Prairie Research Institute - All Events

Saturday, September 19, 2026

• History Hike at White Rock Nature Preserve

  Time

  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  White Rock Nature Preserve

  • Informational

  

• Traveling Science Center at Northern Illinois University's STEM Fest

  Time

  10:00 am - 3:00 pm

  Location

  600 Lucinda Ave, DeKalb, IL 60115

  • Festival/Celebration

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• INHS Seminar | Right Tool, Right Question: Matching Movement, Abundance, and Monitoring to Fisheries Management Decisions

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Forbes Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Archaeology of Illinois

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Glen Ellyn Historical Society

  • Lecture

  

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• Central Illinois Bat Festival

  Time

  1:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Anita Purves Nature Center

  Celebrate backyard bugs and bats at the free Central Illinois Bat Festival, featuring expert talks, guided hikes, family activities, vendors, food trucks, a costume contest, and an evening bat acoustic walk with a live ecologcation demonstration.

  • Festival/Celebration

  

• Central Illinois Bat Festival

  Time

  1:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Anita Purves Nature Center

  ​Join us at the third annual Central Illinois Bat Festival — a free two-part celebration of bats, bugs, and science! This year, we’re celebrating backyard bugs and bats!

  • Exhibition

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• INHS Seminar | Disease Dynamics Atop the Avian Food Chain

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Forbes Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ISGS Seminar | Illinois wetlands in the wake of Sackett

  Time

  3:30 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Natural Resources Building, Room 101

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• INHS Seminar | Dr. Ethan Wold, Chicago Fellow, University of Chicago

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Forbes Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• INHS Seminar | Diversity, distributions, and recruitment of woody seedlings in Midwestern forests

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Forbes Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• INHS Seminar | Dr. Joanna Harvey, University of Rhode Island

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Forbes Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• INHS Seminar | Dr. Aron Katz, US Army Corps of Engineers

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Forbes Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• INHS Seminar | Dr. Mary Ashley, Professor Emerita, Biological Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Forbes Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• INHS Seminar | Dr. Graham Reynolds, University of North Carolina, Asheville

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Forbes Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• INHS Seminar | Dr. Marco Moretti, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL (Switzerland)

  Time

  3:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium