College of LAS Events

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

- 3:30 pm
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

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

- 3:30 5:00 pm
Faculty Meeting
- Meeting

Thursday, April 3, 2025

- 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

Friday, April 4, 2025

- 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

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

- 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Bryce Henson Lecture

Bryce Henson holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Communications Research with graduate certificates in cultural studies and Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University.
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Bryce Henson Lecture

Bryce Henson holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Communications Research with graduate certificates in cultural studies and Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication 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

Thursday, April 10, 2025

- 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Snack & Study
- Social/Informal Event
- 4:00 pm
- TBD
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

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library
Latin American Story Time
- Other

Monday, April 14, 2025

- 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
- BNAACC
Inside Scoop | Ross Gay

Award-winning poet and essayist.
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- BNAACC
Inside Scoop | Ross Gay

Award-winning poet and essayist.
- Lecture
- 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.
- Lecture
- 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.
- Lecture