Grainger College of Engineering, All Events

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Founders Week

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  I Hotel and Conference Center

  Founders Week brings together the extended Illini entrepreneurship community, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, and partners for a celebration of the collective successes of Illinois entrepreneurship. The on-campus event includes networking, panel discussions, a pitch competition, and opportunities to learn about the latest technologies and startups coming out of

  • Ceremony/Service

  

• Application Deadline - Graduate Concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

  Time

  All Day

  Option for Grainger graduate students! The Graduate Concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation is now available to almost every admitted Grainger graduate student. Learn to tackle the business facets of industry-relevant problems and have these skills officially recognized on your transcript.

  • Other

  

• Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Applications are now Open!

  Experience technology innovation first-hand. At the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop (SVEW), you'll interact with corporate leaders, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurial alumni in various stages of a startup life cycle that share lessons learned about entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership. Apply by October 1!

  • Other

  

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• SE290 - John Thorse

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• Data Centers as Systems: An Introduction

  Time

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  Location

  Discovery Partners Institute 200 S. Wacker Dr. 20th Floor, Chicago, IL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Founders Week: Entrepreneurial Impact – Young Alum Founder Panel

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute, Auditorium (Room 1025) 405 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Founders Week fireside chat

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute, Auditorium (Room 1025)

  • Lecture

  

• Founders Week fireside chat

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute, Auditorium (Room 1025) 405 N Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Arpit Dwivedi ('22 Ph.D. MechSE) and Arnav Mishra ('17 B.S. CS, '18 MCS), moderated by Vidhi Chavda a MechSE and ILEE student.

  • Lecture

  

• Hard Materials Seminar - "Inverse-Designed 3D Lithography for Advanced Gas Sensors and Emerging Functional Materials"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• After Hours in Chicago - Fall 2026

  Time

  5:30 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  200 South Wacker Drive, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

  An informal career reception in Chicago for CS and ECE students and companies to connect, network, and socialize!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Information Session: Varda Space Industries

  Time

  5:30 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility

  • Informational

  

• Varda Space Industries Information Session

  Time

  5:30 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility

  • Informational

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Coffee, Donuts & More for CCFD

  Time

  8:30 - 11:15 am

  Location

  Everitt Lab Near Atrium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Applications are now Open!

  Experience technology innovation first-hand. At the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop (SVEW), you'll interact with corporate leaders, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurial alumni in various stages of a startup life cycle that share lessons learned about entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership. Apply by October 1!

  • Other

  

• High Energy Physics Seminar - Louis Hamaide (Johannes Gutenberg Universitat) "Searching for Ultralight Dark Matter with Mechanical Quantum Sensors"

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ISE Seminar Series - Christos Alexandros Psomas

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  1310 Digital Computer Laboratory, 1304 W. Springfield Ave, Urbana

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - "Hot, disordered, and quantum: Electrons in materials from first principles"

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• PhD Final Defense – Shengyi Wang

  Time

  1:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Chat with an Illini Astronaut

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility

  • Informational

  

• Machine Learning Seminar: Dr. Yining Hong, "Bridging Mind and World through Embodied Foundation Models."

  Time

  2:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Distinguished DAIS Alumni Speaker Seminar: Dr. Yu Shi, "Scaling Up Recommendation Systems in the Age of AI."

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  2405 Siebel Center

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Alumni and Graduate Awards

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Saturday, October 3, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

  

• Saturday Physics for Everyone: Experiencing Gravity through Virtual Reality

  Time

  9:45 - 11:30 am

  Location

  Lobby - Loomis Laboratory Of Physics 1110 W Green St Urbana, IL 61801-3003 United States

  Join the Physics Department for this fall's Saturday Physics for Everyone on Saturday, the 19th. This in-person lecture series starts with Eric Shaffer. Breakfast will be served at 9:45am and the lecture begins at 10:15am.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ChBE Homecoming Tailgate

  Time

  1:15 - 3:15 pm

  Location

  Gies Memorial Stadium and surrounding area

  • Sporting Event

  

• ANS President Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  220 Talbot Laboratory

  • Other

  

Sunday, October 4, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

Monday, October 5, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Jaewon Kim

