Speakers

Monday, November 2, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Shuo Liu (Princeton)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Chong Wang

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• New electrochemical pathways for environmental remediation and water purification

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.

  • Lecture

  

• Helping Pets Thrive with Plasma: A Multifaceted Ingredient Providing Health, Nutrition & Processing Benefits

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  • Webinar

  

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Tim Lach

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• MCT Lecture Series: Orientalism

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  Please join the Unit for Criticism for a Modern Critical Theory lecture by Chi-Ming Yang (English, University of Pennsylvania) on Orientalism.

  • Lecture

  

• MCT Lecture Series: Orientalism

  Time

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Hannah Fronenberg (KICP/University of Chicago)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• TBD with Dr. Daniel Sweeney

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Patrick Ledwith (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Food For Thought | Fahad Mahmood and Aleksei Aksimentiev

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• Up Against Erasure: HumetricsHSS Presentation

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  Representatives from the HuMetricsHSS Humane Metrics Initiative will present on the values-based frameworks they’ve developed to guide all kinds of scholarly processes. The session will include time for audience questions.

  • Lecture

  

• Faculty Research Webinar – Prof. Liviu Mirica

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   Central Time

  • Lecture

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Thaís Trevisan, São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo (Brazil)

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Aquatic Imaginary in Brazilian Prose

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.

  • Lecture

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Kendrick Lev (Harvard)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Kunal Sharma, Senior Research Scientist, IBM

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Kunal Sharma

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Federico Scurti

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• MCT Lecture Series: Indigeneity

  Time

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• TBD with a UIUC Grad Postdoc

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Dylan Yost (Colorado State University) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• November NCSA Colloquium: Craig Stewart

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Decoding the Page: Emblems, Ornaments, and Early Modern Reading

  Time

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801

  This event will highlight the collaborative project involving Emblematica (U of I), a digital library of emblem books, and Compositor (U of Birmingham), a database of printers’ ornaments. Dr. Hazel Wilkinson hypothesizes that “emblem-literacy” caused historical readers to engage with ornamented books in ways previously unaccounted-for in scholarship.

  • Lecture

  

• SPEAK Café at Krannert Art Museum | November 2026

  Time

  6:00 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

  SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.

  • Performance

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Naomi Williams - Rutgers University

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  School of Labor and Employment Relations

  • Lecture

  

Monday, November 16, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Ruben Verresen (U Chicago)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Huan Zhao, Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Huan Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Itch Triggers and Nutrition: Managing Food Allergies in Dogs and Cats

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  • Webinar

  

• MCT Lecture Series: Environmental Humanities

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  Please join the Unit for Criticism for a Modern Critical Theory lecture by Thomas Davis (English, Ohio State) on Environmental Humanities.

  • Lecture

  

• MCT Lecture Series: Environmental Humanities

  Time

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Jose Franco

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Riccardo Comin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium