Center for Advanced Study

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center Room 208

  Food For Thought | Ripan Malhi and Yurii Vlasov

  • Lecture

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana

  Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action, and Joy

  Professor Reyes Mason's presentation is grounded in a belief that our collective work on climate change can indeed lead to a healthier and thriving world for all in the midst of disaster and devastation, from our own backyards to communities across the globe.

  • Lecture

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 7:00 - 8:30 pm
  • Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana

  CAS Annual Lecture | Catherine Murphy, The Golden Future of Nanotechnology

  Catherine Murphy | The Golden Future of Nanotechnology

  • Lecture

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center Room 210

  Climate | Change: Fredrik Jonsson on the historical roots of the climate crisis

  • Lecture

Friday, October 31, 2025

• • 3:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center Room 210

  Tropical Polar Bears | Juno Salazar Parreñas

  Juno Salazar-Parreñas, Tropical Polar Bears: A Story of Competing Colonialisms in the Great Acceleration

  • Lecture