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 2026 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 2026 semester offerings:
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE U.S. SWITCHES SIDES IN THE WORLD? with Nicholas Grossman on 2/26/26
- FILM VIEWING AND DISCUSSION: “HOUSE MUSIC: A CULTURAL REVOLUTION” with Stacey Robinson on 2/27/26
- HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE: THE AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM with Robert Bruno on 3/5/26
- AI AND YOUR JOB SEARCH – IMPLICATIONS AND BENEFITS with Emma Andruczyk on 3/11/26
- “SET IN STONE” – THE IMPORTANCE OF REPRESENTATION IN STATUARY AND ART with Mary Phillips on 3/25/26
- NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE SCHOLARSHIPS (2 sessions) with David Schug and Dani Nutting on 3/31/26
- TEA CEREMONY AT JAPAN HOUSE (2 sessions) with Jennifer Gunji-Ballsrud, Kimiko Gunji, and Lindsey Stirek on 4/1/26
- RACE, VOTING AND THE CONSTITUTION with Jason Mazzone on 4/13/26
- BASEBALL STATISTICS – NEW MODELING with Daniel Eck on 4/16/26
- A STROLL DOWN GREGORY DRIVE – THE ARCHITECTURE OF CHARLES PLATT with Dennis Craig on 4/17/26
- AI, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE FUTURE OF WELLBEING: PROMISES AND PERILS with Koustuv Saha on 4/21/26
- UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (URS) PRESENTATIONS and CHP SYMPOSIUM ON UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH XXXV on 4/28/26
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 must participate in at least eight Scholar Adventurers Series (SAS) programs prior to graduation (approximately one per semester).
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.