CPSC Calendar

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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  Janzen-Connell effects in tropical dry forests; the interactive effects of drought and soil microbial communities on seedling growth

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Role of Root Architecture to Optimize Agronomic Management of Maize

  1:30 pm

  350C ERML

  • Lecture

Friday, April 17, 2026

• 

  An In-Depth Historical Phenotypic and Genetic Assessment of Oat (Avena Sativa L.) Breeding at the University of Illinois

  2:00 pm

  W121

  • Lecture

Monday, April 20, 2026

• 

  Effect of Cover Crop Diversity on Nitrate Leaching and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Corn-Soybean Rotations in Central Illinois

  1:00 pm

  Turner Hall W-121

  • Lecture

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

• 

  Dissolution of ammonium phosphate fertilizers determines the timing of P and N solubilization but has limited influence on N₂O-N emissions under field conditions

  9:00 am

  N-120

  • Lecture
• 

  SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS, AGGREGATE STABILITY, AND MICROBIAL RESPONSES ACROSS A 54-YEAR CHRONOSEQUENCE OF CONTINUOUS MAIZE VERSUS MAIZE–SOYBEAN ROTATIONS

  1:00 pm

  AW108

  • Lecture

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

• 

  Employing Spatial Biology Methods to Decode Stress Responses in Duckweed

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

• 

  Integrated Management Practices to Maximize Corn and Soybean Production under Conservation Tillage and Cereal Rye Cover Crop

  9:00 am

  Turner Hall W-121

  • Lecture

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

• 

  The Gene Regulatory Landscape of Flowering Plants

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

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

Monday, May 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, May 25, 2026

• 

  Memorial Day Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, June 11, 2026

• 

  Summer Horticulture Field Day

  8:00 am

  Rader Family Farms

  • Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, June 19, 2026

• 

  Juneteenth

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 3, 2026

• 

  Independence Day (observed)

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• 

  Crop Physiology Field Day

  All Day

  Crop Sciences Research and Education Center

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, August 24, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  your class

  • Other

Monday, September 7, 2026

• 

  Labor Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• 

  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, November 26, 2026

• 

  Thanksgiving Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, November 27, 2026

• 

  Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, November 30, 2026

• 

  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  I-Hotel

  • Other

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• 

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, December 11, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, December 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, December 24, 2026

• 

  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, December 25, 2026

• 

  Christmas Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, December 28, 2026

• 

  Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, December 29, 2026

• 

  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Wednesday, December 30, 2026

• 

  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Thursday, December 31, 2026

• 

  President Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, January 1, 2027

• 

  New Year's Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, January 15, 2027

• 

  Winter Session Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 18, 2027

• 

  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, March 13, 2027

• 

  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 22, 2027

• 

  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other