College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - Undergraduate Events of Interest

Monday, November 10, 2025

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

1:00 - 1:50 pm

157 Noyes Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
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

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

Thursday, November 13, 2025

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

Friday, November 14, 2025

Final Defense Jiankai Ge "Kinetic Modeling Frameworks for the Chemical Recycling of Polyolefins"

12:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

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

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

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

Fall break begins

8:30 am
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 1, 2025

Instruction resumes

All Day
- Other

Thursday, December 4, 2025

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

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

Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

All Day
- Other

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

All Day
- Other

Friday, December 12, 2025

Final Exams Begin

8:30 am
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, December 20, 2025

ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation

10:00 - 11:00 am

Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Ceremony/Service
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

First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

All Day
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 16, 2026

Final Exams Begin

8:30 am
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

All Day
- Other

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The Grainger Engineering Spring 2026 In-Person Career Fair

10:00 am

Illini Union
- Other

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Illinois CEE Spring 2026 Job Fair

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

ILLINI UNION 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Other

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Hire Illini: Career and Internship Fair

1:00 - 5:00 pm

Illini Union. 1401 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Other

Friday, February 27, 2026

GLAM 2026 Virtual Networking Fair with Government, Library, Archive, and Museum Employers

11:00 am
- Other

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

The Grainger Engineering Spring 2026 Virtual Career Fair

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Career Fair Plus App
- Other
Illinois/ EIU Education Career Fair

1:00 - 4:00 pm

Illini Union. 1401 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Other

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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

Spring Vacation Begins

1:00 pm
- Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

Instruction resumes

7:00 am
- Other

Monday, March 30, 2026

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

ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

12:00 - 4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Instruction Ends

All Day
- Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

All Day
- Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

Final Exams Begin

All Day
- Other

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Commencement

8:30 am

Memorial Stadium
- Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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
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

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

All Day
- Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

All Day
- Other

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

The Grainger College of Engineering

School of Chemical Sciences