College of LAS Events

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

- All Day
Instruction Ends
- Other
- All Day
Last Day of Spring 2025 Instruction
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- ACES Library - Heritage Room
Department of Linguistics Year-End Graduation, Awards, and Retirement Celebration for Professor Peter Lasersohn
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, May 8, 2025

- All Day
Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect
- Other
- 12:00 pm
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Florian Znaniecki Lecture: Rhacel Salazar Parreñas
- Lecture
- 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Snack & Study
- Social/Informal Event
- 3:00 - 5:00 pm
- The Atrium
Senior Honors and Capstone Fair
- Informational
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum Atrium
HRI Prizes for Research Ceremony & Year-End Reception

Gather with us in community to toast this year's HRI research prize recipients and to mark the close of another academic year.
- Reception/Open House
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum Atrium
HRI Prizes for Research Ceremony & Year-End Reception

Gather with us in community to toast this year's HRI research prize recipients and to mark the close of another academic year.
- Reception/Open House
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
Slavic Film Series: The Road to Mother [Анаға апарар жол] (Kazakh)
- Film Screening

Friday, May 9, 2025

- All Day
Final Exams Begin
- Other
- 8:30 am
- TBA
Nominals and Nominalizations in Korean and Beyond
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Dr. Kevin Corbett (University of San Diego): "“Ubiquitination pathways in bacterial innate immunity”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Strategy Session for Faculty: Fall-Deadline Funding Opportunities

To support your summer planning, please join us for an informative session covering an array of opportunities, including fellowships (ACLS and Guggenheim) and sited programs (arts residencies, research libraries, institutes for advanced study). Panelists will share their experiences with the application process and related logistics, followed by conversation and Q & A.
- Informational

Saturday, May 10, 2025

- 8:30 am
- TBA
Nominals and Nominalizations in Korean and Beyond
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, May 12, 2025

- 9:30 - 10:55 am
TIS Capstone Presentations - May 12, Morning Session
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- 161 Noyes Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Anaira Roman Santiago, "Understanding Molecular Level Interactions and Design of Selective Electrochemical Processes for Wastewater Treatment"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:25 pm
TIS Capstone Presentations - May 13, Afternoon Session
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
"Low-valent Nickel and Palladium Compounds Relevant to Cross-coupling Catalysis", Sagnik Chakrabarti, T.S. Piper Award for Outstanding Inorganic PhD Thesis
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Sergei Korshunov/Imlay Lab and Sanjay Rohaun/Imlay Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Friday, May 16, 2025

- 12:00 pm
PhD Dissertation Defense - Emily Swisher
- Ceremony/Service
- 2:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
Film screening: “Fidan”
- Film Screening
- 3:00 pm
- Room 3083 Natural History Building (SESE Core)
GGIS Class of 2024-25 Reception & Award Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, May 17, 2025

- 8:30 am
Commencement
- Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 18, 2025

- 9:00 am
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Convocation
- Ceremony/Service
- 9:30 - 11:00 am
- Krannert in Tryon Festival Theatre
ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Illini Union - room ABC
ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Virginia Theatre - 203 W Park Ave, Champaign, IL 61820
Statistics Convocation Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 19, 2025

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1
- Other

Friday, May 23, 2025

- 2:45 - 3:15 pm
- Pacific E
Tinker Field Research Collaborative Coffee Break at LASA2025
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, May 29, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 171 Roger Adams Lab
Casey Olen, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 30, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1002 Lincoln Hall
Joenisse Rosado-Rosa, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, June 1, 2025

- All Day
Indiana University Summer Language Workshop
- Conference/Workshop

Thursday, June 5, 2025

- 11:00 am
- 1024 Chemistry Annex
Joe Forzano, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:30 pm
- 307 Gregory Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, James Griebler, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 12, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Rachel Gaines "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 16, 2025

- All Day
Engineering Destruction: Militarization and the War Economy
- Conference/Workshop
- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2
- Other
- 8:30 am
French and Italian online summer courses start
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

- All Day
- Bangkok, Thailand
Global Forum on the Ethics of AI
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

- 10:00 am 1:00 pm
- 116 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 25, 2025

- 8:00 am
- UIUC campus
First day of instruction - Fall 2025
- Other
- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester
- Other

Thursday, August 28, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Tenure Seminar: Prof. Angad Mehta, UIUC, "Synthetic Biology for Evolutionary Studies and Human Health"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 4, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik, University of Rhode Island (host: Simon Rogers)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta (host: Baron Peters)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Knight Auditorium Spurlock Museum
An Evening with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Poet, essayist, translator, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is the author of three books of poetry, and a winner of the 2024 National Book Award. Her visit is part of the Illinois Global Institutes "Palestine in the World" series. The IGI Series on Global Responsibilities brings multidisciplinary and global perspectives to major contemporary questions.
- Lecture

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:30 am
- 2090B LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Lecture

Thursday, September 18, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania (host: Joon Kong)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University (host: Theresa Schoetz)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California, Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 4, 2025

- 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Multiple locations
Humanities Open House

Join us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, when we’ll be highlighting the best of the humanities on our campus, including academic departments, student groups, research, resources, and alumni stories.
- Reception/Open House
- 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Multiple locations
Humanities Open House

Join us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, when we’ll be highlighting the best of the humanities on our campus, including academic departments, student groups, research, resources, and alumni stories.
- Reception/Open House

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 13, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- 2090B LCLB
Slavic Dept Lecture: "PRL Noir: Specters of Communism in Contemporary Polish Cinema"
- Lecture

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:30 am
- 2090B LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Lecture

Thursday, October 23, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley (host: Damien Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Slavic Dept Lecture: Prof. Lyudmila Parts
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Alice Campbell Hall
Ayelet Tsabari, Einhorn Lecture Series

Ayelet Tsabari’s National Jewish Book Award winning, novel, Songs for the Brokenhearted, traces the story of the history of Yemeni Israelis through a fictional family. Tsabari visited UIUC in 2019, and was interviewed for Ninth Letter.
- Lecture