Research Seminars @ Illinois
Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.
To have your events added or removed from this calendar, please contact OUR at ugresearch@illinois.edu
Saturday, April 11, 2026
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9:00 am - 3:00 pmBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and TechnologyThe Beckman Institute Open House is an opportunity for Champaign-Urbana community members to encounter the science, meet the people and experience the impact of world-changing discovery.
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1:00 - 3:00 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignAs part of Boneyard Arts Festival and Mom's Weekend on campus, come experience immersive sound as you view artwork! Members of Improvisers Exchange Ensemble will create soundscapes within Krannert Art Museum’s galleries through site-specific solo performance and collective improvisation in reflection and response to artwork on display.
Monday, April 13, 2026
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10:00 amForbes Natural History Building -
11:00 am - 12:00 pm3401 Siebel Center -
11:30 am - 12:30 pmCIF 2018
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman InstituteBeckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCIF 2035
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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4:00 pmNathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
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4:30 pm TBD210 Levis Faculty Center -
7:00 pmSpurlock Museum
The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) invites you to an intimate live performance with Be Steadwell on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Spurlock Museum. A queer pop composer, filmmaker, and author, Be Steadwell blends music, narrative, and reflection into soulful, affirming performances that center queer love, Black girlhood...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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7:00 pmSpurlock Museum
The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) invites you to an intimate live performance with Be Steadwell on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Spurlock Museum. A queer pop composer, filmmaker, and author, Be Steadwell blends music, narrative, and reflection into soulful, affirming performances that center queer love, Black girlhood...
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All Day210 Levis Faculty Center; 919 W Illinois St, Urbana, IL 61801 -
11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Harley Johnson, Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Art Arnold, PhD Distinguished Professor of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles "Changing the conceptual framework for understanding sex differences in physiology and disease"
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12:00 pm5602 Beckman Institute
Hear Ramin Nemati talk about, “Pore-Scale Modeling of Fluid Flow in Food Matrices.” Lunch will be provided for those who register by April 10.
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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1:00 - 4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 424Join your fellow graduate students in the humanities, arts, and related fields in this designated co-working space at HRI.
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2:00 - 2:50 pm203 Transportation Building
Daecheol Kim Talks about "Inhomogeneous Long-Range First-Passage Percolation."
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3:00 pmForbes Natural History Building -
3:00 - 6:00 pmWomen's Resources Center, 616 E Green St #202, Champaign, IL 61820“Bridging Ancestral Knowledge and Scientific Research: Community Perspectives from the Caribbean”. During this session, students will work in small groups to read one or more selected articles that we will provide beforehand.
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3:00 - 6:00 pmWomen's Resource Center; 616 E Green St #202, Champaign, IL 61820 -
4:00 pm100 Material Science Engineering Building
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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4:00 pmBeckman Institute 1005 -
5:30 - 6:30 pmIllini Union, Room C (1401 W. Green St, Urbana) -
6:00 - 7:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
2026 Indian Languages and Cultures Lecture by Professor Andrew Ollett, University of Chicago, on "Context, from 7th century India to today". NO REGISTRATION required.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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7:00 pmSpurlock Museum
The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) invites you to an intimate live performance with Be Steadwell on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Spurlock Museum. A queer pop composer, filmmaker, and author, Be Steadwell blends music, narrative, and reflection into soulful, affirming performances that center queer love, Black girlhood...
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All Day210 Levis Faculty Center; 919 W Illinois St, Urbana, IL 61801
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All DayHeritage Room, ACES Library -
All DayHeritage Room, ACES Library
Join us as we re-imagine how to best collaborate across departments to work towards global food security. Hear about the current global food security work being conducted in ACES through a series of thematic panels spanning multiple disciplines. All ACES stakeholders and others interested in food security and welcome to attend as many sessions as your schedule permits.
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310 -
12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
“Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury” Jessica Derham, PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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12:00 pmBruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
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12:00 pmBruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
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12:00 pm 01:30 pmConference Room 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL -
12:00 pm 01:00pmRoom 108 Coble Hall -
12:00 - 1:00 pmW109 - Turner Hall -
12:00 - 1:00 pmMax L. Rowe Auditorium, College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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3:00 - 4:15 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210 919 W. Illinois Street, Urbana, IL 61801 -
3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 5:00 pm614 East Daniel Street, 4th Floor, Room 4045, (Multipurpose Room)
Please join us for an in-person information session on the new MS in Game Development online program, launching this fall. Snacks provided. Please also reach out to ms-gamedevelopment@illinois.edu with questions and we will follow up shortly. Please check the I School events calendar here as we begin hosting monthly virtual information sessions...
