Events
December 2024
Ongoing
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12/6
11:59pm
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Monday, December 2nd, 2024
9:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar
Community Engagement in Rural Alaska: Developing capacity for planning and adapting to riverbank erosion and its consequences in the Yukon River Basin
John S. Magyar,
Research Scientist,
Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology,
Caltech,
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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DOW LECTURE IN ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
The Bionic Leaf: Surpassing the C- and N-Fixation Processes of Nature
Daniel G. Nocera,
Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
A Quantum Description of Wave Dark Matter
Nicholas Rodd,
LBNL,
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
8:00am
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2:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Hillel Adesnik
Optically probing the neural codes of perception
Hillel Adesnik,
Associate Professor,
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology/ Neuroscience,
University of California - Berkeley,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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1:30pm
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3:30pm
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Burke Institute Lecture Series
Online and In-Person Event
Introduction to turbulence for physicists
Gregory Falkovich,
Weizmann Institute,
Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
12:00am
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12/5
12:00am
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Tidal Effects of Compact Objects From Theory to Observations
Zihan Zhou,
Princeton University,
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
The Nature of Small Planets Orbiting M Dwarfs
Jacob Bean,
Professor,
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
The University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
New Strategies for Stereoselective Radical Biocatalysis
Yang Yang,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Consistency and Heterogeneity in Consideration and Choice
Erkut Ozbay,
Professor of Economics,
University of Maryland,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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5:30pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, December 5th, 2024
8:00am
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2:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
The Geometry of Funicular Gridshells, Discrete Airy Stress Functions and States of Self-stress
Bill Baker,
Consulting Structural Engineering Partner,
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Acoustic Tumor Paint for Brain Tumor Diagnosis, Surgery Guidance, and Recurrence Monitoring with Ultrasound"
George Daghlian,
Graduate Student,
Shapiro Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Explaining Exotic Heavy Hadrons from QCD
Roberto Bruschini,
Ohio State University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Exotic hidden-heavy hadrons
Roberto Bruschini,
The Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Ting Zhang,
Professor,
College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering,
China Agricultural University,
Dongfeng Li,
Assistant Professor,
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering,
Peking University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Faraday's Challenge: Batteries and Wires
Peter Littlewood,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, December 6th, 2024
12:00am
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12/7
12:00am
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Randomness in conformal field theories
Moshe Rozali,
University of British Columbia,
11:00am
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12:30pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Dividing al-ʿUlūm: Mathematics as a 'Rational Science' in the Post-Classical Islamicate World
Julia Tomasson,
PhD Candidate,
Department of History,
Columbia University,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, December 7th, 2024
8:00am
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12/10
11:59pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, December 8th, 2024
12:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography: Attarian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Cynthia Wolberger
Histone ubiquitination in transcription regulation
Cynthia Wolberger,
Director,
Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry,
John Hopkins University - School of Medicine,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Moment Restrictions in Nonlinear Panel Data Models with Feedback
Bryan Graham,
Professor of Economics,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
8:00am
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12/13
11:59pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech 2024 Election Integrity Project
Online Event
Efforts to Increase Public Trust in Elections in 2024: What Did We Learn That We Can Apply to 2026 and Beyond?
Tommy Gong,
Deputy County Clerk-Recorder for Contra Costa County,
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar
Faint Quasar Candidates at z~6 in the COSMOS Field
Yu-Heng (Ian) Lin,
Caltech/IPAC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Chemical Genomics: Small Molecule Mechanism in the Era of High-Throughput Genetics
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Encoding Structure and Flexibility: A Gaussian Process Approach to Political Science Modeling
Jacob Montgomery,
Professor and Director of Data Science Training,
Department of Political Science,
Washington University in St. Louis,
Thursday, December 12th, 2024
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Charting the Gravitational-wave Universe At Light-year Wavelengths
Stephen Taylor,
Vanderbilt University,
Friday, December 13th, 2024
12:00am
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12/14
12:00am
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Saturday, December 14th, 2024
8:00am
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Ongoing
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10:30am
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9:00pm
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Monday, December 16th, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Vinny Augustine
Peering Inside: Cardiac interoceptive neural networks governing physiology and behavior in health and disease
Vinny Augustine,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurobiology,
University of California - San Diego,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Anthropogenic Emissions and the Future of Our Atmosphere: I. Cyclohexanol Chemistry and Aerosol Formation in an Environmental Chamber II. K2CO3-Based Sorbent Development and Testing in a Packed Bed Reactor for CO2 Capture
Hannah K. Szentkuti,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
- Internal Event