Events at Physics |
Events During September, 2022
- Thursday, September 1st
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Fall 2022 - Classical Mechanics, Sharon Kahn
- Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Fall 2022 - Statistical Mechanics, Sharon Kahn
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Mid-circuit correction of correlated phase errors on a dual-element atom array, Hannes Bernien , U. Chicago
- Friday, September 2nd
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Fall 2022 - Electricity and Magnetism, Sharon Kahn
- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Qualifying Exam - Fall 2022 - Quantum Mechanics, Sharon Kahn
- Monday, September 5th
- Academic Calendar
- Labor Day
- Tuesday, September 6th
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students to cancel fall enrollment and have no fall term record on transcript
- Academic Calendar; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Graduate School Fall 2022: Fall degree window period deadline for master's students
- Academic Calendar; 11:55 pm - 12:55 am
- Graduate School Fall 2022: Fall degree window period deadline for doctoral students
- Wednesday, September 7th
- Academic Calendar
- Fall semester instruction begins
- Thursday, September 8th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 12:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Axion Solar Halos, Joshua Eby, Tokyo U., IPMU
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Chamberlin 4274
- Light at the end of the tunnel: Astrophysical searches for axion-like particles in gamma-ray energies, Milena S. Crnogorcevic, University of Maryland
- Friday, September 9th
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students (except Special and Guest) to begin initial Fall term enrollment without $50 late fee
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Cherenkov Imaging in Humans, during Radiation Therapy, Brian W. Pogue, UW-Madison
- Monday, September 12th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1610 Engineering Hall
- Formation and Particle Acceleration in Large-Scale Diamagnetic Cavities at the Boundary of Earth’s Magnetic Shield, Katariina Nykyri, Embry-Riddle University
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- The Partonic Picture at High-Energy Lepton Colliders, Yang Ma, University of Pittsburgh
- Tuesday, September 13th
- Picnic planning; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Dept Picnic planning meeting, Sharon Kahn
- Council Meeting
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 4272 Chamberlin Hall
- Wednesday, September 14th
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline to drop a course or withdraw from the university without having the course(s) appear on the transcript
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 10:00 am - 4:00 pm; Virtual, learn more and register at
- Quantum Information Science (QIS) Career Fair, various, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- The BOSS bispectrum analysis at one loop from the Effective Field Theory of Large-Scale Structure, Matthew Lewandowski, Northwestern U.
- Thursday, September 15th
- GREAT IDEAS DEI Reading Group; 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Special GREAT IDEAS DEI Discussion: Prof. Marin-Spiotta, Humanities Education for Anti-Racism Literacy (HEAL) in the Sciences: Informing Research and Teaching Practices, Prof. Marin-Spiotta, UW-Madison Dept. of Geography
- Friday, September 16th
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students to add, swap, or change sections in a Fall term course
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students to begin initial Fall enrollment
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students to drop a Fall term course and receive 100% tuition adjustment
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Vera C. Rubin Observatory: from Commissioning to Cosmology, Keith Bechtol
- Monday, September 19th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm; 1610 Engineering Hall
- Challenges towards the engineering solution of fusion Blanket and Shield, Laila El-Guebaly, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, September 20th
- APS Chapters Virtual Seminar; 11:00 am - 12:00 pm; Chamberlin 4274
- APS Chapters Virtual Seminar - Xuan Chen, Xuan Chen, Cornell University
- Wednesday, September 21st
- Thesis Defense; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; Engineering 3609 and virtual-https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94242686133?pwd=MjhURDFhVFJjYU1VY25Vcit5dElZZz09
- Micro- and nano-optical components for quantum technologies, Zhaoning April Yu , Physics PhD Graduate Student
- GREAT IDEAS DEI Reading Group; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; Chamberlin 5280 or online at
- GREAT IDEAS DEI coffee hour
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Results of the SHAFT experiment, Alexander Gramolin, Riverlane
- Thursday, September 22nd
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Sterling Hall 4421; via Zoom:
- Characterizing the Multiphase Interstellar Medium in the Milky Way and Beyond, Dr. Nick Pingel, UW-Madison
- Friday, September 23rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Diversifying Science: Lessons from the Field, Elaine Ecklund, Rice
- Saturday, September 24th
- UW Madison Physics Department Picnic; 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; Westmoreland Park, 4114 Tokay Blvd.
- Monday, September 26th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm; 1610 Engineering Hall
- The plasma edge and beyond: application of plasma edge diagnostics at W7-X, Philip Drews, Heinrich-Heine-Universitä Düsseldorf
- Tuesday, September 27th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 2:00 pm; Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- Distribution Functions of Dark Matter Halos, Axel Gross , University of Minnesota
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Coupling a Cosmic String to a TQFT, Sungwoo Hong, (Argonne, U. Chicago)
- Thursday, September 29th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
- Justin Kasper: Nuclear Power (fusion and fission), Galactic Radiation, and Space Exploration , Justin Kasper, PhD, BWX Technologies, Inc. and University of Michigan Climate & Space
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Chamberlin 4274
- Tau appearance and quantum gravity with high-energy neutrinos, Alfonso Garcia , Harvard University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Sterling Hall 4421; or via Zoom:
- Galactic HII Regions and Structure in the Milky Way, Trey Wenger, NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow
- Friday, September 30th
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students (except Graduate) to change variable credits
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students (except Graduate) to request pass/fail or credit/audit options for a Fall term course
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students to drop a Fall term course and receive 50% tuition adjustment
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Black holes and quantum information, Tom Hartman, Cornell