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102 -
The Physics Colloquium: Harold Hwang (Stanford University) “Superconductivity in layered nickelates”
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141 -
7:30 pmAlice Campbell Alumni CenterJoin us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
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7:30 pmAlice Campbell Alumni CenterJoin us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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7:00 pmSpurlock Museum
The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) invites you to an intimate live performance with Be Steadwell on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Spurlock Museum. A queer pop composer, filmmaker, and author, Be Steadwell blends music, narrative, and reflection into soulful, affirming performances that center queer love, Black girlhood...
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All DayHeritage Room, ACES Library
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All DayHeritage Room, ACES Library
Join us as we re-imagine how to best collaborate across departments to work towards global food security. Hear about the current global food security work being conducted in ACES through a series of thematic panels spanning multiple disciplines. All ACES stakeholders and others interested in food security and welcome to attend as many sessions as your schedule permits.
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AE Seminar Speaker: Sung Min Jo - Towards Physics-aware Design of Next-generation Hypersonic Systems
9:30 - 10:30 amCIF 2035 -
11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St
Join us for presentations by our recent CAS Associates. At 11am Ramón Soto-Crespo (English) discusses the origin of Puerto Rico's ecological literature and at noon, Alison Bell (Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior) presents the evolution of family life in a small fish.
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
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12:30 - 1:30 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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1:00 - 4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 424
Join your fellow graduate students in the humanities, arts, and related fields in this designated co-working space at HRI.
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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3:00 - 5:00 pmIllinois Sustainable Technology Center, 1 Hazelwood Dr, Champaign IL 61820ISTC is opening its doors! Talk to scientists, tour our labs, see some of our research, ask burning questions about sustainable technologies, etc! All are welcome!
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3:30 pm 12/02/2025Chem Annex 1024
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4:00 pmBruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 1212 W. Nevada, Urbana
Join CSGGE for a lecture by Dr. Frieda Ekotto. Dr. Ekotto is an intellectual historian and philosopher with areas of expertise in 20th and 21st-century Anglophone and Francophone literature and in the cinema of West Africa and its diaspora, she concentrates on contemporary issues of law, race and LG BTQIA2S+ issues.
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4:00 - 6:00 pmEducation Building, Room 2
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana
How does Greek tragedy respond to and reflect the concerns of modern communities? Drawing on his experiences staging and reimagining Greek literature in theatres, online and within community settings, Paul O’Mahony explores the issues and opportunities these ancient texts present.
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4:00 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
4:30 pmIllini Union Bookstore: Authors Corner
Join us in celebrating the student writers who have won awards this spring!
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4:30 pmSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
"Quilt Whisperer" Connie Martin, MA provides an American historical information presentation from research on her family history to reveal secret codes in quilts as a 6th generation descendant of enslaved Africans in Kentucky.
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5:00 pmRoom 215 (Faculty Lounge), College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue Champaign, IL 61820
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5:30 - 7:00 pmStage 5 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts -
5:30 pm TBDAuditorium (KAM 62)
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5:30 - 7:00 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
Join us for a talk by Peruvian archaeologist and curator Luis A. Muro Ynoñán, as part of the Living Legacies series, presented in conjunction with the Fragmented Histories; Andean Art Before 1600 exhibition. *Parking nearby is free after 5 pm and on weekends.*
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7:15Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum.2026 Screening and Discussion: Zinda Bhaag (2013), will be an event of film screening and introduction followed by Q/A with Professor Iftikhar Dadi, Cornell University. A reception will follow. NO REGISTRATION required.
Friday, April 17, 2026
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7:00 pmSpurlock Museum
The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) invites you to an intimate live performance with Be Steadwell on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Spurlock Museum. A queer pop composer, filmmaker, and author, Be Steadwell blends music, narrative, and reflection into soulful, affirming performances that center queer love, Black girlhood...
