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Sunday, February 16th, 2014
12:00am – 2/17 12:00am
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(Men's Swimming & Diving) SCIAC Diving Preliminaries

Monday, February 17th, 2014
8:00am – 5:00pm
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President's Day (Institute Holiday)

Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Deficiency Notices

10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
10:30am – 11:30am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Transition Metal Clusters Supported by Multinucleating Ligand Frameworks as Models of Biological Active Sites
Emily Tsui, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Agapie group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Common Core and Next Generation Assessments

Avery Library
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Understanding and Predicting Online Social Contagion
Nathan Hodas, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Systems Biology SuperGroup Meeting

Broad 100
Michael Elowitz, Professor of Biology and Bioengineering, HHMI, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
From Force and Torque Sensing To The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator...Using Optomechanical Springs
John Davis, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Star Formation, Molecular Gas and Galaxy Dynamics at the Peak of the Galaxy Formation Epoch
Dr. Linda Tacconi, MPI fur Ex. Physik,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

East Bridge 114
Ergodicity breaking and entanglement in many-body systems
Dmitry Abanin, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Fluid Mechanics Research Conference

Guggenheim 202
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Transcription - associated genome instability and its connections to cancer and neurological disorders
Jesper Svejstrup, Cancer Research Center, London Research Center,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Color Outside the Lines: The Search for Multijet Physics at the LHC
Mariangela Lisanti, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science

South Mudd 365
Heating and cooling of Saturn's rings
Ryuji Morishima, Assistant Researcher, JPL/UCLA,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Most Common "Peculiar" Supernova
Ryan Foley, Univ of Illinois,
Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Soul Food Cooking Demonstration with Chef Bonnie Henderson

Winnett Lounge
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers' Group Meeting

SFCC Office, 315 S. Hill Ave., Rear Building
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop: "Business Resources"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Personal Emergency Preparedness

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Bringing Dark Matter into Focus
Mariangela Lisanti, Princeton,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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EE Special Seminar

Moore B270
Nonconvex methods for high-dimensional regression with noisy and missing data
Po-Ling Loh, PhD Student, Statistics, U.C, Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Reconstructing sulphate loading and timing of climate impacting volcanic eruptions during the Common Era
Michael Sigl, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
The evolution of complex and novel traits: applying closely related Drosophila species to the study of macroevolutionary problems
Mark Rebeiz, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Eduard Artz,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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TAKE THE LEAD CHALLENGE (Livestream Viewing)

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
7:30pm – 10:30pm
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(Men's Basketball) Caltech at Chapman

7:30pm – 9:30pm
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The Stuff of Dreams: JPL and the Beginnings of the Space Age

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
10:30am – 11:30am
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Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation

Keith Spalding B117
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
Topic to be Announced
Aaron D. Ames, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Joint Appt.), Texas A&M University ,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151
The Molecular Basis of Directionality in Tail-Anchored Membrane Protein Targeting
Michael Rome, Mr., Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radiation Safety Orientation - Radioactive Material Handling

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Bioinspired hydrogels: tuning selective transport and microbial interactions
Katharina Ribbeck, Eugene Bell Career Development Professor of Tissue Engineering, Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Embryonic Patterning in Time and Space
Aryeh Warmflash, Postdoctoral Associate , Physics and Biology, Rockefeller University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Controlling and Observing Electronic Structure in Artificial Quantum Materials
Kyle Shen, Assistant Professor of Physics, Cornell University,
7:30pm – 10:30pm
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(Women's Basketball) Caltech at Chapman

Friday, February 21st, 2014
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Trial By Fire: How Catastrophes and Collisions Enabled Life on Earth

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Keynote Luncheon Featuring Terrence Roberts, Ph. D.

Dabney Hall, Lounge
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Revisiting 3d Mirror Symmetry
Peter Koroteev, Perimeter Institute,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Self-force via worldline integration: from extreme mass ratio inspirals to cosmic strings
Barry Wardell, Research Associate, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University,
2:30pm – 5:30pm
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(Baseball) Caltech at Redlands

3:00pm – 6:00pm
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(Women's Tennis) Vanguard vs. Caltech

3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Sharks and Butterflies: Micro-Sized Scales Have Macro Effects
Amy Lang, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Alabama,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Interrogating gene regulatory circuit function using natural variation in animals
Zeba Wunderlich, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biophysics, Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Iron-sulfur Cluster in Dna2: Implications for DNA Charge Transport in Eukaryotes
Helen Segal, Barton Research Group, Chemistry, Caltech,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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TACIT: Rent

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Track & Field) 18th Rossi Relays

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Baseball) Redlands vs. Caltech

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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(Baseball) Redlands vs. Caltech

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Instant Genius: How Derek Amato Transformed From Aficionado to Musical Savant in a Day

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
3:00pm – 6:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

3:00pm – 4:30pm
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: African Dance Class with Instructor Winnie Opakunle

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
5:00pm – 8:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) Caltech at Whittier

7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Women's Basketball) Caltech at Whittier

7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Caltech-Occidental Concert Band

Off Campus
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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TACIT: Rent

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
12:00am – 2/24 12:00am
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(Women's Swimming & Diving) SCIAC Championships

1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ordubekyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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TACIT: Rent

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, February 24th, 2014
9:00am – 10:00am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
P-Arene-P Ligands: Insights into Binding and Catalysis by Late Transition Metal-Arene Complexes
Sibo Lin, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Agapie group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
11:50am – 1:00pm
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Faculty Meeting

Athenaeum
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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PhET Virtual Labs and Beyond!

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Seminar Title TBA
Ian Clark, Aerospace Systems Engineer, Entry, Descent, and Landing and Advanced Technologies Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,