Ming's List

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• New-to-Beckman tour

  Time

  9:30 am

  Location

  MRI Exhibit

  Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.

  • Informational

  

• Gather in the Garden

  Time

  10:00 - 10:30 am

  Location

  Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Beckman Core Facilities Tech Talk

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

  • Other

  

• Krannert Center Volunteer Training

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  The Spot

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Illinois Part-Time Job Fair Fall 2026

  Time

  1:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union 1401 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

  • Other

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao) "When Industry Asks "How?", Scientists Ask "Why?": Molecular Interactions Behind Carbon Capture and Surface-Controlled Chemical Transformations"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Statistics Seminar - Jonathan Niles-Weed (NYU) "The Mean-Field Limit of Online Stochastic Vector Balancing"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  106B1 Engineering Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Celebrate Community!" Procession

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Quad

  • Krannert Center

  

• Opening Night Party: Celebrate Community!

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

  • Krannert Center

  

• Drop in Puppet Creation

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

• Mucca Pazza (AMP)

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Amphitheatre

  • Krannert Center

  

• Antibalas (Stage 6)

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 6

  • Krannert Center

  

• Dr. Nativo (Stage 5)

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Funkadesi (Stage 6)

  Time

  8:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 6

  • Krannert Center

  

• DJ Silkee (Stage 5)

  Time

  9:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, September 4, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• Gather in the Garden

  Time

  10:00 - 10:30 am

  Location

  Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• 2026 Statistics and Information Sciences Career Fair

  Time

  11:00 am - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union, 1401 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61820, United States

  • Other

  

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• Grainger Engineering Fall 2026 In-Person Career Fair

  Recurring

  Time

  10:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Location

  1800 South First Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, United States

  • Other

  

• Artists Talk: I Hear America Singing

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• Grainger Engineering Fall 2026 In-Person Career Fair

  Recurring

  Time

  10:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Location

  1800 South First Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, United States

  • Other

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Prof. Hyun Joon Kong) "Physical Intelligence at the Interface of Biology and Engineering"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Statistics Seminar - Alex Wein (UC-Davis)

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  106B1 Engineering Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• I Hear America Singing

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  Music Director: Julie Gunn Singers: Nathan Gunn, Ben Jones, Adrienne Danrich, Catheryn Kuhar Narrator: Lisa Gaye Dixon

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, September 11, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "Phospho-BRD4 IDR-Targeting Compounds as Antiviral and Anticancer Agents"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• I Hear America Singing

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  Music Director: Julie Gunn Singers: Nathan Gunn, Ben Jones, Adrienne Danrich, Catheryn Kuhar Narrator: Lisa Gaye Dixon

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• Gather in the Garden

  Time

  10:00 - 10:30 am

  Location

  Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Illinois CEE Fall 2026 Job Fair

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Location

  1401 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

  • Other

  

• Gies College of Business Fall 2026 In-Person Career Fair

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  1900 South First Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820

  • Other

  

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• Illinois CEE Fall 2026 Job Fair

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Location

  1401 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

  • Other

  

• Gies College of Business Fall 2026 In-Person Career Fair

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  1900 South First Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820

  • Other

  

• Final Defense of Genesis Rios-Adorno "TBA"

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  3217 Everitt Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Cultura Pesá

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing) "Investigating Reactive Transport Pathways in Anion Exchange Membranes to Guide Polymer Design"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Cookie Collab

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Atrium

  Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Statistics Seminar - Yao Xie (Georgia Tech)

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  106B1 Engineering Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Krannert Center Uncorked: Tribute to CU African Musicians with Leon Lewis-Nicol & Reginald Lewis

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Somi

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Translation beyond Initiation, Elongation and Termination"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Sinfonia Da Camera: Mozart in G Minor

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Ian Hobson, music director and conductor

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• Free professional portraits at Beckman

  Time

  8:30 am - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Fifth floor tower room at the Beckman Institute

  Beckman community members are invited to stop by the fifth floor tower room to have a professional portrait taken. First come, first served, with no need to register in advance.

  • Other

  

• Gather in the Garden

  Time

  10:00 - 10:30 am

  Location

  Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE) "From Catalytic Insights to Transformative Technologies"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Illinois Gies College of Business Fall 2026 Virtual Job Fair

  Time

  12:00 - 4:00 pm

  • Other

  

• Illinois Wind Symphony

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Chi-Chen Wu, piano

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, September 24, 2026

• ACES + LAS 2026 Career Fair

  Time

  1:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  111 Saint Mary's Road, Champaign, Illinois 61820, United States

  • Other

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenyu Huang, Iowa State University (Host: Prof. Hong Yang)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• PYGMALION: Mary Helen Specht

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• PYGMALION: Robby Hoffman

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "Enhanced FIB-SEM: A High-Resolution 3D Imaging Platform for Biology"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• PYGMALION: Nirosta Steel with Julianna Barwick + Mary Lattimore

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• ONE PIECE Music Symphony with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• Gather in the Garden

  Time

  10:00 - 10:30 am

  Location

  Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Manfred Honeck, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano

  • Krannert Center