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Sunday, May 13th, 2018
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Bandorama: Caltech-Occidental Concert Band & Jazz Band

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Bryan Bowers

Beckman Institute Auditorium
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Sunday, May 13th, 2018
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles: Mother's Day Concert

Dabney Hall, Lounge
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Monday, May 14th, 2018
8:00am – 10:00am
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Morning Book Discussion Group

Athenaeum
9:00am – 9:00am
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Due Date for Midterm Deficiency Notices

11:00am – 4:00pm
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Feynman 100 Exhibition: "The Mind's Eye: Richard Feynman in Word and Image"

Beckman Institute 131
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Dish & Discuss #16

Avery Dining Hall
World-Wide-Web
12:10pm – 12:50pm
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Chair Yoga

Gates-Thomas 115
1:00pm – 2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Crellin 151
"Examination of Selenium Incorporation and Product Formation in the Nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor."
Renee Arias, Graduate Student, Rees Lab, Caltech ,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Building 15, Room 104
The theory of resolvent degree, after Hamilton, Klein, Hilbert, and Brauer
Jesse Wolfson, Department of Mathematics, UC Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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CNS Seminar

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Dr. Stephanie Palmer, Assistant Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Department of Physics, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Testing the Microbial Model for Low-Temperature Dolomite Formation
Jennifer A. Roberts, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Kansas,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Ligand Influences on Base Metals for Multi-Electron Transformations
Alison R. Fout, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Book Lovers' Soiree

Athenaeum, Rathskeller
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Neurodegeneration Reading Group

Beckman Behavioral Biology B101
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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MACH 33 "Lie After Lie After Lie"

Ramo Auditorium
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
9:30am – 4:00pm
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Resnick Fellows Seminar Day

Beckman Institute Auditorium
11:00am – 4:00pm
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Feynman 100 Exhibition: "The Mind's Eye: Richard Feynman in Word and Image"

Beckman Institute 131
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH

Annenberg 105
Towards Understanding and Generating Language for Effective Social Interaction
Chenhao Tan, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information Science (by courtsey) at University of Colorado Boulder, Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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MCE Seminar

Gates-Thomas 115
Nonlinear Elasticity
Basile Audoly, Moore Distinguished Scholar, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, CNRS and Ecole polytechnique (Palaiseau, France),
3:30pm – 4:30pm
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Coffee & Career: Jason Marshall

Lee F. Browne Dining Hall (formerly the Harry Chandler Dining Hall)
Jason Marshall, Postdoctoral Scholar, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CANCELLED | Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
This talk has been cancelled.
Azeem Shaikh, Professor and Thornber Research Fellow, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Sona Hosseini, Research and Instrument Scientist, Planetary Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Control and Self-Organization of Morphogenesis
Thomas Lecuit, Group Leader, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseilles (IBDM),
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Bring Your Own Craft (BYOC)

Caltech Y
6:00pm – 8:45pm
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Caltech Associates East Coast Reception & Dinner: Virtual Reality's Next Frontier

Off Campus
with George Djorgovski, Professor of Astronomy, Director of Caltech's Center for Data Driven Discovery
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program

Dabney Hall, Lounge
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Leslie Jamison, American Novelist and Essayist,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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SURF Orientation

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
11:00am – 4:00pm
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Feynman 100 Exhibition: "The Mind's Eye: Richard Feynman in Word and Image"

Beckman Institute 131
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Emotional Well-Being Workshop for Students: Introduction to Mindfulness

Avery Library
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers' Group Meeting

SFCC Office, 315 S. Hill Ave., Rear Building
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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SURF Orientation

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Building 15, Room 131
Growth of torsion Grigorchuk groups
Tianyi Zheng, Department of Mathematics, UC San Diego,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Building 15, Room 104
On the equivalence between Q-conditions and primitive stability
Binbin Xu, Mathematics, University of Luxembourg,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Lab Safety 101 Training

