Holiday: Labor Day
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 7, 2026.
Grad Seminar: Masood Parvania
"Data and AI for Power Grid Resilience to Extreme Weather Events"
Many communities across the world are experiencing more frequent and severe extreme weather disturbances such as wildfires, heatwaves, drought, storms, rising sea levels, and flooding, which not only pose threats to human health, and the environment but also affect the ability of the power grid to continue powering the communities. This requires upgrading the operation of power grid from passive and manual applications to making complex decisions in real-time tofacilitate the automated recovery of the system after major disturbances. This talk will review the application of various AI and ML techniques for detection, response and mitigation of cyber anomalies and extreme weather events in power distribution systems.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM.
Fall 2026 - Census deadline
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 14, 2026.
ECE Welcome Back BBQ
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Fall 2026 First Half - Last day to withdraw from classes
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, September 18, 2026.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems
The University of Utah, in partnership with the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) is proud to host the 2026 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS), to be held September 21–24, 2026, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Held biennially, PMAPS brings together engineers, scientists, and industry professionals to share cutting-edge research, exchange ideas, and explore collaboration opportunities in the power systems sector. As a leader in power and energy systems research, the University of Utah is partnering with WECC, North America’s largest reliability coordinating council, to deliver a dynamic, well-organized, and memorable conference experience.
The PMAPS 2026 conference theme: Towards Reliable Power Grids in the age of AI and Large Loads
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the energy landscape — both as an unprecedented source of demand through large-scale computing and data centers, and as a transformative tool for operating and securing the grid.…
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 21, 2026 – Thursday, September 24, 2026.
For more info visit pmaps2026.utah.edu. Chair's List
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 21, 2026, 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Grad Seminar: Prof. Edwin K.P. Chong
Professor Edwin K.P. Chong, Fellow of IEEE and AAAS, Professor and Head in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University
Topic: TBD.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM.
Fall 2026 First Half - Last day to reverse CR/NC option
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 2, 2026.
STEM Safety Day
Free seminars, trainings and session for faculty, staff and students. Breakfast and Lunch provided. Space is limited.
Campus Locations: Alumni House - Eccles (ALUMNI). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit science.utah.edu. Grad Seminar: Florian Solzbacher
The confluence of Artificial Intelligence and Brain Computer Interface: an inflection point enabling next generation multi-modal decoding of higher order intention
The talk will briefly review the last decade of advances and world first’s in Brain Computer Interfaces in human subjects, identify and discuss the core hardware and software challenges that limit widespread use and provide an outlook into a 30 year roadmap of where these technologies could go. The talk will discuss recent materials, hardware and software advances, e.g. in the building of foundational models for the brain including their interfaces to Vision Language Action Models VLAMs as e.g. used in advanced robotics and the enabling hardware and materials advances that power them.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM.
Fall 2026 First Half - Classes end
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 9, 2026.
Fall 2026 - Fall Break (Oct 10-18)
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Saturday, October 10, 2026 – Sunday, October 18, 2026.
Fall 2026 First Half - First-half grades due
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
For more info visit registrar.utah.edu. Fall 2026 Second Half - Classes begin
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, October 19, 2026.
Grad Seminar: Prof. Shekhar Bhansali
Professor Shekhar Bhansali, Fellow of AAAS, AIMBE, ECS, IEEE, ISEES, NAI, and IOP, Former Division Director at NSF, Distinguished Professor and Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Topic: TBD.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Last day to add, drop (delete), elect CR/NC, or audit classes
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 23, 2026.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Last day to wait list
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 23, 2026.
Fall 2026 Full Term - Last day to withdraw from classes
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 30, 2026.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Last day to withdraw from classes
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 13, 2026.
Grad Seminar: Durga Misra
Professor Durga Misra, Fellow of IEEE and ECS, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Topic: TBD.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM.
Holiday: Thanksgiving Break
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, November 26, 2026 – Friday, November 27, 2026.
Grad Seminar: JP Park
Professor JP Park, Semiconductor Lead and Professor, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada-Reno
Topic: TBD.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 3:15 PM – 3:55 PM.
Fall 2026 Full Term - Last day to reverse CR/NC option
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, December 4, 2026.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Last day to reverse CR/NC option
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, December 4, 2026.