Engineering Seminar

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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  Chemical Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar, Dr. Steven D. Knutson, Princeton University, "Chemical Tools for Biological Discovery: From Profiling RNA Modifications to Spatial Mapping of Cancer Interactomes"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave., Room 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 22, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Moon Jeong Park, POSTECH (Host: Prof. Charles Sing) "Polymer Chain-End Chemistry: Unlocking Next-Generation Functional Materials"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "The Scientific Origins of Drugs that Slow Neurodegeneration and the Pharmacological Future of Treating Dementias"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing) "Effects of Conformational and Orientational Ordering in Polymer Crystal Nucleation"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Mike Reynolds, Shell (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

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  Prof. Ying Li, Hong Kong University, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Carl Denard, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Huimin Zhao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 30, 2026

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  CHBE 121 Poster Session

  6:00 pm   8:00 p.m.

  Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Todd Squires, University of California, Santa Barbara, (Host: Prof. Baron Peters)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

  12:00 - 4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

  4:30 - 6:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Styliana Avraamidou, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Siddarth Krishna, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Rogers)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Prof. Christina (Tina) Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Title:TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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  CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

  9:30   11:00 am

  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Ceremony/Service
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  ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

  11:00   1:00 p.m.

  Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Reception/Open House

Monday, November 16, 2026

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

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium