 2012

      1.  Professor Erik Swyngedouw, University of Manchester, UK; Professor Martin Murray, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Professor Teresa Caldeira, University of California, Berkley; Professor Asef Bayat, University of Illinois
        2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium: Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World
        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
      2.  Erik Swyngedouw (School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK); Martin Murray (Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Teresa Caldeira (Dept. of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley); Asef Bayat (Dept. of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
        2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium (JACS): Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World
        Levis Faculty Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
      3.  Graduate Student Academic Review/Graduate Assistantship Funding
      4. All Day

        Erik Swyngedouw, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester, UK

        Martin Murray, Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

        Teresa Caldeira. Professor of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

        Asef Bayat, Professor of Sociology and Middle East Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

         

        Presenters:

        Mi Shih, University of Technology, Sydney

        Virág Molnár, New School for Social Research

        Neema Kudva, Cornell University

        Faranak Miraftab, University of Illinois and David Wilson, University of Illinois

        Ken Salo, University of Illinois

        Malini Ranganathan, University of Illinois


        Joint Area Centers Symposium 2012: Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World

        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana, IL 61801 (map)

      5.  SOC 100 Online Spring 2012 Second Eight Weeks
      6. 9:00 am - 11:00 amATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      7. 12:00 pmMr. Tucker Maxson
        CHEM 575 Seminar: Mr. Tucker Maxson, UIUC, "Development of Biocompatible Antimicrobial Polymers"
        217 Noyes Laboratory
      8. 12:00 pmAriel de la Fuente, History. Purdue University
        Lecture Series. Sex and Eroticism in Jorge Luis Borges's Literature
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
      9. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmModerator: Ellen Moodie, Anthropology
        Informal talk with Prof. Teresa Caldeira Professor of City and Regional Planning at University of California, Berkeley
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
      10. 2:00 pm   116 RALSeminar of Special Interest, Dr. Rizia Bardhan, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, "In situ Optical Sensing with Plasmonic Nanostructures: From Biotechnology to Energy Systems"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      11. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmLAS Staff and Academic Professional Awards Reception
        Alice Campbell Alumni Center
      12. 4:00 pm

        Erik Swyngedouw, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.


        CAS/MillerComm2012: Every Revolution Has Its Square: Re-Politicizing the Unequal City

        Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory, Urbana, IL (map)

      13. 4:00 pmDavid Ceperley, Universitry of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
        David Ceperley, Universitry of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
        165 Everitt Lab
      14. 4:00 pmErik Swyngedouw (School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK)
        "Every Revolution Has Its Square" Re-politicising the Unequal City (2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium)
        Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory Stree, Urbana
      15. 4:00 pmMathematics Colloquium: Daniel Kral
        245 Altgeld Hall
      16. 4:00 pm

        Dr. Jeffrey Barrick, UT Southwestern


        Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jeffrey Barrick, "Experimental studies of tempo and mode in bacterial genome evolution"
        B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
      17. 4:00 pmMalte Rolf, Professor at Leibniz University of Hannover
        New Directions in Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia - Imperial Biographies in Multiethnic Empires. The Habsburg and the Russian Empires in Comparison
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S Fifth St Champaign
      18. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmLynn Visson, retired UN interpreter
        Center for Translation Studies -- Lynn Visson, "The Life of a UN Interpreter and Recent Trends in Interpreter Training"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      19. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmLynn Visson, retired UN Interpreter
        The Life of a UN Interpreter and Recent Trends in Interpreter Training
        Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana
    2. Friday, March 2, 2012

      1.  Professor Erik Swyngedouw, University of Manchester, UK; Professor Martin Murray, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Professor Teresa Caldeira, University of California, Berkley; Professor Asef Bayat, University of Illinois
        2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium: Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World
        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
      2.  Erik Swyngedouw (School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK); Martin Murray (Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Teresa Caldeira (Dept. of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley); Asef Bayat (Dept. of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
        2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium (JACS): Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World
        Levis Faculty Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
      3. All Day

        Erik Swyngedouw, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester, UK

        Martin Murray, Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

        Teresa Caldeira. Professor of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

        Asef Bayat, Professor of Sociology and Middle East Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

