General Events

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

    • All Day
    • Main Library Room 346

    “We are each other’s harvest” : Gwendolyn Brooks and the Formation of Black Literary Canon

    RBML’s new exhibit celebrates the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’s 'Annie Allen' – the poetry collection that won the first Pulitzer Prize by a Black author – and explores the rich history of Black literature’s emergence into the mainstream. On display through May 2025.

    • 1:00 - 4:00 pm
    • Main Library (first floor north-south corridor), 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana

    Bronze Tablet Viewing During Commencement

    The Main Library first floor north-south corridor will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the Saturday and Sunday of Commencement weekend for photo opportunities with the Bronze Tablets.

    • 5:00 - 6:30 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

    College of Media Convocation

    Students must register to participate in the College of Media Convocation Ceremony. Please see full event details at https://media.illinois.edu/may-convocation/.