College of LAS Events

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester
- Other
- All Day
First Day of Spring 2025 Instruction
- Other
- 11:15 am
- B102 CLSL
Materials Seminar - Dr. Monica Ohnsorg, University of Colorado Boulder, “Bottlebrush Polymers to Deliver Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Support 3D Cell Culture”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:30 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Michael Schappe, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School "Physiology under pressure: Cells and circuits of organ protection"

Department of Cell Biology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 819 Psychology
Memorable by design: The intrinsic properties of effective symbols
- Lecture
- 4:30 - 5:30 pm
- 614 E. Daniel Street, 3rd floor, Conference Room 3080 or livestream
2025 MLK Lecture with Rebecca Ginsburg

Join us for the 2025 MLK Lecture. Rebecca Ginsburg associate professor and director of the Education Justice Project was chosen as the distinguished faculty member to speak on the ideals and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
- Lecture

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Materials Seminar - Prof. Jia Niu, Boston College, “Advancing Precision Biomacromolecules and Mimetics: Synthetic and Evolutionary Strategies”,
- Seminar/Symposium
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Evening French Conversation (Soirée en français)
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, January 23, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Nannan Lu, Ph.D., Stanford University, "Decoding Peripheral-Brain Communication: The Role of Blood Plasma Proteins in Microglial Function"

Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Adult Neurology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:15 am
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Analytical Seminar - Dr. Dingran Chang, Northwestern University, “Exploring Functional Nucleic Acids for Biosensor Development”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:15 am
- 161 NOYES
Analytical Seminar - Dr. Zhifei, Harvard University, “Understand Ion Transport and Electron Transfer for Electrochemical Energy Storage”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Snack & Study
- Social/Informal Event

Friday, January 24, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - Dr. Thomas Benson, Principal Research Scientist, Wildlife Ecology, INHS: Spatiotemporal variation in avian reproduction
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:30 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 LCLB
A Diary of an Invasion: In Conversation with Oksana Maksymchuk

A conversation with Ukrainian American poet, scholar, and translator Oksana Maksymchuk on her debut English poetry collection, Still City: A Diary of an Invasion.
- Lecture