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Ongoing – 5/4 5:00pm
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Midterm Examination Period

Saturday, May 1st, 2010
12:30pm – 3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sinovec/Bond Wedding

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Men's Baseball at Redlands

away game
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mayer Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Capitol Steps

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
9:00am – 6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Simonian Wedding

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm – 3:00pm
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Beginner International Ballroom Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
How the Economy Works: Confidence, Crashes, and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Roger E. A. Farmer, professor of economics, UCLA,
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Capitol Steps

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Intermediate International Ballroom Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
10:00am – 11:00am
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Thesis Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Life in Extreme Environments: Lanthanide-Based Detection of Bacterial Spores and Other Sensor Design Pursuits
Morgan Cable, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CIT-Knit and Crochet

Spalding Laboratory 113
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Semana Latina Event: Tacos and Mariachi Band

Winnett Quad
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Chemistry Club Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Multiplicative Expansion of the Pool of Complex Molecules for Therapy in Human Disease by Adopting Convergence as a Strict Requirement in Synthetic Planning
Andrew G. Myers, professor of chemistry, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Tidal Disruption of Stars by Massive Black Holes
Linda Strubbe, graduate student in astronomy, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Stem Cells for Cardiac Regeneration: From Concept, through Biology and Biophysics, to Clinical Trials
Eduardo Marban, director of the Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center ,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Do Bedrock Rivers Record Climate Change?
Noah Finnegan, assistant professor of Earth and planetary sciences, UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chemical Insights from Molecular Force Probes
Roman Boulatov, assistant professor of chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar

Steele 125
InAs/Ga(In)Sb Superlattice Based Infrared Detectors
Arezou Khoshakhlagh, microdevices engineer, Infrared Photonics Group, JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar

Steele 125
Resonant Guided Wave Networks
Eyal Feigenbaum, postdoctoral scholar in applied physics, Caltech,
4:10pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Downs 107
Measurement of the Electronic Compressibility of Bilayer Graphene
Erik Henriksen, postdoctoral scholar in physics, Caltech,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Topic to be announced.
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Topic to be announced.
Philip Schuster, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
8:30pm – 9:30pm
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Beginner Lindy Hop Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
9:30pm – 10:30pm
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Intermediate West Coast Swing Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
11:00pm – 5/4 1:00am
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Semana Latina at Caltech: Movie with Refreshments

Red Door Cafe
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
8:00am – 8:00pm
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Winnett Quad
9:30am – 11:30am
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Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
10:00am – 11:00am
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Emergency Preparedness Town Hall Meeting

Baxter Lecture Hall
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Topic to be announced.
Jure Leskovec, assistant professor of computer science, Stanford University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Semana Latina at Caltech: Argentinean Parrillada and Tango dancers

Winnett Quad
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Thesis Seminar

Beckman Auditorium
Structures, Energetics and Reactions of Hydrocarbons on Nickel
Jonathan Mueller, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Entrepreneur Club Lecture

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
ENERGIZING the Future
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Topic to be announced.
Jeff Lichtman, professor of molecular and cellular biology, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Secular Instability: Producing Hot Jupiters and Organizing Planetary Systems
Yanqin Wu, assistant professor of theoretical astrophysics, University of Toronto,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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American Tribal Style Fusion Belly-Dance Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Michelin Lecture Featuring James Cameron

Beckman Auditorium
11:00pm – 5/5 1:00am
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Semana Latina at Caltech: Movie with Refreshments

Red Door Cafe
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
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

On the Inverse Resonance Problem for CMV Operators
Maxim Zinchenko, assistant professor of mathematics, Western Michigan University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Semana Latina at Caltech: Oaxaca Festival

See event detail for location
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Steele 125
CMOS Nanowire Biosensor Systems
Mark Reed, professor of engineering and applied science, Yale University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Exploring the Infrared Universe
Ned Wright, professor of physics and astronomy, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Connecting Marine Trace Metal Biogeochemical Cycles with Their Corresponding Metalloenzymes in Phytoplankton
Mak Saito, Associate Scientist, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture

Gates Annex B122
Small RNAs: Mediators of Gene Regulation and Silencing
Dinshaw J. Patel, professor of structural biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Block Copolymer Electrolytes for Fuel Cells and Batteries
Nitash P. Balsara, professor of chemical engineering, UC Berkeley,
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Technique/Advanced)

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Chiara Daraio: From Newton's Cradle to New Materials

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 8:30pm
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Salsa Dancing: Free Practice Session

Winnett Lounge
8:30pm – 9:30pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Beginner Casino Rueda)

Winnett Lounge
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool

234 S. Catalina Ave.
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Semana Latina at Caltech: Food, Jazz Band, Papi Futbol, Raffle

See event detail for location
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar

Baxter B125
Primate Vocal Communication: Linking Signalers and Receivers Through Coupled Oscillations
Asif A. Ghazanfar, associate professor, Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Quaternary Shortening Rates across the Main Frontal Thrust Zone, Eastern Himalaya
Paul Burgess, graduate student in Earth and space sciences, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Nano-Scaled Materials for the Synthesis of Fuels from Sunlight
Thomas F. Jaramillo, assistant professor of chemical engineering, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Entropy in Quantum Information Theory and Condensed Matter Physics
Matthew Hastings, senior research scientist, Microsoft Research, Station Q, Santa Barbara ,
11:00pm – 5/7 1:00am
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Semana Latina at Caltech: Movie with Refreshments

Red Door Cafe
Friday, May 7th, 2010
10:00am – 11:00am
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The Human Body

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

Lauritsen 469
Fermi Seas from Black Hole Ergospheres
Tom Hartman, graduate student in physics, Harvard University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Semana Latina at Caltech: Desserts, Piñata, Samba Dancers

See event detail for location
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Campus Memorial for Andrew E. Lange

Beckman Auditorium
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Topic to be announced.
Chris Lynch, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
Thermal Conductivity of MgSiO3 Perovskite and Heat Flow in the Earth's Mantle
Abby Kavner, associate professor of Earth and space materials, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Metal Complexes with Enolatoimine Ligands for Controlled Olefin Polymerization
Sze-Man Yu, postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, Caltech,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Poetry Club Meeting

Red Door Cafe
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge