College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff

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Monday, October 13, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, Knight Auditorium 600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana
Professor Rosalyn LaPier: Anti-trans Policies Jeopardize Indigenous Peoples’ Rights & Religious Expression

Professor Rosalyn LaPier will give a keynote talk titled "Anti-trans Policies Jeopardize Indigenous Peoples’ Rights & Religious Expression" at this year's events for Indigenous People's Day.
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley "Movement of Polymer Molecules under Electric Fields and Relevance to Rechargeable Batteries" (host: Damien Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- TBD
Inorganic Seminar, "Iron Carbenes for Olefin Metathesis", Professor Vlad Iluc, University of Notre Dame
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Laboratory of Physics, Room 141
ChBE/NPRE Presents-Prof. Jospeh D. Smith, Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
Kameron Wildeman CHEM 535 Seminar "Going Sub-Stoichiometric: The Evolution of Samarium(II) Catalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Isabelle Lakis/Heath Lab and Megan Ringling/Blanke Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Gregory Hall 311
Study Abroad in Prague Info Session

Join us for an info session about HIST 354 Study Abroad in Prague.
- Informational

Thursday, October 16, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Lucy Liu (Christian-Hinman Lab) & Gabe McKenna (Tsai Lab) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Johnny Bajko CHEM 575 Seminar "Expanding Proximity Proteomics: From nanometer-Scale Mapping to Multicellular Interfaces"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Natalie King CHEM 575 Seminar "Engineering Diazotrophs: Harnessing Bacteria for Sustainable Nitrogen Supply in Cereal Crops"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
CBI-TG Seminar: Petra Levin, Washington University St. Louis -- Trainee Host: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:30 pm
- Illini Union, Room 210
Story and Place | Nadine Naber Lecture

Nadine Naber (Gender and Women’s Studies, Global Asian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago) will present the lecture “Radical Mothering as Prison Abolition Pedagogy in Chicago” as part of the Story & Place event series.
- Lecture

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ian Wilson (The Scripps Research Institute) - "From antibodies to small molecules: structure-based design of novel therapeutic candidates to influenza virus"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Nina Wang
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Inorganic Seminar, "Peptide Frameworks as Microcosms of Proteins", Professor Andy Nguyen, University of Illinois Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
The Ongoing Hunt for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 - 6:30 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
The Farm Crisis and Fallout: The Rural Midwest in the 1980s and After

Join Spurlock for a lecture by Professor Pamela Riney-Kehrberg titled "The Farm Crisis and Fallout: The Rural Midwest in the 1980s and After."
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080)
Between Amsterdam and the Antilles: Diaspora and Community in Colonial Curaçao

This talk by Dr. Hilit Surowitz-Israel explores Curaçao's pivotal role at the height of its influence by examining the production and circulation of religious material culture, focusing on the significance of "the gift" within Sephardic communities across the Americas.
- Lecture
- 7:00 pm
M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar
- Webinar

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center 108
HRI Graduate Fellowship Brownbag

Join this collaborative session with HRI and the Writers Workshop for tips and guidance on preparing your HRI Graduate Fellowship application.
- Informational
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Yang Yang, UW Madison, "Bridging Quantum and Classical: An Efficient Framework for Capturing Zero-Point Effects in Hydrogen-Related Chemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Meijin Pan (Tsai Lab) & Dhanya Pradeep (Erik Nelson Lab) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Arthur Charles-Orszag, University of California - Davis -- "Cellular, molecular mechanisms and evolution of chromosome segregation in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- Spurlock Auditorium
Talking about Farm Aid with X musician John Doe

Join John Doe, co-founder of the legendary band X, for a conversation about the band’s appearance at the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign in 1985.
- Lecture
- 4:30 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building
Weaving Indigenous Futures Across Academia, Independent Research, and Visual Art
- Lecture
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
"The Realities of a Practicing Data Scientist", Alix Schmidt, Sr Data Scientist Dow Chemical, Core R&D Information Research
- Informational
- 8:00 pm
- Rosebowl Tavern
Farm Aid Event: John Doe Concert at Rosebowl

Join us for a special evening with John Doe, founding member of the iconic punk band X, as he takes the stage for an intimate solo performance at The Rose Bowl Tavern in Urbana, IL.
- Performance

Friday, October 24, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. John Calarco (University of Toronto) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL116
"Charting Cellular Landscapes in Biomedical Research with Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry", Professor Jeff Spraggins, Vanderbilt University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Amy Weeks, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "New Enzyme Chemistry to Decipher Post-translational Modification Function"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Jian Feng / State University of New York at Buffalo
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. Michael Light
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
- Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
CHEM 545 Practice Seminars
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Endowed C. Ladd Prosser Lecture: Dr. Roger Cone, University of Michigan, "Understanding Energy Homeostasis, and its Impact on Obesity Pharmacotherapy"

Professor, University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Kinshuk Malik CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Rowan Glover CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Brett Loman, Animal Sciences Department/UIUC -- "Improving Stress Resilience Through Diet-Microbiota Interactions: Insights into Gastrointestinal Motility"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Choi Chatterjee and Karen Petrone, "Russia in World History: Updating the Long Telegram"
- Lecture
- 7:00 - 11:00 pm
- 213 Gregory Hall
History Film Night: Oliver Stone's JFK

Join the Department of History and Phi Alpha Theta for a screening of the film JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991) followed by a discussion.
- Film Screening

Friday, October 31, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab 419
FINAL DEFENSE: Chloe Litts "Non-Traditional Catalysis by Plasmonic Nanostructures" Advisor: Prashant Jain
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Ella Pickell
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Levi Dumpert
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 1, 2025

- 8:00 am
- Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
37th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- The Literary, 122 N Neil St, Champaign, IL 61820
Spurlock Museum Book Club: A Thousand Acres
- Meeting

Monday, November 3, 2025

- 11:35 am - 12:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
BMS talk w/BMS rep (for grad students & postdocs only), Dr. Deborah S. Mortensen, Bristol Myers Squibb, "Ligand Directed Degradation and Discovery of BMS-986458, a Potential First-in-Class BCL6 Degrader"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture, Professor Guangbin Dong, University of Chicago, "Simple-Looking but Non-Obvious Transformations"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center 210
Faculty Book Talk: Erik McDuffie

This talk appreciates the importance of Garveyism and the Midwest for understanding the contours, genealogies, and complexities of twentieth-century Black transnational resistance and for imagining that another world is possible in this moment of global crisis.
- Other

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Akra Ghosh
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Husna Azhakath Valappil
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Angie Caserio/Metcalf Lab and Simrandeep Singh/Imlay Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Andrew Dillin / University of California Berkley
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Peng Chen, Cornell University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

- 3:30 am
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Elizabeth Vrana
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Tanveer Singh (Chung Lab), UIUC, "TBA"

Tanveer Singh, Ph.D.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Mahima Rana CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Nicholas Korosec CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adrienne Antonson, Animal Sciences Department/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Fethi Keles, "Unsettled and Resettled: Experiences of Bosnian Diaspora in the United States."
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
"Using Operando NMR to Probe Lithium Metal Batteries", Professor Lauren Marbella, Columbia University in the City of New York
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
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"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Seminar, "Heavy Elements in Nature: From Waste Management to Precision Medicine", Professor Rebecca Abergel, University of California, Berkeley
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Saika Hossain/Imlay Lab and Ezza Khan/Mera Lab
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. Laurel Smith-Doerr
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- W109 Turner Hall
TBD, Dr. Spencer Walse, Research Chemist, United States Department of Agriculture
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
- Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
CHEM 545 Practice Seminars
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, 210
Celebrate New Books in Medieval Studies by Mukhtar Ali, Mauro Nobili, and Gian Piero Persiani

Join us for a festive reception to celebrate three new books published this fall! The authors will each offer brief remarks and there will be an informal Q&A about the research and writing process. All are welcome!
- Festival/Celebration

Thursday, November 13, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Julia Koldobskiy
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Sonam Rani
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Justin Lessler, University of North Carolina -- "Will there be a warning for the next pandemic?"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Brenda Bass (University of Utah) - "Discriminationg self and nonself dsRNA during antiviral defense"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: George Gasyna, "A Time for the Province: Palimpsests and Borders in Twentieth-Century Polish Literature""
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Maxwell Andren
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Cayden Jasek
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Jon Haidet
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology: "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Michael Bochert/Golding Lab and Lindsey Grady/Hatoum-Aslan
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Ting Wang / Washington University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Eliza Asani, UIUC, "Machine Learning for Thermodynamically-Consistent Equations of State"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Omkar Chaudhari, UIUC, "Plasmon–Hydron Resonance Leads to Quantum Friction and Electron Cooling"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Hongyu Zhao (Chung Lab) & Taylor McNeal (Raetzman Lab) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Aleksandra Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania (host: Alex Mironenko)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Faith Kern
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Justine You
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jacob Allen, Nutritional Sciences/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 1, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Brett P. Fors, Cornell University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Adrienne Kanihan
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Katy Knecht
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
Jose Luis Llera Munoz CHEM 535 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

