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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
- Monday, August 4th
- Thesis Defense; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Scaling Technologies for Si/SiGe Spin Qubits, Michael Wolfe, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Wednesday, August 6th
- Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Bascom Hall in front of Birge Hall
- Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome
- Thursday, August 7th
- Thesis Defense; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Utilizing the Quadrupole Transition for Cooling and Imaging of Cs Atoms, Jacob Scott, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Friday, August 8th
- Thesis Defense; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; B343 Sterling or
- Characterization of Tearing Mode Dynamics with the Radial Interferometer-Polarimeter on DIII-D, Rachel Myers, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Thesis Defense; 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; 1310 Sterling or
- Discovery and Characterization of Strong Gravitational Lenses in the Dark Energy Survey with Machine Learning, Jimena Gonzalez, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; B343 Sterling or
- Synthetic source injection in photometric surveys for cosmology, Julian Beas-Gonzalez, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- 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
- M.S. In Physics – Quantum Computing Event; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- MSPQC Welcome and Program Overview, Deniz Yavuz
- Preliminary Exam; 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Searches for astrophysical neutrinos from compact object mergers and gamma-ray active galactic nuclei with IceCube, Sam Hori, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- 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
- Preliminary Exam; 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Search for the Highest Energy Neutrinos in IceCube, Maxwell Nakos, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- 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
- Symmetry enhancements in Maxwell theory on four-manifolds, 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
- Preliminary Exam; 9:00 am - 11:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Applications of the 6s-5d quadrupole transition in neutral Cesium atoms, Hong Ming Lim , Physics PhD Graduate Student
- 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
- Outreach; 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm; Memorial Union, Great Hall, 4th floor
- Particle Physics, Uncovering the Secrets of the Universe, Mark Thomson, Director-General Designate, CERN
- Wednesday, August 27th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 3320 CH
- Qualifying Exam Study Hall
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Quantum statistics of single mode light interacting with an atomic ensemble, Anirudh Yadav, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- 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
- Graduate Program Event; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 3328 Chamberlin
- Notebook reclamation project - 2025 edition
- 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
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; B343 Sterling
- Progress toward efficient quantum networking with neutral atoms, Eunji Oh, Physics PhD Graduate Student
September 2025
- Monday, September 1st
- Academic Calendar
- Labor Day
- Tuesday, September 2nd
- Department Coffee Hour; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; If the weather’s nice, we'll be the front steps (overlooking University Ave).
- Cookie Potluck
- Wednesday, September 3rd
- Academic Calendar
- Fall semester instruction begins
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Friday, September 5th
- Preliminary Exam; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Understanding the production of astrophysical neutrinos in X-ray dense and gamma-ray obscured environments, Arifa Khatee Zathul, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Graduate Program Event; 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Botany Garden
- PGSC Headshot Event
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- State of the Department, Kevin Black, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Monday, September 8th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Fusion at Columbia: Systems Design, Industry Engagement, and Fusion Technology, Carlos Paz-Soldan , Columbia University
- Tuesday, September 9th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Thursday, September 11th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Show & Tell
- Friday, September 12th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Dissipation and Excitation: Kinetic-Scale Waves and Instabilities in the Heliosphere, Kristopher Klein, University of Arizona
- Monday, September 15th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma physics, results, and learnings from the first year of WHAM’s operation, Jay Anderson, UW Madison
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Astrophysical Probes of Complex Dark Sectors, Caleb Gemmell, UW-Madison
- Wednesday, September 17th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Rm. 3610, Morgridge Hall
- Succinct Arguments for BatchQMA and Friends under 8 rounds, Rishab Goyal, UW-Madison
- Thursday, September 18th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Show & Tell
- Friday, September 19th
- Atomic Physics Seminar, Spin-Squeezed Atomic Clock with Precision Beyond the Standard Quantum Limit at the 10⁻¹⁸ Level;
10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin - , Joonseok Hur, University of Colorado Boulder
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Waves of Topological Origin in the Fluid Earth System and Beyond, Brad Marston, Brown University
- Monday, September 22nd
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- The Measure Problem and the beginning of the Universe, Bjoern Hassfeld, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, September 23rd
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- TAing 101: A Panel Discussion with Experienced TAs, Isaac Barnhill, Ayshea Banes, Sam Kramer, Ricardo Ximenes, and Owen Eskandari, UW-Madison
- Thursday, September 25th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Manipulating Valley Degree of Freedom via Nano-gating and Twist, Ke Wang, UMN
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Recent Advances in Modeling Cosmic Ray Observations and New Developments in Telescope Array Data Analysis, Anatoli Fedynitch, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- 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
- Monday, September 29th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Centrifugal confinement in mirrors and axisymmetric scrape-off layers, Timothy Stoltzfus-Dueck, PPPL
- Tuesday, September 30th
- Black and Brown in Physics; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Sterling B343
- BBiP General Meeting, BBiP Executive Team
October 2025
- Wednesday, October 1st
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Outreach; 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm; Library Cafe and Bar, 320 N Randall Ave, Madison, WI 53715
- Science Fair Pitcher Night, Vandenbroucke Group, UW–Madison Physics, WIPAC
- Thursday, October 2nd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Cavity QED with molecular defects coupled to a photonic crystal cavity, Jonathan Hood, Purdue
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Chamberlin Hall, Room 5280
- Cosmic ray processes across the Universe: multi-messenger insights form Galaxies to the Cosmic Web, Ellis Owen, RIKEN, Japan
- Friday, October 3rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Integrating Computation into the Undergraduate Physics Major, Shaul Hanany, University of Minnesota
- Monday, October 6th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Dick Majeski, PPPL