Keith Spalding B117
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Arithmetic Geometry Learning Seminar

Building 15, Room 131
Fourier Transform
Lingfei Yi, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
What Super Spirals tell us about Massive Galaxy Evolution
Patrick Ogle, STScI,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
John T Reager, Research Scientist, Surface Hydrology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Data-driven discovery of functional materials utilizing a 2D electronic structure database
Qimin Yan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Temple University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Total Synthesis of Neurologically Active Terpenoid Natural Products
Timothy R. Newhouse, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Yale University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
The Times They Are A-Changing: Dynamic Adverse Selection in the Laboratory
Stephanie Wang, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh; Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford University,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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EE Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Charles Elachi

Moore B270
The Golden Age of Space Exploration
Charles Elachi, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Planetary Science, Emeritus, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2001- 2016, CALTECH,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Magnifying Light by 100 Billion Times with the Solar Gravity Lens to Image an Exoplanet

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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NeuroTechers Cookies & Tea

Beckman Behavioral Biology B101
5:30pm – 7:30pm
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South Houses Dress Dinner

6:30pm – 8:00pm
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Caltech Debate Club Meeting

IMSS 120
Thursday, May 17th, 2018
8:30am – 11:30am
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Hiking Group

Off Campus
11:00am – 4:00pm
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Feynman 100 Exhibition: "The Mind's Eye: Richard Feynman in Word and Image"

Beckman Institute 131
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
Precision Gravimetry and Magnetic Gradiometry with Ultra Cold Atoms
John Close, Professor, Department of Quantum Science, Australian National University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Reading Women

Sherman Fairchild Library 326 (Interactive Computer Classroom)
March. Volume One. by John Lewis
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 twisted tale of the Hedgehog"
Alison Ondrus, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, CCE, Caltech,
12:30pm – 2:00pm
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Let's Talk! Sponsored by Counseling Services

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Thesis Defense

Broad 100
"Partially Mixed Selectivity and Posterior Parietal Cortex"
Carey Zhang, PhD Candidate, Bioengineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Jay Rubenstein, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Was the First Crusade Really That Violent?
Jay Rubenstein, Professor of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Coupling Molecular Design to Structure and Activity of Sequence-Defined Macromolecules
Christopher A. Alabi, Assistant Professor & Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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David G. Goodwin Memorial Lecture

Gates-Thomas 135
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Arthur Korteweg, USC

Baxter B125
Venture Capital Contracts
Arthur Korteweg, Dean's Associate Professor in Business Administration & Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Building 15, Room 104
A split-complex analogue of abelian varieties
Zavosh Amir-Khosravi, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Grad Students' Choice: The entanglement glue for spacetime
Xiaoliang Qi, Associate Professor of Physics, Stanford University,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Baxter Lecture Hall
Science vs. Intuition: Why Scientific Ideas Elude the Human Mind
Andrew Shtulman, Associate Professor, Cognitive Science; Psychology, Occidental College,
Friday, May 18th, 2018
12:00am – 5/19 12:00am
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SWEBE 2018

Baxter B125
Third Annual Southwest Experimental and Behavioral Economics Workshop
10:00am – 11:00am
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Thesis Defense: Ania Baetica

Annenberg 213
10:15am – 11:15am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Copper carbazolides in photoinduced C-N couplings
Joe Ahn, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
11:00am – 4:00pm
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Feynman 100 Exhibition: "The Mind's Eye: Richard Feynman in Word and Image"

Beckman Institute 131
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
2D eternal traversable wormhole
Xiaoliang Qi, Stanford University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
A time-domain multiplexed measurement-based large-scale optical quantum computer
Akira Furusawa, Professor, Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo,
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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IST Meeting of the Minds

Annenberg Center
Hao Li, CEO & Co-Founder, Pinscreen, Inc.,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
How do pulsars shine?
Sasha Philippov, Einstein Fellow, Department of Astronomy, UC Berkeley,