         

        Presenters:

        Mi Shih, University of Technology, Sydney

        Virág Molnár, New School for Social Research

        Neema Kudva, Cornell University

        Faranak Miraftab, University of Illinois and David Wilson, University of Illinois

        Ken Salo, University of Illinois

        Malini Ranganathan, University of Illinois


        Joint Area Centers Symposium 2012: Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World

        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana, IL 61801 (map)

      4.  Champaign Greek Film Festival
        Art Theater in Champaign
      5. All DayGreek Film Festival

        Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign, IL (map)

      6. All DayMODERN GREEK STUDIES -- 1st Champaign Greek film festival
        Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign
      7. 11:00 amUndergrad and Grad Writing Contest Submissions Deadline
      8. 12:00 pmDon Dulany, University of Illinois
        Cognitive brownbag: Don Dulany, University of Illinois
        819 Psychology
      9. 12:00 pmFaculty Meeting
        CAB Conference Room 69B
      10. 12:00 pmMichel Regenwetter
        Faculty-Student Seminar
        404 DKH
      11. 1:30 pmGraduate Student Presentations
        Developmental Brown Bag - Graduate Student Presentations
        Room 819 Psychology
      12. 2:30 pmAmanda Coles, Illinois Wesleyan University
        CLASSICS - Amanda Coles, Illinois Wesleyan University: "Non-Roman Gods in Mid-Republican Colonies: A Case against Religious Romanization"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      13. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmUN Terminology and Procedures

        Room 407, Levis Faculty Center; 3rd Floor; 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana (map)

      14. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pmDevelopment Seminar-Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
        209 David Kinley Hall
      15. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmKorean Conversation Table
        Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi San)
      16. 7:00 pmChampaign Greek Film Festival Presents "The Guardian's Son"
        The Art Theater; 126 W. Church St.,; Champaign, IL 61820
      17. 9:15 pmChampaign Greek Film Festival Presents "Plato's Academy"
        The Art Theater; 126 W. Church St.,; Champaign, IL 61820
    3. Saturday, March 3, 2012

      1.  Professor Erik Swyngedouw, University of Manchester, UK; Professor Martin Murray, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Professor Teresa Caldeira, University of California, Berkley; Professor Asef Bayat, University of Illinois
        2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium: Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World
        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
      2.  Erik Swyngedouw (School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK); Martin Murray (Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Teresa Caldeira (Dept. of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley); Asef Bayat (Dept. of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
        2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium (JACS): Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World
        Levis Faculty Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
      3. All Day

        Erik Swyngedouw, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester, UK

        Martin Murray, Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

        Teresa Caldeira. Professor of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

        Asef Bayat, Professor of Sociology and Middle East Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

         

        Presenters:

        Mi Shih, University of Technology, Sydney

        Virág Molnár, New School for Social Research

        Neema Kudva, Cornell University

        Faranak Miraftab, University of Illinois and David Wilson, University of Illinois

        Ken Salo, University of Illinois

        Malini Ranganathan, University of Illinois


        Joint Area Centers Symposium 2012: Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World

        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana, IL 61801 (map)

      4.  Champaign Greek Film Festival
        Art Theater in Champaign
      5. All DayGreek Film Festival

        Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign, IL (map)

      6. All DayMODERN GREEK STUDIES -- 1st Champaign Greek film festival
        Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign
      7. 8:30 am - 11:00 amJanice Del Negro
        Workshop: "Building Oral Narratives: The Practical Construction of Effective Stories for Telling"
        Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
      8. 9:00 am - 5:00 pmUN Terminology and Procedures

        Room 407, Levis Faculty Center; 3rd Floor; 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana (map)

      9. 12:30 pmDance, Song, and Music from India at the Spurlock Museum
        The Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
      10. 12:30 pm - 4:00 pmWorldFest
        Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
      11. 2:00 pmChampaign Greek Film Festival Presents "The Silent School"
        The Art Theater; 126 W. Church St.,; Champaign, IL 61820
      12. 3:00 pmChampaign Greek Film Festival Presents "The Guide"
        The Art Theater; 126 W. Church St.,; Champaign, IL 61820
      13. 5:00 pmChampaign Greek Film Festival Presents "Without Borders"
        The Art Theater; 126 W. Church St.,; Champaign, IL 61820
      14. 7:00 pmChampaign Greek Film Festival Presents "Gold Dust"
        The Art Theater; 126 W. Church St.,; Champaign, IL 61820
      15. 9:00 pmChampaign Greek Film Festival Presents "Attenberg"
        The Art Theater; 126 W. Church St.,; Champaign, IL 61820
  4. Week of March 4, 2012

    1. Sunday, March 4, 2012

      1.  Keynote speaker: Dan Laor, Tel Aviv University
        Hebrew Literature Now: Symposium on Contemporary Israeli Literature
        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
      2. 9:00 am - 3:00 pmUN Terminology and Procedures

        Room 407, Levis Faculty Center; 3rd Floor; 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana (map)

      3. 5:00 pmDan Laor: "Writing the Holocaust: Is It Still Relevant?"
        Symposium: New Israeli Literature in the 21st Century
        Levis Faculty Center
    2. Monday, March 5, 2012

      1.  Keynote speaker: Dan Laor, Tel Aviv University
        Hebrew Literature Now: Symposium on Contemporary Israeli Literature
        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
      2. 12:00 pmArt Kramer & Emily Wee, University of Illinois
        Brain & Cognition Brown Bag - - Art Kramer & Emily Wee, Univeristy of Illinois
        4269 Beckman Institute
      3. 12:00 pmGeorgy Egorov
        Comparative Politics Workshop - Georgy Egorov
        404 David Kinley Hall
      4. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumProf. Daniel Abraham, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, "TBA"
        100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
    3. Tuesday, March 6, 2012

      1.  Keynote speaker: Dan Laor, Tel Aviv University
        Hebrew Literature Now: Symposium on Contemporary Israeli Literature
        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
      2.  Dissertation Travel Grants (Spring competition)
      3. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmEsra Gurakar, Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics; and Hadi Esfahani, Professor, Department of Economics
        "Restricting Access to Economic and Political Power: Turkey and Iran Compared"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana
      4. 2:00 pm   116 RALChBE 565 Seminar, Professor Daniel A. Hammer, University of Pennsylvania, "Designer Vesicles from Synthetic Surfactants - Block co-Polymers and Recombinant Proteins"
        116 Roger Adams Lab
      5. 3:30 pmGreek Conversation Table
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
      6. 4:00 pmAdrienne Erickcek
        Astrophysics Colloquium: Adrienne Erickcek, University of Toronto: "Microhalos: Messengers from the Early Universe"
        134 Astronomy
      7. 4:00 pmMathematics Colloquium: Trjitzinsky Memorial Lectures
        314 Altgeld Hall
      8. 5:30 pm - 7:30 pmSPSS II v19.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences): Inferential Statistics
        G17 FLB; Foreign Language Building
      9. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmBosnian/Croatian/Serbian Conversation Table
        Espresso Royale, on Goodwin and Oregon in Urbana
      10. 7:30 pm

        Javier Durán (Associate Professor of Spanish and Border Studies, University of Arizona)


        'Borders' Theme Lecture: Virtual Divides: Biometrics, Borders and Bodies
        Levis Faculty Center (Third Floor) / 919 W. Illinois Street, Urbana
    4. Wednesday, March 7, 2012

      1. 12:00 pmCell & Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Vlad Denic, Harvard University, Molecular and Cellular Biology, "The Mechanism of Tail-Anchored Protein Insertion into the ER Membrane"
        B102 CLSL
      2. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      3. 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmData Services Open Lab Hours
        314 Main Library
      4. 3:00 pmThomas Swensen, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in American Indian Studies
        Indigenous Historical Ecologies at Fort Ross California State Park's 'Cultural Heritage Day'
        Asian American Studies conference room, 1208 W. Nevada, Urbana
      5. 4:00 pmMathematics Colloquium: Trjitzinsky Memorial Lectures
        245 Altgeld Hall
      6. 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmProfessors Tania Ionin and Annie Tremblay
        SLATE - Professional Development Workshop: Poster presentations (Professors Tania Ionin and Annie Tremblay)
        Room G-18 (basement), Foreign Languages Building
      7. 5:30 pm - 7:30 pmArcGIS II v10: Introduction to ArcToolbox
        G17 FLB; Foreign Language Building
      8.  Professor Elizabeth Hodges, Miami University
        The Unbearable Proximity of Grief in Kieslowskis Bleu
        TBA
    5. Thursday, March 8, 2012

      1. 9:00 am - 11:00 amATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      2. 12:00 pmMs. Jessica Banks
        CHEM 575 Seminar: Ms. Jessica Banks, UIUC, "Title to be Announced"
        217 Noyes Laboratory
      3. 12:00 pmErica Vogel, Korea Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois
        Lecture Series. Global Conversions: Money, Migration and Work for Peruvian Laborers in South Korea
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
      4. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmJapanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      5. 2:00 pm   116 RALSeminar of Special Interest, Dr. Amish Patel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Uncovering the Role of Water in Biomolecular Interactions: New Insights from Theory and Computation"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      6. 4:00 pmHan Xiao, Rutgers
        Han Xiao, Rutgers
        165 Everitt Lab
      7. 4:00 pmMathematics Colloquium: Trjitzinsky Memorial Lectures
        245 Altgeld Hall
      8. 4:00 pmDr. Melinda Faulkner, Bradley University
        Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Melinda Faulkner, "TBA"
        B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
      9. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm"Play of Adam"
        Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
      10. 8:00 pm"Play of Adam"
        Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
    6. Friday, March 9, 2012

      1. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm"Play of Adam"
        Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
      2. 8:00 pm"Play of Adam"
        Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
      3. All DayAmerican University Meets the Pacific Century Conference
      4. All DayCMN Prospective Graduate Student Welcome Weekend
        Various-see individual events
      5. 11:30 am - 12:00 pmProspective Grad Student Meeting with Director of Graduate Study
        Music Room, Levis Center
      6. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

        Dr. Choukri Ben-Mamoun


        Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Choukri Ben-Mamoun, Yale University, New Haven, CT; "TBD"

        B102 CLSL Auditorium

      7. 12:00 pmSarah Brown-Schmidt, University of Illinois
        Cognitive brownbag: Sarah Brown-Schmidt, University of Illinois
        819 Psychology
      8. 12:00 pmBryce Dietrich
        Faculty-Student Seminar
        404 DKH
      9. 12:00 pmMary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University in Evanston
        High Stakes Choosing: Race, Place, and School Choice in Chicago
        Room 219 Davenport Hall (Geography), 607 S. Mathews
      10. 12:00 pmJr. Quinn Submission Deadline
        Room 208
      11. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

        Zsuzsa Gille, Associate Professor of Sociology, UIUC

         


        What is Red in Hungary's 2010 Red Mud Disaster?

        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, S. Matthews Ave., Urbana, IL (map)

      12. 1:30 pmEthics Discussion
        Developmental Brown Bag - Ethics Discussion
        819 Psychology
      13. 2:00 pmCLASSICS - Presentation of CAMWS Papers
        Room 4080A, Foreign Languages Building
      14. 2:00 pm - 5:00 pmFaculty Meetings with Prospective Graduate Students
        Various faculty offices
      15. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pmApplied Microeconomics Seminar-Jan Brueckner (UC Irvine)
        215 David Kinley Hall
      16.  GlobalFest 2012

        Normal Community West High School, 501 North Parkside Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761 (map)

      17. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmKorean Conversation Table
        Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi San)
    7. Saturday, March 10, 2012

      1. All DayAmerican University Meets the Pacific Century Conference
      2. All DayCMN Prospective Graduate Student Welcome Weekend
        Various-see individual events
      3.  GlobalFest 2012

        Normal Community West High School, 501 North Parkside Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761 (map)

      4. 8:30 am - 1:00 pmWelcome Weekend Panel Discussions
        Rm 133, 1207 W Oregon St
      5. 2:30 pm - 3:30 pmSpanish Story Time: "Rene Has Two Last Names/ Rene tiene dos apellidos"
        Urbana Free Library, Children Department. 210 W Green St, Urbana.
  5. Week of March 11, 2012

    1. Sunday, March 11, 2012

      1. 3:00 pmProfessor Sarah Wisseman, Director, ATAM, UIUC
        CLASSICS - AIA Lecture: Professor Sarah Wisseman, Director, ATAM, UIUC: "Mummies of the World and Advances in Mummy Science"
        62 Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium)
    2. Monday, March 12, 2012

      1. 11:30 amUrmitapa Dutta
        Final Oral Defense - - Urmitapa Dutta
        318 Psych Bldg
      2. 12:00 pmBrian Kurilla, University of Illinois
        Brain & Cognition Brown Bag - - Brian Kurilla, University of Illinois
        4269 Beckman Institute
      3. 2:30 pm - 4:00 pmLilach Nir, Ph.D., Department of Political Science and Communication, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
        Dept of Communication Colloquium Series-Lilach Nir
        Music Room Levis Faculty Center
      4. 4:00 pmProfessor Paul Wender
        Marvel Lecture, Professor Paul Wender, Stanford University, "TOWARD TRANSFORMATIVE THERAPIES AND THE IDEAL SYNTHESIS: STUDIES ON HIV/AIDS ERADICATION, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, AND IMMUNOTHERAPY"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      5. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumProf. Jiaxing Huang, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, "TBA"
        100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
      6. 7:30 pmHasia Diner (Krouse Lecture)
        We Remember with Reverence and Love
        Levis Faculty Center
      7. 8:00 pm1930s Banlieutopia and the Films of Julien Duvivier
        Levis Faculty Center, 3rd Floor
    3. Tuesday, March 13, 2012

      1. 12:00 pmMaria Galmarini, PhD Candidate, Department of History
        Noontime Scholar Lecture Series - The Politics of Gender and Single Mothers' Right to be Helped in Soviet Russia between1917 and 1950
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S Fifth St Champaign
      2. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmValerie Hoffman, Director, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and Professor, Department of Religion
        "Religion and Politics in Oman"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana
      3. 1:00 pmThe Promise of Cooperatives: the Cleveland Model of Community Development
      4. 1:30 pm   Final Defense, Professor Yi Lu, AdvisorMs. Tiffany Hopper, UIUC, "TBA"
        B124 CLSL
      5. 2:00 pm   116 RALSeminar of Special Interest, Dr. Dun-Yen Kang, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Single-Walled Aluminosilicate Nanotubes: Emerging Materials for Separations and Renewable Energy Technology"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      6. 4:00 pm - 5:30 pmDavid Kinley Lecture-John Campbell (Harvard)
        Deliotte Auditorium
      7. 4:00 pm - 5:30 pmJonathan Chaves, Professor of Chinese, George Washington University
        EALC - Jonathan Chaves, George Washington University
        Room 101, International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign
      8. 4:00 pmProfessor Paul Wender
        Marvel Lecture, Professor Paul Wender, Stanford University, "MOLECULAR TRANSPORTERS FOR BREACHING BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS: FUNCTION ORIENTED SYNTHESIS, OVERCOMING RESISTANTCANCER, AND siRNA DELIVERY"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      9. 5:15 pmEuropean Movie Night: Shadows and Faces

        Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana (map)

      10. 7:30 pmModern Greek Studies - "The Contemporary Piano IV: Impressions from Greece," pianist Konstantinos Papadakis (New England Conservatory)
        Smith Memorial Room, Smith Memorial Hall, 805 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana
    4. Wednesday, March 14, 2012

      1. 10:00 am - 12:00 pmDavid Kinley Lecture-John Campbell (Harvard)
        Krannert Art Museum Room 62
      2. 12:00 pmJeewon Ahn, University of Illinois
        VCHP Brownbag - Jeewon Ahn - University of Illinois
        Psychology 819
      3. 12:30 pmCLASSICS - Presentation of CAMWS Papers (Part 2)
        Room 4080A, Foreign Languages Building
      4. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmJapanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      5. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      6. 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmData Services Open Lab Hours
        314 Main Library
      7. 3:30 pmtalk by Hasia Diner
        223 Greg Hall
      8. 5:00 pmIPRH Prizes for Research in the Humanities application/nomination deadline
      9. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmLINGUISTICS -- Turkish Movie Night: "Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul"
        Room G-30, Foreign Languages Building
    5. Thursday, March 15, 2012

