School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Calendar of Events

Thursday, November 13, 2025

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Kendall Nettles, University of Florida, "Structure and function of steroid receptors revealed by chemical biology and machine learning approaches"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Biology

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Lunch with CNRG: Web Hosting

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  "Web Hosting" David Slater, CNRG Associate Director of High Performance Computing

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Justin Lessler, University of North Carolina -- "Will there be a warning for the next pandemic?"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2025

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Brenda Bass (University of Utah) - "Discriminationg self and nonself dsRNA during antiviral defense"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium: Nick Polizzi, Harvard University, "Understanding and Manipulating Immune Modulation by the Microbiome"

  1:30 - 5:00 pm

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Zengmin Cong / K. Prasanth Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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  Unlocking the Hidden Proteome

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Iain Cheeseman, PhD Herman and Margaret Sokol Professor of Biology; Core Member, Whitehead Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Unlocking the Hidden Proteome”

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Michael Bochert/Golding Lab and Lindsey Grady/Hatoum-Aslan

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  NO SEMINAR: 2025 SfN Annual Conference in San Diego

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute ATRIUM

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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  Final Defense: Yanheng Chen (Chen Lab) - "The role of CagA in the pathogenicity of H. pylori infection"

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Ting Wang / Washington University

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Why kill the Fluorescence? Let it Power your Raman

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  "Why kill the Fluorescence? Let it Power your Raman" Seemesh Bhasker, IGB Fellow Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Dabich Fellow: Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - “Exploring the antiviral functions and engineering potential of avian and mammalian Immunoglobulin A”

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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  MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Hongyu Zhao (Chung Lab) & Taylor McNeal (Raetzman Lab) "TBA"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Matthew Bogyo, Stanford University, "Making it Stick: Applications of Covalent Activity Based Probes"

  4:00 pm

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jacob Allen, Health and Kinesiology/UIUC -- "From Fermentation to Function: Harnessing Microbial Amino Acid Metabolism in Fermented Foods to Enhance Human Immunity"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 22, 2025

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  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

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  NO SEMINAR: UIUC Thanksgiving Break

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute ATRIUM

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 27, 2025

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  Thanksgiving Day

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, November 28, 2025

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  Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, December 1, 2025

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  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  • Other
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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Purnam Ghosh / Belmont Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Humayra Oishi / S. Prasanth Lab

  12:30 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

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  What Remains: Postcolonial Legacies of the Anatomical and Anthropological Sciences

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center

  Sabrina Agarwal, PhD Department of Anthropology; University of California, Berkeley “What Remains: Postcolonial Legacies of the Anatomical and Anthropological Sciences”

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  "Molecular Determinants of Prion Disease; A Guide to Therapeutic Development?" by James A. Mastrianni, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology, Director, Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders, Director, Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Program, Helen McLoraine Neuroscientist of the Brain Research Foundation, The University of Chicago

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: *ZOOM* Dr. Eneda Toska / John Hopkins University

  12:00 pm

  ZOOM

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Engineered High-Throughput Microtissue System for Liver Differentiation and Organization

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center

  "Engineered High-Throughput Microtissue System for Liver Differentiation and Organization" Brock Grenci, PhD Candidate Department of Bioengineering

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab) - 'TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Helen Nguyen, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department/UIUC -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 8, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Faizan Rashid / Sokac Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Gabriella Seyler / Belmont Lab

  12:30 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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  Activity of chromatin remodeling motors controls nuclear mechanics and tumor cell migration in 3D environments

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center

  Paul A. Janmey, PhD Institute for Medicine and Engineering, Center for Engineering Mechanobiology University of Pennsylvania "Activity of chromatin remodeling motors controls nuclear mechanics and tumor cell migration in 3D environments"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, December 11, 2025

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  Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other
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  Lunch with CNRG: AI

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center

  "AI" Dan Davidson Director of CNRG and Research Computing

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 12, 2025

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  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 15, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Tejus Sreelal / Li Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: *ZOOM* Dr. Bas Van Steensel / Netherlands Cancer Institute

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 22, 2025

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  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, December 25, 2025

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  Christmas Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, December 26, 2025

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  Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, December 29, 2025

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  President Designated Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  • Other

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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  Gift day

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, January 1, 2026

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  New Year's Day

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, January 16, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 19, 2026

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  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 29, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Matthew Cabeen, Oklahoma State University -- "Careful control for costly competition: a “two-key” mechanism for pyocin regulation in P. aeruginosa"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminars: Brooke Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 5, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Andrea Graham, Princeton University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 6, 2026

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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Donald McDonnell, Duke University, "TBD"

  12:00 pm

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Sierra Bedwell/Heath Lab & Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Career Development / Dr. Bing Yang / Purdue University

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 12, 2026

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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Danielle Mai, Stanford University, "TBD"

  2:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. John Schroggins, University of Texas Southwestern -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Vanderbilt University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Suhail Chhakara/Kuzminov Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Brent Stockwell, Columbia University "TBD"

  4:00 pm

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Zachary Davis/Brooke Lab and Will Wightkin/Blanke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Thomas Bernhardt, Harvard University - "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Gabriela Shipman/Brooke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli, University of Michigan -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 14, 2026

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  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

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  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Gracious Donkor/Slauch Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 26, 2026

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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Amy Rosenzweig, Northwestern, "TBD"

  4:00 pm

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Chen Chen, Louisiana State University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abagail Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, April 2, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Lanying Zeng, Texas A & M University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Thomas Cowell/Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Long Cai / Caltech

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Alison Kell, University of New Mexico -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Caroline Oldstone-Jackson/Heath Lab and Changyi Zhang/Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adam Deutschbauer, University of California - Berkeley -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Anne Carpenter / Broad Institute

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Mauricio Pontes, Penn State University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Courtney Ellison, University of Georgia -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, May 16, 2026

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  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, May 25, 2026

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  Memorial Day Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, June 19, 2026

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  Juneteenth

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 3, 2026

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  Independence Day (observed)

  All Day

  • Other