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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Dance Show

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum

Baxter Lecture Hall
Angling for Control in the Sea of Social Networks: The Future of Venturing in the Community Internet
Gordon Gould, cofounder and executive chairman, ThisNext,
11:00am – 5:00pm
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Baseball vs. Cal Lutheran (DH)

North Athletic Field
11:00am – 12:30pm
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Water Polo vs. Whittier

Braun Athletic Center, Pool
12:00pm – 6:00pm
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The Ninth Annual Caltech Jazz Festival

See event detail for location
1:30pm – 3:30pm
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Memorial for George W. Housner

Athenaeum
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tadevosyan/Lelikian Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Dance Show

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Moira Smiley & VOCO

Beckman Institute Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
10:00am – 11:00am
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Beginning Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Caltech Dance Show

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Amelia Piano Trio

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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Amnesty International Book Discussion Group

See event detail for location
Monday, April 20th, 2009
10:00am – 4:00pm
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Caltech World Fest Event: Photography Exhibition: 30 Degree North Latitude of China

Center for Student Services, Lobby
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Structured Matrix Computations: Recent Advances and Future Work
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Noise, Memory and Communication in Natural and Engineered Bacteria
Adam P. Arkin, professor of bioengineering, UC Berkeley, and faculty scientist in physical biosciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Collapse Mechanism of Lung Surfactant
Ka Yee Lee, professor of chemistry, the University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics

Downs 107
Feedback Regulation and Dosage Compensation in Gene Networks
Murat Acar, Postdoctoral scholar in Biology, Biology Department, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Mechanisms and Timescales of Rapid Ice Sheet Collapse
Ian Howat, assistant professor of Earth sciences, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
WIMP Dark Matter Searches into the Next Decade with SuperCDMS and GEODM
Sunil Golwala, assistant professor of physics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar

Baxter B125
The Battles Against Animal Diseases: Science, Policy, and the Origins of Economic Regulation in the United States
Paul Rhode, professor of economic history, University of Arizona,
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
12:00am – 1:00pm
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Caltech World Fest Event: "A Trip to Italy"

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
9:30am – 11:30am
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Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
11:30am – 1:30pm
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The Friends of Caltech Libraries Present "A Virtual Tour of the World's Largest Sci-fi Collection"

Athenaeum
1:00pm – 3:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Topic to be announced.
Eric Zaslow, professor of mathematics, Northwestern University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Simulating Quantum Systems Using Tensor Networks and Monte Carlo
Norbert Schuch, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
Numerical and Physical Aspects of Coupled Phenomena
Marcel Ilie, postdoctoral scholar in mechanical and aerospace engineering, UC San Diego,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Topic to be announced.
Karl Gebhardt, professor of astronomy, the University of Texas at Austin,
3:45pm – 5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Exploring Mars in the Thermal Infrared
Steve Ruff, faculty research associate, Arizona State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 248
Looking for Patterns in B-meson Decays with Baryons at Babar
Tae Min Hong, graduate student in physics, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar--TBA

Moore 239
4:10pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
Size Matters: Mechanical Properties of Materials at the Nano-Scale
Julia Greer, assistant professor of materials science, Caltech,
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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Bellydance Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
7:30am – 2:00pm
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E-Waste Round-up

See event detail for location
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the Park

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

Interlacing Particle Systems
Alexei Borodin, professor of mathematics, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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World Fest Event: An Indian Wedding Extravaganza

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
1:15pm – 2:15pm
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Caltech Fine Arts and Crafts Club Meeting and Fair

Caltech Outdoor Art Space
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Laboratory Safety 101

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

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Galactic Dark Matter Substructure
Piero Madau, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
A Chemical Approach to Controlling Cell Fate Decisions
Laura L. Kiessling, professor of chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Patchy Mixing Matters
Jennifer MacKinnon, assistant research faculty, physical oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Confined Liquid and Stress Corrosion Mechanisms in Glasses
Matthieu George, University of Montpellier, France,
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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John Dabiri: Jellyfish-Inspired Engineering

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Intermediate)

Winnett Lounge
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
The Potential Role of Hydrogen Vehicles in our Energy and Climate future
Rody Stephenson,
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.
10:00am – 3:00pm
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Take Our Children to Work Day

Winnett Lounge
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Campus Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
11:30am – 1:30pm
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Information Session: University of Redlands Evening Degree Programs

Winnett Quad
11:30am – 1:00pm
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Women's Club Lunch and Lecture: "Grace Nicholson: Pasadena's Merchant Princess"

Athenaeum
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Quantitative Imaging Embryonic Morphogenesis: Left-Right Symmetry Breaking and Collective Cell Migration
Willy Supatto, postdoctoral scholar in biology, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: "Web of Knowledge"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Women's Tennis vs. Whittier

Tennis Courts
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar - CANCELED

Baxter B125
Brian Knutson, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Designing Robust Omnophobic Surfaces
Robert E. Cohen, professor of chemical engineering, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Influences of Geochemistry on Biological Metal Utilization: Perspectives from Protein and Proteome Evolution
Chris Dupont, J. Craig Venter Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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MD/PhD Seminar

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Topic to be announced.
Martin Pera, department of cell and neurobiology, Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, USC,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Exploring the Extreme Universe: Astronomy and Particle Physics with VHE Gamma-rays
Amanda Weinstein, postdoctoral scholar in physics, VHE Gamma Rays, UCLA,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech World Fest Event: International Food Fair and Culture Show

Avery Courtyard
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Amnesty International Monthly Meeting

8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Daniel Piazza: Perforated Propaganda

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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Jazz/Lyrical Dance Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Hip Hop Dance Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Friday, April 24th, 2009
10:00am – 11:30pm
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Sounds of Korea: School Group Performance

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Earth Day 2009

San Pasqual Walk
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Topic to be announced.
Ben Freivogel, visiting researcher in particle physics, UC Berkeley,