Events at Physics |
Events During October, 2026
- Thursday, October 1st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Interface Engineering Across Bulk and Mesoscale Quantum Matter, Aravind Devarakonda, Columbia University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Multiphase Supersonic Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei, Daniel Proga, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Friday, October 2nd
- RISE-AI Reasoning in Science; 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm; WARF Seminar Hub Room 7560, Morgridge Hall
- Reasoning in Science Lightning Talks and Group Kickoff
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241 -
- Cosmology with galaxy imaging surveys: Results from the Dark Energy Survey Year 6 analysis of galaxy clustering and weak lensing, Jessie Muir, University of Cincinnati
- Monday, October 5th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Probing Cosmic Neutrinos & Free-Streaming Radiation with the Cosmic Microwave Background, Gab Montefalcone, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- STAR_Lite: Hampton University’s flexible, table-top quasi-axisymmetric stellarator for testing resilient divertors, Shibabrat Naik, Hampton University
- Tuesday, October 6th
- Graduate Program Event; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Sterling B343
- GMaWiP General Member Meeting
- Council Meeting
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin
- Wednesday, October 7th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm; B343 Sterling
- Thursday, October 8th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Dissecting the Nearest Spiral Galaxies with the Hubble Space Telescope, Julianne Dalcanton, Center for Computational Astrophysics/Flatiron Institute
- Friday, October 9th
- Preliminary Exam; 9:30 am - 11:30 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Hunting for Galactic PeVatrons with IceCube, Leo Seen, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241 -
- Mapping the Evolution of Planet-Forming Disks: From Global Gas Reservoirs to Inner Chemistry, Ke (Coco) Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Monday, October 12th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Aspects of Cosmology of Dark Particles & Dark Sectors, Anshuman Maharana, Harish-Chandra Research Institute
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Parity-Time Symmetry of Plasma Waves, Hong Qin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Wednesday, October 14th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:30 am - 10:30 am; Sign up for this session here:
- Prospective Grad Info Session (PhD + MS-Quantum), Sharon Kahn and Alice Kwok, Physics Graduate Coordinators
- Thursday, October 15th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- An interdisciplinary journey from quantum materials to quantum sensors, Kin Chung Fong, Northeastern University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Modeling the Chemical and Dynamic Feedback Mechanisms of Planet Formation, Eric van Clepper, WiCOR
- Friday, October 16th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241 -
- Neutron Stars Are Plastic, Matt Caplan, Illinois State University
- Monday, October 19th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Auna Moser, General Atomics
- Tuesday, October 20th
- Graduate Program Event; 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Search for new physics in events with top quark pairs and missing transverse momentum with the CMS Experiment, Ameya Thete
- Wednesday, October 21st
- Preliminary Exam; 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Probing Element Specific Ultrafast Carrier and Spin Dynamics in Quantum and Magnetic Materials using X-FAST Instrument, Aakankshya Mishra
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Entanglement Limits on Coherent Enhancement, Zach Bogorad, Fermilab
- Thursday, October 22nd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Update on UTe2, Daniel Shaffer , APS
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Probing Cosmic Plasmas from Sub-AU to Gigaparsec Scales, Stella Ocker, Brinson Prize Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
- Friday, October 23rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241 -
- Title to be announced
- Monday, October 26th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Edward Hinson, Zephyr Fusion
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Garv Chauhan, Arizona State University
- Thursday, October 29th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum algorithms for differential equations, Xiangyu Li, PNNL
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- , Lewis McCallum, Harvard-CfA
- Friday, October 30th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241 -
- Title to be announced, Philip Bucksbaum, Stanford University