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• COLLOQUIUM: Hao Wang, "Bayesian Deep Learning: From Reliable Neural Networks to Interpretable Foundation Models"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Inseok Hwang - Toward Trustworthy Human-aware Cyber-Physical-Human Systems (CPHS)

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Bone Response to Mechanical Loading: The Influence of Genetics

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Improving material efficiency in buildings-scale structures using topology optimization | Jackson Jewette | CEE 595 S - Structural Engineering Seminar Series

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  1310 Yeh Student Center

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Hall Ferromagnetism in a Cavity Vacuum." Ceren Dag, Assistant Professor of Physics, Indiana University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Ceren Dag

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CCIL-CI MED Symposium: Design Controls and Risk Management (Session I)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Design controls and risk management aren't just compliance tools for FDA. They are fundamental approaches to developing safer, more robust products that attract investors, funding agencies, and industry partners. In this two-part, virtual symposium series, learn how implementing both processes early, and throughout your development stages—strengthens your research, creates

  • Webinar

  

• The devil is in the details: Self-similarity from hysteresis to mechanical trees

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  2005 MEL John Deere Pavilion

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon C. Bukowski, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Elizabeth Bickel Rogers)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Bridging Scales in Mechanics: Integrating Data-Rich Experiments with Symmetry-Aware Scientific Machine Learning

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  2079 Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Anurag Maan

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar - "Topological phononic valley Hall effect in self-assembled nanoparticle superlattices"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar - "Using Optical Tweezers to Observe DDX11 Helicase Protein Unwinding Dynamics"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Paul Duffell (Purdue University) "Binary Accretion"

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Associate Professor Yuxiong Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Alessandra Buonanno (Albert Einstein Institute) ": Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Theory at the Frontier "

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ECE Explorations: AI Panel

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  1002 ECEB (Grainger Auditorium)

  • Informational

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• WIE Social Craft

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  210 Engineering Hall

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• SE290 - Cory Kniepp

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• Let’s Chat about iCAN (online): Soha Huq (iCAN and MCS alum)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  • Informational

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz) "Energy Storage for an Autonomous Future"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hard Materials Seminar - "4D-STEM Nanodiffraction Analysis of Amorphous AlOₓ in Josephson Junctions"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hard Materials Seminar - "Multi-Scale X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography and Morphological Characterization of High Porosity Ceramic Thermal Protection Materials"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• When bubbles burst in complex fluids

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  2079 Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Patents and Trademarks Info Session

  Time

  7:00 - 8:30 pm

  Location

  1035 CIF

  You’ll learn how patents can protect inventions, how trademarks safeguard your company and brand, and how intellectual property can become an important asset as a venture grows.

  • Informational

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Last day to withdraw* and receive a 60% refund of tuition.

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

• The Life and Science of Anthony Leggett. A Conference and Memorial in honor of Tony J. Leggett

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Loomis 464 & ESB 190 (TBC)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• FELP Session - Designing the Business

  Time

  10:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Discovery Partners Institute 200 S. Wacker Dr. 20th Floor Conference Room 2032 Chicago, IL

  • Informational

  

• ISE Seminar Series - Stephanie Gil

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  1310 Digital Computer Lab 1304 W Springfield Urbana, IL 61801

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• MRL Director's Distinguished Seminar - Prof. Hanqing Jiang

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• The Life and Science of Anthony Leggett. A Conference and Memorial in honor of Tony J. Leggett

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Loomis 464 & ESB 190 (TBC)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ANS President Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  220 Talbot Laboratory

  • Other

  

Sunday, October 11, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• The Life and Science of Anthony Leggett. A Conference and Memorial in honor of Tony J. Leggett

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Loomis 464 & ESB 190 (TBC)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Steve Ulrich - AUTONOMOUS SPACECRAFT ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROXIMITY OPERATIONS

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Functional Dislocations: From Charge Carrier-Controlled Deformation to Quantum Interconnects"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• IQUIST Seminar: "Hybrid Superconducting Photonic Circuits," Hong Tang, Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Fostering Student Agency for Community Engagement

  Time

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  Location

  ACES Heritage Room

  Graduate students are invited to hear current and former students and their faculty mentors share how community-engaged research and leadership can build skills, expand professional networks, and shape future careers. Lunch will be provided for registered attendees.

