Master Calendar1

Thursday, July 16, 2026

• Samantha Barlock, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of transition metal-mediated cyclization reactions for applications in complex molecule synthesis"

  Time

  1:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

• Student Research Showcase (Virtual Event)

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm   Central Time

  Curious about Chemistry at Illinois research and students? Join us to hear from our undergraduates as they share about their experience as researchers in Chemistry labs this summer. This virtual event will feature short presentations and Q&A with each student researcher.

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Friday, August 7, 2026

• The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Saturday, August 8, 2026

• The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Sunday, August 9, 2026

• The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Sunday, August 23, 2026

• ACS Chicago - Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends Reception

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Chicago (see registration link for location)

  Please join us for a networking reception in conjunction with the ACS National Meeting in Chicago

  • Reception/Open House

  

Thursday, August 27, 2026

• A Chip Odyssey Film Screening + Industry Panel & Reception

  Time

  4:00 - 8:30 pm

  Location

  Grainger Auditorium

  • Film Screening

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• Fuson Student Talks: Morgan Gugger, UIUC, "Title: TBD"; Faith Kern, UIUC, "Pendant Activation: Governed by Interactions Between Mechanophores and Glassy Polymer Networks", Dongchen Ouyang, UIUC, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 11, 2026

• CEAPS Chinese Studies Faculty Get Together

  Time

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Monday, September 14, 2026

• C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AsiaLENS | "Our Mr. Matsura" (Film Screening + In-Person Discussion w/ Filmmaker Beth Harrington)

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

  Our Mr. Matsura, a feature documentary film, is the story of photographer Frank Matsura who journeyed from his native Japan to live in rural Washington State in the early 1900s. The film presents a picture of the “frontier” that departs from the existing popular culture narrative and celebrates the singular contribution of a community-building immigrant artist in America.

  • Film Screening

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• CEAPS Faculty Workshop | "Research Funding for East Asian Studies"

  Time

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Monday, September 21, 2026

• R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 24, 2026

• Chemistry at Illinois Alumni Dinner

  Time

  5:00 - 8:00 pm   Central Time

  Location

  Lincoln Park Zoo

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• CEAPS Fall Open House

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign

  • Festival/Celebration

  

Saturday, October 3, 2026

• Chemistry Tailgate at Illinois Homecoming!

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Grange Grove

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• Balthazor-Senter Symposium of Frontiers in Organic Chemistry - Speakers: Prof. Connor Coley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Prof. Betsy Parkinson (Purdue University), Prof. Kevin Brown (Indiana University), Prof. Quentin Michaudel (Texas A&M), Prof. Tianning Diao (New York University).

  Time

  8:00 am - 5:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Faculty Research Webinar – Prof. Liviu Mirica

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   Central Time

  • Lecture

  

Saturday, November 7, 2026

• 38th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

  Time

  8:00 am

  Location

  Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Sunday, January 31, 2027

• Landscapes in Sound & Ink

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Recital Hall, Smith Memorial Hall

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Sunday, March 21, 2027

• ACS New Orleans - Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends Reception

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  New Orleans (see registration link for location)

  Please join us for a networking reception in conjunction with the ACS National Meeting in New Orleans

  • Reception/Open House