Events During the Week of April 27th through May 4th, 2025
Monday, April 28th, 2025
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute Colloquium
- WQI Colloquium-TBD
- Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
- Place: Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum
- Speaker: Andrea Morello, UNSW
- Host: Mark Eriksson
- Graduate Program Event
- Mental Health for Graduate Students - Part 3 (of 3)
- Conflict Resolution
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Place: B343 Sterling
- Speaker: Neeti Shenoy, MA, and felix savino, Staff Psychologist, Mental Health Services/University Health Services
- Abstract: Join Neeti Shenoy, MA, and felix savino, Staff Psychologist, Associate Director and Training Director at MHS, for a discussion of strategies for resolving conflicts.
- Host: Sharon Kahn
- Outreach
- Badgers on Tap
- Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Place: Working Draft Beer Company, 1133 E Wilson St, Madison, WI 53703
- Speaker: Noah Hurst and Juliana Pacheco Duarte, UW–Madison Physics and NEEP
- Abstract: Join plasma physics scientist Noah Hurst and NEEP professor Juliana Pacheco Duarte in a popular science talk on nuclear energy: fission and fusion as part of the Badgers on Tap series. More info coming soon!
- Host: Badger Talks
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
- Department Meeting
- Time: 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
- Place: B343 Sterling Hall
- Speaker: Kevin Black, UW - Madison
- Host: Kevin Black
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar
- Title to be announced
- Time: 10:00 am
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Hart Goldman, UMN
- Host: Elio König
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum
- The BayesLIM Project to map the high-redshift universe
- Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
- Place: Chamberlin 5280
- Speaker: Nick Kern, MIT
- Abstract: I will discuss using next-generation radio telescopes to map the high-redshift universe with unprecedented statistical precision, enabling us to tap into a trove of currently unharnessed cosmological information.
The Bayesian Line Intensity Mapping (BayesLIM) project leverages advances in machine learning software and hardware to deliver a comprehensive Bayesian forward model for cosmological intensity mapping experiments. Its goal is to enable the first robust detection of the high redshift 21 cm signal, while faithfully accounting for covariant uncertainties between the signal and contaminants. - Host: Peter Timbie
Friday, May 2nd, 2025
- Academic Calendar
- Last Spring Semester class day
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*
- Climate & Diversity
- Diversity Forum Fridays! Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Underrepresented Collegiate Students
- Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
- Place: Chamberlin 5310 & Zoom
- Speaker: Rachel Zizmann, UW-Madison Physics
- Abstract: On college campuses, BIPOC, first-generation and low-income students are disproportionately underrepresented in seeking mental health services, highlighting systemic disparities in access to support. In this session, the panelists plan to discuss the role of the Community Support Specialists (CSS), who work exclusively with DDEEA students. This position was created by the Counseling Psychology Training Clinic (CPTC) in partnership with UW-Madison’s Mental Health Services (MHS) to increase counseling access among underrepresented students at UW-Madison using a social justice framework. The speakers will present an overview of the program’s history, including data and testimonials from past DDEEA students. During the session, panelists will share their experiences in the CSS roles, including their positionalities as BIPOC graduate students responsible for supporting the mental health needs of other underrepresented students. They will address questions about various interventions for supporting students, such as individual therapy, the role of outreach, and creative methods for disseminating interventions.
- Physics Department Colloquium
- TBD
- Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Place: Chamberlin 2241
- Speaker: Erika Marin-Spiotta, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Host: Kevin Black
- Awards
- Physics Student & Alumni Awards Banquet
- Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Place: Discovery Building
- Speaker: Kevin Black
- Host: Department
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
- Academic Calendar
- Study Day
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*
Sunday, May 4th, 2025
- Academic Calendar
- Exams
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*