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Midterm Examination Period

  • Academic
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CTESS Seminar

Baxter 228
Topic to be announced
Margherita Comola, Associate Professor, Paris School of Economics,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Kaitlin Luedecke, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Barry Stoddard, Professor, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Transport of nanoparticles through complex, crowded fluids
Jacinta Conrad, Frank M. Tiller Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Topic to be announced
Emmy Waldman,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium - Lauritsen Lecture

Online and In-Person Event
Ashvin Vishwanath, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Zhiguo He, James Irvin Miller Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business,
Friday, May 2nd, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Julian Sonner, University of Geneva,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Fernando Guerrero, Graduate Student (Agapie Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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MACH 33: The Festival of New Science-Driven Plays at Caltech: The Null Test

Hameetman Center 206 - Frautschi Rehearsal Hall
  • Public Event
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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MACH 33: The Festival of New Science-Driven Plays at Caltech: A Symposium on AI, Ethics, and Playwriting

Hameetman Center 206 - Frautschi Rehearsal Hall
  • Public Event
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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MACH 33: The Festival of New Science-Driven Plays at Caltech: The Dementia Doula

Hameetman Center 206 - Frautschi Rehearsal Hall
  • Public Event
Monday, May 5th, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social Science Lunch Talk

Baxter B125
Empirical Analysis of Network Data
Bryan Graham, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley,
3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Alexis Grimaud, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Boston College,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chen Institute Director's Seminar: Nachum Ulanovsky

Chen 100
Dr. Nachum Ulanovsky, Professor of Brain Sciences and Head of the Center for Learning, Memory & Cognition, Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
On the Evolution of the Arctic
Justin Strauss, Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Darmouth College,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Jake Rudolph, UC Irvine,
Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemistry Club Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Paul Chirik, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Yannai Gonczarowski, Professor of Economics and of Computer Science, Harvard University,
Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Misha Usatyuk, KITP, UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social Science Lunch Talk

Baxter B125
Empirical Analysis of Large Games
Bryan Graham, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM (Greenstein Lecture)

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
TBD
Christopher Kochanek, Professor, Ohio Eminent Scholar, Ohio State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Off Campus & International SURF Orientations

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Expanding the Chemical Tractability of Human Proteome
Christopher Parker, Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Jean-Francois Houde, Professor and Juli Plant Grainger Distinguished Chair, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Thursday, May 8th, 2025
12:30pm – 1:30pm
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Visiting Student Orientations

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

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Adrian Tasistro-Hart, Postdoctoral Scholar in Earth Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkely,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Off Campus & International SURF Orientations

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Tim Guinnane, Philip Golden Bartlett Professor Emeritus of Economics, Department of Economics, Yale University,
Friday, May 9th, 2025
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Admission to Candidacy for the Degrees of Master of Science and Engineer

  • Academic
10:00am – 3:30pm
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Resnick Young Investigators Symposium

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
Sara Beery, Assistant Professor, CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Daniel Dauhajre, Assistant Professor, Computational Ocean Dynamics, University of California, Santa Barbara,
Hannah Druckenmiller, Assistant Professor, Economics, California Institute of Technology,
Mark Jason Lara, Assistant Professor, Plant Biology and Geography and Geographic Information Sciences, University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Sruthi Narayanan, Perimeter Institute,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs May 2025 Meeting

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Catherine Romero, Graduate Student (Peters Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Bandorama Concert

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, May 10th, 2025
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Bandorama Concert

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, May 12th, 2025
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Seniors to Remove Conditions and Incompletes

  • Academic
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Grades

  • Academic
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter 127
Psychological Principles Underlying Bursty Power-law Activity in Human Behavior
Colin Camerer, Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Economics; T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Leadership Chair; Director, T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience, Caltech,
3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Jihye Park, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
TBD
Eric Dunham, Professor, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University,
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
10:00am – 11:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Crellin 151
Emily Boyd, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Daniel Voytas

Chen 100
From Lab to Field: The Promise of Plant Gene Editing at Scale
Daniel Voytas, Professor/Director, Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CIT Student SURF orientation

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Inference on High Dimensional Selective Labeling Models
Shakeeb Khan, Professor of Economics, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences, Boston College,
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
9:00am – 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Tianyi (Mike) He, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Signatures of high-energy neutrinos from sources for r-process nuclei
Yongzhong Qian, University of Minnesota,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
TBD
Mathieu Renzo, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Andy Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, May 15th, 2025
11:30am – 8:00pm
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Half Century Club Celebration

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
  • Public Event
12:30pm – 1:30pm
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Visiting Student Orientations

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

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Madison Dunitz, Graduate Student, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
Maria Schmeer, Graduate Student, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Noam Yuchtman, Drummond Professor of Political Economy, Department of Economics, University of Oxford and All Souls College,
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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CIT Student SURF orientation

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
  • Internal Event