Events at Physics |
Events During the 2025 Fall Semester
August 2025
- Friday, August 1st
- Academic Calendar; 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
- Graduate School Summer 2025: Request for all Master's and Doctoral Degree Warrants
- Wednesday, August 6th
- Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Bascom Hall in front of Birge Hall
- Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome
- Sunday, August 10th
- Academic Calendar
- 8-week summer session ends
- Tuesday, August 12th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, August 13th
- Academic Calendar
- Summer Semester Grading deadline (8-week)
- Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Bascom Hall in front of Birge Hall
- Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome
- Monday, August 18th
- Academic Calendar
- Faculty contract year begins
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 12:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- PhD Orientation
- Graduate Program Event; 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; 3320 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam Study Hall
- Tuesday, August 19th
- Graduate Program Event; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Grad Professional Development
- Graduate Program Event; 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; 3320 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam Study Hall
- Wednesday, August 20th
- Thesis Defense; 10:30 am - 12:30 pm; B343 Sterling
- Searches for transient astrophysical neutrino sources in real time with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Jessie Thwaites, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Graduate Program Event; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Bascom Hall in front of Birge Hall
- All Grad lunch/recess
- Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Bascom Hall in front of Birge Hall
- Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome
- Graduate Program Event; 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; 3320 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam Study Hall
- Thursday, August 21st
- Graduate Program Event; 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; 3320 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam Study Hall
- Friday, August 22nd
- Graduate Program Event; 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; 3320 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam Study Hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Raffaele Savelli, University of Rome - Tor Vergata
- Academic Calendar; 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
- Graduate School Summer 2025: Master's degree deadline
- Sunday, August 24th
- Academic Calendar; 11:55 pm - 12:55 am
- Graduate School Summer 2025: Doctoral degree deadline
- Monday, August 25th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 3320 CH
- Qualifying Exam Study Hall
- Tuesday, August 26th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 3320 CH
- Qualifying Exam Study Hall
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, August 27th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 3320 CH
- Qualifying Exam Study Hall
- Thursday, August 28th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 CH
- Qualifying Exam - Classical Mechanics
- Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 CH
- Qualifying Exam - Statistical Mechanics
- Friday, August 29th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 CH
- Qualifying Exam - Electricity and Magnetism
- Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 CH
- Qualifying Exam - Quantum Mechanics
September 2025
- Monday, September 1st
- Academic Calendar
- Labor Day
- Wednesday, September 3rd
- Academic Calendar
- Fall semester instruction begins
- Friday, September 5th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- State of the Department, Kevin Black, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Tuesday, September 9th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Friday, September 12th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Kristopher Klein, University of Arizona
- Friday, September 19th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Brad Marston, Brown University
- Tuesday, September 23rd
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Friday, September 26th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- How to Improve a Modern Radiation Treatment of Cancer: A dream? Naivety? Arrogance? ... Or a Necessity?, Karol Lang, University of Texas at Austin
- Saturday, September 27th
- UW Madison Physics Department Picnic; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; Rennebohm Park, 115 N. Eau Claire Ave
October 2025
- Friday, October 3rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Shaul Hanany, University of Minnesota
- Tuesday, October 7th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Friday, October 10th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Bill Halperin, Northwestern University
- Friday, October 17th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Bart Ripperda, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
- Tuesday, October 21st
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Friday, October 24th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Cristian Batista, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Friday, October 31st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Imre Bartos, University of Florida
November 2025
- Tuesday, November 4th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Friday, November 7th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Linda Young, Argonne National Lab
- Friday, November 14th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Jake Covey, University Illinois Ubana-Champaign
- Friday, November 21st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Yuri Levin, Columbia University
- Thursday, November 27th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess Begins
- Sunday, November 30th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess Ends
December 2025
- Friday, December 5th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Andrew Long, Rice University
- Wednesday, December 10th
- Academic Calendar
- Last class day
- Thursday, December 11th
- Academic Calendar
- Study Day
- Friday, December 12th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams Begin
- Sunday, December 14th
- Academic Calendar
- Commencement
- Thursday, December 18th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams End