Prof. P. A. Shapley

Thursday, November 6, 2025

• 

  FINAL DEFENSE: Brittany Prempin "Secondary Structure Effects on Molecular Conductance of Peptoid Oligomers" Advisors: Jeffrey Moore and Charles Schroeder

  1:30 pm

  RAL 171

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, "Dynamic Covalent Chemistry in Polymer Science to Improve Recyclability for Plastics", Elizabeth Vrana

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 8, 2025

• 

  East Central Illinois American Chemical Society 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference

  9:00 am - 5:00 pm

  Illini Union

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

• 

  Inorganic Seminar, "Heavy Elements in Nature: From Waste Management to Precision Medicine", Professor Rebecca Abergel, University of California, Berkeley

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, “Photocatalytic Degradation of Forever Chemicals”, Julia Koldobskiy

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, "Soft by Nature, Smart by Design: Tuning the Properties of PEDOT:PSS- based Conductive Hydrogels for Future Bioelectronics", Sonam Rani

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

• 

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, "Redox Flexibility in Bismuth Catalysis", Cayden Jasek

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, "Synthetic Approaches Toward High-Entropy Metallic Nanoparticles for Catalytic Applications", Jon Haidet

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Faith Kern

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Justine You

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 22, 2025

• 

  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 1, 2025

• 

  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

• 

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Adrienne Kanihan

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Katy Knecht

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Chetan Prasad

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Emma Robinson

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• 

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Andrew Norris

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• 

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• 

  Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other
• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Dilshan Kuttikanda Vidanelage

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Trent Papenmeier

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 12, 2025

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 22, 2025

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 16, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, March 14, 2026

• 

  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

• 

  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• 

  Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Raúl Hernandez Sanchez, Rice University

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

• 

  Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD

  5:00 pm

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

• 

  Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Speaker, TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

• 

  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

• 

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

• 

  Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD

  3:30 pm

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

• 

  Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD

  3:30 pm

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, May 16, 2026

• 

  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other