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Room Reservations

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You can check the Physics Research Building room calendar here:   https://physics.osu.edu/faculty-and-staff-resources-most-used-pages/outlook-calendar

Note that students do not have rights or access to be able to schedule rooms in the PRB on their own

 PRE Candidacy students

  • To schedule a practice session for candidacy exam or to schedule your candidacy exam, please contact the Graduate Studies Office. 
  • To schedule a PRB room for any research activity including group meetings and journal clubs, please contact the administrative support person for your professor.

POST Candidacy students

  • To schedule a practice Oral Defense or to schedule your Oral exam, please contact the Graduate Studies Office.
  • To schedule a PRB room for any research activity including group meetings, annual reviews and journal clubs, please contact the administrative support person for your professor.

Graduate Teaching Associates

  • To schedule a room in Smith Lab for a course review session or other TA office hours activity, please contact Brad Hefner in the Physics Course Support office by emailing hefner.3@osu.edu.  If you would wish to reserve a conference room in the PRB, please contact the Graduate Studies Office.  (Please note that we do not reserve Smith Seminar Room or 4138 outside of business hours M-F 8am - 5pm as access to those rooms is restricted.)