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Thursday, November 17th, 2005
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
White Dwarfs in Star Clusters
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Novartis Lecture

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Exciting Opportunities for Drug and Vaccine Discovery through Total Synthesis
Samuel J. Danishefsky, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar - CANCELLED

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Xiaohong Chen, Professor of Economics, New York University,
8:00pm – 10:30pm
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The Passion of Joan of Arc, with Live Score Written and Performed by Caltech Student John Keith

Beckman Institute Auditorium
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Einstein Lecture: Kip Thorne: Einstein's General Relativity, from 1905 to 2005

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, November 17th, 2005
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Caltech Baby Furniture and Household Equipment Pool

234 S. Catalina Ave.
10:30am – 12:30pm
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Swimming & Diving

home game
11:00am – 12:30pm
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Campus Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library System: EndNote for Absolute Beginners

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Engineers for a Sustainable World @ Caltech

Gates-Thomas 306
Sustainable Poverty vs. Sustainable Engineering
Michael Rosberg, Dr., The University of Belize,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar

Keck 142
Dissecting the Complexity of Bacterial Metabolism
Diana Downs, Professor, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
"Mountain-building processes in Taiwan: kinematics of deformation and thermal evolution"
Martine Simoes, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris / Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
What's so Cool about Ultra-Cold Neutrons?
Bradley W. Filippone, Professor of Physics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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The World of Education: Perspectives from Rural China and India

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
From Darkness to Light: The Exploration of the Planet Pluto
Dr. Bonnie J. Buratti, principal research scientist and science team, New Horizons Mission to Pluto, JPL,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Amnesty International Monthly Meeting

8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Steve Barr: Changing L.A., School to School

Beckman Institute Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:45pm – 10:45pm
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Intermediate Competitive Ballroom Dance

Winnett Center
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Beginning-Intermediate Lyrical Dance

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Friday, November 18th, 2005
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Topological Membranes
Paul de Medeiros, Univ of Michigan,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Downs 107
Magneto-Optical Studies of Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures
Stefan Visnovsky, Professor, Institute of Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
A Case for a More Sustainable Water Cycle
Claire Farnsworth, Grad. Student, Environmental Science & Engineering, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Noon Concert and International Education Resource Fair

Red Door Cafe
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Protecting Your Research: Patents, Copyrights, and Intellectual Property

Winnett Lounge
12:00pm – 4:30pm
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Tour of The Blacker House: Friends of Beckman Auditorium Event

See event detail for location
  • Public Event
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Exact Counting of 4D BPS Black Holes
Xi Yin, Harvard University,
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
The Analyst's Traveling Salesman Problem and Multiresolution Analysis
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Running a Laboratory in 19th-Century Germany: Virchow the Pathologist and Ludwig the Physiologist
Robert G. Frank, Department of History, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Catalytic Reactions with Chiral Titanium Amide-Alkoxides
Adam R. Johnson, Visiting Associate, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar

Lauritsen Library
Studying Geoneutrinos with KamLAND
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Norman Davidson Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
A Molecular Logic of Olfactory Perception
Richard Axel, M.D., Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biophysics and of Pathology and Investigator, Columbia University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 248
School Projects at the Physics Frontline
Erik Johansson, Professor, Physics, Stockholm University,
5:30pm – 9:30pm
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Men's Basketball

home game
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Women's Basketball

away game
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
From Darkness to Light: The Exploration of the Planet Pluto
Dr. Bonnie J. Buratti, principal research scientist and science team, New Horizons Mission to Pluto, JPL,
7:30pm – 10:00pm
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German Language Film Series

Baxter Lecture Hall
8:00pm – 10:30pm
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Caltech Chess Club

Page House, Dining Room
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech-Occidental Concert Band: The Music of Frank Ticheli

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, November 19th, 2005
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Future Entrepreneurs Workshop

Beckman Institute Auditorium
9:00am – 4:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: ARMSTRONG/SELVIDGE PARTY

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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PHOTOGRAPHY: JOSE-ROBERTO CHAVEZ (SCHOOL PROJECT)

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:45pm – 1:45pm
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Belly Dancing

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
1:30pm – 3:30pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: ARREOLA PARTY

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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New Graduate Student Welcome Party

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
2:00pm – 8:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: MAYER/PETROVICH PARTY

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm – 7:00pm
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Men's Basketball

home game
Sunday, November 20th, 2005
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Beginning Competitive Ballroom Dance

Winnett Center
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
Abducted! How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens
Dr. Susan Clancy, post-doc psychologist, Harvard,
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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Amnesty International Book Discussion Group

See event detail for location
Monday, November 21st, 2005
8:00am – 11/23 10:00pm
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Filming on Campus: CBS/Paramount Production Numb3rs

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMI Faculty Lunch

Moore 139
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution of Predominant Phototrophic Bacteria Constructing a Hot Spring Cyanobacterial Mat
David M. Ward, Professor, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
LHC Olympics, a Theorist's Adventures in Collider Physics
Can Kilic, Harvard,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
DNA Monolayers: Preparation, Properties, and Diagnostic Applications
Rastislav Levicky, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Asymptotic Models for Spherical Flames
8:30pm – 10:00pm
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West Coast Swing

Winnett Center
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Women's Club Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Simulating Quantum Computation by Ccontracting Tensor Networks
Yaoyun Shi, Professor, University of Michigan,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Sexual Conflict in the Drosophila Melanogaster Model System
Bill Rice, Dr., Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 248
Results from Pierre Auger
Arun Tripathi, Researcher, Physics & Astronomy, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
A Talk about Nothing
John McGreevy, Stanford,
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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Bacheha-Ye aseman (The Children of Heaven)

Beckman Institute Auditorium
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Beginning Ballet

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Characteristic Polynomials of Random Matrices and Random Partitions
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Bloodborne Pathogens

Keith Spalding 118
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Men's Basketball

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