Social and Behavioral Sciences Master Calendar

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

• School of Social Work Campus MSW Program Virtual Info Session

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  • Informational

  

• School of Social Work Online MSW Program Virtual Info Session

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  • Informational

  

Thursday, August 20, 2026

• School of Social Work Graduate Welcome Event

  Time

  8:30 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  I-Hotel: Illini Ballroom B & C

  We are excited to welcome all school of social work campus graduate students and look forward to celebrating the start of the 2026-2027 academic year together.

  • Informational

  

• School of Social Work PhD Orientation

  Time

  12:30 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  School of Social Work Academic Programs Suite Room 2000P

  Join us for PhD Orientation as we welcome our newest doctoral students to the School of Social Work. This session is designed to help you connect with advisors and fellow students, learn about key program expectations and resources, and begin building a strong foundation for your doctoral journey.

  • Informational

  

Monday, August 24, 2026

• School of Social Work Nourish and Flourish Affirmation Station Student Event

  Time

  8:30 - 11:30 am

  Location

  School of Social Work Entry Table

  Start the semester with intention at our Nourish & Flourish Affirmation Station! Stop by the entry table to write an affirmation, goal, or encouraging message for yourself as you begin the semester. Your affirmation will be displayed creating a collective reminder of the strengths, hopes, and resilience within our School of Social Work community. After sharing your affirma

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

• School of Social Work Spin The Resilience Wheel Student Event

  Time

  8:30 - 11:30 am

  Location

  School of Social Work Entry Table

  Spin the wheel of resilience, answer a reflection question designed to help you recognize the strengths, habits, and supports that build resilience, and receive a prize!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• School of Social Work Online DSW Program Virtual Info Session

  Time

  5:30 pm

  • Informational

  

• School of Social Work Online BSW Info Session (Virtual)

  Time

  6:00 - 7:00 pm

  • Informational

  

Friday, August 28, 2026

• NAH Welcome Event

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Native American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)

  • Welcome Week

  

• Fellowship Information Session for "American Association of University Women"

  Time

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall

  • Informational

  

Monday, August 31, 2026

• School of Social Work ICT Informational Session (Virtual)

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  • Informational

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• School of Social Work Online BSW Info Session (Virtual)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  • Informational

  

• School of Social Work BSW Transfer Info Session (Virtual)

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  • Informational

  

• NSP Faculty Mixer

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Colloquium: Dr. Lawrence Stacey

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Hall Room 3057

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• CSGGE Fall Reception

  Time

  4:00 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  YMCA Latzer Hall 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign

  The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity will host its fall reception on September 3rd 4-5:30pm (remarks at 4:30) at YMCA Latzer Hall. RSVP appreciated.

  • Reception/Open House

  

Friday, September 4, 2026

• School of Social Work First-Year Student Visit

  Time

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  School of Social Work Room 2000P

  • Informational

  

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Auditorium

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• "Topological Brain Maps and the Shape of Thought," by Marty Sereno, Emeritus Professor Psychology, San Diego State University Adjunct Professor Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• School of Social Work Pride Parade Interest and Planning Meeting

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  School of Social Work Room 2019

  The Pride Parade will take place on Saturday, October 21, and this session is a chance to get involved and help us prepare. No experience is necessary, and all interested students are welcome. Come share your ideas and help make our Pride Parade participation a success!

  • Meeting

  

Friday, September 11, 2026

• School of Social Work Pride Parade Interest and Planning Meeting

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  School of Social Work Room 2019

  The Pride Parade will take place on Saturday, October 21, and this session is a chance to get involved and help us prepare. No experience is necessary, and all interested students are welcome. Come share your ideas and help make our Pride Parade participation a success!

  • Meeting

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• School of Social Work ICT Informational Session (Virtual)

  Time

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  • Informational

  

• "Neural mechanisms of group living," by Aubrey M. Kelly, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience Program, Emory University

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• Constitution Day: The Declaration of Independence at 250 and American Constitutionalism

  Time

  12:00 - 1:15 pm

  Location

  Max L. Rowe Auditorium, College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820

  • Lecture

  

• School of Social Work BSW Transfer Info Session (Virtual)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  • Informational

  

• 22nd Annual Goldstick Family Lecture in the Study of Communication Disorders

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  University of Illinois Philanthropy Center, Room 102/103, 303 St. Mary’s Road, Champaign IL

  • Lecture

  

• European Union Center Fall Reception

  Time

  4:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Sandage Symposium: Advancing Advertising Together

  Time

  9:30 am - 5:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Union

  The Sandage Symposium brings together industry experts, researchers, and students who are shaping the future of advertising.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 21, 2026

• School of Social Work First-Year Student Visit

  Time

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  School of Social Work Room 2000P

  • Informational

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• "Mechanisms of monogamy: Neural and genomic foundations of social memory and attachment in prairie voles," Kimberly Long, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• School of Social Work Online DSW Program Virtual Info Session

  Time

  6:00 pm

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Nathan Hensley | No Escape, No Ending: Gesture, Improvisation, Solidarity

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• NAH Book Club

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Native American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• Youth Literature Festival - Community Day

  Time

  9:30 am - 3:00 pm

  Location

  I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center

  • Festival/Celebration

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• "Human 2D neurons and 3D brain organoid models for understanding brain development and neurological disorders," by Guo-li Ming Perelman Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Director, Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Dinner On Us: Impact and Opportunity: Serving your Community from the Inside

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801)

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• MAJOR Decisions, Real Impact: Exploring Social Work (I-Explore Week)

  Time

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  School of Social Work, Room 2027

  • Informational

  

• Stephanie O'Rourke | Landscapes of Dis-placement: Mining and Mapping the 19th-century British Empire

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Justin Jackson | Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Auditorium

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• "Host-microbe interactions mediating adverse effects of maternal environmental exposures on offspring neurodevelopmental health," Shelly A. Buffington, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Food For Thought | Nicholas Jackson and Stefan Vogler

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Brent Roberts | Studying Lives and Living a Life: Personality Development Across the Life Course

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Indigenous Peoples' Day Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Illinois Street Dining Center (1010 W. Illinois, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Samy Meroueh, Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• "From Molecular Pathogenesis to 4 phenylbutyrate rescue in Genetic Epilepsies associated with Impaired GABA receptor and transporter,," by by Professor, Department of Neurology & Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Brain Institute

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Dinner On Us: Renewed Geographies of Belonging: Anishinaabe Natural Resource Sovereignty in Michigan

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• NAH Book Club

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Native American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Youssouf Sangaré | Islam in France

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Michael Schappe, MIP, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Dinner On Us: Our Relationship with Our Food and Ourselves

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

  Location

  Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Informational

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• School of Social Work First-Year Student Visit

  Time

  8:30 - 10:00 am

  Location

  School of Social Work Room 2000P

  • Informational

  

• School of Social Work First-Year Student Visit

  Time

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  School of Social Work Room 2000P

  • Informational

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• SfN Preview Poster Night

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute Atrium

  • Exhibition

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Colloquium: Dr. Victor Ray

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Hall Room 3057

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Native American Heritage Month Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls (906 W. College Ct., Urbana)

  • Other

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Auditorium

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• "Illuminating neurochemical signaling with non-genetically encoded sensors," by Natsumi Komatsi, Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Native American Heritage Month Dinner

  Time

  4:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Avenue Dining Hall (1005 S. Lincoln, Urbana) & Ikenberry Dining Center (301 E. Gregory Drive, Champaign)

  • Other

  

• NAH Book Club

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Native American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• NO SEMINAR: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• School of Social Work First-Year Student Visit

  Time

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  School of Social Work Room 2000P

  • Informational

  

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• Thanksgiving Break - No Classes / No Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• School of Social Work First-Year Student Visit

  Time

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  School of Social Work Room 2000P

  • Informational

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Fan Lam, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• Food For Thought | Kimberly Mack and Laura Hetric

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• Food For Thought | Tess McNulty and Alex Shakar

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• Neuroscience Program's Winter Holiday Party

  Time

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union's South Lounge

  • Festival/Celebration

  

Monday, December 14, 2026

• School of Social Work First-Year Student Session (Virtual)

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  • Informational

  

Friday, February 5, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  TBA

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, March 5, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  TBA

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, April 2, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  TBA

  The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.

  • Lecture