College of LAS Events

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

- All Day
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: April Events for Undergrad & Grad Students
- Informational
- 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Building (ECEB) + Campus Instructional Facility (CIF)
Midwest Arabic Debate Championship
- Conference/Workshop
- 4:00 pm
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) + Campus Instructional Facility (CIF)
U.S. Universities Midwest Arabic Debate Championship
- Conference/Workshop
- All Day
Spring Convocation Registration Form Deadline

Undergrads: Please remember to register for convocation!
- Informational

Monday, April 22, 2024

- All Day
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: April Events for Undergrad & Grad Students
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
- Room B, Law Building
Gloria Porras | A Conversation with Former Guatemalan Constiutional Court Justice
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall
Reforming the Stability and Growth Pact: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- AAS Conference Room, 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana
Tanaka Talk: How Do Sources of Discrimination Affect Political Participation?

This year's Tanaka Talk will be given by second-year Ph.D. student, Qiaoyi Nie. Nie's research focuses on political behavior and race and ethnicity politics, particularly the sociological causes and psychological roots of individuals' political behavior in the American context.
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- LCLB Lucy Ellis Lounge
Linguistics Seminar Series: Yunwen Su
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

- All Day
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: April Events for Undergrad & Grad Students
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall & Online
Health Misinformation on Social Media: Psychological Drivers and Mitigation Strategies Mitigation Strategies"

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a threat to the world in two ways; as an epidemic and an Infodemic. Our study contributes to the understanding of the role of psychological ownership motivation and (SET) in Infodemic and the effect of digital nudging as a moderator.
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Levis Faculty Center 424
Organize & Analyze: Social Movements Reading Group
- Lecture
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Louise Berben, University of California, Davis, "Using Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry to Control Electron and Proton Processes" (I)
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:00 pm 5:00 p.m.
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Saika Hossain/Imlay Lab and Riley McFarlane/Kehl-Fie Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 - 5:45 pm
Caffettino: Italian Conversational Table
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 pm
- Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada St, Urbana
Native American House -- Dinner on Us
- Lecture
- 6:30 - 7:00 pm
- Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820
Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "Caranguejo não é peixe"
- Other
- 7:30 pm
- In person at Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts OR Live Stream
CultureTalk | Joy Harjo and Jenny L. Davis
- Other
- 7:30 pm
- In person at Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts OR Live Stream
CultureTalk | Joy Harjo and Jenny L. Davis

Join us for an engaging conversation with Joy Harjo (23rd United States Poet Laureate; member of the Muscogee [Creek] Nation) and Jenny L. Davis (American Indian Studies and Anthropology; member of the Chickasaw Nation).
- Other

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

- All Day
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: April Events for Undergrad & Grad Students
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr James Collins, UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
David Whyte, "Law's Quick Fix? Ecocide, Social Transformation & the Pitfalls of Criminalisation"

Calls to criminalise "ecocide" are, it seems, everywhere: from indigenous activists and those in the global periphery, to NGOs and political actors in the core. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. Yet this paper contends that ultimately the proposed crime of ecocide may be unable to tackle the social reality of ecocide an
- Webinar
- 12:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Inside Scoop | Joy Harjo

Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Joy Harjo, (23rd United States Poet Laureate; member of the Muscogee [Creek] Nation). Advanced registration required.
- Other
- 12:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Inside Scoop | Joy Harjo

Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Joy Harjo, (23rd United States Poet Laureate; member of the Muscogee [Creek] Nation). Advanced registration required.
- Other
- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Salaam Center, 700 S Gregory St , Urbana, IL 61801
Arabic Calligraphy
- Social/Informal Event
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
2024 Geerdes Lecture: Benjamin Gilbert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, "Modeling Multi-fork Replication and Segregation of Bacterial Chromosomes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- LCLB G70
Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Lab Meeting
- Meeting
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Annual SLCL Faculty Meeting
- Meeting
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 422
Floridalma Boj Lopez | Mobile Archives of Indigeneity: Genesis, Methodology, and Application
- Ceremony/Service
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, room 422
Latina/Latino Studies Speaker Series: Dr. Floridalma Boj Lopez, “Mobile Archives of Indigeneity: Genesis, Methodology, and Application.”
- Lecture
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 422
LLS Speaker Series: Floridalma Boj Lopez, "Mobile Archives of Indigeneity"
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Lincoln Hall, Room 1060
Sabine Hyland | Iconicity in Andean Khipus
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- 1080 LCLB (Lucy Ellis Lounge)
Italian Movie Night: "Le Otto Montagne"
- Film Screening
- 7:30 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom
Public Reading | Joy Harjo
- Performance
- 7:30 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom
Public Reading | Joy Harjo
- Performance

