Events During October, 2025
- Wednesday, October 1st
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Outreach; 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm; Library Cafe and Bar, 320 N Randall Ave, Madison, WI 53715
- Science Fair Pitcher Night, Vandenbroucke Group, UW–Madison Physics, WIPAC
- Thursday, October 2nd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Cavity QED with molecular defects coupled to a photonic crystal cavity, Jonathan Hood, Purdue
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Chamberlin Hall, Room 5280
- Cosmic ray processes across the Universe: multi-messenger insights form Galaxies to the Cosmic Web, Ellis Owen, RIKEN, Japan
- Friday, October 3rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Integrating Computation into the Undergraduate Physics Major, Shaul Hanany, University of Minnesota
- Monday, October 6th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Dick Majeski, PPPL
- Tuesday, October 7th
- Graduate Program Event; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin or
- Spring 2026 GAANN Fellowship Q&A Session, Tulika Bose
- Wednesday, October 8th
- Astronomy Colloquium, Exoplanet Seminar;
10:00 am - 11:00 am; 6515 Sterling Hall - The Geology of Planetary Atmospheres, Prof. Ray Pierrehumbert , Halley Professor of Physics, University of Oxford
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- The Development of Physics 106: The Physics of Sport from 4 students to 300, Jim Reardon, UW-Madison
- WiCOR Lecture; 7:30 pm; DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
- WiCOR Lecture: Understanding the Chemical Origins of Life, Professor Jim Cleaves, Department of Chemistry, Howard University
- Thursday, October 9th
- WiCOR Seminar; 12:05 pm; Chemistry Building 1315
- Wisconsin Center for Origins Research Seminar: Prebiotic Chemical Diversity, Professor Jim Cleaves, Department of Chemistry, Howard University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Old New Worlds: Planetary Destruction and Renewal over Stellar Lifetimes, Dr. Chris O'Connor, Northwestern University
- Friday, October 10th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 11:00 am - 12:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Quantum Gravity Fluctuations in Causal Diamonds and Cosmology, Lars Aalsma, Minnesota U., Duluth
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Superfluid ³He: Science and Serendipity, Bill Halperin, Northwestern University
- Monday, October 13th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Jan Egedal, UW Madison
- Tuesday, October 14th
- Graduate Program Event; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- How to Finish , Sharon Kahn, Grad Program Manager
- Graduate Program Event; 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- How to Prelim, Sharon Kahn, Grad Program Manager
- Black and Brown in Physics; 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm; Chamberlin 5310
- BBiP Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
- Thursday, October 16th
- Preliminary Exam; 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm; B343 Sterling
- Dielectric Loss in Superconducting Qubits, Spencer Weeden, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Witnessing the End of Star Formation in Galaxies, a Post-Starburst Story, Prof. Ann Zabludoff, University of Arizona
- Friday, October 17th
- Thesis Defense; 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm;
- Studies of Higgs Boson Self-interaction via Higgs Boson Pair Production and the Search for New Resonances with Prior-assisted Anomaly Detection in the ATLAS Experiment, Chi Lung Cheng
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Are We There Yet? Modeling of Multimessenger Signals in the Plasma Universe, Bart Ripperda, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
- Monday, October 20th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Manki Kim, Stanford University
- Tuesday, October 21st
- Council Meeting
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin
- Wednesday, October 22nd
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Thursday, October 23rd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Yao Wang, Emory University
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Multimessenger Probes of High-Energy Neutrino Production in AGN and Microquasars, Jose Carpio, University of Nevada
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Precise Stellar Properties via Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution , Prof. Ted von Hippel, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Friday, October 24th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Skyrmion Textures in Magnetic Materials, Cristian Batista, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Monday, October 27th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Carlos Rovero-Talamas, UMBC
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Pouya Asadi, UC, Santa Cruz
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm;
- Scalable autotuning of high-temperature quantum dot spin qubits, Tyler Kovach
- Tuesday, October 28th
- Council Meeting
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin
- Wednesday, October 29th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Friday, October 31st
- Preliminary Exam; 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm; Chamberlin Hall Room 5310
- Performance Characterization of the IceCube Upgrade and Detection of First Neutrinos, Delaney Butterfield
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Imre Bartos, University of Florida