Entomology

Monday, December 22, 2025

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  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 16, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Tai Josek, Microscopist, Beckman Institute, UIUC

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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  Lightning Talks by Entomology Faculty and Graduate Students

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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  ENT Faculty-Grad Student Discussion (for Entomology Dept. Faculty and Students only please) - NO speaker Colloquium

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Meeting

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Kasey Fowler-Finn, Professor, St. Louis University

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Dominic Evangelista, Assistant Professor, Entomology, UIUC

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Marianne Alleyne, Assistant Professor, Entomology, UIUC

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Kevin Johnson, Principal Ornithologist, INHS, UIUC

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 14, 2026

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  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

• 

  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Laramy Enders, Associate Professor, Purdue University

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Peter Marting, Postdoctoral Fellow, Auburn University - "Morphogenesis, organization, and defense of Honey bee nests"

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Laura Ingwell, Associate Professor, Purdue University

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Rex Cocroft, Professor, University of Missouri

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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  No Entomology Colloquium - ESA North Central Branch Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Elizabeth Bello, Grad Student Exit Seminar, Entomology, UIUC

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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  Entomology Colloquium - Josephine Rodriguez, Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Virginia at Wise

  11:00 am

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  2025-2026 Entomology Alumni / Department Potluck Picnic

  5:30 - 7:30 pm

  Crystal Lake Park Lake House, 206 West Park Street, Urbana, IL

  Please bring a dish to share, and label ingredients for food allergens. Family members and significant others are welcome. Our alumna speaker, Dr. Josephine Rodriguez, Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Virginia at Wise, will join us.

  • Social/Informal Event

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

• 

  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

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other