Physics Main Calendar

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Thesis Defense: "STM Studies of the Interplay between Magnetism, Topology, and Heavy Fermion Physics"

9:00 am

280 MRL
- Lecture
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

Thursday, April 23, 2026

HQAN Research Coordination Talk: Aash Clerk and Eric Chitambar

12:00 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Chih-Hung Wu (University of Washington), "From the No-Boundary Wavefunction to Pair-Created de Sitter Black Holes: A Quantum Picture"

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Journal Club: "Understanding Transparent Domain Walls through Information Convex Sets"

4:00 pm

ESB 3110
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

AstroFest 2026

9:00 am - 5:30 pm

National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) - Atrium/Lobby and Auditorium
- Conference/Workshop
Physics Careers Seminar: "A Look Into Physical Review Letters"

12:00 pm 04/02/2026

204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
- Lecture
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Transport in Josephson junctions and qubits: Phase diffusion and quasiparticle dynamics"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

Thesis Defense

9:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture
Biological Physics Seminar: Minsu Kim (Emory University) ""

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Lecture
The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Vojtech Vlcek (University of California, SB), "Theoretical Spectroscopy for Driven Systems"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium
Nuclear Physics Seminar - Zhongbo Kang (UCLA)

1:00 pm

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Thesis Defense: "Numerical Relativity Beyond General Relativity: Black Hole Evolution and Biscalar Field Dynamics"

1:00 pm

222 Loomis
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: "Surface Engineering for Electron-on-Neon Quantum Computing Platforms," Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
- Seminar/Symposium
Cosmic Structure as a Discovery Machine for Primordial Particle Physics

3:45 - 4:45 pm

Astronomy Building
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Karolina Garcia (UIUC, CAPS Fellow) "Bridging Scales: Multiphase ISM Modeling in Cosmological Simulations"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: James Kakalios (University of Minnesota) “THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES”

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

4:00 pm

ESB 3110
- Seminar/Symposium
Nuclear Physics Seminar - David Kaplan (Johns Hopkins University)

4:00 pm

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar - Mike Schmitt (Northwestern University)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Physics Careers Seminar: "Opportunities in Science Communication and Climate Science (Maddie's Version)"

12:00 pm

204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
- Lecture
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Imaging the Sub-Moiré Potential Landscape using an Atomic Single Electron Transistor"

1:00 pm

ESB 190TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: "Exploring Interacting Spin Physics with Molecular Tweezer Arrays," Lawrence Cheuk, Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Lawrence Cheuk, Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Instruction Ends

All Day
- Other
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
The Physics Colloquium: The Hans Frauenfelder Colloquium - Peter Wolynes (Rice University) "Energy Landscapes FromGlasses to the Intelligence of Biomolecules"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

All Day
- Other
Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

4:00 pm

ESB 3110
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

Final Exams Begin

All Day
- Other

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Thesis Defense

11:00 am

136 Loomis
- Lecture

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Thesis Defense

9:30 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Commencement

8:30 am

Memorial Stadium
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

All Day
- Other

Monday, June 1, 2026

Thesis Defense

2:00 pm

276 Loomis
- Lecture

Monday, June 15, 2026

Thesis Defense

10:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

All Day
- Other
Thesis Defense

1:00 pm

464 Loomis
- Lecture

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Thesis Defense

10:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Thesis Defense

10:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture

Monday, August 24, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

All Day

your class
- Other

Saturday, November 21, 2026

Fall break begins

8:30 am

Swanlund Administration Building
- Ceremony/Service

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

First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

All Day
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 15, 2027

Winter Session Final Exams Begin

8:30 am
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

All Day
- Other

Saturday, March 13, 2027

Spring Vacation Begins

1:00 pm
- Other

Monday, March 22, 2027

Instruction resumes

7:00 am
- Other