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Events During the 2026 Fall Semester
August 2026
Tuesday, August 4th: Thesis Defense; 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin; Applications of Statistical Data Assimilation to Neutrino Flavor Oscillations in Solar and CCSN Environments, Caroline Laber-Smith, Physics PhD Graduate Student; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, August 5th: Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Lawn in front of Birge Hall; Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome; Add this event to your calendar
Sunday, August 9th: Academic Calendar; 8-week Summer Session Ends; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, August 12th: Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Lawn in front of Birge Hall; Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome; Add this event to your calendar
Monday, August 17th: Academic Calendar; Faculty Contract Year Begins; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, August 19th: Graduate Program Event; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Lawn in front of Birge Hall; All Grad Lunch/recess, Everyone is welcome; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, August 27th: Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin; Qualifying Exam - Classical Mechanics; Add this event to your calendar; Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin; Qualifying Exam - Statistical Mechanics; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, August 28th: Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin; Qualifying Exam - Electricity and Magnetism; Add this event to your calendar; Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin; Qualifying Exam - Quantum Mechanics; Add this event to your calendar
September 2026
Tuesday, September 1st: Department Coffee Hour; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; outside on the front steps (overlooking University Ave).; Cookie Potluck!; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, September 2nd: Academic Calendar; Fall Semester Instruction Begins; Add this event to your calendar; Department Meeting; 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm; B343 Sterling; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, September 3rd: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall; Strongly anharmonic flux-tunable transmon based on InAs-Al two-dimensional heterostructure , Arunav Bordoloi, NYU; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, September 4th: Physics Department Colloquium, Anderson, Lawler, Lin Colloquium;
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced, Neal Lane, former NSF Director and Clinton Administration Science Advisor; Add this event to your calendar
Monday, September 7th: Academic Calendar; Labor Day; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, September 10th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall; Title to be announced, Daniel Kaplan, Rutgers; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, September 11th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced, James Wells, University of Michigan; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, September 17th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall; Title to be announced, Dahlia Klein, University of Chicago; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, September 18th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced, Reshimi Mukherjee, Columbia/Barnard College; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, September 25th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced, Charles Gammie, University of Illinois; Add this event to your calendar
Saturday, September 26th: UW Madison Physics Department Picnic; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; Rennebohm Park, 115 N Eau Claire Ave, Madison, WI 53705; Add this event to your calendar
October 2026
Thursday, October 1st: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall; Title to be announced, Aravind Devarakonda, Columbia University; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, October 2nd: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall; Title to be announced, Jessie Muir, University of Cincinnati; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, October 7th: Department Meeting; 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm; B343 Sterling; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, October 9th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, October 15th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall; Title to be announced, Kin Chung Fong, Northeastern University; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, October 16th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced, Matt Caplan, Illinois State University; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, October 23rd: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, October 30th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced; Add this event to your calendar
November 2026
Wednesday, November 4th: Department Meeting; 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm; B343 Sterling; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, November 6th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, November 13th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, November 18th: Graduate Program Event; 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm; Sterling B343 or; Advances in Nonlinear X-Ray Spectroscopy and Instrumentation for Probing Ultrafast Processes, Zain Abhari, Physics PhD Graduate Student; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, November 19th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall; Title to be announced, Long Ju, MIT; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, November 20th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced, Long Ju, MIT; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, November 26th: Academic Calendar; Thanksgiving Recess; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, November 27th: Academic Calendar; Thanksgiving Recess; Add this event to your calendar
Saturday, November 28th: Academic Calendar; Thanksgiving Recess; Add this event to your calendar
Sunday, November 29th: Academic Calendar; Thanksgiving Recess; Add this event to your calendar
December 2026
Wednesday, December 2nd: Department Meeting; 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm; B343 Sterling; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, December 4th: Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; Title to be announced; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, December 9th: Academic Calendar; Last Class Day; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, December 10th: Academic Calendar; Study Day; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, December 11th: Academic Calendar; Exams Begin; Add this event to your calendar
Saturday, December 12th: Academic Calendar; Exams; Add this event to your calendar
Sunday, December 13th: Academic Calendar; 10:00 am - 12:30 pm; Commencement; Add this event to your calendar
Monday, December 14th: Academic Calendar; Exams; Add this event to your calendar
Tuesday, December 15th: Academic Calendar; Exams; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, December 16th: Academic Calendar; Exams; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, December 17th: Academic Calendar; Exams End; Add this event to your calendar

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