  • Informational

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar - "Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer–Lipid Hybrid Membranes for Mimicking Neuronal Signaling through Switchable Ion Transport and Synaptic Plasticity"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• No. 64 Tech Pulse 2030-Responsible AI Investing & Pitch Showcase-Chicago

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Discovery Partners Institute, 200 South Wacker Drive, 4th Floor Discovery Room, Chicago, IL 60606

  • Informational

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• CB&I Information Session

  Time

  5:30 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility

  • Informational

  

• Snowflake Tech Talk

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Informational

  

• Online Graduate Programs Information Session

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Online

  Interested in our online graduate programs? Join us for a virtual information session hosted by Associate Director of Graduate Programs Meg Griffin and learn about our online master's degree options and our Certificate Program.

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Anıl Zenginoğlu (University of Maryland)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Jackson Family Distinguished Professor He (Helen) Huang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences Celebration

  Time

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  The Alice Campbell Alumni Center

  Join us as we honor three distinguished faculty members recently elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Their research and teaching exemplify how curiosity leads to discovery and lasting impact. Please join us in celebrating their achievements and the profound ways they continue to shape our institution and the wider world.

  • Ceremony/Service

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Andrea Young (University of California Santa Barbara) "Superconductivity and magnetism in crystalline graphite allotropes"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ECE Explorations: Milwaukee Tool Panel

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  1002 ECEB (Grainger Auditorium)

  Jonathan Wojtalik & Quang Nguyen from Milwaukee Tool

  • Informational

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Final Defense of Shivani Kamtikar

  Time

  10:00 am

  • Other

  

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• SE290 - Conrad Tucker

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Michael Karp - Receptivity of Shock Waves to Flow Perturbations

  Time

  12:30 - 1:30 pm

  Location

  CIF 3031

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko) "The New Alchemy of Scientific Discovery: From Electrons to AI Agents"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Non-equilibrium Dynamics in Biological Living Matter: From Confluent Tissues to Bacterial Aggregates

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  2005 MEL John Deere Pavilion

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Coffee, Donuts & More for CCFD

  Time

  8:30 - 11:15 am

  Location

  Everitt Lab Near Atrium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Deadline for ALL to drop semester course via Student Self-Service.

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

• Last day to withdraw* and receive a 50% refund of tuition.

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

• ISE Seminar Series - Conrad Tucker

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  1310 Digital Computer Lab 1304 W Springfield Urbana, IL 61801

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Peter Hirschfeld, University of Florida

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

• Special Seminar - Avi Loeb (Harvard University) "Searching for Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts Near Earth: Are There Packages in Our Mailbox?"

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab Room 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• WIE Coffee Chat

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  210 Engineering Hall

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• MechSE Alumni Social Hour in Chicago

  Time

  5:00 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Offices of Burns & McDonnell, AT&T Center, 200 W Adams St Unit 2700

  MechSE alumni are invited to a social hour in Chicago!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Science at the Market: Physics Grad Student Association

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

  

• 2026 Ashby Prize in Computational Science Hackathon

  Recurring

  Time

  8:30 am - 5:00 pm

  Location

  National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  • Other

  

• Saturday Physics for Everyone

  Time

  9:45 - 11:30 am

  Location

  Lobby - Loomis Laboratory Of Physics 1110 W Green St Urbana, IL 61801-3003 United States

  Join the Physics Department for this fall's Saturday Physics for Everyone on Saturday, the 19th. This in-person lecture series starts with Eric Shaffer. Breakfast will be served at 9:45am and the lecture begins at 10:15am.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Grainger Engineering Alumni Night at Topgolf

  Time

  3:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Topgolf, 2050 Progress Parkway, Schaumburg, IL

  Enjoy golf in a casual, indoor setting with Grainger Engineering alumni!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• ANS President Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  220 Talbot Laboratory

  • Other

  

Sunday, October 18, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• 2026 Ashby Prize in Computational Science Hackathon

  Recurring

  Time

  8:30 am - 5:00 pm

  Location

  National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  • Other

  

• ECE @ IEEE EPEPS: alumni reception

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Fort Worth, TX

  • Reception/Open House

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• ECE @ IEEE EPEPS: alumni reception

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Fort Worth, TX

  • Reception/Open House

  

• Final Exam: Erin Raftery

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  HMNTL 1000

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Exam: Tope Amuda

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Room 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Jacopo Gliozzi, "Long-range toric code: finite-temperature topological order in two dimensions"

