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Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Spring Head TA Lunch

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
4:00pm – 4:00pm
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13th Annual Thomas Wolff Memorial Lectures in Mathematics

Random Walks and their Scaling Limits
Gregory F. Lawler, Professor of Mathematics, Mathematics, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Stellar and Dark Mass Assembly of Galaxies
Dr. Niv Drory, Univ. of Texas, Austin,
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
Killing persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells: Inspirations from Max Delbruck, Harry Houdini, and Captain James Cook
William Jacobs, Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology and Dept. of Genetics, Albert Einstein School of Medicine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science

South Mudd 365
Bjorn Benneke, Postdoctoral Scholar, Planetary Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar

Steele 125
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy

Baxter B125
The Persistence of Political Partisanship: Evidence from 9/11
Ethan Kaplan, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Maryland,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Playreaders: "Red Herring" by John Hollinger

Athenaeum, Hall of Associates
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Singularities and why we love them: universal behaviors in geometric heat flows
Dan Knopf, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Univ. of Texas at Austin,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar

Annenberg 105
Energy Leadership: Integrating Policies Across Sectors
Catherine Sandoval, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC),
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop: "CODA: If You Publish, You Need CaltechAUTHORS"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Mutual dimension
Jack Lutz, Professor , Mathematics, Iowa State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The EAGLE Universe
Richard Bower, Durham,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lectures

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Heat under the microscope: Uncovering the microscopic processes that govern thermal transport
Austin Minnich, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Plague, Pollution and the Poor in late Renaissance Florence
John Henderson, Department of History, Birkbeck College,
4:15pm – 5:30pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Arlases consisting of Bruhat cells
Allen Knutson, Professor, Mathematics, Cornell University,
5:00pm – 8:00pm
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(Women's Water Polo) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

5:30pm – 5:45pm
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Everhart Lecture

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
A Molecular View of Cancer: Chemically synthesized agents for early detection and screening
Kaycie Deyle, Graduate Student, Chemistry, California Institute of Technology,
5:30pm – 6:30pm
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Juggling Teaching at a Community College and Research at Caltech

Beckman Institute Auditorium
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Sarkis Mazmanian - Say Hello to Your Little Friends: How Gut Bacteria Can Be Harnessed as Novel Therapies for Disease

Beckman Auditorium
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Steele 102
Fracture Driving Force and Energy Dissipation in Li-Si Alloy Battery Electrodes
Min Zhou, Professor, The School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

On level 1 algebraic cusp forms of classical groups
Gaetan Chenevier, Professor, Mathematics, École Polytechnique ,
4:00pm – 4:00pm
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13th Annual Thomas Wolff Memorial Lectures in Mathematics

Random Walks and their Scaling Limits - Part II
Gregory F. Lawler, Professor of Mathematics, Mathematics, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
TBA
Brian Crane, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar

Baxter B125
Identification of Multidimensional Hedonic Models
Lars Nesheim, Senior Research Economist, University College London,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
TBA
Ayah Lazar,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Explaining Physics in a Minute (or Two)
Henry Reich, MinutePhysics,
Friday, April 4th, 2014
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Track & Field) Cal/Nevada Championships

9:00am – 10:00am
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Bioengineering Seminar (Vendor)

Beckman Institute 121
Improving Protein Expression Through Gene and Vector Optimization
10:30am – 11:30am
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Kick-Off of the Franklin Thomas Laboratory of Engineering Renovation

See event detail for location
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
TBA
Ibou Bah, University of Southern California,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 127
Auctions with Dynamic Costly Information Acquisition
Hamid Nazerzadeh, Assistant Professor, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Spring TA Training

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) Caltech at Occidental

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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(Women's Tennis) Occidental vs. Caltech

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Galaxy evolution and gas flows: from massive clusters to isolated dwarfs
Andrew Wetzel, Postdoctoral Scholar, Theoretical Astrophysics, Caltech,
3:00pm – 6:00pm
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(Baseball) Caltech at Pomona-Pitzer

3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Spikes and bubbles in turbulent mixing: The Rayleigh-Taylor instability
Daniel Livescu, Fluid Dynamics Team Leader, Computer and Computational Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Seiberg-Witten Floer KO-theory and intersection forms of spin 4-manifolds
Jianfen Lin, Professor of Mathematics, Mathematics, UCLA,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Making active matter with colloids
Ramin Golestanian, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oxford,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Congruent skein relations for quantum invariants of links
Qingtao Chen, Professor, Mathematics, ICTP,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
H2 Activation at Rhenium Carbonyl Complexes: A Thermodynamic Analysis of Base-Assisted Formyl C-H Bond
Thomas Teets, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry, Caltech,
6:30pm – 9:30pm
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Amateur Radio License class, Part One of Two

Beckman Institute 121
6:30pm – 9:30pm
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Amateur Radio License class, Part One of Two

Beckman Institute 121
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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TACIT: Gobble Up Stories

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, April 5th, 2014
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Track & Field) Cal/Nevada Championships

8:00am – 6:00pm
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Amateur Radio License class, Part Two of Two & FCC Exam

Beckman Institute 121
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Khera Family Portrait

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
10:00am – 1:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) Whittier vs. Caltech

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Baseball) Pomona-Pitzer vs. Caltech

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Women's Water Polo) Caltech at La Verne

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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(Baseball) Pomona-Pitzer vs. Caltech

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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(Women's Tennis) Caltech at Whittier

2:00pm – 4:00pm
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TACIT: Gobble Up Stories

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Payan & Felix Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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TACIT: Gobble Up Stories

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
9:00pm – 11:50pm
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OASIS Bollywood Dance Party

Winnett Lounge
Sunday, April 6th, 2014
11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Women's Tennis) La Verne vs. Caltech

2:00pm – 4:00pm
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TACIT: Gobble Up Stories

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Parker Quartet with Kikuei Ikeda

Beckman Auditorium
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Monday, April 7th, 2014
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Introducing the New Caltech Identity System

Ramo Auditorium
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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GAYPRIL: "The Many Shades of ‘Out'" – A conversation with Lynn Conway

Avery Dining Hall
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Planning Session for the Fall 2014 Teaching Conference

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
Paul Dimotakis, John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics, Engineering and Applied Science, Caltech,