College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff
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Friday, April 3, 2026
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Dr. Susan Hafenstein (University of Minnesota) - "Structural Studies of virus and host interactions"
12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
2:00 pmGH 319Please join us for an event in the Timbuktu Talks series with Aly Drame titled "Return to Success": New Paradigms of Islamization in Senegambia.
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3:00 pmB102 Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory
Monday, April 6, 2026
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4:00 - 4:30 pm116 Roger Adams Lab -
4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422This talk will highlight the Kinsey Institute’s founding and multi-disciplinary history, continued cultural impact, current research program, and reflect on the ways in which today’s social and political climate presents new challenges for multi-disciplinary sex research.
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4:30 - 5:30 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
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3:00 pmNCSA AuditoriumAttend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Dr. Jonathan Holloway, the president and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation.
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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9:00 am 03/06/2026117 Roger Adams Lab -
12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL -
2:00 - 3:00 pmCLSL B102
Thursday, April 9, 2026
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9:00 am 03/06/2026433 Roger Adams Lab -
9:30 amNoyes Laboratory, 505 S Mathews Ave, Room 217 -
4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Friday, April 10, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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12:00 pmBruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
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12:00 - 1:30 pmDepartment of African American Studies Conference Room, 1201 W Nevada St. Urbana ILJoin professor Tayzhaun Glover for a talk for the Department of African American Studies Colloquium series.
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7:30 pmAlice Campbell Alumni CenterJoin us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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3:30 pm 12/02/2025Chem Annex 1024 -
4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210 919 W. Illinois St, Urbana -
4:00 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
5:00 pmGregory Hall, Room 215Join us for a conversation with history alumna and best-selling author Mikki Kendall (BA, '05). We will discuss her graphic novel, Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for their Rights.
Friday, April 17, 2026
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All DayIllini Union, 1401 W Green St. Urbana, IL 61801The Undergraduate History Journal at Illinois presents the second Undergraduate History Conference at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The conference will feature undergraduate student presentations and keynote speaker Carol Symes.
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
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All DayIllini Union, 1401 W Green St. Urbana, IL 61801The Undergraduate History Journal at Illinois presents the second Undergraduate History Conference at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The conference will feature undergraduate student presentations and keynote speaker Carol Symes.
Monday, April 20, 2026
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208Please join us for the launch of Ethan Madarieta's first book, Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia. Ethan, who earned his Ph.D. in Comparative and World Literature at Illinois, is an assistant professor of English at Syracuse University, where he is on faculty in Native American and Indigenous studies...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock MuseumAttend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Chris Newfield (Independent Social Research Foundation, London).
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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10:00 am419 RAL (Rose Room) -
12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Thursday, April 23, 2026
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL -
4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Friday, April 24, 2026
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
12:00 pm108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
Saturday, April 25, 2026
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4:00 - 6:00 pm314AB Illini UnionJoin us for our annual awards ceremony celebrating the accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff.
Monday, April 27, 2026
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL -
2:00 - 3:00 pmChemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102 -
4:00 - 6:00 pmIllini Union, 314 AJoin us as our seniors present their honors theses.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL -
4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
4:30 - 5:30 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Friday, May 1, 2026
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Monday, May 4, 2026
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL -
5:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Thursday, May 7, 2026
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL -
12:00 pm3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, ILDr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology Duke University
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1:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock MuseumAttend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Chris Newfield (Independent Social Research Foundation, London).
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4:00 - 6:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception
Friday, May 8, 2026
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Friday, May 15, 2026
Sunday, May 17, 2026
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9:30 11:00 amKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 -
11:00 1:00 p.m.Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Monday, September 14, 2026
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4:00 pmRoger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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4:00 pmRoger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
Monday, September 21, 2026
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4:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
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4:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab