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Defense of Destiny Gray "TBA"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  165 Noyes Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Mark Messner - Smarter Materials Modeling with AI, Physics, and Large Data

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites in Heavy Civil Infrastructure| Gregg Blaszak & Eric O. Johnson | CEE 595 S - Structural Engineering Seminar Series

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  1310 Yeh Student Center

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Where Curiosity Leads: Science, Leadership, and Building the Foundations of Discovery"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• ECE @ IEEE EPEPS: alumni reception

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Fort Worth, TX

  • Reception/Open House

  

• Grainger Engineering Tech Startup Challenge @ The Chicago Venture Summit

  Time

  8:30 am

  Location

  167 North Green St., Fulton Market District, Chicago, IL

  • Other

  

• IQUIST Seminar: Niklas Mueller, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Niklas Mueller

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Making Network Knowledge First-Class: A Neurosymbolic Approach to Network Management

  Time

  2:00 - 3:15 pm

  Location

  Room 2405, Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Defense of Akash Kothari

  Time

  4:00 pm

  • Other

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Xu Wu

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Graduate Programs Overview Information Session

  Time

  7:00 pm   CST

  Location

  Online

  Want to learn more about our on-campus graduate programs? This virtual session for prospective students is hosted by CEE Associate Head and Director of Graduate Programs John Popovics, it will provide an overview of the CEE at Illinois MS and PhD programs.

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• ECE @ IEEE EPEPS: alumni reception

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Fort Worth, TX

  • Reception/Open House

  

• Global Physical Activity Observatories Workshop

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  Students, researchers and community leaders are invited to connect with GoPA! and GoPE! leaders to explore global physical activity and physical education surveillance, research and policy. Learn how country cards track progress, gaps and opportunities worldwide, and help shape the next generation of monitoring tools for healthier, more active societies.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Human-Computer Interaction Talk Series: Michelle Jensen, "Starting Where Students Are: Learning & Integrating Computer Security."

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  0216 Siebel Center

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Peter Abbamonte (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Title"

  Time

  4:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ECE Explorations: Subgrid Solutions Panel

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  1002 ECEB (Grainger Auditorium)

  Ross Sayre & Wesley Dalla Valle from Subgrid Solutions

  • Informational

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar

  Time

  7:00 - 8:00 pm

  Learn about our M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership degree program.

  • Webinar

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Global Physical Activity Observatories Workshop

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  Students, researchers and community leaders are invited to connect with GoPA! and GoPE! leaders to explore global physical activity and physical education surveillance, research and policy. Learn how country cards track progress, gaps and opportunities worldwide, and help shape the next generation of monitoring tools for healthier, more active societies.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Cubist Lobby Day

  Time

  11:00 am - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center for Computer Science Atrium

  • Informational

  

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• SE290 - Jason Lee

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Step Through the Artemis 2

  Registration

  Register now!

  Time

  5:30 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Nirmal Ghimire, University of Notre Dame

  Time

  8:30 am

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• High Energy Physics Seminar - Ting Cheng (FNAL)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ISE Seminar Series - Marcos M. Vasconcelos

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  1310 Digital Computer Laboratory, 1304 W. Springfield Ave, Urbana

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• Alumni Spotlight with Kendra Sharp

  Time

  1:30 - 2:30 pm

  Location

  Arnold O. and Mabel M. Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology room 1005

  • Informational

  

• Caterpillar Site Visit

  Time

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  University Research Park

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Saturday, October 24, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

• Pregame Pancake Breakfast

  Time

  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  Location TBD

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• ANS President Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  220 Talbot Laboratory

  • Other

  

Sunday, October 25, 2026

• Cozad and TE 498 Spring TA Applications Due

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Join the Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship this Spring 2027 as a Teaching Assistant supporting the Cozad New Venture Challenge and TE 598: Accelerating Deep Tech Enterprises.

