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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Center for Advanced Study has appointed 20 faculty members as associates or fellows for the 2021-22 academic year.

CAS associates and fellows are tenured and untenured faculty members, respectively, whose proposals are selected in an annual competition. Associates and fellows are granted a one-semester teaching release to pursue a scholarly or creative project.

CAS associates for 2021-22:

Lynne Dearborn, architecture

Mani Golparvar-Fard, civil and environmental engineering

Mark Hauber, evolution, ecology, and behavior

Marc Hertzman, history

Gilbert Holder, physics

Craig Koslofsky, history

Lijun Liu, geology

Sonali Shah, business administration

Helga Varden, philosophy

David Wilson, geography

CAS fellows for 2021-22:

Clara Bosak-Schroeder, classics*

Barry Bradlyn, physics*

Lindsay Braun, urban and regional planning*

Damien Guironnet, chemical and biomolecular engineering

Sean Kennedy, urban and regional planning

Lavanya Marla, industrial and systems engineering

William Schneider, social work*

Aida Talic, linguistics*

Vishal Verma, civil and environmental engineering

Lucas Wagner, physics

* (Also a Beckman fellow)

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