Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - Events of Interest

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  • Other

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • A133 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory (CLSL)

  NMR Walking Tour

  • Exhibition

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) 612 Conference Center

  Seminar: Harnessing macrophages in advanced breast cancer to combat drug-resistance

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, February 15, 2025

• 

  • 10:00 am
  • Illini Union Room 104

  2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium

  The UIUC Student Chapter of NOBCChE is hosting the Spring 2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium. The keynote speaker is Segun Victor Obisesan, Ph.D., who is a Research, Development, & Innovation Chemist at Evonik Corporation. The St. Elmo Brady Lecture Series is held each semester to honor Illinois chemistry alumnus St. Elmo Brady (PhD, ’16).

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 10:00 am
  • Illini Union Room 104

  2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium: Dr. Segun Victor Obisesan, Evonik Corporation - "Mechanism of reaction and process optimization of a nitril derived dialkylamine"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Megan Robertson, University of Houston, "Enabling Polyolefin Circularity through Melt Functionalization and Upcycling" (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 6, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Elizabeth Biddinger, CUNY, (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 13, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo, "A Non-equilibrium Flame Aerosol Process to Create High-entropy Nanomaterials" (co-hosts: Hong Yang, Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 15, 2025

• • 1:00 pm

  Spring Vacation Begins

  • Other

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Chemistry Annex 1024

  Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Chemistry Annex 1024

  Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry

  • Lecture

Monday, March 24, 2025

• • 7:00 am

  Instruction resumes

  • Other

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. James Moon, University of Michigan, "Engineering Strategies to Modulate the Immune System" (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 14, 2025

• • 7:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sijin Li, Cornell University, "An Integrated Synthetic Biology Pipeline to Understand and Harness Plant Specialized Metabolism" (host: Huimin Zhao)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta , (host: Baron Peters)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 2, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B-102

  2025 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Emily A. Carter, Princeton University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Emily Davidson, Princeton University, (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction Ends

  • Other

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• • All Day

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, May 9, 2025

• • All Day

  Final Exams Begin

  • Other

Saturday, May 17, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Commencement

  • Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 18, 2025

• • 9:30 - 11:00 am
  • Krannert in Tryon Festival Theatre

  ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Ceremony

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Illini Union - room ABC

  ChBE Spring 2025 Convocation Reception

  • Reception/Open House

Monday, May 19, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  • Other

Monday, June 16, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  • Other

Monday, November 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium