College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Louise Berben, University of California, Davis, "Using Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry to Control Electron and Proton Processes" (I)
- Ceremony/Service
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
CSI Gravity: Investigating Mysteries of Fundamental Physics with Black Holes
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 p.m.
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Saika Hossain/Imlay Lab and Riley McFarlane/Kehl-Fie Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 6:00 pm
- Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada St, Urbana
Native American House -- Dinner on Us
- Lecture
- 7:30 pm
- In person at Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts OR Live Stream
CultureTalk | Joy Harjo and Jenny L. Davis
- Other

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr James Collins, UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Inside Scoop | Joy Harjo

Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Joy Harjo, (23rd United States Poet Laureate; member of the Muscogee [Creek] Nation). Advanced registration required.
- Other
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
2024 Geerdes Lecture: Benjamin Gilbert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, "Modeling Multi-fork Replication and Segregation of Bacterial Chromosomes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:30 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom
Public Reading | Joy Harjo
- Performance

Thursday, April 25, 2024

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Alexander Johnson, Michigan State University "Neuropeptide and hormonal mediators of ingestive and binge feeding behavior"

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar, Prof. Eric Appel, Stanford University (Rogers) "Supramolecular (Bio)materials: From Fundamentals to Advanced Solutions for Pressing Challenges in Society"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Oana Luca, University of Colorado, "Electrons as Energy Currency in Sustainable Chemistry" (M)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Laura Mike, University of Toledo -- "Unmasking Klebsiella control of exopolysaccharides"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 26, 2024

- 10:00 am
"A Critical Perspective on AI as an educator in the Global South" Professor Laura Czerniewicz, University of Cape Town
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 am
- 1090 Lincoln Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, Krutarth Kamani, "Understanding the yielding transition in soft materials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- 433 Roger Adams Laboratory
Mara Paterson, Final Defense, UIUC, "Design and Synthesis of Acid-Cleavable Monomers for Chemically Degradable Polymeric Materials."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- 160 English Building
Rebecca Ulrich, UIUC, Final Defense, "Physicochemical Trends of Compound Efflux in Gram-Negative Bacteria and Characterization of Novel Antibacterials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Armita Nourmohammad (University of Washington) - "Learning the shape of immune and protein universe"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 2:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Humanities Research Lab Showcase
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis
Beth Severy-Hoven
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Electrochemical Hydrogenation, Hydrogenolysis, and Dehydrogenation for Reductive and Oxidative Lignocellulosic Biomass Upgrading"
- Seminar/Symposium