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All DayNathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
On behalf of the EE&S Symposium organizing committee, we are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 2026 Environmental Engineering and Science Symposium, to be held on April 17th, 2026, at the Civil and Environmental Engineering buildings, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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10:00 - 10:50 am1310 Digital Computer Lab 1304 W Springfield Urbana, IL 61801
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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All DayIllini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 -
3:00 pm2049 Natural History Building and via Zoom -
3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library, Room 346
This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
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4:30 - 6:00 pm1080 LCLB
Dr. Sidney Lu (Associate Professor of Transnational Asian Studies, Rice University) will deliver the keynote based on his recently published book, Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
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7:00 pmSpurlock Museum
The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) invites you to an intimate live performance with Be Steadwell on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Spurlock Museum. A queer pop composer, filmmaker, and author, Be Steadwell blends music, narrative, and reflection into soulful, affirming performances that center queer love, Black girlhood...
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All DayIllini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
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10:00 am - 1:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210 -
1:00 pmSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
This special guided tour will focus on various textile arts throughout the world. It will take a look at the processes behind creating textiles, as well as the different purposes that textile arts can have in our lives. These may range from everyday wear, to expressing political beliefs, identity, religion, creativity, and more.
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1:00 pmSpurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
This special guided tour will focus on various textile arts throughout the world. It will take a look at the processes behind creating textiles, as well as the different purposes that textile arts can have in our lives. These may range from everyday wear, to expressing political beliefs, identity, religion, creativity, and more.
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1:00 - 5:15 pmUrbana Dance Company
Sunday, April 19, 2026
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7:00 pmSpurlock Museum
The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) invites you to an intimate live performance with Be Steadwell on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Spurlock Museum. A queer pop composer, filmmaker, and author, Be Steadwell blends music, narrative, and reflection into soulful, affirming performances that center queer love, Black girlhood...
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10:00 am - 12:00 pmUrbana Dance Company -
1:00 pmRiggs Beer Company, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, IL 61802
Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting. Our speaker will be Quang Nguyen, a neuroscientist who leads interdisciplinary projects using biochemical and physiological approaches.
Monday, April 20, 2026
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7:00 pmSpurlock Museum
The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) invites you to an intimate live performance with Be Steadwell on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Spurlock Museum. A queer pop composer, filmmaker, and author, Be Steadwell blends music, narrative, and reflection into soulful, affirming performances that center queer love, Black girlhood...
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11:30 am - 1:00 pmUniversity of Illinois Foundation Building -
12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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1:00 pmRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208Please join us for the launch of Ethan Madarieta's first book, Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia. Ethan, who earned his Ph.D. in Comparative and World Literature at Illinois, is an assistant professor of English at Syracuse University, where he is on faculty in Native American and Indigenous studies...
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 208
Please join us for the launch of Ethan Madarieta’s first book, Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia.
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Yuan Ping, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Madison, Wisconsin
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Csaba Forro, PhD and Daniel Wang, PhD, Group Leaders at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago "Towards Mapping Inflammation in Real Time" "Spatiotemporal Molecular Profiling of Inflammation with Microengineered Devices"
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional Facility
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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4:00 pm100 Material Science Engineering Building
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Drawing on scholarship about the value of suspending economic incentives in everyday life, Dr. Newfield will argue that public universities must replace a financial model that harms education and erodes solvency. His presentation will also examine and challenge the belief that “learning equals earning” amid deep dependence on debt, asset inflation, and risk management.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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10:00 am419 RAL (Rose Room) -
12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
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12:00 - 1:00 pmW109 - Turner Hall -
12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102 -
5:30 pmLounge at the Illini UnionPlease join us for the Department of Philosophy Awards Ceremony.
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6:00 pmThe Literary, 122 N. Neil St, Champaign
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6:00 pmThe Literary, 122 N. Neil, Champaign, IL
Free and open to all, two College of Education faculty members will share their recent work in educational leadership. Osly Flores will discuss his book, Race-Conscious Caring in Educational Leadership: A Narrative Ethics, and Rachel Roegman will talk about her newly released book, K-12 Schools and Public Health Partnerships...
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7:00 pmGallery Art Bar | 119 W Main St, Urbana, IL 61801
Join us for a reading of creative work my MFA students from the Department of English. This month's reading will feature: Steven Bergmark Morgan O'Sullivan William O'Brien
Thursday, April 23, 2026
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All Day
Grad students from all disciplines are invited to the 16th Gesa E. Kirsch Graduate Student Symposium, April 23–24, 2026—an interdisciplinary, student-led event featuring diverse presentations, workshops, and a keynote by Kaia Simon (UW Eau Claire). Proposals on writing, rhetoric, media, education, and more are welcome in traditional or experimental formats.
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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2:00 - 3:00 pmICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866
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3:30 pm***This seminar will be at Sidney Lu 2055 (1206 W. Green Street, Urbana) -
4:00 pmBeckman Institute AuditoriumJoin the Cancer Center at Illinois for a screening of "Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution." The documentary chronicles the life and career of Nobel Laureate and Illinois alumnus, Phil Sharp. Seating is limited. We recommend you arrive early.
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4:00 pmBeckman Institute AuditoriumJoin the Cancer Center at Illinois for a screening of "Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution." The documentary chronicles the life and career of Nobel Laureate and Illinois alumnus, Phil Sharp, who will attend the event. The film is narrated by Mark Ruffalo and part of the PBS Independent Lens documentary series.
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
5:00 pmTBD
Annual Armenian Genocide Event, featuring Helen Makhdoumian (Postdoc, Vanderbilt University)
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center Room 208
In honor of the annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, Helen Makhdoumian will give a talk entitled "On Beginnings, or the Roots and Routes of the Nested Memory Concept.”
Friday, April 24, 2026
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9:00 am - 5:30 pmNational Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) - Atrium/Lobby and Auditorium -
10:00 - 10:50 am2311 NCEL - Yeh Center
Exposure to particulate matter (PM) is known to have an adverse health effect on human health, leading to increased mortality globally.
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11:30 am - 1:30 pmNatural History Building 2049
What makes a map readable? Join Izabela Gołębiowska, PhD of the University of Warsaw to explore factors driving the success of maps and geovisualizations as tools for informed decisions. Dr. Gołębiowska will discuss a range of empirical studies involving map users, addressing the challenges of naïve cartography and CartoAI. Lunch will be provided!
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
12:00 pm108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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1:00 - 2:20 pmSpurlock Museum
Dance at Illinois presents the research symposium, "Dancing Discourse," featuring four BA candidates, Anna Carlson, Harper Clark, Sofia Corrales, and Jasmine O'Connor. This event is free and open to the public.
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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2:00 - 5:00 pm75 Bailey Dr., Champaign, IL 61820Please join us for the spring open house at the McKechnie Family LIFE Home, an exciting opportunity to showcase the current projects in interdisciplinary research with a particular focus on student engagement. Guests are invited to explore the facility at their own pace, view posters of current projects, and interact with live demonstrations.
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3:00 - 5:00 pm319 Gregory Hall
Join us for a lecture by Heather Demarest, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Boulder.
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3:00 pmW-109 Turner Hall
Monday, April 27, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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5:00 pmB102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory (CLSL)
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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All DayI Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First St., Champaign IL
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Scott Fraser, PhD President, Dynamic Imaging, Head of Biohub, San Francisco "Eavesdropping on Biology by Using New Instrumentation and AI to Foster Multiscale Imaging"
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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1:00 - 4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 424
Join your fellow graduate students in the humanities, arts, and related fields in this designated co-working space at HRI.
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4:00 pm100 Material Science Engineering Building
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional Facility
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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5:00 pm2001 Huff Hall
Georgia Malandraki will be honored as the Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 in 2001 Huff Hall with a reception to follow. Please RSVP by April 21.
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5:30 - 6:30 pmhttps://aacc.illinois.edu/
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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All DayI Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First St., Champaign IL
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
“Fiber Rearrangement Redistributes Energy and Modulates Intrinsic Cutting Energy in Bovine Glisson's Capsule” Shaobo Zhan, PhD Candidate Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois
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12:00 - 1:00 pm428 Mumford Hall
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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2:00 - 3:00 pmChemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
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4:00 pm217 Noyes Lab
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4:00 - 5:00 pm1017 Civil and Environmental Engineering Building
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
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5:30 - 7:00 pmGregory Hall 112
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat posits that under the influence of digital technologies and in the shadow of AI, civilization is entering a period of pressure that threatens cultures, communities, and individuals.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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2:00 - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 424
Join your fellow graduate students in the humanities, arts, and related fields in this designated co-working space at HRI.
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3:30 pm***Seminar is at Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, Room 2311, 205 N. Mathews, Urbana -
4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Friday, May 1, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
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12:00 - 1:30 pm404 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
Join us for a hybrid CEAPS Speaker/Political Science Workshop titled “From Correction to Connection: Relational Approaches to Countering Misinformation” with Cesi Cruz (University of Michigan). Register here!
