Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - Events of Interest

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) "(How) Does Biology Degrade Polyethylene? Adventures in Biological Degradation and Upcycling of Polyolefins"

  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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  Cancer Center at Illinois Seminar Series: Stephen Hammes

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  NCSA 1040

  Part of the Cancer Center at Illinois Seminar Series that features the latest research at 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, January 22, 2026

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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

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

Monday, March 30, 2026

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  CHBE 121 Poster Session

  6:00 pm   8:00 p.m.

  Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.

  • Seminar/Symposium

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

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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  CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

  9:30   11:00 am

  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Ceremony/Service
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  ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

  11:00   1:00 p.m.

  Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Reception/Open House

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