College of LAS Events

Monday, December 8, 2025

• 

  FINAL DEFENSE: Laura Smith "TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF IRON BISPORPHYRIN PHOTOCATALYSTS" Professor Joshua Vura-Weis, Advisor

  12:30 pm

  B124 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Shrinking Civic and Academic Space in Germany: An Inventory of Recent Restrictions and Violations

  1:00 pm

  • Webinar
  • Webinar
• 

  "Shrinking Civic and Academic Space in Germany: An inventory of Recent Restrictions and Violations." Dr. Ilyas Saliba, Part of "Palestine in the World "Series.

  1:00 pm

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Linguistics Seminar Series: Kendra Calhoun

  4:00 pm

  LCLB Lucy Ellis Lounge

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Prof. Christina (Tina) K. Kim, Princeton University, "Molecular Recorders for Activity-Dependent Protein Tagging in the Brain"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• 

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao) "Scalable Approaches to Study and Engineer Immune Receptors"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, "Synthetic Strategies to Improve Atmospheric Water Capture Using Metal Organic Framework", Andrew Norris

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Lynda Steen CHEM 535 Seminar: "Breaking Bredt's Rule: Accessing Anti-Bredt Olefins"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  AI in Medicine: More than a Tool We Use

  5:30 pm

  Campus Instructional Facility, Room 2039

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• 

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  Master and Undergraduate Research Experience in Statistics (MURES) Symposium

  10:00 am

  Beckman Institute - Rooms 1005 and 3269

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  FRIT Holiday Fest

  11:30 am - 2:00 pm

  2090B LCLB

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Robert Boyd, Final Defense, UIUC, "DNAzymes for Site-Specific N-Alkylation of Oligonucleotide Nucleobases by Reductive Amination"

  1:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 171

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Mock Interview Seminar, Dr. Matthew Boudreau, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, "Discovering Molecules to Define New Therapeutic Frontiers in Cancer"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• 

  Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  Final Defense - Alanna "Lanie" Leung, "Development of a Nonempirical Tight-Binding Theory and Modeling of Electroseparations"

  10:00 am

  162 Noyes Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  MIP Seminar: Dr. Mark Sheffield, University of Chicago, "Complementary regulation of memory flexibility and stabilization by dentate gyrus granule cells and mossy cells"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Reading Day at Krannert Art Museum | FAA Finals Fest!

  12:00 - 3:00 pm

  Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  Selfcare at Spurlock

  1:00 pm

  Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Reading Day Relaxation in the RBML

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  Main Library, Room 346

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, “Microdroplets: A Hidden Engine of Chemistry”, Dilshan Kuttikanda Vidanelage

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Trent Papenmeier

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 12, 2025

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  FINAL DEFENSE: Jiamu Lin "IMAGING LOCALIZED ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIVITY AT PLASMONIC NANOELECTRODES" Advisor: Christy Landes

  2:00 pm

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

• 

  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: *ZOOM* Dr. Bas Van Steensel / Netherlands Cancer Institute

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 18, 2025

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event

Saturday, December 20, 2025

• 

  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation

  10:00 - 11:00 am

  Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation Reception

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  • Reception/Open House
  • Reception/Open House

Monday, December 22, 2025

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, December 25, 2025

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, January 1, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, January 8, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, January 15, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, January 16, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  Chemical Biology Faculty Candidate, Dr. Steve D. Knutson, Princeton University, "Title:TBD"

  11:00 am

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 22, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Info Sessions

  3:00 pm

  Coble Hall, room 306

  • Informational
  • Informational
• 

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "The Scientific Origins of Drugs that Slow Neurodegeneration and the Pharmacological Future of Treating Dementias"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 23, 2026

• 

  EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller and Julian Catchen, EEB, "Mentoring Sessions"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Brenda Bass (University of Utah) - "Discriminationg self and nonself dsRNA during antiviral defense"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, January 26, 2026

• 

  Aldrich Lecture: Professor Ohyun Kwon, University of California, Los Angeles, "Synthesis Through C–C Bond Scission"

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

• 

  Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals Workshop

  12:00 - 2:15 pm

  Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.

  • Conference/Workshop
  • Conference/Workshop
• 

  Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Holocaust Remembrance Day screening of Lee

  7:00 pm

  G58 LCLB- Film Classroom

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

• 

  Summer Bridge Program Info Session

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  • Informational
  • Informational
• 

  Summer Bridge Program Info Session

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  • Informational
  • Informational

Thursday, January 29, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Matthew Cabeen, Oklahoma State University -- "Careful control for costly competition: a “two-key” mechanism for pyocin regulation in P. aeruginosa"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Krannert Art Museum

  • Exhibition
  • Exhibition

Friday, January 30, 2026

• 

  EEB Colloquium: Julia Jehn, EEB, "Plant Defenses"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Juan Du (Northwestern) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Student Seminars: Brooke Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

• 

  Prof. Lukas Muechler, Penn State, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B-102

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Book Talk: "Memes, Monsters, and the Digital Grotesque." Dr. Cristina Moreno Almeida

  4:00

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Thursday, February 5, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Andrea Graham, Princeton University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 6, 2026

• 

  EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller, Julian Catchen, and Grads, EEB, "Graduate Recruiting"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 9, 2026

• 

  Ayni Book Presentation by Carlos Molina-Vital

  3:00 pm

  Coble Hall 306

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Professor Chi P. Ting, Brandeis University, "title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Sierra Bedwell/Heath Lab & Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

• 

  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Career Development / Dr. Bing Yang / Purdue University

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 12, 2026

• 

  Multi-Species Justice Symposium: Paradigms, Practices, Possibilities

  Recurring

  All Day

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Book Talk: "From Apartheid to Democracy, A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine." Sarah Leah and Michael Omer-Man

  4:00 pm

  Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. John Schroggins, University of Texas Southwestern -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 13, 2026

• 

  Multi-Species Justice Symposium: Paradigms, Practices, Possibilities

  Recurring

  All Day

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  EEB Colloquium: Bell Lab members, EEB, "Stickleback Behavior"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 16, 2026

• 

  Professor Junqi Li, Iowa State University, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Vanderbilt University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Carr Visiting Author Series: Callie Siskel

  4:30 pm

  Illini Union Bookstore | Author's Corner

  • Performance
  • Performance
• 

  Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series | Speaker Carlos Torres on Paulo Freire and "the Pedagogy of the Oppressed"

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  TBD

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Friday, February 20, 2026

• 

  EEB Colloquium: Tour of Champions, Meaghan Clark, "Rattlesnake conservation"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 23, 2026

• 

  Marvel & Voorhees Postdoc Symposium: Speakers TBD

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Suhail Chhakara/Kuzminov Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

• 

  Colloquia: Dr. Mary Blair-Loy

  12:00 pm

  3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Dwell, care, build: Drawing on place-based expertise to craft a better world

  4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 422

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Dwell, care, build: Drawing on place-based expertise to craft a better world

  4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 422

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Friday, February 27, 2026

• 

  EEB Colloquium: Katie Karl and Amanda Martinez, "Conservation Genomics of Herps"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Summer Bridge Applications Due

  11:55 pm

  • Other
  • Other

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Zachary Davis/Brooke Lab and Will Wightkin/Blanke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Medical Humanities Lecture: Justin Garcia

  7:30 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 422

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Medical Humanities Lecture: Justin Garcia

  7:30 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 422

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

• 

  International Women’s Day Celebration

  3:30 - 5:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 300

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  International Women’s Day Celebration

  3:30 - 5:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 300

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Thursday, March 5, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Amgen Lecture: Professor Virginia Cornish, Columbia University, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Thomas Bernhardt, Harvard University - "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 6, 2026

• 

  24th Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium

  Recurring

  All Day

  TBD

  • Conference/Workshop
  • Conference/Workshop
• 

  Unit for Criticism Symposium on “Technocracy”

  9:00 am - 5:30 pm

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 7, 2026

• 

  24th Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium

  Recurring

  All Day

  TBD

  • Conference/Workshop
  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, March 9, 2026

• 

  Blewish And Beautiful: Contemporary Black Jewish Voices roundtable

  5:00 - 6:30 pm

  TBD

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Gabriela Shipman/Brooke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

• 

  Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Fuson Student Talks: "Speakers TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli, University of Michigan -- "Yes! Bacteria have organelles! How are they organized?"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 13, 2026

• 

  EEB Colloquium: EEB, "Coffee Hour"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 14, 2026

• 

  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other
  • Other

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

• 

  Prof. Jacob Olshansky, Amherst College, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 19, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event

Monday, March 23, 2026

• 

  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other
  • Other

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Gracious Donkor/Slauch Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 26, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Chen Chen, Louisiana State University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

• 

  EEB Colloquium: Ed Newcomer, "Graduate Student Invited Speaker, Nonacademic career, Conservation Stings"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  HGMS annual conference

  9:00 am - 5:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Monday, March 30, 2026

• 

  Faculty Book Talk: Anke Pinkert

  4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Faculty Book Talk: Anke Pinkert

  4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  CHBE 121 Poster Session

  6:00 pm   8:00 p.m.

  Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abagail Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

• 

  TBD, Professor Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University

  2:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  AbbVie Lecture: Professor Robert R. Knowles, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Lanying Zeng, Texas A & M University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Carr Visiting Author Series Alumni Reading: Jessica Tanck, Matthew Gavin Frank

  4:30 pm

  Illini Union Bookstore Author's Corner

  • Performance
  • Performance

Friday, April 3, 2026

• 

  Climate Change and Literary History - Symposium

  9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

• 

  Genentech Lecture: Professor Jim Wells, University of California, San Francisco, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Thomas Cowell/Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

• 

  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Long Cai / Caltech

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Carr Visiting Author Series: Stephen Markley

  4:30 pm

  TBD

  • Performance
  • Performance

Thursday, April 9, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Alison Kell, University of New Mexico -- "Understanding hantavirus pathogenesis through innate immune activation"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

• 

  EEB Colloquium: Michelle Villalobos, EEB, "Defense"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

  12:00 - 4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

  4:30 - 6:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 13, 2026

• 

  Organic Syntheses Lecture: Professor Michael Krische, University of Texas at Austin, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• 

  Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Raúl Hernandez Sanchez, Rice University

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Caroline Oldstone-Jackson/Heath Lab and Changyi Zhang/Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

• 

  Inside Scoop | Rita Dove

  12:00 pm

  Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  Inside Scoop | Rita Dove

  12:00 pm

  Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Public Reading | Rita Dove

  7:30 pm

  Alice Campbell Alumni Center

  • Performance
  • Performance
• 

  Public Reading | Rita Dove

  7:30 pm

  Alice Campbell Alumni Center

  • Performance
  • Performance

Thursday, April 16, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Sarah King, University of Chicago

  3:30 pm   12/02/2025

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adam Deutschbauer, University of California - Berkeley -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2026

• 

  Undergraduate History Conference: Reflections of Power

  Recurring

  All Day

  Illini Union, 1401 W Green St. Urbana, IL 61801

  • Conference/Workshop
  • Conference/Workshop
• 

  EEB Colloquium: Anne Aka, EEB, UV Coloration and Vision in Fish

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, April 18, 2026

• 

  Undergraduate History Conference: Reflections of Power

  Recurring

  All Day

  Illini Union, 1401 W Green St. Urbana, IL 61801

  • Conference/Workshop
  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, April 20, 2026

• 

  Book launch for Ethan Madarieta's new book

  5:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center Room 208

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Book launch for Ethan Madarieta's new book

  5:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center Room 208

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

• 

  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Elizabeth Rowland/Brooke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

• 

  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Anne Carpenter / Broad Institute

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Colloquia: Dr. Lauren Rivera

  12:00 pm

  3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Prof. Tian Lan, U Penn, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

• 

  Annual Armenian Genocide Event | Helen Makhdoumian

  All Day

  TBD

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Mauricio Pontes, Penn State University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Prof. Christina (Tina) Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Title:TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Annual Armenian Genocide Event

  5:00 pm

  TBD

  • Lecture
  • Lecture

Friday, April 24, 2026

• 

  TBD, Professor Henry White, The University of Utah

  4:00 pm

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, April 25, 2026

• 

  Department of History Awards Celebration

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  314AB Illini Union

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 27, 2026

• 

  Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD

  5:00 pm

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

• 

  Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Speaker, TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

• 

  Colloquia: Dr. John Robinson III

  12:00 pm

  3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Michigan, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  History Honors Colloquium

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Illini Union, Room TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Lilly Lecture: Professor Lutz Ackermann, University of Göttingen, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Courtney Ellison, University of Georgia -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

• 

  EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller, EEB, "ASN Presidential Address Practice Talk"

  9:00 am

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  TBD, Professor Robert Lazenby, Florida State University

  4:00 pm

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026

• 

  3M Lecture: Professor Brent S. Sumerlin, University of Florida, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

• 

  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  • Other
  • Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

• 

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  Florian Znaniecki Lecture: Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

  12:00 pm

  3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL

  • Lecture
  • Lecture
• 

  Snack & Study

  Recurring

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL

  • Social/Informal Event
  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  Prizes for Research Ceremony and Year-End Reception

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Reception/Open House
  • Reception/Open House
• 

  Prizes for Research Ceremony and Year-End Reception

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Reception/Open House
  • Reception/Open House

Friday, May 8, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other
  • Other
• 

  GF Smith Lecture, TBD, Professor Joseph Wang, University of California San Diego

  4:00 pm

  RAL116

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

• 

  Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD

  3:30 pm

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

• 

  Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD

  3:30 pm

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, May 15, 2026

• 

  TBD, Professor David Issadore, University of Pennsylvania

  4:00 pm

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium
  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, May 16, 2026

• 

  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 17, 2026

• 

  CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

  9:30   11:00 am

  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Ceremony/Service
  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

  11:00   1:00 p.m.

  Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Reception/Open House
  • Reception/Open House

Monday, May 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other
  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other
  • Other

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
  • Seminar/Symposium