College of LAS Events

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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
- 12:00 pm
Book Talk: Transnational Palestine. Nadim Bawalsa
- Webinar
- 12:00 pm
Dr. Nadim Bawalsa "Book talk on Transnational Palestine" (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801
Food for Thought: Theo Gonzales
- 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
- 5:00 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Italian Movie Night: "La miglior offerta" The Best Offer (Tornatore 2013)
- 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
- 10:00 am
- 220 Smith Memorial Hall (805 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: J. Mackenzie Pierce
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Departmental Seminar: Dr. Vishnu Krishnamurthy
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (Formerly FLB)
Henna
- Meeting

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
- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Bo Wang, University of Illinois, "TBA

Assistant Professor, College of Aces, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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
- All Day
- Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 AND Noyes Laboratory, 505 S Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
CHBE/OXE UG Research Symposium and Scholarship Awards Ceremony
- Meeting
- 9:00 - 10:00 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - Dr. Alex Weiss, Director, Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes at Lincoln Park Zoo - Topic: Non-Academic Career
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lars Dietrich:Columbia University - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- University YMCA Building
Friday Forum + Conversation Café
- Lecture
- 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: Dr. Rudolph Jaenisch
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor David Nagib, Ohio State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:15 - 6:45 pm
- BNAAC (1212 W. Nevada Street)
The What Now? Series continues

The What Now? Series continues April 7 (Monday) from 5:15-6:45pm at BNAAC (1212 W. Nevada Street). Confirmed speakers include Karen Flynn and Julie Pryde.
- Lecture
- 5:15 pm
- Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 1212 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL
What Now: Focus on Women and Gender in the New Era
- 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 - Renyuan Xu (NYU)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Interseminars | Emergent Quilombos: A Discussion on Black Life, Ancestral Knowledges, and Diasporic Cultural Politics in the Americas

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 | Emergent Quilombos: A Discussion on Black Life, Ancestral Knowledges, and Diasporic Cultural Politics in the Americas

Dr. Bryce Henson is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism and an Africana Studies Program Affiliate at Texas A&M University.
- Other
- 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
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor David Nagib, Ohio State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Departmental Seminar: Dr. Shannon Lauberth
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (Formerly FLB)
Arabic Roundtable: TBD
- Meeting
- 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

- 9:30 am
- 419 RAL (Rose Room)
Final Defense: Iris Lyu (Stadtmueller Lab) - "Structural Investigation of Telost of Immunoglobulin M Tetramer Assembly and Engineering of Chimeric Antibodies Consisting of Teleost Motif"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Elizabeth McCullagh, Oklahoma State University "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- University Archives (room 146, Main Library) or via Zoom
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Taiye Winful

Dr. Winful, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and a participant in the DRIVE Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Program, will discuss her research on the biological mechanisms linking stress to health, with a focus on inflammation.
- Ceremony/Service
- 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
Book Talk: Hearing Islam: The Sounds of a Global Religious Tradition. Lauren Osborne
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- Lincoln Hall Room 1090, 702 S. Wright St., Urbana
Dr. Lauren Osborne. Book talk on "Hearing Islam: The Sounds of a Global Religious Tradition" (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- 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
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
Slavic Film Series: Earth [Земля] (Russian)
- Film Screening

Friday, April 11, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - Dr. Yuki Haba, Columbia University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- University YMCA Building
Friday Forum + Conversation Café
- Lecture
- 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
- 2:00 - 3:30 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (Formerly FLB)
Movie Night
- Meeting
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Illini Union Bookstore, Author's Corner, 2nd Floor
Book Launch: Dr. Aja Y. Martinez & Dr. Robert O. Smith, The Origins of Critical Race Theory: The People and Ideas That Created a Movement
- Social/Informal Event
- 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 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Elizabeth Gavis
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Darrin Brager, Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas, "TBA"

Assistant Professor, Dept. of life Sciences
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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
- University YMCA Building
Friday Forum + Conversation Café
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 0359 Music Building (1114 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL 61801)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Olga Zaitseva-Herz
- Lecture

Monday, April 21, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Italian Movie Night: "Salvatore Giuliano" (Rosi 1964)
- Film Screening

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1306 Everitt Lab
Statistics Seminar - Shuangning Li (Chicago Booth)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Departmental Seminar: Dr. Xiao Wang
- 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

- 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 pm
- Medical Sciences Bldg 274
Ada Doisy Lectures in Biochemistry: Dr. James P. Allison (MD Anderson Cancer Center), "Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: Distinct Biologies of CTLA-4 and PD-1 Blockade"
- 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
Ada Doisy Lectures in Biochemistry: Dr. Frank McCormick (University of California San Fransisco), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Markian Dobczansky
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Professor Anna Wuttig, University of Chicago, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
Slavic Film Series: Father [Otac] (Serbian)
- Film Screening

Monday, April 28, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Arabic Tutoring
- Meeting
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Lecture: Dr. Daniel Pippel, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Johnson & Johnson 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: Dr. 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

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