  • Professional Development

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Andreas Gleis (Rutgers)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: H.S. Udaykumar (Uday)

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Local structure in Novel Ferroelectrics: Insights from Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Modeling Full-Scale Vortex-Induced and Rain-Wind-Induced Stay Cable Vibrations | Delong Zuo | CEE 595 S - Structural Engineering Seminar Series

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  1310 Yeh Student Center

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Sustainability & Resiliency Day

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  I-Hotel

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• IQUIST Seminar: Hannah Manetsch, Senior AMO Physicist, Oratomic

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Hannah Manetsch

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Zip Lobby Day

  Time

  11:00 am - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center for Computer Science Atrium

  • Informational

  

• IDEA Institute Meeting

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Everitt Labs 1103

  • Meeting

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Christopher Ritter

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar - "Cryo-EM of C. lytica Cells, Vesicles and their Functionalizations"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Railroad Environmental Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  I-Hotel

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• SHPE 2026 Annual Convention

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Indianapolis, IN

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Aditya Vijaykumar (University of Chicago)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Chair & Professor Robin Queen

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Exam: Gabriel Muniz Negron

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Room 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CSL 75th Distinguished Lecture: "Some theoretical results about responses to inputs and transients in systems biology"

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  CSL Auditorium (B02)

  • Lecture

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Gordon Baym (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ECE Explorations: Mental Health Forum

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  1002 ECEB (Grainger Auditorium)

  • Informational

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Railroad Environmental Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  I-Hotel

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• SHPE 2026 Annual Convention

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Indianapolis, IN

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• SE290 - Michael Manfredo

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBA

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• SHPE 2026 Annual Convention

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Indianapolis, IN

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Coffee, Donuts & More for CCFD

  Time

  8:30 - 11:15 am

  Location

  Everitt Lab Near Atrium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Last day to withdraw* and receive a 40% refund of tuition.

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

• No refund of tuition is available after this date.

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

• High Energy Physics Seminar - Vincent Lee (UC San Diego)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Jiwoong Park, University of Chicago

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

Saturday, October 31, 2026

• SHPE 2026 Annual Convention

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Indianapolis, IN

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Saturday Physics for Everyone

  Time

  9:45 - 11:30 am

  Location

  Lobby - Loomis Laboratory Of Physics 1110 W Green St Urbana, IL 61801-3003 United States

  Join the Physics Department for this fall's Saturday Physics for Everyone on Saturday, the 19th. This in-person lecture series starts with Eric Shaffer. Breakfast will be served at 9:45am and the lecture begins at 10:15am.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ANS President Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  220 Talbot Laboratory

  • Other

  

Sunday, November 1, 2026

• Application Deadline - ILEE Dual Degree

  Time

  All Day

  Grainger Engineering undergrads - consider a dual degree! Your primary degree + the ILEE degree.

  • Other

  

• Last day for GRADS to add name to December degree list. Must use Web Self-Service.

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Shuo Liu (Princeton)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Nora Ayanian

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• Final Exam: Kara Maurer

  Time

  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Room 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• IQUIST Seminar: Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Chong Wang

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CCIL-CI MED Symposium: Design Controls and Risk Management (Session II)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Design controls and risk management aren't just compliance tools for FDA. They are fundamental approaches to developing safer, more robust products that attract investors, funding agencies, and industry partners. In this two-part, virtual symposium series, learn how implementing both processes early, and throughout your development stages—strengthens your research, creates

  • Webinar

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Defense of Rajarshi Haldar

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center 3124

  • Other

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Tim Lach

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Tim Lach

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• RTX Information Session

  Time

  5:30 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility

  • Informational

  

• Salesforce Tech Talk

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Final Exam: T.G. Roberts

  Time

  9:30 - 11:30 am

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Room 3002

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Hannah Fronenberg (KICP/University of Chicago)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Graduate Students Rita Huan-Ting Peng & Xin Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Dean's Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Tsu-Jae Liu

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  Join us for our Dean's Distinguished Lecture: Engineering Leadership in a World of Accelerating Change Featuring Dr. Tsu-Jae Liu, President of the National Academy of Engineering

  • Lecture

  

• The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Patrick Ledwith (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ECE Explorations: Town Hall

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  1002 ECEB (Grainger Auditorium)

  • Informational

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• WIE Social Craft

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  210 Engineering Hall

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• WE26 National Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Boston, MA

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• SE290 - Phil Ryan

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Lorenzo Vergari, Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering-Illinois

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• SocialFuse Fall26

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility

  November 5 | 5-7 pm | CIF Monumental Steps | Looking for teammates to move your idea forward? Make your idea a reality at SocialFuse: a pitching, team-building and networking event for you! We'll also answer your questions about the Cozad New Venture Challenge.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Tech Pulse 2030

