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Avereeyl Ra
The Gray Wilkerson Ra Trio has long been integral to the Chicago jazz community. Avreeayl Ra (percussion, flute), Ed Wilkerson, Jr., (saxophone, clarinet), and eclectic multi-instrumentalist Larry Gray (double bass, cello) are noted for their tremendous rapport, wide range of color, and boundless…
Avreeayl Ra (percussion, flute)
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Ed Wilkerson, Jr (saxophone, clarinet)
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Larry Gray (double bass, cello)
The Gray Wilkerson Ra Trio has long been integral to the Chicago jazz community. Avreeayl Ra (percussion, flute), Ed Wilkerson, Jr., (saxophone, clarinet), and eclectic multi-instrumentalist Larry Gray (double bass, cello) are noted for their tremendous rapport, wide range of color, and boundless…
A.J. Racy
Award-winning performer and composer, A. J. Racy is internationally recognized for his extraordinary musicianship. A master of traditional Middle Eastern instruments including the ‘ud (a lute), the nay (a reed flute), and the buzuq (a fretted lute) he has composed for and performed with the Kronos…
Rayna Rapp
In the last two decades, genomic scientists, clinicians, and patient health groups have formed coalitions to produce new genetic knowledge.  For three years, our research teams observed and interviewed among constituencies involved in finding genes for connective tissue disorders.  New forms of…
Jolene Rickard
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Jane Mt. Pleasant
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Stephen Brush
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Elizabeth Fitting
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Scott Manning Stevens
More than seven thousand years ago, indigenous peoples in Mexico domesticated maize (corn), the most important agribusiness plant of the twenty-first century. For the past four millennia corn has been a vital crop, inspiration for ritual calendars and cosmovisions, fiber for communal cohesion and…
Andrew Rowan
In the past 200 years, there have been substantial changes in how human societies view and treat animals. Today, there are considerable tensions and inconsistencies in how humans perceive and treat animals both within societies and across different societies. This presentation will explore some of…
Abigail Salyers
An important  part of the human condition this is usually overlooked by everyone except microbiologists is the fact that humans are born into a world that is dominated by a complex microbial population.  An infant is colonized withing the first few days of life and carries this microbial population…
Monica Sans
Monica Sans will present work from a project described in her latest book Racial Identities, Genetic Ancestry, and Health in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay. Advance readings available upon request from Jessica Bardill (jbardill@illinois.edu) or Ripan Malhi (malhi@illinois.…
James Savage
Universities and colleges have now benefited from $6.5 billion in earmarked or pork barreled federal research funds.  When universities, and particularly their presidents, decide to bypass peer review and pursue earmarked dollars, what ethical choices do they make, and with what consequences for…
AnnaLee Saxenian
Highly-skilled immigrants are transforming what was once seen as a brain drain into a far more complex, two-way process of "brain circulation." By Transferring skills and connections developed in technology centers like Silicon Valley to their home countries, the new Argonauts have seeded new…
Dietram A. Scheufele
Watch the video HERE For a while now, a growing chorus of voices of scholars and policy actors has warned about an alleged “infodemic” surrounding public debates about science. The term infodemic typically refers to a flood of truth claims, especially online, that makes it difficult for citizens to…
Dorothee Schneider
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Douglas A Kibbee
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Alejandro Lugo
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Gale Sumerfield
How are nations around the world dealing with the challenges presented by immigration? How do US policies differ from those in other societies? Are our own national policies addressing the most important issues and how might we reform these policies? Each of our speakers will address the issue of…
Karen Schönwälder
All over Europe, the integration of immigrants and members of ethnic minorities is currently being debated with a new urgency. Against the background of urban conflicts and acts of terrorism, previous policies are called into question. But has multiculturalism really failed? And do the new policies…
Brandon Seabrook (guitar)
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Henry Fraser (bass)
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Daniel Levin (cello)
In his close to two decades in New York City, Brandon Seabrook has garnered international acclaim for his sui generis approach to the electric guitar, which astounds with tremolo pyrotechnics and an entropic sensibility. Seabrook’s newest ensemble features young upright bassist Henry Fraser (…
Larry Smarr
After a fifty year period of a global war, our country is readjusting to a global economic competition.  During the wartime, the federal government assumed a very strong central role in the initiation of research topics in science and engineering.  In the last few years, there seems to be a major…
Mira Sotirovic
VIDEO The torrent of false information and efforts to undermine the credibility of journalism and the news media as democratic institutions make journalistic commitments to accurate reporting more crucial and more challenging than ever before. The standard practice of debunking of misinformation…
Dean Spade
AUDIO "Mutual aid" is a term used for projects where people take responsibility for caring for one another and changing political conditions, not just through symbolic acts or putting pressure on their representatives in government, but by actually building new social relations that are more…
David Stark
David Stark will present material from a research project on how digital modes of deliberation and representation are co-evolving with structures of public planning, design, and policy.  That research focuses on representations of the public and representations to the public in the process of…
Gregory Stephanopoulos
Following its transformation from a descriptive to a molecular science, biology is emerging as the enabling science of the Chemical and pharmaceutical industries in the 21st century. This process is catalyzed by dramatic advances in the field of genomics, new high-throughput technologies probing…
Mark Stetter
The public's awareness of the importance of nature and wildlife has never been so high. Being "green," or environmentally responsible, is now a major focus in America and is growing around the world. There are many examples of how humans are negatively impacting wildlife. But how are we helping…
Oswald Steward
Memory storage is thought to be mediated by changes in the structure and/or molecular composition of synapses.  This process requires the expression of particular gene products, but how proteins are targeted to synapses undergoing modification still remains a mystery.  Here, Steward will describe a…
Robert Streiffer
When is it morally permissible to genetically engineer animals for their use as food or in scientific or medical research? Rejecting the views that such engineering is never permissible, and that it is always permissible, Streiffer argues that it depends upon the kind of animal, the effects of the…
Ted Striphas
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Since its release in November 2007, the Amazon Kindle has emerged as a—and perhaps the—leading portable electronic reading device.  Widely touted for its unique screen, capacious storage, and wireless content delivery, Kindle has prompted both enthusiasts and critics to…
Gale E Summerfield
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Noreen Sugrue
Migrant remittances now greatly exceed international development aid, and their potential for promoting development is a current debate in the field. This talk draws on a recent study of immigrants in the Midwest to explore impacts on capabilities in the receiving and sending communities. Issues…