Events During the 2026 Spring Semester
January 2026
- Thursday, January 8th
- Joshua Henry Peterson, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Improved Techniques for the Determination of the Neutrino Mass Ordering with IceCube1 DeepCore and the IceCube Upgrade
- 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; B343 Sterling, hosted by Francis Halzen
- Tuesday, January 13th
- Linipun Phuttitarn
- Progress towards Quantum Error Correction (QEC) on Neutral atom quantum computing.
- 10:30 am - 12:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall Room 5280, hosted by Mark Saffman
- Wednesday, January 14th
- Joseph Flahavan
- Tokamak Plasmas above Traditional Density Limits in the Madison Symmetric Torus
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall Room 5290, hosted by John Sarff
- Thursday, January 15th
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Classical Mechanics
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Statistical Mechanics
- Braden Buck, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Kinetic impacts on Rayleigh-Taylor-driven magnetic reconnection in accretion flows
- 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm; B343 Sterling or , hosted by Vladimir Zhdankin
- Friday, January 16th
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Electricity and Magnetism
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Quantum Mechanics
- Monday, January 19th
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Tuesday, January 20th
- Spring Semester Instruction Begins
February 2026
March 2026
- Saturday, March 28th
- Spring Recess
- Sunday, March 29th
- Spring Recess
- Monday, March 30th
- Spring Recess
- Tuesday, March 31st
- Spring Recess
April 2026
- Wednesday, April 1st
- Spring Recess
- Thursday, April 2nd
- Spring Recess
- Friday, April 3rd
- Spring Recess
- Saturday, April 4th
- Spring Recess
- Sunday, April 5th
- Spring Recess
- Monday, April 6th
- Classes Resume
May 2026
- Friday, May 1st
- Last Class Day
- Saturday, May 2nd
- Study Day
- Sunday, May 3rd
- Exams Begin
- Monday, May 4th
- Exams
- Tuesday, May 5th
- Exams
- Wednesday, May 6th
- Exams
- Thursday, May 7th
- Exams
- Friday, May 8th
- Exams End