College of LAS Events

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

• • 9:00 - 11:00 am
  • Nevada Dance StudioCreative Dance for Children is an innovative community program provided by the University of Illinois Department of Dance under the direction of Betty Allen. Instructors collaborate to design and deliver creative dance classes tailored for children ages 4-10.

  Creative Dance for Children Spring 2025 Session

  • Lecture
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Xavier Roy, Columbia University, (TBD) (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Steven Eichinger/Brooke Lab and Junya Li/Martinez Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 6:00 pm
  • 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Italian Movie Night

  • Film Screening

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

• • 9:00 - 11:00 am
  • Nevada Dance StudioCreative Dance for Children is an innovative community program provided by the University of Illinois Department of Dance under the direction of Betty Allen. Instructors collaborate to design and deliver creative dance classes tailored for children ages 4-10.

  Creative Dance for Children Spring 2025 Session

  • Lecture

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• • 9:00 - 11:00 am
  • Nevada Dance StudioCreative Dance for Children is an innovative community program provided by the University of Illinois Department of Dance under the direction of Betty Allen. Instructors collaborate to design and deliver creative dance classes tailored for children ages 4-10.

  Creative Dance for Children Spring 2025 Session

  • Lecture
• • 8:30 am   TBD
  • TBD

  Lac Cities Collective Presents: Mariana Alegre Escorza

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 1:00 - 4:00 pm
  • 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  Snack & Study

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor Franc Meyer, University of Göttingen, (TBD) (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 3092 C, LCLB

  FRIT Faculty Meeting

  • Meeting
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Stephen Kissler, University of Colorado - Boulder - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 4, 2025

• • 9:00 - 11:00 am
  • Nevada Dance StudioCreative Dance for Children is an innovative community program provided by the University of Illinois Department of Dance under the direction of Betty Allen. Instructors collaborate to design and deliver creative dance classes tailored for children ages 4-10.

  Creative Dance for Children Spring 2025 Session

  • Lecture
• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lars Dietrich:Columbia University - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 6:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1018 LCLB and Atrium

  FRIT Awards Ceremony

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 4:00 pm
  • RAL 116

  Professor Maral Mousavi, University of Southern California, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, April 5, 2025

• • 9:00 - 11:00 am
  • Nevada Dance StudioCreative Dance for Children is an innovative community program provided by the University of Illinois Department of Dance under the direction of Betty Allen. Instructors collaborate to design and deliver creative dance classes tailored for children ages 4-10.

  Creative Dance for Children Spring 2025 Session

  • Lecture

Monday, April 7, 2025

• 

  • 8:30 am   TBD

  Women Enviromental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon: Peru - Dr. Maritza Paredes

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Rudolph Jaenisch

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. James Moon, University of Michigan, "Engineering Strategies to Modulate the Immune System" (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1306 Everitt Lab

  Statistics Seminar - Shuangning Li (Chicago Booth)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  Interseminars Lecture | Bryce Henson

  Dr. Bryce Henson is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism and an Africana Studies Program Affiliate at Texas A&M University.

  • Lecture
• 

  • 4:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  Interseminars Lecture | Bryce Henson

  Dr. Bryce Henson is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism and an Africana Studies Program Affiliate at Texas A&M University.

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab and Hellan Lee/Vanderpool Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

• 

  • 5:30 pm
  • Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL)

  Film Screening: Queendom (2023)

  • Film Screening

Thursday, April 10, 2025

• • 1:00 - 4:00 pm
  • 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  Snack & Study

  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  • 4:00 pm
  • Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana Room 1090

  Dr. Lauren Osborne. Book talk on Hearing Islam: The Sounds of a Global Religious Tradition,

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Monica Cartelle Gestal, Louisiana State University: "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Andy Thomas, Texas A&M University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 11, 2025

• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Dr. Yuki Haba, Columbia University

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • RAL 116

  Professor Tom Soh, Stanford University, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, April 12, 2025

• • All Day
  • I-Hotel Conference Center

  2025 Bohrer Workshop in Statistics

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library

  Latin American Story Time: "Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son"

  • Other

Monday, April 14, 2025

• • 3:00 pm
  • Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)

  LAC Women Justice Presents: Elizabeth Kennedy

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 7:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sijin Li, Cornell University, "An Integrated Synthetic Biology Pipeline to Understand and Harness Plant Specialized Metabolism" (host: Huimin Zhao)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Brooke (Burris) Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jiayue Yang/Whitaker Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

• 

  • 12:00 pm
  • Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

  Inside Scoop/Food for the Soul with Ross Gay

  Free lunch and informal talk for undergraduates of any major. With poet and essayist Ross Gay.

  • Other
• 

  • 12:00 pm
  • Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

  Inside Scoop/Food for the Soul with Ross Gay

  Free lunch and informal talk for undergraduates of any major. With poet and essayist Ross Gay.

  • Other
• 

  • 7:30 pm
  • Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom

  Public Reading | Ross Gay

  A public reading and book signing with award-winning poet and essayist Ross Gay. The book will be available for purchasing and signing.

  • Performance
• 

  • 7:30 pm
  • Alice Campbell Alumni Center BallRoom

  Public Reading | Ross Gay

  A public reading and book signing with award-winning poet and essayist Ross Gay.

  • Performance

Thursday, April 17, 2025

• • 1:00 - 4:00 pm
  • 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  Snack & Study

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Genentech Lecture: Dr. Derek Dalton, Genentech, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Daniel Buckley, Cornell University: "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Genentech Lecture: Professor Matthew D. Shoulders, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 18, 2025

• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Fuller Lab Talks - Topic: Summer Research

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)

  REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Olga Zaitseva-Herz

  • Lecture

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Hunter Cobbley/Vanderpool Lab and Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 6:30 - 7:00 pm
  • Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820

  Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish)

  • Other

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Elizabeth Gavis

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 6:00 - 7:30 pm
  • 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Evening French Conversation (Soirée en français)

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, April 24, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  Doisy Lecture: Dr. James Allison - MD Anderson Cancer Center - "Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: Distinct Biologies of CTLA-4 and PD-1 Blockade"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 - 4:00 pm
  • 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  Snack & Study

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1306 Everitt Lab

  Statistics Seminar - Grace Chiu (Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 3092 C, LCLB

  FRIT Faculty Meeting

  • Meeting
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford University: "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • Siebel Design Center

  iWitness Project

  Photographers Ara Oshagan and Levon Parian will present a two-part art exhibit from their iWitness project at the Siebel Design Center in the spring culminating in a moderated talk at 5pm on April 24th at the Siebel Center.

  • Exhibition

Friday, April 25, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  Doisy Lecture: Dr. Frank McCormick - University of Califronia San Fransico "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • RAL 116

  Professor Anna Wuttig, University of Chicago, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 28, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  J&J Innovative Medicine Lecture: J&J rep:TBD, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  J&J Innovative Medicine Lecture: Professor Christo S. Sevov, Ohio State University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 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
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, University of Minnesota, (TBD) (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 6:00 pm
  • 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Cinéclub "Pépé le Moko" (Duvivier, 1937)

  • Film Screening

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Craig Alexander Mackinnon

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 1064 Lincoln Hall or Virtual

  Research Resource Forum: Research Support in LAS

  Join the LAS Office of Research to learn more about grant support for faculty researchers in LAS. Our team will share information on pre-award services, such as budgeting, document review, and preparing for submission to SPA. This session will be particularly helpful for faculty without access to dedicated unit-based grant support staff.

  • Informational
• • 5:00 pm
  • 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Italian Movie Night

  • Film Screening