Thursday, April 25, 2024

- All Day
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: April Events for Undergrad & Grad Students
- Informational
- 8:30 am
Annual SLCL Awards Reception
- Ceremony/Service
- All Day
- TBD
Ruth Behar
- Lecture
- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Alexander Johnson, Michigan State University "Neuropeptide and hormonal mediators of ingestive and binge feeding behavior"

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana
Snack & Study
- Social/Informal Event
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar, Prof. Eric Appel, Stanford University (Rogers) "Supramolecular (Bio)materials: From Fundamentals to Advanced Solutions for Pressing Challenges in Society"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- LCLB 4080 A
Experimental Linguistics Group Meeting
- Meeting
- 3:00 - 5:00 pm
- Russell Room, Natural History Building, 2049
Cybernetics: Or the Political Economy of Information
- Lecture
- 3:00 - 3:50 pm
- Grainger Commons, Rooms 233/235
Podcasting: How do I … Part 5: How do I responsibly share my podcast?
- Informational
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- 4045 iSchool Hub
ICR Distinguished Speaker Series: Nicole Ellison
- Lecture
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Oana Luca, University of Colorado, "Electrons as Energy Currency in Sustainable Chemistry" (M)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Laura Mike, University of Toledo -- "Unmasking Klebsiella control of exopolysaccharides"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 South Gregory, Urbana
Sefardita: A Journey from Anthropology to Fiction
- Lecture

Friday, April 26, 2024

- All Day
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: April Events for Undergrad & Grad Students
- Informational
- 10:00 am
"A Critical Perspective on AI as an educator in the Global South" Professor Laura Czerniewicz, University of Cape Town
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 am
- 1090 Lincoln Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, Krutarth Kamani, "Understanding the yielding transition in soft materials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- 433 Roger Adams Laboratory
Mara Paterson, Final Defense, UIUC, "Design and Synthesis of Acid-Cleavable Monomers for Chemically Degradable Polymeric Materials."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- 160 English Building
Rebecca Ulrich, UIUC, Final Defense, "Physicochemical Trends of Compound Efflux in Gram-Negative Bacteria and Characterization of Novel Antibacterials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Armita Nourmohammad (University of Washington) - "Learning the shape of immune and protein universe"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 2:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Humanities Research Lab Showcase
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 2:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Humanities Research Lab Showcase
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 404 David Kinley Hall
Politics Workshop: Crisis Leadership in the Time of Covid: Effects of Personality Traits on Response Speed
- Lecture
- 2:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis
Beth Severy-Hoven
- Lecture
- 3:00 - 5:00 pm
- Gregory Hall 319
Department of Philosophy Colloquium Talk: David Gunkel
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- 2049 Natural History Building
GGIS Colloquium | Irrigating the Plantation State
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Electrochemical Hydrogenation, Hydrogenolysis, and Dehydrogenation for Reductive and Oxidative Lignocellulosic Biomass Upgrading"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 - 6:00 pm
- 2090 LCLB and on Zoom
Priscilla Charrat-Nelson: "Strategic Success: Mastering the SLAC Job Market in a Transforming Educational Landscape"
- Lecture
- 4:30 pm
- Illini Union, South Lounge
Slavic Department Awards Ceremony

Annual awarding of Slavic Department prizes.
- Ceremony/Service
- 7:30 - 9:30 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Level 2 (DRK)
Continuum
- Performance

Saturday, April 27, 2024

- All Day
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: April Events for Undergrad & Grad Students
- Informational
- 7:30 - 9:30 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Level 2 (DRK)
Continuum
- Performance