Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - Events of Interest

Thursday, November 6, 2025

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  NOBBCChE St. Elmo Brady Lecture Series: Dr. Uzoma Nwabara, "Discovering Oxygen Evolution Catalysts via High-Througput Experimentation"

  2:00   3:00 pm

  Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory - Room B102

  • Lecture

Saturday, November 8, 2025

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

  9:00 am - 5:00 pm

  Illini Union

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, November 10, 2025

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  Final Defense: Thompson, Gunnar - " Advancing Techniques for Engineered Tissue Models of the Bone Marrow "

  1:00 - 1:50 pm

  157 Noyes Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "The Scientific Origins of Drugs that Slow Neurodegeneration and the Pharmacological Future of Treating Dementias"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis) "Selective Oxidations and Oxygenate Production over Nanostructured and Well-Defined Oxide Catalysts"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

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  Save the Date: Cancer Center at Illinois Seminar Series

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  TBD

  Part of the Cancer Center at Illinois Seminar Series that features the latest research and the center of cancer and engineering.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su) "Controlling the Selectivity of Charged Polymer Membranes"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

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  C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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  C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Aleksandra Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania (host: Alex Mironenko)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 22, 2025

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  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 1, 2025

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  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, December 4, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao) "Scalable Approaches to Study and Engineer Immune Receptors"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other
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  Save the Date: Cancer Center at Illinois Seminar Series

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  NCSA 1030

  Part of the Cancer Center at Illinois Seminar Series that features the latest research and the center of cancer and engineering.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 11, 2025

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  Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, December 12, 2025

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  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, December 20, 2025

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  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation

  10:00 - 11:00 am

  Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Ceremony/Service
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  ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation Reception

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  • Reception/Open House

Monday, December 22, 2025

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  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 16, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 14, 2026

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  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

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  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

  12:00 - 4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

  4:30 - 6:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, May 16, 2026

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  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other