- 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Miko Miwa, UIUC, " Pushing the Limits of Liquid-State NMR with Dynamic Nuclear Polarization"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Matthew Too, UIUC, "Quantum Chemical Calculations on Quantum Processors"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Chetan Prasad
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Emma Robinson
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Helen Nguyen, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 5, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- TBD
HRI Campus Fellowship Applications Due

Campus Fellowship applications due
- Other

Monday, December 8, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Prof. Christina (Tina) K. Kim, Princeton University, "Molecular Recorders for Activity-Dependent Protein Tagging in the Brain"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Andrew Norris
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
Lynda Steen CHEM 535 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Mock Interview Seminar, Dr. Matthew Boudreau, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, "Title:TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 11, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Dilshan Kuttikanda Vidanelage
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Trent Papenmeier
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: *ZOOM* Dr. Bas Van Steensel / Netherlands Cancer Institute
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 20, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation
- Ceremony/Service
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminars: Brooke Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 9, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Chi P. Ting, Brandeis University, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Sierra Bedwell/Heath Lab & Whitaker Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Career Development / Dr. Bing Yang / Purdue University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 16, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Junqi Li, Iowa State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:30 pm
- TBD
Medical Humanities Lecture: Justin Garcia

Medical Humanities lecture with Justin Garcia from the Kinsey Institute
- Lecture

Monday, February 23, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Marvel & Voorhees Postdoc Symposium: Speakers TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Suhail Chhakara/Kuzminov Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. Mary Blair-Loy
- Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Lecture: Erin Brock Carlson
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Zachary Davis/Brooke Lab and Will Wightkin/Blanke Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center 300
International Women’s Day Celebration

International Women’s Day celebration with speakers from the campus and community.
- Other

Thursday, March 5, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Amgen Lecture: Professor Virginia Cornish, Columbia University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 6, 2026

- All Day
- TBD
24th Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium

Join us for the 24th annual Women's and Gender History Symposium. More details to come.
- Conference/Workshop

Saturday, March 7, 2026

- All Day
- TBD
24th Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium

Join us for the 24th annual Women's and Gender History Symposium. More details to come.
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Gabriela Shipman/Brooke Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Fuson Student Talks: "Speakers TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Jacob Olshansky, Amherst College, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Gracious Donkor/Slauch Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 30, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Faculty Book Talk: Anke Pinkert

Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Abagail Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B102
TBD, Professor Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
AbbVie Lecture: Professor Robert R. Knowles, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Thomas Cowell/Whitaker Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Long Cai / Caltech
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

- 12:00 - 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 - 6:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 13, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Organic Syntheses Lecture: Professor Michael Krische, University of Texas at Austin, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Raúl Hernandez Sanchez, Rice University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Caroline Oldstone-Jackson/Heath Lab and Changyi Zhang/Whitaker Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- BNAACC
Inside Scoop | Rita Dove

U.S. Poet Laureate (1993–95); Creative Writing, University of Virginia Cohosted with the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center.
- Informational
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:30 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center
Public Reading | Rita Dove
- Other

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Anne Carpenter / Broad Institute
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. Lauren Rivera
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Tian Lan, U Penn, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
TBD, Professor Henry White, The University of Utah
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, April 25, 2026

- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- 314AB Illini Union
Department of History Awards Celebration

Join us for our annual awards ceremony celebrating the accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff.
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 27, 2026

- 5:00 pm
- TBD
Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Speaker, TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. John Robinson III
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Michigan, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Illini Union, Room TBD
History Honors Colloquium

Join us as our seniors present their honors theses.
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Lilly Lecture: Professor Lutz Ackermann, University of Göttingen, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
TBD, Professor Robert Lazenby, Florida State University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture: Professor Brent S. Sumerlin, University of Florida, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 7, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Florian Znaniecki Lecture: Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology Duke University
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- TBD
Prizes for Research Ceremony and Year-End Reception

Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception
- Reception/Open House

Friday, May 8, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- RAL116
GF Smith Lecture, TBD, Professor Joseph Wang, University of California San Diego
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, May 15, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
TBD, Professor David Issadore, University of Pennsylvania
- Seminar/Symposium