Speakers Calendar
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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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Join the Cancer Center at Illinois' Cancer Measurement Technology and Data Science Program and the Center for Genomic Diagnostics in a mini-workshop on Diagnostics for Animal Health and Animal Models.
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Join the Illinois Newspaper Project and the Student Life and Culture Archives to learn about the history of U of I student newspaper, the Daily Illini, and the Library’s efforts to preserve and make it digitally accessible. Explore past events on campus and discover how digitized newspapers have changed research.
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Lunch at La Casa is part of the Lunch on Us noontime discussion series. Lunch at La Casa takes place every Thursday during the academic year, and features interactive presentations focused in four areas: Campus Resources, Health and Wellness, College Living, and Community Connections.
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“Marketers’ Cultivation of Digital Resignation in an AI Media Era”
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This panel discussion featuring Joseph Turow, Itzhak Yanovitzky, Julie Pryde, and Cherie Avent will explore how media, technology, infrastructure, and community can come together to foster a holistic communication ecosystem.
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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.
Friday, March 29, 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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The Cancer & Microbes Symposium is a one-day inaugural event to explore the latest work in cancer and microbe research.
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Runstedtler’s presentation draws on her 2023 book Black Ball, exploring how African American basketball players challenged the status quo on the court and in US society. Part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture, which is taking place March 28–29, 2024.
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Professor Louis Moore will present on his book I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915 and Daniel Nasset (Editor-in-Chief, University of Illinois Press) will share the editor’s perspective on working with Moore to turn his idea into a book that speaks to sporting publics.
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Frank Guridy (History, Columbia University) will be presenting, with Augustus Wood (Labor and Employment Relations) commenting. Guridy will preview part of his forthcoming book The Stadium, which examines the intersections of activism, sport stadiums, and political change. Part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture...
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Join the WRC as we discuss "Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change The World" edited by Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman. There are a limited amount of free copies for participants. You must register for the book club in order to receive a copy of the book. Copies are first come, first serve. Register today: go.illinois.edu/believemebook
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Shakeia Taylor is a Chicago-based award-winning writer and storyteller, whose work focuses on the intersection of sports, history, and culture.
Saturday, March 30, 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.
Monday, April 1, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 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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Speaker: Fabian Grusdt, Professor, Department of Physics and Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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"Of mice, men, birds and snakes: An evolutionary perspective on meiotic recombination in vertebrates" Molly Przeworski, PhD Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Systems Biology; Columbia University
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Speaker: Vakhtang Poutkaradze
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This hands-on workshop will give you an opportunity to explore the history and culture of Manga as an art form and connect it to your own experiences, guided by Manga artist and graduate student Kofi Bazzell-Smith (School of Art & Design's New Media). All art supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your favorite pencil.
Wednesday, April 3, 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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The annual TiME Day Symposium features speakers Sjoerd Finnema, Michael King, Yang Liu, and Gregory Underhill, as well as student presentations and an awards ceremony.
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Food for the Soul, part of the Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the many communities globally within the African Diaspora and our allies.
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April 3rd 12pm WGGP Alumni Lecture: Dr. Raiza Kolia Title: TBD 306 Coble Hall and via Zoom Lunch provided with RSVP https://go.illinois.edu/GRIDAlumLecture
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Film Screening & Discussion with Egyptian Filmmaker Rasha Azab, “Trapped” will take place on April 3 at 4 pm, Illini Union Room A, Illini Union. This is part of the "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s)" conference taking place April 4-5, 2024.
Thursday, April 4, 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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"Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s)" conference hosted by the Women and Gender and Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department taking place on April 4-5, 2024 in Illini Room A at the Illini Union. Complete details are available at https://go.illinois.edu/CommonDifferences2024
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Professor, Dept. Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Lunch at La Casa is part of the Lunch on Us noontime discussion series. Lunch at La Casa takes place every Thursday during the academic year, and features interactive presentations focused in four areas: Campus Resources, Health and Wellness, College Living, and Community Connections.
