College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 314 A&B Illini Union
2023-2024 History Awards
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Louise Berben, University of California, Davis, "Using Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry to Control Electron and Proton Processes" (I)
- Ceremony/Service
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
CSI Gravity: Investigating Mysteries of Fundamental Physics with Black Holes
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 p.m.
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Saika Hossain/Imlay Lab and Riley McFarlane/Kehl-Fie Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 6:00 pm
- Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada St, Urbana
Native American House -- Dinner on Us
- Lecture
- 7:30 pm
- In person at Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts OR Live Stream
CultureTalk | Joy Harjo and Jenny L. Davis
- Other

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr James Collins, UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Inside Scoop | Joy Harjo

Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Joy Harjo, (23rd United States Poet Laureate; member of the Muscogee [Creek] Nation). Advanced registration required.
- Other
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
2024 Geerdes Lecture: Benjamin Gilbert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, "Modeling Multi-fork Replication and Segregation of Bacterial Chromosomes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:30 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom
Public Reading | Joy Harjo
- Performance

Thursday, April 25, 2024

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Alexander Johnson, Michigan State University "Neuropeptide and hormonal mediators of ingestive and binge feeding behavior"

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar, Prof. Eric Appel, Stanford University (Rogers) "Supramolecular (Bio)materials: From Fundamentals to Advanced Solutions for Pressing Challenges in Society"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Oana Luca, University of Colorado, "Electrons as Energy Currency in Sustainable Chemistry" (M)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Laura Mike, University of Toledo -- "Unmasking Klebsiella control of exopolysaccharides"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 26, 2024

- 10:00 am
"A Critical Perspective on AI as an educator in the Global South" Professor Laura Czerniewicz, University of Cape Town
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 am
- 1090 Lincoln Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, Krutarth Kamani, "Understanding the yielding transition in soft materials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- 433 Roger Adams Laboratory
Mara Paterson, Final Defense, UIUC, "Design and Synthesis of Acid-Cleavable Monomers for Chemically Degradable Polymeric Materials."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- 160 English Building
Rebecca Ulrich, UIUC, Final Defense, "Physicochemical Trends of Compound Efflux in Gram-Negative Bacteria and Characterization of Novel Antibacterials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Armita Nourmohammad (University of Washington) - "Learning the shape of immune and protein universe"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 2:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Humanities Research Lab Showcase
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis
Beth Severy-Hoven
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Electrochemical Hydrogenation, Hydrogenolysis, and Dehydrogenation for Reductive and Oxidative Lignocellulosic Biomass Upgrading"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 29, 2024

- 3:00 pm
- Beckman 3269
Professor Luke Chao, Harvard University, "Ultrastructural regulation of the mitochondrial inner-membrane"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

- 1:00 pm
- 279 Davenport Hall
Amie Lanzendorf, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Small Molecules Toward Therapeutic Applications for Myotonic Dystrophy and Cancer"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar, Prof. Priya Shah, University of California, Davis (Shukla) "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: Integrating Virology and Engineering to Drive Discovery"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor A. Dean Sherry, University of Texas - Dallas, "Next Generation MR Contrast Agent Designs for Imaging Physiology & Metabolism"(I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 p.m.
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Angelica Caserio/Metcalf Lab and Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Knight Auditorium in the Spurlock Museum
Science, Health, & Equity Series: Unintended Consequences of Premature Black Death

Please join us for the first event of the Science, Health, and Equity Series: Unintended Consequences of Premature Black Death at the Spurlock Museum on Tuesday, Apr. 30 at 4 p.m.
- Lecture

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

- 12:30 pm
- Lucy Ellis
Southern European Societies After Authoritarianism Greece, Spain & Portugal in Conversation
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Lisa Fredin, Lehigh University, "Untangling Photodriven Mechanisms using Computation"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 5:00 pm
- GH 321
Faculty Meeting
- Meeting

Thursday, May 2, 2024

- All Day
Student Appreciation
- Other
- 12:00 pm
Dr. Cecilia Menjivar: Annual Florian Znaniecki Lecture
- Lecture
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Jesus Velazquez, University of California - Davis, "Development of Structure-Function Correlations in 2D and 3D Metal Sulfide Electrocatalysts to Guide the Selective Conversion of CO2 and CO to Alcohols" (M)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Rooms 422-424
HRI Prizes for Research Ceremony & Year-End Reception
- Other