      1. 9:00 am - 11:00 amATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      2. 12:00 pmDeborah Cohen, History. University of Missouri at St. Louis
        Lecture Series. Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subjects in the Postwar United States and Mexico
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
      3. 4:00 pmYoram Lithwick
        Astrophysics Colloquium: Yoram Lithwick, University of Toronto, CITA: " Secular Chaos: Formation of Hot Jupiters and the Organization of Planetary Systems"
        134 Astronomy
      4. 4:00 pmMr. Noah Bindman, Ms. Junqi Li, & Ms. Karen Morrison
        Fuson Student Talks: Mr. Noah Bindman, UIUC, "Fluorescent Labeling of Lantibiotics"; Ms. Junqi Li, UIUC, "Pinene-Derived Iminodiacetic Acid (PIDA): A Powerful Ligand for Stereoselective Synthesis and Iterative Cross-Coupling of C(sp3)Boronate Building Blocks"; Ms. Karen Morrison, UIUC, "Accessing Stereochemically Complex and Structurally Diverse Compounds through Chemical Modification of Gibberellic Acid, and their Activity in Biological Systems"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      5. 4:00 pmMathematics in Science & Society: Noam Elkies
        245 Altgeld Hall
      6. 4:00 pmXiangrong Yin, University of Georgia
        Xiangrong Yin, University of Georgia
        165 Everitt Lab
      7. 5:30 pmIPRH Film Series--Three Kings
        Krannert Art Museum (Room 62) / 500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign
      8. 7:00 pm"The Contemporary Piano IV: Impressions from Greece" - Pianist Konstantinos Papadakis (New England Conservatory)
        National Hellenic Museum, Chicago
    6. Friday, March 16, 2012

      1. 12:00 pmDuane Watson, University of Illinois
        Cognitive brownbag: Duane Watson, University of Illinois
        819 Psychology
      2. 1:30 pmNancy McElwain (Human and Community Development, University of Illinois)
        Developmental Brown Bag - Nancy McElwain (Human & Community Dev, University of Illinois)
        819 Psychology
    7. Saturday, March 17, 2012

      1. All DaySpring Break
  6. Week of March 18, 2012

    1. Sunday, March 18, 2012

      1. All DaySpring Break
    2. Monday, March 19, 2012

      1. All DaySpring Break
      2.  Brain & Cognition Brown Bag - - Spring Break - No Brown Bag Talk
    3. Tuesday, March 20, 2012

      1. All DaySpring Break
    4. Wednesday, March 21, 2012

      1. All DaySpring Break
      2. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
    5. Thursday, March 22, 2012

      1. All DaySpring Break
      2. 9:00 am - 11:00 amATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      3. 4:00 pm   Materials and Inorganic ChemistryProf. Michael Shatruk, Florida State University, "Controlling Magnetic Bistability in Solid State and Molecular Materials: Itinerant Magnets and Spin-Crossover Complexes"
        112 Chem Annex
    6. Friday, March 23, 2012

      1. All DaySpring Break
    7. Saturday, March 24, 2012

      1. All DaySpring Break
  7. Week of March 25, 2012

    1. Sunday, March 25, 2012

      1. All DaySpring Break
    2. Monday, March 26, 2012

      1.  2012 Sociology Graduate Paper Awards
      2. 12:00 pmMatt Walker, University of California, Berkley
        Brain & Cognition Brown Bag - - Matt Walker, University of California, Berkley
        4269 Beckman Institute
      3. 12:00 pmGuillermo Rosas
        Comparative Politics Workshop - Guillermo Rosas
        404 David Kinley Hall
      4. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pmDevelopment Seminar-Ana Margarida Fernandes (World Bank)
        209 David Kinley Hall
      5. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumProf. Michael Mills Department of Materials Science and Engineering Ohio State University
        100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
    3. Tuesday, March 27, 2012

      1. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmFeisal Mohamed, Associate Professor, Department of English
        "The Democracy Paradox in Action: How Islamists are Saving and Destroying the Egyptian Revolution"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana
      2. 2:00 pm - 3:20 pmEconomics and Policy Seminar-Jesse Shapiro (University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
        3007 BIF
      3. 4:00 pmJulie Comerford
        Astrophysics Colloquium: Julie Comerford, University of Texas-Austin
        134 Astronomy
      4. 4:30 pm - 6:00 pmCaroline Szylowicz, Kolb-Proust Librarian
        "Proust: lettres perdues et retrouves"
    4. Wednesday, March 28, 2012

      1.  Eldar Shafir
        David C. Baum Lecture on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
        to be announced
      2. 9:00 am   Advisor: Professor Ryan C. BaileyMs. Christine Herman
        Ms. Christine Herman, UIUC, "Title to be Announced"
        171 Roger Adams Laboratory
      3.  Euro Challenge 2012 - Regional (Midwest) Preliminary Round

        Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60604 (map)

      4. 12:00 pmCell & Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Jeanne Lawrence, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Cell Biology, "TBA"
        B102 CLSL
      5. 12:00 pmWhitney Street, University of Illinois
        VCHP Brownbag - Whitney Street - University of Illinois
        Psychology 819
      6. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      7. 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmData Services Open Lab Hours
        314 Main Library
      8. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmSLATE - Prof. Johannes Wagner, Univ. of Southern Denmark
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      9. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmLINGUISTICS -- Swahili Movie Night: "The Second Wife"
        Room G-30, Foreign Languages Building
    5. Thursday, March 29, 2012

      1. All DayEU Day & ACDIS Transatlantic Security Symposium

        Alice Campbell Alumni Center & Levis Faculty Center

      2. 9:00 am - 11:00 amATLAS WEB office hours
        ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
      3. 12:00 pmGreg Grandin, History. New York University
        Lecture Series. Toward a Rump Monroe Doctrine: US-Latin American Relations on the Eve of the 2012 Elections
        Room 126 Library & Information Science Building
      4. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmJapanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      5. 4:00 pmMathematics Colloquium: James Haglund
        245 Altgeld Hall
      6. 4:00 pm

        Dr. Gregory Velicer, Indiana University


        Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Gregory Velicer, "TBA"
        B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
      7. 4:00 pmJoshua Landis, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma
        Millercomm Lecture: Whither Syria?
        TBA
      8. 4:00 pmLaura A. Henry, Professor at Bowdoin College
        New Directions in Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia - The Future of Russia's Frozen Forests: Do Global Governance Initiatives in Climate and Forestry Influence Russian Environmental Policy?
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S Fifth St Champaign
    6. Friday, March 30, 2012

      1. All DayPeoria Area World Affairs Council's (PAWAC) 42nd Annual Central Illinois World Affairs Conference: The European Union and Germany: Challenges for Today, Promises for Tomorrow

        Par-A-Dice Hotel and Conference Center, Peoria, IL (map)

      2. 12:00 pmJason Coronel, University of Illinois
        Cognitive brownbag: Jason Coronel, University of Illinois
        819 Psychology
      3. 12:00 pmFaculty Meeting
      4. 12:00 pmMark Fredrickson
        Faculty-Student Seminar
        404 DKH
      5. 12:00 pmWHFB Syllabus Design
        111 Greg Hall
      6. 1:00 pmJing Guo
        Final Oral Defense - - Jing Guo
        318 Psych Bldg
      7. 1:30 pmPei Pei Setoh (University of Illinois)
        Developmental Brown Bag - Pei Pei Setoh (University of Illinois)
        819 Psychology
    7. Saturday, March 31, 2012

      1. All DayPeoria Area World Affairs Council's (PAWAC) 42nd Annual Central Illinois World Affairs Conference: The European Union and Germany: Challenges for Today, Promises for Tomorrow

        Par-A-Dice Hotel and Conference Center, Peoria, IL (map)

      2. 8:30 am - 3:30 pm2012 Latin American Teachers Workshop. "Building Bridges: Immigration and Migration to the US and within Latin America"
        LUCY ELLIS LOUNGE. 707 South Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Bookmark and Share