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"Media-Induced Self-Transcendence: Evidence and New Directions"
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Keynote lecture by Dr. Amina Mama, Professor at the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, UC Davis taking place on April 4th 6pm. This keynote lecture is part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s)" which is hosted by Women & Gender in Global Perspectives and the Department of Gender & Women's Studies.
Friday, April 5, 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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"Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s)" conference hosted by the Women and Gender and Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department. This will take place on April 4-5, 2024 in Illini Room A, Illini Union with pre-conference film screening on April 3rd featuring Egyptian film, Trapped"
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FSHN 597 Graduate Seminar Presenter | Daniel V. Krogstad, PhD Research Assistant Professor Materials Science & Engineering University of Illinois Title | TBA
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Friday Forum + Conversation Café : 'In Whose Honor?' 30 Years Battling Native Sports Mascot and Chief Illiniwek Jay Rosenstein, Dept. of Cinema and Media Studies Friday, April 5 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CDT) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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Period. End of Sentence. Film Screening & Director's Talk by Rayka Zehtabchi April 5, Illini Union, Room A, at 1 pm
Saturday, April 6, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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.
Monday, April 8, 2024
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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.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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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Speaker: Shruti Puri, Assistant Professor, Yale University
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Speaker: William Banks (University of Missouri, Columbia) Title: Recent results on zeros of the zeta function
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This research on the global halal economy focuses on select halal markets, which are significant in size and their aspiration of leading halal certification and related quality standardization in the past few years. The MENA is a case in point.
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Holger Schmidt, PhD Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Narinder Singh Kapany Chair of Optoelectronics, Baskin School of Engineering; University of California Santa Cruz "Integrated optofluidic devices for single molecule analysis"
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Speaker: Olivia Cannon
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We invite you to attend the panel in-person on the 2nd floor of the Funk ACES Library for an opportunity to talk with the panelists and other attendees during the reception from 3:30-4:00 p.m. Also, for in-person attendees, we will have a raffle for two disease-related books. We are providing a Zoom option for people to attend the panel virtually.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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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"Are Reparations Due for Colonialism in Africa" by Dr. Jeremy Julian Sarkin. April 10 at 12 pm at 306 Coble Hall.
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"A solid-liquid superposition model for interfacial solvation structures" Qian Ai, Graduate Research Assistant Materials Science & Engineering
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Food for the Soul, part of the Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the many communities globally within the African Diaspora and our allies.
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"The Other Side of the Smart Phone: MEMS Sensors and the Tiny Matters of Mediation"
Thursday, April 11, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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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Professor, Eric A. Ortlund, Ph.D.
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Lunch at La Casa is part of the Lunch on Us noontime discussion series. Lunch at La Casa takes place every Thursday during the academic year, and features interactive presentations focused in four areas: Campus Resources, Health and Wellness, College Living, and Community Connections.
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On April 11th, Professor and Director of Strategic Initiatives for Kinesiology and Community Health, Dr. Boppart will share her research on understanding muscle repair and using that knowledge to create interventions to help prevent muscle loss in a variety of contexts. Registration Link: https://go.library.illinois.edu/WomenInScienceApril2024
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Friday, April 12, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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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FSHN 597 Graduate Seminar Presenter | Bhagyashree Katare, PhD Associate Professor Department of Agricultural Economics Purdue University Title | The Effect of Healthcare Access on Nutritional Outcomes: The Case of Medicaid Expansion
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Friday Forum + Conversation Café: The Mission and Vision of the Salaam MENA Cultural Center Awad Awad, Salaam MENA Cultural Center Friday, April 12 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CDT) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Saturday, April 13, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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.
Monday, April 15, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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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Speaker: Alexandra Kolla, Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Peg McCarthy, PhD James & Carolyn Frenkil Endowed Dean's Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology; University of Maryland School of Medicine "Establishing Sex Differences in the Brain at the Intersection of the Nervous, Endocrine and Immune Systems"
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Discussions will consider the current state of film criticism, the interpretive power of media critics, and how this work might evolve over the next decade.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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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Discussions will consider the current state of film criticism, the interpretive power of media critics, and how this work might evolve over the next decade.