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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1:00 - 5:00 pm614 East Daniel Street, 4th Floor, Multipurpose Room 4045Have you created a game, art work, program, poster, class project or research about games and design? If so, we encourage you to showcase your work at the Game Studies and Design Spring Showcase on Friday, May 1. Undergraduate and graduate level projects are welcome. These projects will be included in Undergraduate Research Week and Research Symposium 2026.
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4:00 pmAnalog Wine Library, 129 N Race St, Urbana, IL
The IGB’s Art of Science program is a celebration of the common ground between science and art. Images from Illinois research were the starting point for these works, which were created by researchers working in partnership with IGB artist Julia Pollack. These pieces are the result of conversations between the scientists and the artist. The show will run through the mon
Saturday, May 2, 2026
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9:00 am 10:30 amNative American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana) and Skeuomorph Press (1301 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana)To honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives and to bring attention to the ongoing violence faced by Indigenous communities, the Native American House (NAH) invites the campus community to participate in an MMIR Prayer Walk from NAH to Alma Mater.
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11:00 am 1:00 pmSkeuomorph Press, (1301 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana) -
1:00 pmIllini Union Bookstore: Authors Corner
Hear the graduating MFA students in Creative Writing read from their Final Projects. This year's third-years include: Isabella Escamilla Paz Hoggatt David Foley Tyler Moore Callan Latham Garrett Stack
Monday, May 4, 2026
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11:30 amChez Veterans Center, 908 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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1:00 pmRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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4:00 - 4:50 pmHAB 156
Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar
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4:00 pm100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
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5:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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All DayNative American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Lawrence Cheuk, Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University
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12:00 - 1:00 pmThis webinar will explore the various geomembrane materials used in baffle curtain fabrication, along with common baffle curtain design configurations for ponds, reservoirs, underground clearwells, and above‑ground storage tanks. It will also provide an overview of manufacturing and installation methods.
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Peter Kim, PhD Department of Biochemistry; Stanford University School of Medicine "Protein Engineering of Vaccines and Antibodies for Infectious Disease"
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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4:00 - 4:50 pm4025 Campus Instructional Facility
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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5:30 - 7:30 pmCrystal Lake Park Lake House, 206 West Park Street, Urbana, ILPlease 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.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
“Small Molecule Ion Channels Restore Anion Movement to Cystic Fibrosis Epithelia” Nohemy Celis PhD Candidate Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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2:00 - 3:20 pm317 David Kinley Hall
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4:00 - 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102 -
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, May 7, 2026
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9:00 am - 4:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Learn about IGB research, hear about current issues in the life sciences, and connect with others at our popular poster session at the 2026 Fellows Symposium.
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10:00 am - 12:00 pmPlym Auditorium, Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
The PhD Program in Architecture and Landscape Architecture hosts a keynote lecture by Hi'ilei Julia Hobart (Native and Indigenous Studies, Yale) as part of the symposium "Creativity in Modern Heritage." Hobart is author of Cooling the Tropics: Ice, Indigeneity, and Hawaiian Refreshment (Duke University Press, 2022).
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801Celebrate the semester’s end with RBML! We are diving into the trendy book decoration world — bring your own books and paint the edges with our supplies, then view various historical fore-edge paintings from the collection in our Reading Room.
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3:00 - 5:00 pm
Celebrate the semester’s end with RBML! We are diving into the trendy book decoration world — bring your own books and paint the edges with our supplies, then view various historical fore-edge paintings from the collection in our Reading Room. All are welcome to attend, and refreshments will be served.
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4:00 - 6:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422
Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception
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4:00 - 6:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422
Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception
Friday, May 8, 2026
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Sunday, May 10, 2026
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1:00 pmRiggs Beer Company, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, IL 61802
Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting. Sameh Tawfick, Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
Monday, May 11, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
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4:00 pmCarle's Mills Cancer Center, 3rd floor conference room
Join the Neuromusculoskeletal Seminar Series for a talk by Illinois' Mariana Kersh, "Clinical biomechanics: applications in orthopedics and rehabilitation."
Thursday, May 14, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Friday, May 15, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Sunday, May 17, 2026
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9:30 11:00 amKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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11:00 1:00 p.m.Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
Monday, May 18, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Thursday, May 21, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Friday, May 22, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Monday, May 25, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.
Friday, May 29, 2026
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1:00 - 3:00 pm2203 Beckman Institute
Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.