Morrill Hall Display Calendar

Monday, August 24, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  your class

  • Other

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

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  NSP Faculty Mixer

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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  Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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  "Topological Brain Maps and the Shape of Thought," by Marty Sereno, Emeritus Professor Psychology, San Diego State University Adjunct Professor Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 11, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "Phospho-BRD4 IDR-Targeting Compounds as Antiviral and Anticancer Agents"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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  Aubrey Kelly, Emory University

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 18, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

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  Kimberly Long, Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 25, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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  Guo-li Ming, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 2, 2026

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

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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  Shelly Buffington, Baylor College of Medicine

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• 

  'Fola Adesanya (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 9, 2026

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

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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  Samy Meroueh, Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 16, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sam Sternberg (Columbia University) - "RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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  Jingqiong Kang, Vanderbilt University

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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  Michael Schappe, MIP, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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  Sam Belsky (Jin Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 30, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tom Cooper (Baylor College of Medicine) - "Mechanistic insights of RNA toxicity and disrupted RNA processing from modeling Myotonic Dystrophy in mice"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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  SfN Preview Poster Night

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute Atrium

  • Exhibition

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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  Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 5, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Ada Doisy Lecture - Dr. Andrew Dillin (University of California Berkeley ) - "TBA"

  3:30 pm

  180 Bevier Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 6, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Ada Doisy Lecture: Dr. Navdeep Chandel (Northwestern University) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

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  Natsumi Komatsi, Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 13, 2026

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

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 14, 2026

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  NO SEMINAR: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

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  Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• 

  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  Thanksgiving Break - No Classes / No Seminar

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 30, 2026

• 

  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  I-Hotel

  • Other

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

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  Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Christina Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

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  Neuroscience Program's Winter Holiday Party

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Illini Union's South Lounge

  • Festival/Celebration

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• 

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other
• 

  Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Amna Mehfooz (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 11, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, December 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 15, 2027

• 

  Winter Session Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, March 13, 2027

• 

  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 22, 2027

• 

  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

• 

  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Other

Thursday, May 6, 2027

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  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Other

Friday, May 7, 2027

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  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, May 15, 2027

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  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 17, 2027

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, June 14, 2027

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other