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Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
9:00am – 2:30pm
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AI Bootcamp VII - Foundational Models

Powell-Booth 100 (Seminar Room)
  • Internal Event
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Gee Family SURF Poster Competition Finals

San Pasqual Walk
  • Public Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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SFP Virtual Drop-In Sessions

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Challenging the Standard Model of Particle Physics and the CMS tracker with flavour
Luigi Marchese, Fermilab,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Presidential Distinguished Speaker Series: Katherine E. Fleming

Athenaeum
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Collective action in heterogeneous societies: the role of strategic uncertainty
Dimitri Landa, Professor of Politics and Director of the MA Pre-PhD program, New York University,
Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
10:00am – 5:00pm
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AI Bootcamp VII - Foundational Models

Powell-Booth 100 (Seminar Room)
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
How the Hilbert space of two-sided black holes factorises
Guanda Lin, UC Berkeley,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter 127
When Is It Hard to Make Ends Meet?
Jialan Wang, Visiting Associate in Finance, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Undergraduate Tour – Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech, 1920–2020 (PST ART)

Bechtel Mall
12:15pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Reionization: Lessons from Observations of Nearby Lyman-Continuum Emitters
Alexandra Le Reste, University of Minnesota,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Present and Future of A New Era in High-Redshift Supernova Discovery
Justin Pierel, Einstein Fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Catalytic Platforms for Selective Interhalogenation and Reductive Functionalization
Liela Romero, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University,
Thursday, November 14th, 2024
9:00am – 2:30pm
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AI Bootcamp VII - Foundational Models

Powell-Booth 100 (Seminar Room)
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Classification and Reconstruction of Fluid Flows from Limited Data
Mitul Luhar, Associate Professor and Henry Salvatori Early Career Chair, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California,
12:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Bioscience Industry Day

Chen Breezeway
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Crellin 151
TBA
Beccah Warmack, Postdoctoral Scholar, Rees Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar - CANCELLED

Crellin 151
TBA
Beccah Warmack, Postdoctoral Scholar, Rees Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

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Matching with Pre-Existing Binding Agreements: The Agreeable Core
Peter Doe, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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STEMinar: Oarteze Hunter

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:15pm – 1:15pm
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Off-campus SURF Info Session

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Organosulfur formed in Planetary Atmospheres: Implications for Biosignatures, Prebiotic Chemistry, and Metabolic Potential
Nathan Reed, NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
From neutron stars to dense matter
M Coleman Miller, University of Maryland,
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Duty. Honor. Pasadena.

Chen 100
  • Public Event
Friday, November 15th, 2024
10:00am – 5:00pm
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AI Bootcamp VII - Foundational Models

Powell-Booth 100 (Seminar Room)
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Generalized entropy of gravitational fluctuations
Sean Colin-Ellerin, UC Berkeley,
11:30am – 1:00pm
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Undergraduate Tour – Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech, 1920–2020 (PST ART)

Bechtel Mall
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Proper Time Correlators in Field Theory and Gravity
Allic Sivaramakrishnan, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Mo-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation Enabling the Construction of Highly Enantioenriched 1,4-Dicarbonyl Scaffolds
Chloe Cerlone, Graduate Student (Stoltz Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, November 16th, 2024
12:00pm – 6:00pm
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Wedding Photography: ATHENAEUM: Zhang Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Caltech Orchestra Concert

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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HomeCare by Tonality

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, November 17th, 2024
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech Orchestra Concert

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, November 18th, 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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[POSTPONED] 2024 Discover JPL Session 1

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
  • Internal Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

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Failing to Plan or Planning to Fail: A Study on Commitment Failure
Polina Detkova, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
Isotopic fingerprints of the mechanisms of lignin destruction in the environment
John Eiler, Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and Geochemistry; Ted and Ginger Jenkins Leadership Chair, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Visual Culture Program Event

Annenberg 105
Another AI is Possible
Catherine D'Ignazio, Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning and Director of the Data + Feminism Lab, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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AMGEN Scholars Information Session for Non-Caltech Students

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar

Moore B270
Finite-Dimensional Robust Controllers for Distributed Parameter Systems
Hitay Özbay, Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University,
  • Public Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Salmon vs the landslide: The rockslide that blocked the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
Jeremy Venditti, Director of Environmental Science & Professor, School of Environmental Science & Geography, Simon Fraser University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Anomalous Continuous Translations
Nathan Seiberg, Institute for Advanced Study,
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"The Lunar Standstill" and "Black Holes in Popular Culture"
Ed Krupp, Director, Griffith Observatory,
Lisa Drummond, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Theoretical Astrophysics, Caltech,
  • Public Event
Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
10:00am – 11:00am
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WAVE Info Session - Biology and Biological Engineering + Neuroscience

  • Internal Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Computer Science SURF info session (Caltech Soph/Jr only)

  • Internal Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Moore Scholar Seminar - Ron Diskin

Chen 100
The intricate cell entry mechanisms of arenaviruses
Ron Diskin, Professor, Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science,
1:30pm – 3:30pm
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Burke Institute Lecture Series

Online and In-Person Event
Introduction to turbulence for physicists
Gregory Falkovich, Weizmann Institute,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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SFP Virtual Drop-In Sessions

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Evolving understanding of electric fields and enzyme catalysis
Steve Boxer, Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
The Welfare Impact of Market Power: The OPEC Cartel
John Asker, Armen Alchian Professor of Economics, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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WAVE Info Session - Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Sustainability

  • Internal Event
Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections

  • Academic
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Interacting Dark Radiation and Cosmological Tensions
Hengameh Bagherian, Harvard University,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech 2024 Election Integrity Project

Online Event
What are the Prospects for Ranked Choice Voting?
Christian Grose, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, USC,
Andrew Sinclair, Assistant Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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WAVE Info Session - Engineering and Geological & Planetary Sciences

  • Internal Event
11:30am – 1:00pm
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Undergraduate Tour – Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech, 1920–2020 (PST ART)

Bechtel Mall
12:15pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
The Diversity of Massive Stellar Deaths and Relativistic Jets: Unraveling a Cosmic Tandem
Gokul Srinivasaragavan, University of Maryland,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Fundamental Physics and Cosmology from Stellar Mass Binary Black Holes
Will Farr, Associate Professor, Stony Brook University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Peter B. Dervan Lecture

Gates Annex B122
Fe-mediated N₂ fixation and lessons for Mo: Bridging catalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis.
Jonas C. Peters, Bren Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Screening Two Types
Nima Haghpanah, Assistant Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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WAVE Info Session - Physics, Math, and Astronomy/Quantum

  • Internal Event
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Katerina Chatziioannou - Matter vs. Gravity: Listening to Colliding Black Holes and Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
8:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for Winter Term

  • Academic
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
  • Public Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Integrating Multi-scale Modeling and Control Theory in Biomedical Therapeutic Systems
Michaëlle N. Mayalu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Crellin 151
"Detecting the Mobile Genetic Elements Driving the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance"
Matt Ratanapanichkich, Graduate Student, Ismagilov Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

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Mergers and Mismatches in the Labor Market for Creativity
Ke Shi, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,