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Discovery Partners Institute, 200 South Wacker Drive, 4th Floor Discovery Room, Chicago, IL 60606

  • Informational

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• WE26 National Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Boston, MA

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• High Energy Physics Seminar - Grant Remmen (Harvard)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Thaís Trevisan, São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo (Brazil)

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

Saturday, November 7, 2026

• ANS President Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  220 Talbot Laboratory

  • Other

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Kendrick Lev (Harvard)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE Seminar Speaker: Samuel Coogan - Safe autonomy from fast reachability

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Machine learning applications to support planning and emergency response management for storm surge risk | Alexandros A. Taflanidis | CEE 595 S - Structural Engineering Seminar Series

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  1310 Yeh Student Center

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: "Learning Ground State Observables from Quantum Experiments," Kunal Sharma, Senior Research Scientist, IBM

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Kunal Sharma

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• MR Elastography of Complex Brain Mechanical Properties

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  2079 Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Federico Scurti

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• International Student Entrepreneurship Workshop

  Time

  5:30 - 7:00 pm

  Immigration attorney Matthew Meltzer of Meltzer Hellrung, LLC, who specializes in employment-based immigration and works with entrepreneurs and companies, will share practical guidance and answer student questions. Whether you already have a startup, are exploring an idea, or simply want to understand your options for pursuing entrepreneurship in the U.S., this workshop is

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Katie Harrington (Argonne National Laboratory)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Longwei Liu

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Dylan Yost (Colorado State University) "Precision tests of quantum electrodynamics through hydrogen spectroscopy and vacuum birefringence"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ECE Explorations: Undergraduate Research Symposium - ECE For All

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  1002 ECEB (Grainger Auditorium)

  • Informational

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• SE290 - Jeff Lee

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Coffee, Donuts & More for CCFD

  Time

  8:30 - 11:15 am

  Location

  Everitt Lab Near Atrium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Last day to withdraw* or drop** a course without a grade of "W".

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

• Final Defense of Elizabeth Koning

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  Siebel Center 4124 or zoom

  • Other

  

• Final Defense - PhD - Yi-Hui Lai

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  Everitt 2100 and via zoom

  • Other

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

• WIE Coffee Chat

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  210 Engineering Hall

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• Saturday Physics for Everyone

  Time

  9:45 - 11:30 am

  Location

  Lobby - Loomis Laboratory Of Physics 1110 W Green St Urbana, IL 61801-3003 United States

  Join the Physics Department for this fall's Saturday Physics for Everyone on Saturday, the 19th. This in-person lecture series starts with Eric Shaffer. Breakfast will be served at 9:45am and the lecture begins at 10:15am.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ANS President Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  220 Talbot Laboratory

  • Other

  

Monday, November 16, 2026

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Ruben Verresen (U Chicago)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Sedina Tsikata

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Wearable ultrasound technology"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Huan Zhao, Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Huan Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler) "Spontaneous Fission and Fusion of Block Copolymer Micelles"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• IDEA Institute Meeting

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Everitt Labs 1103

  • Meeting

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Soft Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Physics Careers Seminar

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  464 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Department Chair & Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Professor Yingxiao Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Ahmet Yildiz (University of California Berkeley) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• ECE Explorations: Undergraduate Research Symposium - Tech Elective Fair

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  1002 ECEB (Grainger Auditorium)

  • Informational

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• SE290 - Lindsay Winn

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  1310 DCL

  • Lecture

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hard Materials Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Riccardo Comin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• ANS President Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  220 Talbot Laboratory

  • Other

  

Monday, November 23, 2026

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 24, 2026

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, November 25, 2026

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 26, 2026

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, November 27, 2026

• Director of Graduate Studies Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  1218 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Meeting

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

Saturday, November 28, 2026

• ANS President Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  220 Talbot Laboratory

  • Other

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours

  Recurring

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  1038 CIF

  • Other

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Raquel Pinheiro de Almeida Queiroz (Columbia U.)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• From Structural Dynamics to Operations: Human–Machine Integration for Civil Infrastructure | Fernando Moreu | CEE 595 S - Structural Engineering Seminar Series

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  1310 Yeh Student Center

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Peer Mentoring Center

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel 1214

  • Social/Informal Event