College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff

Thursday, June 5, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1024 Chemistry Annex

  Joe Forzano, UIUC, Final Defense, "Development of ALDH1A1-Activated Photosensitizers for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:30 pm
  • 307 Gregory Hall

  FINAL DEFENSE, James Griebler, "Novel Understandings of Yielding in Soft Materials Through Recovery Rheology Techniques""

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, June 6, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • 419 RAL (Rose Room)

  Final Defense: Chris Hawk (Jin Lab) - "Alleviating Ribosomal Stalls: Functional Characterization of Conserved DRG GTPASES"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 12, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  FINAL DEFENSE, Rachel Gaines "Flow Electrooxidation of Glycerol for Industrial-Scale Applications"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • RAL 471

  "Nitrogen Cycle Electro-catalysis”, Akhil Paliwal, Final Defense

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 419 RAL (Rose Room)

  Final Defense: Arthur Zou (Leckband Lab) - "Epidermal growth factor receptor is an essential component in E-cadherin force-transduction complexes"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

• • 3:00 pm
  • 419 Roger Adams Lab

  Sungjong Lee, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

• • 10:00 am   1:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, August 28, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Tenure Seminar: Prof. Angad Mehta, UIUC, "Synthetic Biology for Evolutionary Studies and Human Health"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 4, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik, University of Rhode Island (host: Simon Rogers)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Alex Spokoyny, University of California, Los Angeles, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 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

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 CHEM ANNEX

  Inorganic Seminar, Professor Selvan Demir, Michigan State University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 18, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Materials Seminar, Professor Adam Jaffe, University of Notre Dame, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

• • 7:30 pm
  • Spurlock Knight Auditorium

  S&P: Catherine Hall talk

  S&P: Catherine Hall talk, 7:30 pm, Spurlock Knight Auditorium

  • Lecture

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University (host: Theresa Schoetz)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California, Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 4, 2025

• • 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
  • Multiple locations

  Humanities Open House

  Undergraduates and friends of the humanities—save the date for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s first ever Humanities Open House! Join us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, when we’ll be highlighting the best of the humanities on our campus, including academic departments, student groups, research, resources, and alumni stories. More details will be added as th

  • Reception/Open House
• • 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
  • Multiple locations

  Humanities Open House

  Join us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, when we’ll be highlighting the best of the humanities on our campus, including academic departments, student groups, research, resources, and alumni stories.

  • Reception/Open House

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

• • 7:30 pm
  • TBD

  S&P: Nadine Naber (UIC) and Brooke White (UIUC)

  S&P: Nadine Naber (UIC) and Brooke White (UIUC)

  • Ceremony/Service

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

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

• • 8:30 am
  • Writers Workshop, 424

  Lunchtime Fellowship Workshop with Carolyn Wisniewski

  Lunchtime Fellowship Workshop with Carolyn Wisniewski

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • 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

Saturday, November 1, 2025

• • 8:00 am
  • Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

  37th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, November 3, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  S&P: Faculty Book Talk: Erik Mc Duffie

  S&P: Faculty Book Talk: Erik Mc Duffie

  • Lecture

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, "Title: TBD"

  • 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

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

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

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology: "Title: TBD"

  • 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

Friday, December 5, 2025

• • 8:30 am
  • TBD

  Campus Fellowships due

  Campus Fellowships due

  • Other

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

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

Thursday, February 19, 2026

• • 8:30 am
  • TBD

  Med Hum lecture: Justin Garcia Kinsey Institute

  Med Hum lecture: Justin Garcia Kinsey Institute

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 26, 2026

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  HWW Jordan speaker: Erin Brock Carlson

  HWW Jordan speaker: Erin Brock Carlson

  • Lecture

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

• • 3:30 - 5:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center 300

  International Women’s Day, with CSGGE

  International Women’s Day, with CSGGE

  • Lecture

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

Monday, March 30, 2026

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  S&P: Anke Pinkert Book Talk

  S&P: Anke Pinkert Book Talk 4pm

  • Lecture

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

• • 7:30 pm
  • TBD

  National Poetry Month Event

  • Lecture

Monday, April 27, 2026

• • 5:00 pm
  • TBD

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 7, 2026

• • 4:00 - 6:00 pm
  • TBD

  Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception

  Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception

  • Reception/Open House