Events During the 2026 Spring Semester
January 2026
- Thursday, January 15th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Classical Mechanics
- Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Statistical Mechanics
- Friday, January 16th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Electricity and Magnetism
- Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Quantum Mechanics
- Monday, January 19th
- Academic Calendar
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Tuesday, January 20th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring Semester Instruction Begins
- Friday, January 23rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, University of New Hampshire
- Friday, January 30th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Dana Z. Anderson, University of Colorado
February 2026
- Friday, February 6th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Philip Kim, Harvard University
- Saturday, February 7th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 8th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Thursday, February 12th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Oskar Vafek , UMN-FTPI
- Friday, February 13th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Saturday, February 14th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 15th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Friday, February 20th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Friday, February 27th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
March 2026
- Friday, March 6th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, David B. Kaplan, University of Washington
- Thursday, March 12th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Thomas Schaefer, University of Trieste
- Friday, March 13th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Monday, March 16th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Kimberly K. Boddy, University Texas, Austin
- Friday, March 20th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State
- Friday, March 27th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced
- Saturday, March 28th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring Recess
- Sunday, March 29th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring Recess
- Monday, March 30th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring Recess
- Tuesday, March 31st
- Academic Calendar
- Spring Recess
April 2026
- Wednesday, April 1st
- Academic Calendar
- Spring Recess
- Friday, April 10th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Justin Evans, University of Manchester
- Friday, April 17th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Alex Kamenev , FTPI-UMN
- Friday, April 24th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Linda Young, ANL
- Thursday, April 30th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Aditi Mitra, NYU
May 2026
- Friday, May 1st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- RESERVED — Title to be announced, TBA, TBA
- Thursday, May 7th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Shimon Kolkowitz, Berkeley