Events During the 2026 Fall Semester
August 2026
- Wednesday, August 5th
- Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Lawn in front of Birge Hall
- Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome
- Sunday, August 9th
- Academic Calendar
- 8-week Summer Session Ends
- Wednesday, August 12th
- Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Lawn in front of Birge Hall
- Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome
- Monday, August 17th
- Academic Calendar
- Faculty Contract Year Begins
- Wednesday, August 19th
- Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Lawn in front of Birge Hall
- Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome
September 2026
- Wednesday, September 2nd
- Academic Calendar
- Fall Semester Instruction Begins
- 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
- Friday, September 4th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Monday, September 7th
- Academic Calendar
- Labor Day
- Thursday, September 10th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Daniel Kaplan, Rutgers
- Friday, September 11th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Friday, September 18th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Reshimi Mukherjee, Columbia/Barnard College
- Friday, September 25th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Charles Gammie, University of Illinois
- Saturday, September 26th
- UW Madison Physics Department Picnic; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; Rennebohm Park, 115 N Eau Claire Ave, Madison, WI 53705
October 2026
- Friday, October 2nd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Friday, October 9th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Friday, October 16th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Matt Caplan, Illinois State University
- Friday, October 23rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Friday, October 30th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
November 2026
- Friday, November 6th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Friday, November 13th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- 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
- Friday, November 20th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Thursday, November 26th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Friday, November 27th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Saturday, November 28th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Sunday, November 29th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess
December 2026
- Friday, December 4th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Wednesday, December 9th
- Academic Calendar
- Last Class Day
- Thursday, December 10th
- Academic Calendar
- Study Day
- Friday, December 11th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams Begin
- Saturday, December 12th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams
- Sunday, December 13th
- Academic Calendar; 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Commencement
- Monday, December 14th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams
- Tuesday, December 15th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams
- Wednesday, December 16th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams