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New initiative: ABOLITION

Abolition is an exciting new initiative examining the radical, yet realizable, possibilities of abolition in its many forms.

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#YearInReview with Nicole Krauss

Watch the video of Krauss' MillerComm Presentation here!

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The Center for Advanced Study turns 60!

Unearth our history

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MillerComm2020 presents Sasha Velour

This event is free but tickets are required. Tickets will be available at the KCPA box office starting August 19.

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

Applications

Upcoming Public Events

Thursday

Sep 12

Presentations

Tiananmen: The People Versus The Party

FILM SCREENING

7:00pm

The Art Theatre
126 W. Church Street
Champaign

Saturday

Sep 14

MillerComm Lecture Series

Smoke and Mirrors

Sasha Velour

8:00pm

Colwell Playhouse
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 S. Goodwin, Urbana

Wednesday

Sep 18

Initiatives

Shrinking the Prison Industrial Complex: Strategic Abolitionist Organizing in the 21st Century

Mariame Kaba

4:00pm

Knight Auditorium
Spurlock Museum
600 S. Gregory
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

09/24/19

GAM Visiting Professor & Scholars

09/24/19

Research Appointments

Associate (Tenured)

10/01/19

Fellow (Non-Tenured)

10/01/19

Dialogue
Thrives

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CAS in the News

Leon Dash, CAS Professor of Journalism and former CAS Director, inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists' Hall of Fame along with other members of the Washington Post's Metro Seven

CAS Director and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Tamer Başar has been conferred an Honorary Professorship by Shandong University, Jinan, China, in a ceremony held in Jinan on May 10, 2019

CAS Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences Stephen Long elected to the National Academy of Science

Congratulations to CAS Professor Emeritus of English Rick Powers, the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction!

CAS Professor of Chemistry Catherine Murphy elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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