Siebel School Master Calendar

Friday, July 10, 2026

• Final Defense of Michal Shlapentokh-Rothman

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  Siebel Center 3403

  • Other

  

• Summer Research Program Community Building: Kayaking at Sugar Valley

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Sugar Valley Marshall, IN

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

• Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn: Presentation and Other Verbal Communication Skills - Ruby Tahboub, Gang Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, July 16, 2026

• Final Defense of Anna Karanika

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center 3102

  • Other

  

• Summer Research Program Community Building: Brazilian Dinner at Gies Stadium

  Time

  6:00

  Location

  Gies Stadium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

• Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn: Preparing a Competitive Application for Graduate School and External Fellowships - Max Fowler, Aishwarya Ganesan and Lana Lazebnik

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Summer Research Program Community Building: Bowling

  Time

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Rec Room

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

• Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn: Siebel School Summer Research Program Symposium

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

• Grainger Engineering Chicago Alumni and Student Networking Reception

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Discovery Partners Institute

  • Reception/Open House

  

Monday, August 24, 2026

• The First Day of Class

  Time

  9:00 - 10:30 am

  Location

  Graziano Plaza

  Stop by to celebrate the first day of class! Grab some Grainger Engineering merch and take a first day photo to share!

  • Welcome Week

  

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

• Donuts with the Deans

  Time

  9:00 - 11:00 am

  Location

  Graziano Plaza

  Join Dean Bashir and college leadership to kick off the new year with coffee, donuts, and a limited-edition Grainger Engineering Coffee mug!

  • Welcome Week

  

Friday, August 28, 2026

• Orit Peleg, University of Colorado Boulder

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• eNight 2026: Welcome Grainger Engineers!

  Time

  5:00

  Location

  Bardeen Quad

  Welcome Grainger Engineers! Join us for eNight to celebrate the start of the new year! Meet with Engineering Council and Student Organizations, enjoy free food, a live DJ, games, limited edition Grainger Engineering merchandise and more!

  • Welcome Week

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Joern Davidsen, University of Calgary

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Dean Pospisil, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Yale University

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Jason MacLean, University of Chicago

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Rhonda Dzakpasu, Georgetown

  Time

  4:15 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium