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MillerComm in Spring

Check out our complete spring lineup here

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Social Justice and Just Causes

Learn more about Byrd's presentation here

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Food for Thought

Presentations by our recent Associates and Fellows

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New annual initiative!

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

Wednesday

Feb 09

Initiatives

"The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and the Allure of Conspiracy

Steven J. Zipperstein

Harriet Murav

Eugene Avrutin

7:00pm CST

Zoom presentation

Thursday

Feb 10

Presentations

Food For Thought: Smitha Vishveshwara and Kaiyu Guan

Smitha Vishveshwara

Kaiyu Guan

11:00am-1:00pm

Center for Advanced Study
Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
919 W. Illinois, Urbana

Wednesday

Feb 16

MillerComm Lecture Series

Social Justice and Just Causes

Donald Byrd

4:30pm

Knight Auditorium
Spurlock Museum
600 South 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

03/01/22

GAM Visiting Professor & Scholars

03/01/22

Research Appointments

Associate (Tenured)

10/04/22

Fellow (Non-Tenured)

10/04/22

Dialogue
Thrives

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CAS in the News

Congratulations to the 2022-23 CAS Associates and Fellows, approved by the Board of Trustees at the January 20 meeting!

Please welcome the new CAS Director May Berenbaum, CAS Professor of Entomology. She replaces former CAS Director Tamer Başar who retired on December 31, 2020.

CAS Professor of Dance Cynthia Oliver receives 2021 United States Artists Fellowship

Congratulations to the CAS Associates and Fellows 2022-23! These appointments were approved at the January 20, 2022 meeting of the Board of Trustees

CAS Director and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Tamer Başar is a recipient of the 2021 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal. The Wilbur Cross Medal is the highest honor that Yale Graduate School bestows on its alumni

Congratulations and welcome to the seven new CAS Professors!