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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Developing General Methods for Solid-State NMR of Membrane Proteins
Rachel Martin, assistant professor of chemistry, UC Irvine,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Seminar in American Studies

War, Gin and Governmentality: the British Experience, 1748–1754
Nicholas Rogers, professor of history, York University, Canada,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Apatite: Great mineral? Or the greatest mineral?
Jeremy Boyce, visitor in geochemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Moore Distinguished Lecture

Energy Materials and Climate Change
Linda F. Nazar, professor of chemistry and electrical engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada,
Friday, May 21st, 2010
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Holographic Baryons
Piljin Yi, Korean Institute for Advanced Study,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Dynamic Optical Investigations of Hypervelocity Impact Damage
Leslie Lamberson, graduate student in aerospace, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

Rock Damage, Earthquakes and Faults
Yehuda Ben-Zion, professor of geophysics, USC,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Synthesis and Reactivity of Trinuclear Copper Complexes
Emily Y. Tsui, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Weigle Lecture

Electron cryo-Microscopy: From Molecules to Systems
Wolfgang Baumeister, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry,
7:00pm 9:00pm
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
10:00am 5:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Wu/Yeran Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm 5:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Aramian/Sadjadi

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
10:30am 5:00pm
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Video Photography on Campus: Edmond Fereydooni APPROVED

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm 5:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Andreasian Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm 5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture

Adventures Among the Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions
Mark Moffett, biologist and National Geographic photographer,
Monday, May 24th, 2010
9:00am 10:00am
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Thesis Seminar

Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms: Polymerization, C-H Activation and Protonolysis of Bipyrimidine Platinum Methyl Complexes
Suzanne Golisz, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

On the X-ray variability of Type 1, radio-quiet Seyferts
Iosif Papadakis, University of Crete,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar

Neocortical Contributions to Individual Orienting Decisions in the Rat
Carlos Brody, professor of molecular biology, Princeton University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Main Group and Early Transition Metal Catalysts for the Asymmetric Hydroamination of Alkenes
Kai Carsten Hultzsch, assistant professor of chemistry, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lectureship in Geological and Planetary Sciences

Using the Paleorecord to Say Something about Future Water Budgets in the American West
Wallace S. Broecker, professor of geology, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University **Kliegel Lecture**,
4:15pm 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Spectral FFT-based Integral and Differential PDE Solvers for General Domains
4:15pm 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

LHC and CMS
Marat Gataullin, assistant scientist in high energy physics, Caltech,
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Daniel Obenshain, undergraduate student in computer science, Caltech,
Evan Gawlik, undergraduate student in computer science, Caltech,
2:30pm 4:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Pasadena Community College - APPROVED

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Quantum Memories Based on Solid State Atomic Ensembles
Hugues de Riedmatten, senior researcher in physics, University of Geneva,
3:30pm 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Evolution of AGN in Groups and Clusters of Galaxies
Paul Martini, assistant professor of astronomy, Ohio State University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar

Transients in the Local Universe
Mansi Kasliwal, graduate student in astronomy, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Immune Defense of the Intestinal Epithelial Surface
Lora Hoopes, Center for Immunology and Microbiology, University of Texas Southwest Medical Center,
7:30pm 9:00pm
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7:30pm 9:30pm
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Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) Lecture

A Discussion on the Arizona Immigration Law: 'Civil Rights and Politics: Arizona and Beyond'
Matt Gonzalez, attorney, Gonzalez & Leigh, LLP,
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Critical Lieb-Thirring Bounds in Gaps and the Generalized Nevai Conjecture for Finite Gap Jacobi Matrices
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Stellar Archaeology: New Science with Old Stars
Anna Frebel, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar

Recursive Reconstruction of Sparse Signal Sequences
Namrata Vaswani, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, Iowa State University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Genetic Adaptation to Nutrient Stress in Marine Unicellular Cyanobacteria
Adam Martiny, assistant professor of Earth system science, UC Irvine,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Challenges and Opportunities for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Yang Shao-Horn, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering, MIT,
8:00pm 9:00pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies Lecture

Titan: A Strange Yet Familiar New World
Oded Ahronson, associate professor of planetary science, Caltech,
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar

Demand Surge: Increased Losses After Large-Scale Natural Disasters
Anna Olsen, Willis Research Fellow, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Neuroimmune Changes in Schizophrenia and Autism: Why Are We (Still) Ignoring Them?
Karoly Mirnics, professor of psychiatry, Vanderbilt University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Oxygen isotope compositions of mineral separates from SNC meteorites: Constraints on SNC parental magmas (M. Channon); The temperature and pressure dependence of Ni partitioning between olivine and silicate melt (A. Matzen)
Andrew Matzen, graduate student in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech,
Melanie Channon, graduate student in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

Biophysics of Hearing: Mechanical Detection by Inner Ear Hair Cells
Dolores Bozovic, assistant professor of physics, UCLA,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar

New Insights into Dynamics of Martians Mass Wasting Processes
Antoine Lucas, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris,
Friday, May 28th, 2010