Plant Biology

Monday, December 23, 2024

• • All Day

  Deadline for Grades to Be Reported

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Degree conferral. Diplomas will be shipped in approximately 9 weeks.

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

• • All Day

  College deadline for reporting Academic Standing

  • Informational

Thursday, January 9, 2025

• • All Day

  Transcripts on hold for Fall 2024 grades are released

  • Informational

Friday, January 10, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline for Reporting ZJUI Grades

  • Informational

Monday, January 13, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring tuition and fee charges first appear on student accounts

  • Informational

Friday, January 17, 2025

• • All Day

  College deadline for reporting Dean’s List

  • Informational
• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, January 18, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Sunday, January 19, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Monday, January 20, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline to cancel registration (dropping all Spring 2025 classes)

  • Informational

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for students to register for first classes without being charged $15 late fee penalty

  • Informational
• • All Day

  First day of instruction for Spring POT 1 and POT A courses

  • Informational
• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  • Other

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Late registration begins via Student Self-Service, $15 late fee applies

  • Informational
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminars- Dr. Matthew Doremus, UIUC, Too Hot to Handle?: Temperature shapes the heritable endosymbiont community of an agricultural spider

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 23, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Friday, January 24, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Dr. Becky Fuller, EEB Head, University of Illinois - Topic: Mentorship Guidelines

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, January 25, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Sunday, January 26, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Monday, January 27, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Pot A Deadlines

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Valeria Trivellone, Assistant Research Scientist, INHS, UIUC - "Evolution of Host-Pathogen Associations and Emerging Diseases: Insights from Vector-Borne Pathogen Systems"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Transcripts on hold for Fall 2024 degrees are released

  • Informational

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Thursday, January 30, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Friday, January 31, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Catchen Lab Talks

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
  • Natural History Building Core

  Recruiting Reception

  • Reception/Open House

Saturday, February 1, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Sunday, February 2, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Monday, February 3, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • All Day

  "10th Day" Add/Drop Deadline

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Lightning Talks by Entomology Faculty and Graduate Students, UIUC

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • 8:30 am
  • Morrill Hall 286

  SIB Awards Applications due

  • Other

Thursday, February 6, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Friday, February 7, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - EEB Graduate Student Recruiting Event

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, February 8, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Sunday, February 9, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Monday, February 10, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Tierney Brosius, Associate Professor, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Thursday, February 13, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Friday, February 14, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to drop a POT A course via Student Self-Service

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to drop a POT A (1st 8 week) course via Student Self-Service without grade of W

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to elect credit/no credit or change credit/no credit to regular grade basis in POT A course

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to file intent to use Campus Grade Replacement option in POT A course

  • Informational
• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Lisa Surber-Cunningham - EEB PhD Candidate - Exit Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, February 15, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Sunday, February 16, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Monday, February 17, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Gene Robinson, Professor, Entomology, IGB, UIUC

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  CBI-TG Seminar: TBA -- Trainee Host: Vanessa Jones/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Thursday, February 20, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational

Friday, February 21, 2025

• • All Day

  Health Insurance Change/Waiver Period

  • Informational
• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Dr. Isaac Miller-Crews, Indiana University - Topic: Cool transcriptomics work

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 24, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Kelsey Coffman, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Morgan Letzkus/Mera Lab and Elizabeth Thayer/Brooke Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 28, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to drop a POT A course without a grade of W

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to elect credit/no credit for a POT A course or to change from credit/no credit to a regular grade

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Full payment due for Spring 2025 charges unless on a payment plan

  • Informational
• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Dr. Sheela Turbek, Colorado State University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 3, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Daniel Schmehl, Science Fellow, Global Pollinator Safety Expert, Bayer Crop Science, St. Louis

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Suvanthee Gunasekera/Martinez Lab and Lindsey Grady/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 7, 2025

• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Cheng Lab Talks

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Alison Ravenscraft, Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Arlington

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

• • 8:30 am - 2:00 pm

  Faculty deadline for reporting midterm grades for freshmen.

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Sierra Bedwell/Heath-Whitaker Labs and Michael Bochert/Golding Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

• • All Day

  POT A (1st 8 week) grade entry enabled for Instructors in Faculty Self-Service

  • Informational
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminars- Dr. Jacob Goheen, Iowa State University, A game of thorns: how plant defense shapes predator-prey interactions in African savannas

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 13, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Dante Ricci, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 14, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to drop POT 1 course via Student Self-Service

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to drop POT 1 (full semester) course via Student Self-Service without grade of W

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to elect credit/no credit or change credit/no credit to regular grade basis in POT 1 (full semester) course

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to file intent to use Campus Grade Replacement option in a POT 1 course

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to remove incomplete grade from previous semester to prevent change to F grade

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to withdraw from Spring 2025 semester(drop all courses) without grade of W

  • Ceremony/Service
• • All Day

  Final exam schedule posted to Office of Registrar website and Course Explorer

  • Informational

Saturday, March 15, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Break

  • Other
• • 1:00 pm

  Spring Vacation Begins

  • Other

Sunday, March 16, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Break

  • Other

Monday, March 17, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Break

  • Other

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Break

  • Other

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Break

  • Other

Thursday, March 20, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Break

  • Other

Friday, March 21, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Break

  • Other

Saturday, March 22, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Break

  • Other

Sunday, March 23, 2025

• • All Day

  Spring Break

  • Other

Monday, March 24, 2025

• • 7:00 am

  Instruction resumes

  • Other
• • All Day

  POT B courses begin (non-standard courses may begin earlier or later)

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Priority registration Time Tickets (earliest registration times) for Summer and Fall 2025 available on Student Self-Service

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Michelle Samuel-Foo, Chief of Staff, USDA-NIFA, Atlanta, GA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Anubhav Basu/Vanderpool Lab and Saika Hossain/Imlay Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 27, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Lyle Simmons, University of Michigan: " Genome instability caused by persistent RNA-DNA hybrid formation"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 28, 2025

• • All Day

  2:00 PM Faculty deadline for reporting POT A (1st 8 week) grades

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for ALL students to drop POT B (2nd 8 week) course for refund if tuition range changes or billing hours decrease.

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to add POT B course via Student Self-Service

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to add POT B (2nd 8 week) course

  • Informational
• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Dr. Alex Weiss, Director, Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes at Lincoln Park Zoo - Topic: Non-Academic Career

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 31, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Elliott Zieman, Assistant Professor, Eastern Illinois University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Steven Eichinger/Brooke Lab and Junya Li/Martinez Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Stephen Kissler, University of Colorado - Boulder - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 4, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline to withdraw from the university and receive the minimum 40% pro-rata refund if enrolled mainly in full semester classes

  • Informational

Monday, April 7, 2025

• • All Day

  Priority registration for Summer and Fall 2025 begins

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Entomology Graduate Student Appreciate Week

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab and Hellan Lee/Vanderpool Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Monica Cartelle Gestal, Louisiana State University: "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 11, 2025

• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Dr. Yuki Haba, Columbia University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 14, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Catherine Scott, Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montréal, QC

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Brooke (Burris) Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jiayue Yang/Whitaker Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 17, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Daniel Buckley, Cornell University: "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 18, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to drop POT 1 course without grade of W

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to drop POT B course via Student Self-Service

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to elect credit/no credit or change credit/no credit to regular grade basis in POT 1 course

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to drop POT B (2nd 8 week) course via Student Self-Service without grade of W

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to elect credit/no credit or change credit/no credit to regular grade basis in POT B course

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for UG to file intent to use Campus Grade Replacement option in POT B course

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Last day for GRAD students to withdraw from Spring 2025 semester without grade of W when enrolled mainly in full semester classes

  • Informational
• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Fuller Lab Talks - Topic: Summer Research

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 21, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Cassandra Extavour, Professor, Harvard University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Hunter Cobbley/Vanderpool Lab and Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 24, 2025

• • All Day

  Open registration begins for Summer and Fall 2025

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford University: "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 28, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Hojun Song, Professor, Texas A&M University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline to update Study Abroad and Thesis 599 registration.

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Klas Udekwu, University of Idaho -- "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 2, 2025

• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to drop POT B course without grade of W

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deadline for GRAD to elect credit/no credit or change credit/no credit to regular grade basis for POT B course

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Deferred (DFR) grades for Study Abroad and Thesis 599 sections are rolled to Academic History

  • Informational
• • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • 2004 Natural History Building

  EEB Colloquium - Cáceres Lab Talks

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 5, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Tolulope (Tolu) Morawo, Entomologist, US Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit, San Diego

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student/Postdoc Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Elizabeth Rowland/Brooke Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction Ends

  • Other
• • All Day

  Last day of instruction

  • Informational

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• • All Day

  Last day for GRAD to add/drop POT 1 course without petitioning Graduate College

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Last day for GRAD to add/drop POT B course without petitioning Graduate College

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other
• • All Day

  Reading day (no classes, no final examinations)

  • Informational

Friday, May 9, 2025

• • All Day

  Final examination period (weekdays only)

  • Informational
• • All Day

  Final Exams Begin

  • Other

Saturday, May 10, 2025

• • All Day

  Final examination period (weekdays only)

  • Informational

Sunday, May 11, 2025

• • All Day

  Final examination period (weekdays only)

  • Informational

Monday, May 12, 2025

• • All Day

  Final examination period (weekdays only)

  • Informational

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

• • All Day

  Final examination period (weekdays only)

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Sergei Korshunov/Imlay Lab and Sanjay Rohaun/Imlay Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

• • All Day

  Final examination period (weekdays only)

  • Informational

Thursday, May 15, 2025

• • All Day

  Final examination period (weekdays only)

  • Informational

Saturday, May 17, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Commencement

  • Ceremony/Service
• • All Day

  Degree conferral and campus-wide commencement

  • Informational

Monday, May 19, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  • Other

Friday, May 23, 2025

• • 8:30 am - 2:00 pm

  Faculty deadline for reporting grades

  • Informational

Friday, May 30, 2025

• • All Day

  College deadline for reporting Academic Standing

  • Informational

Monday, June 2, 2025

• • All Day

  Transcripts on hold for Spring 2025 grades will be released.

  • Informational

Monday, June 16, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  • Other

Monday, June 23, 2025

• • All Day

  College deadline for reporting Dean’s List

  • Informational

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

• • All Day

  Transcripts on hold for Spring 2025 degrees are released.

  • Informational