The Scholar Adventurers Series (SAS) is a series of events offered throughout the year by faculty members and others from a variety of disciplines who are engaged in interesting research projects or special educational endeavors. Students may register for Scholar Adventurers Series (SAS) programs on the Events Calendar. All Chancellor’s Scholars are required to complete 8 SAS to graduate with CHP honors. You may sign up for as many SAS as you’d like in a semester.
Semester Offerings
Spring 2025 semester offerings are listed below! Registration information will be announced via NewsBytes; every event must be registered for, and confirmation info will be sent to all registrants a few days before each event (please respond at that time if you can’t make the program). Please e-mail chp@illinois.edu to be placed on a waitlist if an event is full.
Spring 2025 semester offerings:
- RACE, LANGUAGE, AND HUMOR with Luvell Anderson on Tuesday, 2/25/25
- RETURNING INDIGENOUS COLLECTIONS AND MAKING MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THROUGH REPATRIATION with Jenny Davis on Thursday, 2/27/25
- THE DARK SIDE OF AI: DEEPFAKES, SCAMS, AND HACKS with Daniel Kang on Monday, 3/3/25
- GAINING PRECISION: STUDYING INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE HUMAN BRAIN with Caterina Gratton on Tuesday, 3/4/25
- USING AI IN JOB SEARCHES – IMPLICATIONS AND BENEFITS with Emma Andruczyk on Wednesday, 3/12/25
- HOW THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONCENTRATES CANDIDATE ATTENTION AND WHY IT MATTERS FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY with Scott Althaus on Wednesday, 3/25/25
- FOELLINGER AUDITORIUM TOUR with Dennis Craig on Friday, 3/28/25
- INTRO TO/APPLYING FOR NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE SCHOLARSHIPS (2 SESSIONS) with David Schug, Lara Kusnetzky, and students on Tuesday, 4/1/25
- FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY: MITIGATING OR INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTIGATIVE BIAS? with Cris Hughes on Tuesday, 4/8/25
- TEA CEREMONY AT JAPAN HOUSE (2 SESSIONS) with Jennifer Gunji-Ballsrud, Kimiko Gunji, and Lindsey Stirek on Wednesday, 4/16/25
- UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM with CHP Summer Research grant recipients and URS Presenters on Monday, 4/21/25
- USING PALEOGENOMICS TO LEARN ABOUT DIET, DISEASE, AND IMPACTS OF EUROPEAN COLONIZATION with Ripan Malhi on Wednesday, 4/23/25
If you would like to see the PDF list with fuller descriptions, you can view and download the document below:
Earning Credit
To earn credit for any online programs, students will be expected to submit a paragraph and response to a prompt sent after each program to Elizabeth Rockman at rockman@illinois.edu.
Students entering the CHP after Fall 2018 must participate in at least eight Scholar Adventurers Series (SAS) programs prior to graduation (approximately one per semester). For students who entered prior to Fall 2018, participation in four SAS programs is required.
A student may sign up for more than one SAS per semester, however, repeat attendance in an SAS does not earn additional credit.
If you need to cancel a registration, please delete your submission using the link in the confirmation email that was sent upon submission of your registration, and contact the CHP at chp@illinois.edu.
Questions? Comments? Contact chp@illinois.edu. Suggestions for future SAS programs? Please send an email to CHP Associate Director Elizabeth Rockman at rockman@illinois.edu.