The Department of Astronomy at the University of Illinois hosts a weekly colloquium during the academic year for invited speakers to discuss current research topics in astronomy and astrophysics. Colloquia are normally on Tuesday afternoons at 3:45 pm in 134 Astronomy Building, with coffee and cookies served in Astronomy 222 at 3:30pm. Find more details.

UPCOMING COLLOQUIA

January 27th 2026

Dr. Ross Maguire, UIUC

February 3rd 2026

Dr. Sam Yee, UCLA

February 5th 2026

Dr. Sarah J Blunt, UC Santa Cruz

February 10th 2026

Dr. Charles J Law, University of Virginia

February 12th 2026

Dr. Michael Zhang, University of Chicago

February 17th 2026

Dr. Matthew Nixon, Arizona State University

February 19th 2026

Dr. Shangjia Zhang, Columbia University

March 3rd 2026

Dr. Anthony Pullen, NYU

March 10th 2026 

Dr. Jessica Zebrowski, University of Chicago

March 31st 2026

Dr. Kuo-Chaun Pan, National Tsing Hua University 

April 7th 2026

TBD

April 14th 2026 

TBD

April 21st 2026

Dr. Susan Kassin, Johns Hopkins

May 5th 2026 

TBD

 

Looking for other talks? SkAI Institute also offers monthly colloquia. You can find more information on their events page.