Physics Main Calendar

Friday, July 4, 2025

• • All Day

  Holiday July 4, 2025

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, July 5, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: LabEscape

  • Community Service

Monday, July 7, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • 276 Loomis

  Thesis Defense: "Momentum-Resolved Electron Dynamics in the Strange Metal Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x"

  • Lecture
• • 1:00 pm
  • 276 Loomis

  Thesis Defense: ""

  • Lecture

Friday, July 11, 2025

• • 12:00 - 12:30 pm
  • NCSA - 1205 W Clark St, Urbana - RM 1040

  CAPS Seminar: Title TBA

  Speaker: Amanda Wasserman

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:30 - 1:00 pm
  • NCSA - 1205 W Clark St, Urbana - RM 1040

  CAPS Seminar: Title TBA

  Speaker: Margaret Verrico

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, July 12, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student Association

  • Community Service

Saturday, July 19, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: AAP Summer Research Fellowship Program

  • Community Service

Saturday, July 26, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Women and Gender Minorities in Physics Association

  • Community Service

Monday, July 28, 2025

• • 9:30 am
  • 276 Loomis

  Thesis Defense: "Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries of Neutral Pions and Eta Mesons in 200 GeV Polarized p+p Collisions with sPHENIX"

  • Lecture

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 276 Loomis

  Thesis Defense: ""

  • Lecture

Friday, August 1, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • 1000 HMNTL

  Thesis Defense: "Quenching and Lasing Effects in Erbium Doped Fibers Made with Alkaline Earth Fluoride Nanoparticles"

  • Lecture

Saturday, August 2, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  • Community Service

Monday, August 4, 2025

• • 3:00 pm
  • 222 Loomis

  Thesis Defense: ""

  • Lecture

Thursday, August 7, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • 144 Loomis

  Thesis Defense: ""

  • Lecture

Saturday, August 9, 2025

• • 8:00 am
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Student Association

  • Community Service

Saturday, August 16, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Illinois Science Explorers

  • Community Service

Thursday, August 21, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • 236 Loomis

  Thesis Defense: ""

  • Lecture

Friday, August 22, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • 276 Loomis

  Thesis Defense: ""

  • Lecture

Monday, August 25, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  • Other

Saturday, September 6, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Physics Graduate Student Association

  • Community Service

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Andrei Faraon, William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech

  Speaker: Andrei Faraon, William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)

  Physics Careers Seminar: ""

  • Lecture

Saturday, September 13, 2025

• • 8:00 am
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society

  • Community Service

Saturday, September 20, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Parkland Science Scholars

  • Community Service

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Zoe Yan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Chicago

  Speaker: Zoe Yan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Chicago

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, September 27, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Fuller Lab

  • Community Service

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

  Speaker: Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 11, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Graduate Students in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (GEEB)

  • Community Service

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Speaker: Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 18, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  • Community Service

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester

  Speaker: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 25, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  Science at the Market: Physics Graduate Student Association

  • Community Service

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington

  Speaker: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Adam Kaufman, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado - Boulder

  Speaker: Adam Kaufman, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

  Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 22, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Fall break begins

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 1, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction resumes

  • Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

  Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• • All Day

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  • Other

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• • All Day

  Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, December 12, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 22, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 16, 2026

• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  • Other

Saturday, March 14, 2026

• • 1:00 pm

  Spring Vacation Begins

  • Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

• • 7:00 am

  Instruction resumes

  • Other

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

• • All Day

  Instruction Ends

  • Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

• • All Day

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

• • All Day

  Final Exams Begin

  • Other

Saturday, May 16, 2026

• • 8:30 am
  • Memorial Stadium

  Commencement

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  • Other