Physics Main Calendar

Thursday, May 28, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: "Liquid Insulator-Liquid Metal Phase Transition in hydrogen and searching for the physics in machine learned interatomic potentials"

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, May 30, 2026

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  Science at the Market: LabEscape

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Monday, June 1, 2026

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  Thesis Defense: "Structural and Interpersonal Factors Impacting Students’ Experiences with Collaborative Learning Activities in an Undergraduate Physics Course"

  2:00 pm

  276 Loomis

  • Lecture

Thursday, June 4, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, June 5, 2026

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  Thesis Defense: "Using Tracer of Large-Scale Structure to Constrain Nonlinear Clustering and Galaxy Astrophysics"

  12:00 pm

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

Saturday, June 6, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Micro-CCS

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Monday, June 8, 2026

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  Thesis Defense

  11:00 am

  276 Loomis

  • Lecture

Thursday, June 11, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, June 13, 2026

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

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Monday, June 15, 2026

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  Thesis Defense

  10:00 am

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture
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  Thesis Defense: "Synthetic Dirac Mass: Nonlinearity, Orbitals, and Fractional Charge"

  10:00 am

  2043 LuMEB

  • Lecture
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  Thesis Defense: "Physical Drivers of Fire Weather Conditions in the Southeastern U.S. for Prescribed Burning"

  12:00 pm   04/10/2026

  2049 Natural History Building

  • Lecture

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other
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  Thesis Defense

  1:00 pm

  464 Loomis

  • Lecture

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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  Thesis Defense

  10:00 am

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

Saturday, June 20, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Pollinator Week Planning Committee

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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  Thesis Defense

  9:30 am

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

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  Thesis Defense

  9:00 am

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

Thursday, June 25, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, June 27, 2026

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  Science at the Market: AAPSRF

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Thursday, July 2, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, July 4, 2026

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  Science at the Market: LabEscape

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Thursday, July 9, 2026

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  Thesis Defense

  10:00 am

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture
• 

  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, July 11, 2026

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

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Thursday, July 16, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, July 18, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Women & Gender Minorities in Physics

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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  Thesis Defense

  12:00 pm

  276 Loomis

  • Lecture

Thursday, July 23, 2026

• 

  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, July 25, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  8:30 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Saturday, August 1, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Thursday, August 6, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 7, 2026

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  Thesis Defense

  2:00 pm

  276 Loomis

  • Lecture

Saturday, August 8, 2026

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  Science at the Market: LabEscape

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Thursday, August 13, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, August 15, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Thursday, August 20, 2026

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  Thesis Defense

  12:30 pm

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

Saturday, August 22, 2026

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

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Monday, August 24, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  your class

  • Other

Saturday, August 29, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Physics Grad Student Association

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Saturday, September 5, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Illinois Science Explorers

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Saturday, September 12, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Central Illinois Bat Festival

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Saturday, September 19, 2026

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  Science at the Market: CU Astronomical Society

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Saturday, September 26, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Parkland College Science Club

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Saturday, October 3, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Saturday, October 17, 2026

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  Science at the Market: Physics Grad Student Association

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

Saturday, November 21, 2026

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  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, November 30, 2026

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  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  I-Hotel

  • Other

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

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  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, December 11, 2026

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  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

Friday, January 15, 2027

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  Winter Session Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

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  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, March 13, 2027

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  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 22, 2027

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  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other