Combined Department Calendar

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

• Grad student welcome / EGSA meeting (for Entomology Dept. grad students and faculty only)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Welcome Week

  

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

• PEEC Fall 2026 Welcome Back Event (Ice Cream Social), August 26, 2026, 4:00 PM, NHB, 2020B

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  NHB, 2020B

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, August 28, 2026

• EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller, EEB, "Welcome/Organization/Coffee"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Teresa Pegan, UIUC EEB Department, "Evolutionary Consequences of Seasonal Migration"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 4, 2026

• EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller and Julian Catchen, EEB, "Grad Handbook - New Students Only"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• PEEC Seminar - Sara Ruane, Field Museum of Natural History, "Museums Collections as a Backbone for Contemporary Science"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 11, 2026

• EEB Colloquium: Dr. Milton Tan, INHS, "Something Fishy"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Joseph Walker, University of Illinois Chicago, "Herbarium RNA as a Source of Evolutionary Insights"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Tracey Tuberville, University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Lab, "Conservation Takeaways from Stalking North America’s Tortoises"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar, University of Chicago, "Where Science Meets Story: Engaging Audiences Through the Arts"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• Entomology Colloquium - Matt O'Neal, Professor, Iowa State University

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 2026 Entomology Alumni / Department Potluck Picnic

  Time

  5:30 - 7:30 pm

  Location

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

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Bernie Kuhajda, Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute, "The Southeast’s Aquatic Biodiversity: Why it Rocks!"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Eric Gulson-Castillo, UIUC EEB Department, "TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• EEB Colloquium: Group Discussion, "Graduate Student Townhall"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Entomology Colloquium - James Crall, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Robin Warne, UIUC Prairie Research Institute, "The Gut, the Bad, and the Hungry: Microbial Mediation of Nutrients, Immunity & Survival"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Entomology Colloquium - Ifeoma Ozodiegwu, Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Stephanie Porter, Washington State University Vancouver, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• EEB Colloquium: Princeton Vaughn, Princeton University, Tour of Champions, "Adaptation on Repeat: Wildlife Responses to Human-Driven Change"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• Entomology Colloquium - ESA Practice Talks

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Jenny Heppert, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, “Are you my microbe? What insect-killing nematodes and their bacteria can teach us about symbiosis?”

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• PEEC Exit Seminar - Lauren Otolski, UIUC PEEC, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Iris Holmes, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• EEB Colloquium: EEB Community: Discussion of AI in Science

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Nídia S. Trovão, UIUC VetMed, "The Genetic Traceability of Viral Pathogens Across the One Health Spectrum"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, December 4, 2026

• EEB Colloquium: SICB / ASN Practice Talks

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Rachel Mueller, Colorado State University, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, January 20, 2027

• PEEC Exit Seminar - Jeannette Cullum, UIUC PEEC, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, January 22, 2027

• EEB Colloquium: Arianna Kuhn, INHS, "Herps!"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, January 27, 2027

• PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Michael Brent Hawkins, UIUC EEB Department, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 3, 2027

• PEEC Exit Seminar - Shasta Kamara, UIUC PEEC, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, February 5, 2027

• EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller, Julian Catchen, and Grads, EEB, "Graduate Recruiting"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 10, 2027

• PEEC Exit Seminar - Vivian Cheng, UIUC PEEC, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 17, 2027

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Hollis Woodard, UC Riverside, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 24, 2027

• PEEC Exit Seminar - Ilana Zeitzer, UIUC PEEC, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 3, 2027

• PEEC Exit Seminar - Jonah Dominguez, UIUC PEEC, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 10, 2027

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Michelle Wong, Yale University, "Plant Strategies in Response to Nutrient Limitation in Tropical and Temperate Forests"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 24, 2027

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Michelle Gaynor, Florida State University, "Ecological and Evolutionary Impacts of Whole Genome Duplication in Flowering Plants" 

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 31, 2027

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. William Sanders, University of Michigan, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, April 2, 2027

• EEB Colloquium: Abby Weber, EEB, "PhD Defense"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, April 14, 2027

• PEEC Seminar - Dr. Solomon David, University of Minnesota, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, April 16, 2027

• EEB Colloquium: Tim Legare, EEB, "Killifish Speciation"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  2004, NHB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, April 21, 2027

• PEEC Exit Seminar - Isaiah Goertz, UIUC PEEC, "History of Locally Derived Plasmid-bound Gene Modules in a Co-housed Swine Population"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, April 28, 2027

• PEEC Exit Seminar - Katie Fitzgerald, UIUC PEEC, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

• PEEC Exit Seminar - Fahren Zackery, UIUC PEEC, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium