College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff

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Friday, June 12, 2026

Final Defense Ching Hsiu Chung, "Redox-Mediated Electrochemical Recovery of Platinum Group Metals and Homogeneous Catalysts"

10:00 am 03/06/2026

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium
Final Defense Zhenyang Jia "Mechanistic Studies of Plasmonic-Polymeric Hybrid Nanostructures by Single-Particle Imaging""

1:00 pm 03/06/2026

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 29, 2026

Zhenxiang Zhao, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

1:00 pm

Roger Adams Labortatory, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, Room 117
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Samantha Barlock, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

1:00 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

3:30 pm

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 4, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Juan Du (Northwestern University) - "TBA"

12:00 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

History Treasure Hunt

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Gregory Hall 213

Join us for a scavenger hunt to learn more about the Department of History! More details to come.
- Social/Informal Event
HRI Opening Reception

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center

Join us on the back patio to gather with the humanities community at Illinois.
- Reception/Open House

Friday, September 11, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 14, 2026

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
A Book in Common

4:00 - 6:00 pm

314B Illini Union

Join us for a discussion of the book Windrush Cricket: Imperial Culture, Caribbean Migration, and the Remaking of Postwar England by Michael Collins.
- Meeting

Friday, September 18, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 21, 2026

R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Prof. Hsing-Ta Chen, University of Notre Dame, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 24, 2026

PYGMALION Event
Recurring

All Day

TBD

Watch for more information.
- Lecture

Friday, September 25, 2026

PYGMALION Event
Recurring

All Day

TBD

Watch for more information.
- Lecture
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, September 26, 2026

PYGMALION Event
Recurring

All Day

TBD

Watch for more information.
- Lecture

Monday, September 28, 2026

Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2026

CAS MillerCom: Justin Jackson Lecture

4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center 210
- Lecture

Friday, October 2, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Up Against Erasure: Nanna Thylstrup Lecture

7:30 pm

Levis Faculty Center 300
- Lecture

Friday, October 9, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Director's Fellow Event

2:30 pm

TBD

Panel and reception organized by Director's Fellow Chris Freeburg. Affiliated with the Black Letters Collective.
- Lecture

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Balthazor-Senter Symposium of Frontiers in Organic Chemistry - Speakers: Prof. Connor Coley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Prof. Betsy Parkinson (Purdue University), Prof. Kevin Brown (Indiana University), Prof. Quentin Michaudel (Texas A&M), Prof. Tianning Diao (New York University).

8:00 am - 5:30 pm

Beckman Institute
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Up Against Erasure: Ángel Garcia Reading

4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center 422
- Lecture

Friday, October 16, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sam Sternberg (Columbia University) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Up Against Erasure: Gillen D'Arcy Wood Book Talk

4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center 210
- Lecture

Monday, November 2, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

5:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Up Against Erasure: HumetricsHSS Events
Recurring

All Day

TBD
- Lecture

Friday, November 6, 2026

Up Against Erasure: HumetricsHSS Events
Recurring

All Day

TBD
- Lecture
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tom Cooper (Baylor College of Medicine) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 7, 2026

38th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

8:00 am

Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, November 13, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2026

Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 3, 2027

International Women’s Day Celebration

3:30 pm

Levis Faculty Center 300
- Lecture

Thursday, March 4, 2027

Patricia Owens Book Talk

12:00 pm
- Lecture

Wednesday, March 10, 2027

Prof. Matthew Crane, Colorado School of Mines, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 25, 2027

"Degrees of Erasure": Director's Fellows Symposium
Recurring

All Day

TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 26, 2027

"Degrees of Erasure": Director's Fellows Symposium
Recurring

All Day

TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 1, 2027

Up Against Erasure: Siobhan Somerville Book Talk

4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center 210
- Lecture

Friday, April 30, 2027

2027 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Paul Alivisatos, University of Chicago, TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Lecture

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

Prof. Haw Yang, Princeton University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 6, 2027

Prize Ceremony and Reception

4:00 - 6:00 pm

TBD
- Ceremony/Service
Prize Ceremony and Reception

4:00 - 6:00 pm

TBD
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, May 12, 2027

Prof. Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin Madison, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium