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Events During May, 2026
Friday, May 1st: Academic Calendar; Last Class Day; Add this event to your calendar; Thesis Defense; 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin; Gravitational Imaging with Very Long Baseline Interferometry, Michael Martinez, Physics PhD Graduate Student; Add this event to your calendar; Preliminary Exam; 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin; Modelling Nonequilibrium Superconducting Dynamics for MKID Applications, Soren Ormseth, Physics PhD Graduate Student; Add this event to your calendar; Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241; RESERVED — Title to be announced, Josiah Sinclair, Carl & Brynn Anderson Assistant Professor of Physics, UW - Madison; Add this event to your calendar; Physics Department Awards Banquet; 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm; Wisconsin Institute for Discovery; Add this event to your calendar
Saturday, May 2nd: Academic Calendar; Study Day; Add this event to your calendar
Sunday, May 3rd: Academic Calendar; Exams Begin; Add this event to your calendar
Monday, May 4th: Academic Calendar; Exams; Add this event to your calendar; Preliminary Exam; 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm; B343 Sterling; New low-switching orderings by stacking order engineering of 2d materials, Carter Fox, Physics PhD Graduate Student; Add this event to your calendar
Tuesday, May 5th: Academic Calendar; Exams; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, May 6th: Academic Calendar; Exams; Add this event to your calendar; Preliminary Exam; 10:15 am - 12:15 pm; 5310 CH; Neutrino astronomy and oscillations with IceCube, Samyak Jain, Physics PhD Graduate Student; Add this event to your calendar; Thesis Defense; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280; Identifying and Characterizing Dusty Star-forming Galaxies with ALMA and JWST, Stephen McKay; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, May 7th: Academic Calendar; Exams; Add this event to your calendar; R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin; Title to be announced, Shimon Kolkowitz, Berkeley; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, May 8th: Academic Calendar; Exams End; Add this event to your calendar; Academic Calendar; Commencement: Doctoral & Medical Professional; Add this event to your calendar; Graduate Program Event; 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin; Physics Graduation Celebration Event; Add this event to your calendar
Saturday, May 9th: Academic Calendar; Commencement: Bachelor’s, Master’s, Law; Add this event to your calendar
Tuesday, May 12th: Council Meeting; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, May 13th: Department Meeting; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, May 14th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall; Title to be announced, Roman Kuzmin , UW-Madisoon; Add this event to your calendar
Sunday, May 17th: Academic Calendar; Faculty Contract Year Ends; Add this event to your calendar
Monday, May 18th: Academic Calendar; 4-week Summer Session Begins; Add this event to your calendar
Monday, May 25th: Academic Calendar; Memorial Day; Add this event to your calendar
Tuesday, May 26th: Academic Calendar; 3-week Summer Session Begins; Add this event to your calendar

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Events During May, 2026