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Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Software Training: Excel 2003, Level I (two sessions)

IMSS 120
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the Park Playgroup

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Multi-Hamiltonian Structures for the Toda Lattice and the Ablowitz-Ladik System
Irina Nenciu, Courant Instructor of Mathematics, Courant Institute,
12:15pm – 1:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in the Taurus and Upper Scorpius Associations
Catherine Slesnick, graduate student in astronomy, Caltech,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Supersymmetric Renormalization Prescription and Finitness in N = 4 Super-Yang-Mills Theory
Laurent Baulieu, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, Paris,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Bloodborne Pathogens Training

Keith Spalding 118
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
The Inner Workings of Early-Type Galaxies: Cores, Nuclei, and Supermassive Black Holes
Laura Ferrarese, senior research officer, NRC/HIA,
4:00pm – 7:00pm
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Men's Soccer

home game
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Conformational Constraint of a Family of Small Molecule G Protein-Coupled Receptor Antagonists Provides for Enhanced Blockade of Cellular Movement: Discovery of BMS-639623 as a Potential New Therapy for Asthma
Dr. Percy H. Carter, chemistry department, Bristol-Myers Squibb,
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Men's Water Polo

away game
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool

234 S. Catalina Ave.
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library System Presents "SciFinder Scholar...It's Not Just for Chemists"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
"If There Is Magic on the Planet, It Is Contained in Water"*: A New View on the Balance of Forces Controlling Micellar Morphologies of Ionic Surfactants (*Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey, 1957)
Professor Laurence S. Romsted, department of chemistry and chemical biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar—CANCELLED

Kerckhoff 119
Cancelled
Dr. Chris Beyrer, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Characterization of Nanofeatures in Minerals
George Rossman, professor of mineralogy, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Circuit QED: Quantum Optics and Quantum Computing on a Superconducting Chip
Rob Schoelkopf, professor of applied physics and physics, Yale University,
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Volleyball

away game
9:00pm – 10:30pm
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Beginner Argentine Tango Class

Winnett Lounge
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Hip-Hop Dance Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Friday, November 3rd, 2006
9:00am – 12:00pm
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PERT: Disaster Preparation and Triage—CANCELLED

Location to be announced
10:00am – 11:00am
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Weird Nature - Fantastic Feeding

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Topic to be announced.
Kristian Kennaway, postdoctoral fellow in physics, University of Toronto,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Downs 107
Magnetically Induced Electronic States in Two-Dimensional Superconductors
Jongsoo Yoon, assistant professor of physics, University of Virginia,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Men's Soccer

home game
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Advances in Metric Embedding Theory
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
An Extended Finite Element Formulation for Contact in Multi-Material Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Calculations
David Benson, professor of applied mechanics, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Electrochemical Catalysts for the Production and Oxidation of Hydrogen Featuring Nickel Complexes Containing Cyclic Diphosphine Ligands with Positioned Pendant Amines
Aaron D. Wilson, postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar

Lauritsen Library
Topic to be announced.
Joe Carlson, theoretical division, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar—CANCELLED

Moore B280
Mark Rodwell, professor of electrical and computer engineering, UCSB,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Saturday, November 4th, 2006
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Parents' Day 2006

Beckman Institute Auditorium
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Men's Soccer

home game
11:00am – 12:30pm
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Men's Water Polo

away game
12:45pm – 1:45pm
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Belly Dance Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
1:30pm – 4:30pm
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Auditions for TACIT Winter Play—Shakespeare's The Winter’s Tale

Ramo Auditorium
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Completely Hollywood (abridged): The Reduced Shakespeare Company

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Jamie Laval & Ashley Broder

Beckman Institute Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, November 5th, 2006
12:30pm – 2:00pm
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Beginner Ballroom Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
1:30pm – 4:30pm
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Auditions for TACIT Winter Play—Shakespeare's The Winter’s Tale

Ramo Auditorium
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Intermediate Ballroom Dance Classes

Winnett Lounge
4:00pm – 7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ta Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, November 6th, 2006
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Software Training: Access 2003, Level I (two sessions)

IMSS 120
9:00am – 9:00pm
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Midterm Deficiency Notices Due

1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Software Training: PowerPoint 2003, Level I (two sessions)

IMSS 120
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Progress toward the Synthesis of (+)-Zoanthenol and the Development of an Asymmetric Tsuji Allylation Methodology
Douglas C. Behenna, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Visual Prediction
Romi Nijhawan, reader in psychology, University of Sussex,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Landscape Predictions for the Higgs Boson and Top Quark Masses
Taizan Watari, postdoctoral fellow in physics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Synthetically Tuned Luminophoric Materials: 3-D Displays, Solar Energy Conversation, and Beyond
Stefan Bernhard, assistant professor of chemistry, Princeton University,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Anderson Localization, Non-Linearity, and Stable Genetic Diversity
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Clazzical Notes: Rhythm and Invention: The Art of the Percussionist

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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The Spitzer Science Center Presents "The Art of Astronomy"

Off Campus
8:30pm – 10:30pm
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Beginner Swing Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Preschool Playgroup

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

See event detail for location
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Quantum Control of Coupled Spins in a Mesoscopic Environment
Jake Taylor, research fellow in physics, MIT,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Stellar Mass Density of the Universe at z~6
Haojing Yan, physical scientist associate, Observatories of the Carnegie Institute of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Do We Have a Theory for Reactions at Metal Interfaces? The Unsolved Problem of Electronic Non-Adiabaticity
Alec M. Wodtke, professor of chemistry, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Mechanisms Regulating Synaptic Transmission in C. elegans
Josh Kaplan, professor of genetics, department of molecular biology, Massachusetts General Hospital,
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Y Presents Michael Brown: Pluto, Eris, and the Dwarf Planets

Athenaeum
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
6:00am – 10:00pm
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NUMB3RS Filming on Campus

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
8:30am – 4:00pm
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Staff Education & Career Development Workshop: Changes & Trends in Today's English Usage

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the Park Playgroup

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Boundaries for Beginners: Identifying Boundaries & Barriers in New Relationships

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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SFCC Parenting Workshop: "The Difference between Normal Behavior and Special Needs"

Winnett Lounge
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Watch Your Back! Back Safety Training

Keith Spalding 118