Friday, May 3, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Dr. Roberto Zoncu (University of California - Berkeley) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Laura Sanchez, University of California Santa Cruz "Visualizing Microbial Chemistry in situ"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Sociology 2024 Outstanding Alumni BA Award
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:00 pm
Sociology 2024 Outstanding Alumni PhD Award
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 6, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Laboratory
Chelsea Swartchick, Final Defense, UIUC, "Rational Design of Activity-based Sensing Probes to Reveal the Impact of Inflammation on Human Disease Progression"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 161 Noyes Laboratory
David Ryffel, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
2024 T.S. Piper Inorganic Thesis Award: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student/Postdoc Seminar: Molly Crowder/Blanke Lab and Sharik Khan/Kuzminov Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

- 1:00 pm
- TBA
FINAL DEFENSE, Paola Baldaguez Medina "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
2024 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Theodore Goodson III, University of Michigan, "Nonlinear Optical and Time-Resolved Properties of Novel Organic Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 10, 2024

- 9:00 am
- 1092 Lincoln Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, David Potts, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 pm
- TBA
FINAL DEFENSE, Ohsung Kwon, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- I-Hotel "Technology" Room
Annual Awards Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, May 11, 2024

- 1:30 pm
- Smith Memorial Hall
2024 History Convocation
- Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 12, 2024

- 9:00 - 10:30 am
- Smith Memorial Hall – 805 South Matthews Avenue, Urbana
ChBE 2024 Spring Convocation Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service
- 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Centennial Plaza (between Noyes Lab and the Chem Annex)
ChBE Spring 2024 Convocation Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

- 9:00 am
- 165 Noyes Lab
Prof. Brian Rosen, Tel Aviv University, "Bridging Materials Science and Chemical Engineering: Exploiting Diagrams for Catalyst Design"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 17, 2024

- All Day
Reception Workshop (UIUC & OSU)
- Conference/Workshop

Saturday, May 18, 2024

- All Day
Reception Workshop (UIUC & OSU)
- Conference/Workshop

Sunday, May 19, 2024

- All Day
Reception Workshop (UIUC & OSU)
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, May 24, 2024

- 10:00 am
- 163 Noyes Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Aashutosh Boob, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

- 11:00 am
- 117 Roger Adams Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Melanie Brunet Torres, "DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TOOLS TO VISUALIZE AND ASSESS THE ROLES OF SPECIFIC BIOMOLECULES IN CELLS"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 6, 2024

- 10:00 am
- 2269 Beckman Institute
FINAL DEFENSE, Azzaya Khasbaatar , "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, June 7, 2024

- 10:00 am
- 3269 Beckman Institute
FINAL DEFENSE, Tsai-Wei Lin, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Fuson Student Talks: Matthew Bock; "Rapid, Homogenous, B-Alkyl Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Boronic Esters," Michael Mulligan; "Development of 3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)Indoline-2-Ones as a Potent Class of Breast Cancer Therapeutics."

Organic New Student Welcome Reception to immediately follow in the 'A' Atrium CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 30, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Susan Lunte, The University of Kansas Title:
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 6, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Dr. Aaron Puri (University of Utah) - TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 9, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Matthew R. Golder, University of Washington, "Masquerading Soft Materials: Anomalous Behavior in Macromolecular Design"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 16, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Merck Lecture, Merck rep: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Merck Lecture w/Professor Franziska Schoenebeck, RWTH Aachen, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 27, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Katherine Willets, Temple University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 30, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 5, 2024

- 8:30 am
- Allerton Park and Retreat Center
2nd Changwoo Park-Walter Klemperer Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop
- 8:30 am
- Levis
Humanities Open House
- Reception/Open House

Monday, October 7, 2024

- 8:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
2024 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor Judith Klinman, UC Berkely, TBD
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

- 4:00 pm
2024 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor Judith Klinman, UC Berkely, TBD
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, October 17, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture: 3M Rep: TBD, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture: Professor Craig J. Hawker, University of California, Santa Barbara, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 1, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yang Yang - University of California - Santa Barbara
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 4, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Chuan He, University of Chicago, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 14, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor J. P. Gerdt, Indiana University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 18, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor F. Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor F. Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium