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Improvisers Exchange: A Two-Year Initiative

Improvisers Exchange is a two-year initiative deeply investigating the field of music improvisation.

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Genetics of Human Behavior

Featuring Erik Turkheimer

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Microbial Communities

Presented by Ting Lu

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Forgetting Vietnam

Featuring Trinh T. Minh-ha

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An Evening with Nicole Krauss"

KNOWLEDGE THAT ILLUMINATES

The Center for Advanced Study sheds light on interdisciplinary thought that starts conversation, inspires action, and transforms the world.

Support for Faculty

This is where your scholarship flourishes. At the Center for Advanced Study, we’re here to celebrate your ideas, support your research, and promote your accomplishments.

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Upcoming Public Events

Wednesday

Mar 27

Co-Sponsored Events

Man on Fire--Film screening followed by a discussion with Director Joel Fendelman and Producer James Chase Sanchez

Joel Fendelman

James Chase Sanchez

4:00pm

Knight Auditorium
Spurlock Museum
600 S. Gregory, Urbana

Friday

Mar 29

Co-Sponsored Events

New Perspectives on Cultural Contact and Exchange, March 29-31

Gabriela Currie

Ronald Schleifer

3:00pm

Levis Faculty Center
919 W. Illinois Street
Urbana

Monday

Apr 01

MillerComm Lecture Series

What the Genetics of Complex Behavior Can (and Can't) Accomplish: Possibilities and Limitations for a Genetics of Human Behavior

Eric Turkheimer

4:00pm

Auditorium
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
405 North Mathews, Urbana

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Engage with the world’s most talked-about scholars, artists, and scientists at the Center for Advanced Study’s free and open events.

Brilliance
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Since 1959, the Center for Advanced Study has recognized the world’s top scholars by providing fertile ground where insights are shared, discoveries are revealed, and interdisciplinary connections are made.

Upcoming Application Deadlines

CAS offers faculty time off from teaching in order to pursue a research or creative project, and also helps bring to campus a steady flow of world-class scholars and performing artists for public events and small group meetings.

Programs

CAS/MillerComm Public Events Series

03/05/19

GAM Visiting Professor & Scholars

03/05/19

Research Appointments

Associate (Tenured)

10/01/19

Fellow (Non-Tenured)

10/01/19

Dialogue
Thrives

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CAS in the News

CAS Associates and Fellows 2019-20 approved by the Board of Trustees on January 31

CAS Professor of Entomology May Berenbaum (GEGC/IGOH) has been named the next Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

CAS Professor of Entomology Gene Robinson elected to the National Academy of Medicine

CAS Professor of Educational Policy, Organization & Leadership James Anderson delivered the 28th Annual Lecture on Wednesday, October 17, 2018

CAS Professor emeritus of English Nina Baym in memoriam

CAS Professor emeritus of Physics David Pines in memoriam