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Upcoming Public Events

Wednesday

Mar 26

Presentations

Food For Thought: Fahad Mahmood and Peter Fritzsche

Fahad Mahmood

Peter Fritzsche

11:00am-1:00pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
919 W. Illinois St
Urbana

Friday

Apr 04

Presentations

Food For Thought: Yuguo Chen and Soo Ah Kwon

Yuguo Chen

Soo Ah Kwon

11:00am-1:00pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
919 W. Illinois St
Urbana

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

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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

03/25/25

GAM Visiting Professor & Scholars

03/25/25

Research Appointments

Associate (Tenured)

10/07/25

Fellow (Non-Tenured)

10/07/25

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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!