Events

Fall break begins

• November 21, 2026
• Saturday, 8:30 AM
• Swanlund Administration Building

Instruction resumes

• November 30, 2026
• Monday,
• I-Hotel

Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

• December 9, 2026
• Wednesday,

Final Exams Begin

• December 11, 2026
• Friday, 8:30 AM

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Celebration

• October 14, 2026
• Wednesday, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
• The Alice Campbell Alumni Center

MechSE Alumni Social Hour in Chicago

• October 16, 2026
• Friday, 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
• Offices of Burns & McDonnell, AT&T Center, 200 W Adams St Unit 2700

Grainger Engineering Alumni Night at Topgolf

• October 17, 2026
• Saturday, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
• Topgolf, 2050 Progress Parkway, Schaumburg, IL

Dean's Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Tsu-Jae Liu

• November 4, 2026
• Wednesday, 4:00 PM
• National Center for Supercomputing Applications

PL/FM/SE Seminar Series: Chentian Wu, "Efficient Meta-Synthesis for Finite-Aspect Checkable Languages."

• October 7, 2026
• Wednesday, 1:00 PM
• 2406 Siebel Center

The Amazing Longevity of Moore’s Law - 65 Years and Going Strong

• October 7, 2026
• Wednesday, 3:00 PM
• HMNTL 1000

BIOE Seminar Series: Associate Professor Yuxiong Wang

• October 7, 2026
• Wednesday, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
• Everitt 2310

The Physics Colloquium: Alessandra Buonanno (Albert Einstein Institute) ": Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Theory at the Frontier "

• October 7, 2026
• Wednesday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
• Loomis Lab 141

Last day to withdraw* and receive a 60% refund of tuition.

• October 9, 2026
• Friday,

Deadline for ALL to drop semester course via Student Self-Service.

• October 16, 2026
• Friday,

Last day to withdraw* and receive a 50% refund of tuition.

• October 16, 2026
• Friday,

Last day to withdraw* and receive a 40% refund of tuition.

• October 30, 2026
• Friday,

FELP Session - Designing the Business

• October 9, 2026
• Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• Discovery Partners Institute 200 S. Wacker Dr. 20th Floor Conference Room 2032 Chicago, IL

No. 64 Tech Pulse 2030-Responsible AI Investing & Pitch Showcase-Chicago

• October 13, 2026
• Tuesday, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Discovery Partners Institute, 200 South Wacker Drive, 4th Floor Discovery Room, Chicago, IL 60606

MechSE Alumni Social Hour in Chicago

• October 16, 2026
• Friday, 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
• Offices of Burns & McDonnell, AT&T Center, 200 W Adams St Unit 2700

Grainger Engineering Tech Startup Challenge @ The Chicago Venture Summit

• October 20, 2026
• Tuesday, 8:30 AM
• 167 North Green St., Fulton Market District, Chicago, IL