College of LAS Events

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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Statistics Convocation Ceremony

5:30 - 7:30 pm

Activities and Recreation Center
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

All Day
- Other

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Lali Gutierrez, UIUC, Final Defense, "Early-Aβ Targeting Probes For Alzheimer’s disease And Related Dementias In 5xFAD Mice"

9:00 am

B102 Chemical Life Sciences Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 22, 2026

FINAL DEFENSE: Brandon Rasmussen "Designing and Constructing a Transient Soft X-ray Absorption Spectrometer to Probe Molecular Photochemistry". Advisor: Professor Joshua Vura-Weis

2:00 pm

Natural History Building Room 2078
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Blake Ocampo, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Chemoinformatic Tools for Applications in Small Molecule Catalysis"

3:00 pm

Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801, Room 1002
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 1, 2026

Final Defense: Musarrat Jabeen (Shapiro Lab) - ""Exploring The Therapeutic Potential, And Deciphering The Pathways Underlying Acquired Resistance To ErSO In Ovarian And Breast Cancer"

3:00 pm

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Final Defense Joo Hun "John", TBA

2:00 pm 03/06/2026

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Beyond the Textbook: Teaching the Middle East Through Global Citizenship
Recurring

All Day

Siebel Center for Design, Starlight Room 1002 South 4th Street Champaign, IL 61821
- Conference/Workshop

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Beyond the Textbook: Teaching the Middle East Through Global Citizenship
Recurring

All Day

Siebel Center for Design, Starlight Room 1002 South 4th Street Champaign, IL 61821
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, June 12, 2026

Final Defense Ching Hsiu Chung, TBA

10:00 am 03/06/2026

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

All Day
- Other
We The (Trivia) People

7:00 pm

Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

Ready for a night of friendly competition? Gather your crew, challenge yourself with trivia, and see how you stack up against the competition. This free event draws inspiration from our exhibit Unfinished Revolutions: Living Stories of American Rights.
- Informational

Monday, August 24, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

All Day

your class
- Other

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

History Treasure Hunt

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Gregory Hall 213

Join us for a scavenger hunt to learn more about the Department of History! More details to come.
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, September 14, 2026

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

A Book in Common

4:00 - 6:00 pm

TBD

Join us for a discussion of the book Windrush Cricket: Imperial Culture, Caribbean Migration, and the Remaking of Postwar England by Michael Collins.
- Meeting

Monday, September 21, 2026

R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Balthazor-Senter Symposium of Frontiers in Organic Chemistry - Speakers: TBD

8:30 am

Beckman Institute
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Statistics Seminar - Jose Zubizarreta (Harvard)

3:30 pm

2310 Everitt Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 2, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

5:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2026

Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 21, 2026

Fall break begins

8:30 am

Swanlund Administration Building
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, November 30, 2026

Instruction resumes

All Day

I-Hotel
- Other

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

All Day
- Other

Friday, December 11, 2026

Final Exams Begin

8:30 am
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, December 18, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

All Day
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 15, 2027

Winter Session Final Exams Begin

8:30 am
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

All Day
- Other

Saturday, March 13, 2027

Spring Vacation Begins

1:00 pm
- Other

Monday, March 22, 2027

Instruction resumes

7:00 am
- Other

Friday, April 30, 2027

2027 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Paul Alivisatos, University of Chicago, TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Lecture