CPSC Calendar

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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  DIVERSIFYING CROP SYSTEMS BY DEVELOPING INTERCROPPING BREEDING STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING FORAGE YIELD AND QUALITY IN OAT-LEGUME MIXTURES

  2:00 pm

  W121 - Turner Hall

  • Lecture

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

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  "The African Orphan Crops Consortium, Building Capacity and Delivering Impact" with Dr. Allen Van Deynze

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

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  Integrating Genetic and High-Throughput Phenotyping Approaches to Characterize the Onset of Stem Elongation in Wheat

  3:00 pm

  N-120 Turner Hall

  • Lecture

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

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  "Chemistry of agricultural trade " with Dr. Spencer Walse

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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  "AI-Powered Plant Phenomics: Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges " with Dr. Kevin Wang

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 21, 2025

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  LABORATORY AND FIELD EVALUATION OF EFFICACY OF FUNGICIDES FOR MANAGING PHYTOPHTHORA BLIGHT (PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI) OF PROCESSING PUMPKIN (CUCURBITA MUSCHATA)

  10:00 am

  • Lecture
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  Decomposition and Nutrient Release Dynamics of Cover Crops in Illinois Cropping Systems

  1:00 pm

  W-121 Turner Hall

  • Lecture

Saturday, November 22, 2025

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  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, November 27, 2025

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  Thanksgiving Day

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, November 28, 2025

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  Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, December 1, 2025

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  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  • Other

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

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  "Plant and bacterial technologies to enhance associative biological nitrogen fixation in non-leguminous crops. " with Dr. Jean-Michel Ane

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• 

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other
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  "TBD. " with Dr. Eliana Monteverde

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • 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

Friday, December 19, 2025

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  ACES Convocation

  5:00 pm

  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 22, 2025

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  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, December 25, 2025

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  Christmas Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, December 26, 2025

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  Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, December 29, 2025

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  President Designated Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  • Other

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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  Gift day

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, January 1, 2026

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  New Year's Day

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, January 16, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 19, 2026

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  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

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

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

Monday, May 25, 2026

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  Memorial Day Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, June 19, 2026

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  Juneteenth

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 3, 2026

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  Independence Day (observed)

  All Day

  • Other