Mail and Packages
Mailboxes for faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate TAs are located in Room 212 Loomis, across from the Department Office. Mailboxes are provided for departmental distribution of U.S. Mail, official campus mail, and department notices. Personal mail should be sent to your home address.
Locked boxes for homework assignments for upper-level Physics classes are located in the corridor between Rooms 267 and 271 on the second floor of Loomis.
Proper Addressing
To ensure that you receive your mail, please use the following addresses:
Letter-size mail:
Your Name
Department of Physics
1110 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801-3080 USA
Packages or goods to be inventoried:
C/O Your Name* (*If you are a visitor, the name of your Physics host)
190W MRL
104 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801-2902 USA
OUTGOING MAIL
There are four locked cabinets in the Loomis mailroom for depositing mail. They are clearly marked on the top.
United States Mail is for outgoing stamped mail.
Mail Requiring Postage—Domestic is for official U of I mail requiring U.S. postage addressed to a domestic (i.e., within the United States) destination. Mail deposited in this box is collected once daily and delivered to the Mailing Center for postage, sorting, and delivery to the U.S. Postal Service.
Mail Requiring Postage—International is for U of I mail requiring U.S. postage addressed to a destination outside the United States. Mail deposited in this box is collected once daily and delivered to the Mailing Center for postage, sorting, and delivery to the U.S. Postal Service.
Campus Mail is for on-campus delivery of official U of I mail requiring no postage.
Mail Pick-Up Times
Pre-stamped mail is picked up at approximately 1:00 pm, Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
Official University mail, international and domestic, is picked up at approximately 2:30 pm, Monday through Friday, except on official University holidays.
Campus mail is picked up at approximately 2:30 pm, Monday through Friday, except on official University holidays.
Courier Delivery
Letter-size packages may be placed in the UPS dropbox outside the southeast entrance to Loomis. Items are picked up at 6 pm, Monday through Friday. UPS is the preferred courier for the University of Illinois. Consult your group secretary for assistance with UPS letter packages.
Packages larger than letter size for courier delivery should be brought to Martha Alwes, Room 215 Loomis, before 3 p.m. for same-day shipping. Print out and complete a "ship-out" form and bring it to Martha along with your package. Additional ship-out forms are available in the Physics mailroom. If you are shipping a package containing dry ice or other hazardous materials, see Martha for instructions before bringing her your package.
Courier deliveries are made throughout the day to the Physics departmental office (letter-size packages) and the MRL storeroom (parcels too big to fit in your Loomis mailbox). You will be sent an email when a package arrives for you with instructions about where to pick it up.
MRL Storeroom
Packages too large to fit in your Loomis mailbox, or any items of equipment, regardless of size, that must be inventoried should be delivered to the MRL storeroom. Once the item is received at the MRL storeroom, you will be sent an email notice to come and pick it up.
