Astronomy Department Calendar

Monday, March 23, 2026

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  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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  Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Adrian Chung (University of Cambridge) "Black-hole METRICS, ringdown and fundamental physics"

  11:00 am

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  The Physics Colloquium: Roni Harnik (Fermi Lab) "Quantum Sensing for Fundamental Physics"

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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  Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Sarah Vigeland (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)

  11:00 am

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  The Physics Colloquium: Gabriela Gonzalez (Louisiana State University) TBD

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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  The Physics Colloquium: The Klaus Schulten Lecture - Elizabeth Villa "Discovering Chimallivirus biology with in-cell cryo-EM"

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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  Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Kirk Barrow (UIUC)

  11:00 am

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  The Physics Colloquium: Harold Hwang (Stanford University) “Superconductivity in layered nickelates”

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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  The Physics Colloquium: Hyun Youk (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Self-organization capacity of living systems"

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

• 

  Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Karolina Garcia (UIUC, CAPS Fellow)

  11:00 am

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  The Physics Colloquium: James Kakalios (University of Minnesota) “THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES”

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

• 

  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  • Other
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  Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Domenica Garzon and Carlos Nikolas Cruz Camacho (UIUC, ICASU Fellows))

  11:00 am

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  The Physics Colloquium: The Hans Frauenfelder Colloquium - Peter Wolynes (Rice University) TBD

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, May 16, 2026

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  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, May 25, 2026

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  Memorial Day Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, June 19, 2026

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  Juneteenth

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 3, 2026

• 

  Independence Day (observed)

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, August 24, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  your class

  • Other

Monday, September 7, 2026

• 

  Labor Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• 

  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, November 26, 2026

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  Thanksgiving Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, November 27, 2026

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  Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, November 30, 2026

• 

  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  I-Hotel

  • Other

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• 

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, December 11, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, December 18, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, December 24, 2026

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, December 25, 2026

• 

  Christmas Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, December 28, 2026

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  Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, December 29, 2026

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Wednesday, December 30, 2026

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  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Thursday, December 31, 2026

• 

  President Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, January 1, 2027

• 

  New Year's Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, January 15, 2027

• 

  Winter Session Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 18, 2027

• 

  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other