- Tuesday, October 7th
- Graduate Program Event; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin or
- Spring 2026 GAANN Fellowship Q&A Session, Tulika Bose
- Wednesday, October 8th
- Astronomy Colloquium, Exoplanet Seminar;
10:00 am - 11:00 am; 6515 Sterling Hall - The Geology of Planetary Atmospheres, Prof. Ray Pierrehumbert , Halley Professor of Physics, University of Oxford
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- The Development of Physics 106: The Physics of Sport from 4 students to 300, Jim Reardon, UW-Madison
- WiCOR Lecture; 7:30 pm; DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
- WiCOR Lecture: Understanding the Chemical Origins of Life, Professor Jim Cleaves, Department of Chemistry, Howard University
- Thursday, October 9th
- WiCOR Seminar; 12:05 pm; Chemistry Building 1315
- Wisconsin Center for Origins Research Seminar: Prebiotic Chemical Diversity, Professor Jim Cleaves, Department of Chemistry, Howard University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Old New Worlds: Planetary Destruction and Renewal over Stellar Lifetimes, Dr. Chris O'Connor, Northwestern University
- Friday, October 10th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 11:00 am - 12:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Quantum Gravity Fluctuations in Causal Diamonds and Cosmology, Lars Aalsma, Minnesota U., Duluth
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Superfluid ³He: Science and Serendipity, Bill Halperin, Northwestern University
- Monday, October 13th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Jan Egedal, UW Madison
- Tuesday, October 14th
- Graduate Program Event; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- How to Finish , Sharon Kahn, Grad Program Manager
- Graduate Program Event; 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- How to Prelim, Sharon Kahn, Grad Program Manager
- Wednesday, October 15th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Thursday, October 16th
- Preliminary Exam; 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm; B343 Sterling
- Dielectric Loss in Superconducting Qubits, Spencer Weeden, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Witnessing the End of Star Formation in Galaxies, a Post-Starburst Story, Prof. Ann Zabludoff, University of Arizona
- Friday, October 17th
- Thesis Defense; 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm;
- Studies of Higgs Boson Self-interaction via Higgs Boson Pair Production and the Search for New Resonances with Prior-assisted Anomaly Detection in the ATLAS Experiment, Chi Lung Cheng
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Bart Ripperda, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
- Monday, October 20th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Manki Kim, Stanford University
- Thursday, October 23rd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Yao Wang, Emory University
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- tba, Jose Carpio, University of Nevada
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Precise Stellar Properties via Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution , Prof. Ted von Hippel, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Friday, October 24th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Skyrmion Textures in Magnetic Materials, Cristian Batista, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Monday, October 27th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Carlos Rovero-Talamas, UMBC
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Pouya Asadi, UC, Santa Cruz
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm;
- Scalable autotuning of high-temperature quantum dot spin qubits, Tyler Kovach
- Wednesday, October 29th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Friday, October 31st
- Preliminary Exam; 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm; Chamberlin Hall Room 5310
- Performance Characterization of the IceCube Upgrade and Detection of First Neutrinos, Delaney Butterfield
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Imre Bartos, University of Florida
November 2025
- Monday, November 3rd
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Felix Parra-Diaz, PPPL
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Vincent S.H. Lee, UC, Berkeley
- Thursday, November 6th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Dynamics and Energetic Transients in Galactic Nuclei, Dr. Itai Linial, Hubble Fellow at NYU
- Friday, November 7th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Rick Stevens, University of Chicago
- Monday, November 10th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Masayuki Ono, PPPL
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Nicholas L. Rodd, LBL, Berkeley
- Tuesday, November 11th
- Thesis Defense; 9:00 am - 11:00 am; B343 Sterling Hall
- Stable Perturbations in Shear-Flow Turbulence and Dynamos, Bindesh Tripathi
- Wednesday, November 12th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Thursday, November 13th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Morgridge Hall, 7th floor Seminar Room
- WQI Colloquium-TBD
- Friday, November 14th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Jake Covey, University Illinois Ubana-Champaign
- Monday, November 17th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Joshua N. Benabou, UC, Berkeley
- Wednesday, November 19th
- High Energy Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Higgs boson pair production, Irene Dutta, Fermilab
- Thursday, November 20th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Julian May-Mann, Stanford University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Planet-Forming and Photoevaporating Disks in the Orion Nebula Cluster: The View from ALMA and JWST, Dr. Nick Ballering, Research Scientist at SSI/UW-Madison
- Friday, November 21st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Yuri Levin, Columbia University
- Monday, November 24th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Valerian Hall-Chen and Mike Zarnstorff, A*Star and PPPL Emeritus
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Toni Bertólez-Martínez, Barcelona University
- Thursday, November 27th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Friday, November 28th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Saturday, November 29th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Sunday, November 30th
- Academic Calendar
- Thanksgiving Recess
December 2025
- Monday, December 1st
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Dave Gates, Thea
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Title to be announced, Matheus Hostert, U. Iowa, Iowa City
- Wednesday, December 3rd
- High Energy Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280CH &
- Long-lived particle searches, Daniel Guerrero, Fermilab
- Thursday, December 4th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Andrew Higginbotham, University of Chicago
- Friday, December 5th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Title to be announced, Andrew Long, Rice University
- Monday, December 8th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Jason TenBarge, Princeton University
- Wednesday, December 10th
- Academic Calendar
- Last Class Day
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Thursday, December 11th
- Academic Calendar
- Study Day
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Johannes Borregaard, Harvard
- Friday, December 12th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams Begin
- Saturday, December 13th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams
- Sunday, December 14th
- Academic Calendar; 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Commencement
- Monday, December 15th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams
- Tuesday, December 16th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams
- Wednesday, December 17th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams
- Thursday, December 18th
- Academic Calendar
- Exams End