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Food for the Soul, part of the Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the many communities globally within the African Diaspora and our allies.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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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Associate Professor, Physiology, Molecular, and Cellular Biology
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Lunch at La Casa is part of the Lunch on Us noontime discussion series. Lunch at La Casa takes place every Thursday during the academic year, and features interactive presentations focused in four areas: Campus Resources, Health and Wellness, College Living, and Community Connections.
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Cyrus Wadia, chief executive officer of Activate, will give a lecture titled, "Filling the Science Leadership Gap."
Friday, April 19, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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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Friday Forum + Conversation Café : Envisioning Reproductive Justice in the Post-Dobbs Landscape Samantha Auerbach, Urbana-Champaign Reproductive Justice Friday, April 19 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CDT) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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Join the Department of Philosophy for a distinguished lecture by Richard Schacht, a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, titled "Philosophy as Interpretation" in celebration of his 50 years of Nietzsche studies and their culmination in his two new books.
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Distinguished Lecture in celebration of Richard Schacht's 50 years of Nietzsche Studies
Saturday, April 20, 2024
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This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.
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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.
Monday, April 22, 2024
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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.
Tuesday, April 23, 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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Speaker: Steven Moses, Quantinuum
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Speaker: Nikolaos Tzirakis
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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The ECEC24 virtual conference will feature traditional 15-minute presentations and lightning talk sessions on the latest in emerging contaminant research, policies, and outreach in the soil, water, and air.
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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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Food for the Soul, part of the Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the many communities globally within the African Diaspora and our allies.
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"Introducing Spatial Transcriptomics to Core Facilities: A Custom Built MERFISH Microscope " Duncan Nall, Research Scientist Core Facilities
Thursday, April 25, 2024
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The ECEC24 virtual conference will feature traditional 15-minute presentations and lightning talk sessions on the latest in emerging contaminant research, policies, and outreach in the soil, water, and air.
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Join us for the third annual ICTW Symposium and network with professionals across the state who are actively engaged in improving employment outcomes for with disabilities who have extensive support needs.
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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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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
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Lunch at La Casa is part of the Lunch on Us noontime discussion series. Lunch at La Casa takes place every Thursday during the academic year, and features interactive presentations focused in four areas: Campus Resources, Health and Wellness, College Living, and Community Connections.
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"Reflecting Identity, Signaling Attention, Shaping Language: Examining Digital Social Practices"
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Academic Women in STEAM (A-WIS) presents its seminar series, Science Uncorked, to showcase the fantastic work being performed by our student and postdoctoral trainees in STEAM fields at UIUC and to help bring their findings to the public.
Friday, April 26, 2024
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Join us for the third annual ICTW Symposium and network with professionals across the state who are actively engaged in improving employment outcomes for with disabilities who have extensive support needs.
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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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FSHN 597 Graduate Seminar Presenter | Irida Kastrati, PhD Assistant Professor in Cancer Biology Stritch School of Medicine Loyola University Chicago Title | The Role of SELENOF in Cancer Title | The Effect of Healthcare Access on Nutritional Outcomes: The Case of Medicaid Expansion
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Friday Forum + Conversation Café : Earth Day and Environmental Justice: Allies or Enemies? McKenzie Johnson, College of ACES Friday, April 26 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CDT) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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WGGP Spring Reception Please join us as we honor or GRID Graduates and WGGP Award Recipients Friday, April 26 | 4:00-5:00 pm | YMCA Latzer Hall 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Saturday, April 27, 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.
Monday, April 29, 2024
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Every 5th Monday, join us for our Dish It Up/Quench Lunch on Us Series collaboration at the Women's Resources Center. The GSRC and WRC will provide lunch while guests listen to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.
Tuesday, April 30, 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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Speaker: Chunhui Du, Assistant Professor, School of Physics, Georgia Tech
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Speaker: Cristian Enache (American University of Sharjah). Title: A survey on the maximum principle and its applications