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Saturday, May 14th, 2005
12:25pm – 1:45pm
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Beginning-Intermediate Belly Dance

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: CORTEZ PARTY

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Old Blind Dogs

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Sunday, May 15th, 2005
9:00am – 5:00pm
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JPL Open House

JPL
1:30pm – 4:00pm
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PHOTOGRAPHY: LOPEZ PARTY (FIRST COMMUNION)

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Beginning-Level Standard and Latin Dances

Winnett Lounge
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
4:00pm – 7:00pm
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Caltech Women's Club Spring Family Potluck

Tournament Park
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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Amnesty International Book Discussion Group

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Monday, May 16th, 2005
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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Special High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Reconstruction of All Yang-Mills Supersymmetric Theories from Topological Symmetry
Laurent Baulieu, LPTHE,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Characterization of Fault Structure Relevant to Earthquake Mechanics
Judith Chester, Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Bumps and Bangs: Looking for Dark Matter in Our Galactic Neighborhood
Peter Fisher, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar

Baxter B125
Matthew, Mark, John, and Risk Aversion
Uzi Segal, Professor of Economics, Boston College,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Localized Nonblowup Conditions for 3-D Incompressible Euler Equations.
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Bolero Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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3rd Annual Science Writing Symposium

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
  • Public Event
9:00pm – 11:00pm
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Floorball Club

Brown Gymnasium
Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
8:30am – 12:30pm
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Getting the Best from Your Team

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Women's Club Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CIT Knitters Group Meeting

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Engineers for a Sustainable World @ Caltech

See event detail for location
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Targeted, Systemic Non-Viral Delivery of Small Interfering RNA In Vivo
Jeremy Heidel, graduate student, Department of Chemical Engineering,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
A Theory of Quantum Gravity Based on Quantum Computation
Seth Lloyd, MIT,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Crellin 151
DNA-Templated Dimerizations of Minor Groove-Binding Polyamides
Adam Poulin-Kerstien, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
3:30pm – 4:30pm
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Beginning Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar

East Bridge 114
Source Modeling, Detection and Science of Gravitational Waves Emitted by Precessing Compact Binaries
Alessandra Buonanno, Prof., AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Paris, FRANCE,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar - CANCELLED

Kerckhoff 119
Fine Dining: A Role for cGMP Protein Kinase in Behavior
Marla Sokolowski, Professor, Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 248
Atmospheric Neutrinos in the MINOS Far Detector
Caius Howcroft, PDS, High Energy Physics, Caltech,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last day for dropping courses, exercising pass/fail option, and changing sections

9:30am – 10:30am
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Thesis Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Development of a Structure Prediction Method for G-Protein Coupled Reactors
Spencer E. Hall, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Women's Club Wednesdays in the Park

Tournament Park
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Crellin 151
Investigations of Ion Channel Structure and Function: I. Studies of Nicotine Binding to the Acetycholine Receptor. II. Development of Tools for Studying Learning and Memory with Unnatural Amino Acids
E. James Petersson, graduate student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Kellogg Seminar - TIME CHANGED

Lauritsen Library
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Keck 142
Bioremediation of Atomic Bomb Wastes: Adventures in the Near-Source Zone
Craig Criddle, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Galactic Halo: The Local High Redshift Universe
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Beckman Lecture

Gates Annex B122
Protein Glycosylation: Challenges and Opportunities
Chi-Huey Wong, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Watson 104
Thermodynamically Tuned Low-Z Hydrides for High Density Hydrogen Storage
John Vajo, PhD, HRL Laboratories,
5:30pm – 7:00pm
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Caltech Project for Effective Teaching

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
7:30pm – 11:00pm
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Salsa Dance Classes

Winnett Lounge
8:30pm – 11:00pm
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Italian Movie Night

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Thursday, May 19th, 2005
8:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for first term 2005-2006, and registration for summer research

8:30am – 12:30pm
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Reinventing Yourself

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
It Doesn't Take a Rocket Scientist: How an Environmental Engineer Works at JPL
Annmarie Eldering, JPL,
10:00am – 11:00am
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Thesis Seminar

Crellin 151
Unnatural Amino Acid Incorporation to Rewrite Genetic Code and RNA-peptide Interactions
Xin Qi, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Control and Dynamical Systems Seminar

Steele 125
Terminal Motion of Sliding and Spinning Disks with Coulomb Friction
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Hyperpolarized Xenon and Krypton in NMR Spectroscopy and MR Imaging
Thomas Meersmann, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Fort Collins,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Avery Library
Dispersive Properties of Schroedinger Operators
Kaihua Cai, Mathematics, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Design and Development of Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Transformations
Eric M. Ferreira, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CACR Seminar

Jorgensen 74
The Cell Processor
Peter Hofstee, Chief Scientist, IBM Austin Research Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Illuminating the Cellular and Molecular Logics of Cortical Processing: A Molecular Genetics and Optical Imaging Approach
Kuan Hong Wang, Dr., The Picower Center for Learning and Memory, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Topic to be announced
Hagit Afek, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Bringing Hearing to the Deaf—Cochlear Implants: A Technical and Personal Account
Ian Shipsey, Professor of Physics, Purdue University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Confinement Effects in Surfactant-Polymer Bilayer Films: Continuous and Discrete Thinning Events, Segregation Instabilities and 4-Fold Symmetry
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Spirit and Opportunity: Field Geology on Mars
Dr. Joy A. Crisp, Mars Exploration Rover Project Scientist, JPL,
7:30pm – 10:00pm
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ABCD: Ethnic Visions Film Series

Baxter Lecture Hall
  • Public Event
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Peter Dreier: The Struggle for Social Justice in Los Angeles

Beckman Institute Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Intermediate-Level Standard and Latin Dances

Winnett Lounge
9:00pm – 10:30pm
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Beginning-Intermediate Hip-Hop

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Friday, May 20th, 2005
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last day for scheduling examinations for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer

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

Lauritsen 469
Gauging Noneffective Group Actions and Mirror Symmetry
Eric Sharpe, University of Utah,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Shape Restricted Estimation in the Search for Dark Matter
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

The Twisted Weighted Fundamental Lemma for Transfer from GSp(4) to GL(4)
David Whitehouse, Graduate Student, Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CPA Spring Townhall Meeting

Broad 100
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Novel Approaches to Growing Mangroves in the Mud Flats of Eritrea with the Potential of Relieving Regional Poverty and Hunger
Gordon Sato, Dr., The Manzanar Project,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Selective Trimerization and Tetramerization of Ethylene Using Chromium Diphosphine Catalysts
Paul Elowe, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar

Lauritsen Library
Generalized Parton Distributions from Lattice QCD
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Unveiling Feynman

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event