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CAS MillerComm Public Events Series

Applications for Spring 2026 or later due: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

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CAS Associates & Fellows

Applications for 2026-27 due: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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CAS Lectures on Media Space

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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.

How We Help

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Upcoming Public Events

Wednesday

Apr 23

MillerComm Lecture Series

Playing the Changes: Jazz and Education in South Africa

Darius and Catherine Brubeck

5:00pm

Knight Auditorium
Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory

Wednesday

Apr 30

Initiatives

Reflecting on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and the Illinois Energy Landscape

MULTIPLE

4:00 PM

Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) 2039
1405 W. Springfield Ave, Urbana

Monday

May 05

MillerComm Lecture Series

Music, Drama, and the Piano

Amy Williams

4:00pm

Music Building Auditorium
1114 W. Nevada St.
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
Thrives

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

03/25/25

GAM Visiting Professor & Scholars

03/25/25

Research Appointments

Associate (Tenured)

10/07/25

Fellow (Non-Tenured)

10/07/25

Dialogue
Thrives

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CAS in the News

Seven new CAS Professors elected in December 2024!

Leon Dash on UIUC Talkshow, a series of interviews hosted on YouTube by Mechanical Science & Engineering students Aaryaman Patel and Juan David Campolargo

In memoriam, Dale Van Harlingen, CAS Professor of Physics, July 20, 2024

Kashmiri folktales by SL Sadhu, English professor to former CAS Director Braj Kachru, available for download.

Welcome to our CAS Associates and Fellows 2024-25!