Physics Main Calendar

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

• Condensed Matter Journal Club: "Anomalous Hall viscosity in altermagnets: microscopic origins and acoustic probes"

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, July 18, 2026

• Science at the Market: Women & Gender Minorities in Physics

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

• Thesis Defense: "Computer Vision and Simulations for Analysis of Dance"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  276 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Raj Kishor Joshi (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center) "Interior magnetic field dynamics in Magnetars" "Interior magnetic field dynamics in Magnetars"

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, July 23, 2026

• Thesis Defense

  Time

  9:30 am

  Location

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

• Thesis Defense: "Neutron Star Equation of State Inference"

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  276 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

• Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, July 25, 2026

• Science at the Market: Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Time

  8:30 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Saturday, August 1, 2026

• Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

• Dark Frontiers 2026

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  The purpose of Dark Frontiers is to bring experimentalists, theorists, and observers together to explore the challenges and opportunities that the next generation of terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological experiments will bring to the question of characterizing dark matter.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

• Dark Frontiers 2026

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  The purpose of Dark Frontiers is to bring experimentalists, theorists, and observers together to explore the challenges and opportunities that the next generation of terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological experiments will bring to the question of characterizing dark matter.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• Dark Frontiers 2026

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  The purpose of Dark Frontiers is to bring experimentalists, theorists, and observers together to explore the challenges and opportunities that the next generation of terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological experiments will bring to the question of characterizing dark matter.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, August 7, 2026

• Dark Frontiers 2026

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  The purpose of Dark Frontiers is to bring experimentalists, theorists, and observers together to explore the challenges and opportunities that the next generation of terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological experiments will bring to the question of characterizing dark matter.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Thesis Defense

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  276 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

Saturday, August 8, 2026

• Science at the Market: LabEscape

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Thursday, August 13, 2026

• Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, August 15, 2026

• Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Thursday, August 20, 2026

• Thesis Defense

  Time

  12:30 pm

  Location

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

Saturday, August 22, 2026

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

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Monday, August 24, 2026

• First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  your class

  • Other

  

Saturday, August 29, 2026

• Science at the Market: Physics Grad Student Association

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Brad Christensen, Northrup Grumman

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Brad Christensen

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, September 5, 2026

• Science at the Market: Illinois Science Explorers

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Saturday, September 12, 2026

• Science at the Market: Central Illinois Bat Festival

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Saturday, September 19, 2026

• Science at the Market: CU Astronomical Society

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• Science at the Market: Parkland College Science Club

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Saturday, October 3, 2026

• Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hong Tang, Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Science at the Market: Physics Grad Student Association

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Community Service

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hannah Manetsch, Caltech

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Hannah Manetsch

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Chong Wang

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Huan Zhao, Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Huan Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Physics Careers Seminar

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  464 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• Fall break begins

  Time

  8:30 am

  Location

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• Instruction resumes

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  I-Hotel

  • Other

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Boettcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Charlotte Boettcher

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Friday, December 11, 2026

• Final Exams Begin

  Time

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Friday, December 18, 2026

• First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  Time

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Friday, January 15, 2027

• Winter Session Final Exams Begin

  Time

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Saturday, March 13, 2027

• Spring Vacation Begins

  Time

  1:00 pm

  • Other

  

Monday, March 22, 2027

• Instruction resumes

  Time

  7:00 am

  • Other

  

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

• Instruction Ends

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Other

  

Thursday, May 6, 2027

• Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Other

  

Friday, May 7, 2027

• Final Exams Begin

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Saturday, May 15, 2027

• Commencement

  Time

  8:30 am

  Location

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Monday, May 17, 2027

• First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Monday, June 14, 2027

• First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  Time

  All Day

  • Other