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Friday, May 24th, 2019
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radioactive Material Handling

Keith Spalding B117
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Assembly bias, galactic conformity, and the galaxy-halo connection
Angela Berti, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Conformal field theory on the Riemann sphere and its boundary version for SLE
Nam-Gyu Kang, School of Mathematics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
A Hybrid Propulsion Solution for the Mars Ascent Vehicle
Brian Cantwell, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Affine actions with Hitchin linear part
Tengren Zhang, Mathematics Department, National University of Singapore,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Student/Postdoc Seminar Series

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Student/Postdoc Seminar Series
Taylor Stevens, Graduate Student, Hoelz Lab, Caltech,
Xun Wang, Graduate Student, Rothenberg Lab, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar--CANCELLED

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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CPA Wine and Cheese Formal

Dabney Hall, Garden of the Associates
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
Saturday, May 25th, 2019
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Barkley/Johanson Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gharibian Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Pagaryan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Glee Club

Off Campus
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Orchestra

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, May 26th, 2019
12:00pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Vartanians & Partamian Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech Orchestra

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, May 27th, 2019
12:00am – 12:00am
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Memorial Day (Institute Holiday)

Off Campus
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
9:30am – 10:30am
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Fire Extinguisher Training - CANCELLED

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

Keith Spalding B117
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Volumetric Imaging of Nature: from the microscopic to the grand outdoors
Aviad Levis, Doctoral Student in the Technion’s Electrical Engineering Department, Technion,
12:15pm – 12:45pm
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Outdoors Guided Meditation

Beckman Institute Lawn
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Revolution of Silicon Photonics
Michal Lipson, Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Nonstandard analysis and Diophantine equations
Martino Lupini, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Victoria University of Wellington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
"Modeling of the Multi-Epoch Direct Detection Technique Applied to the Hot Jupiter HD187123b" and "Kronoseismology and the Dark Side of Saturn's Gravity"
Camillus Buzard, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
Stephen Markham, Graduate Student, Department of Planetary Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Applying Inorganic Chemistry to Challenges in Physics
Danna Freedman, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
"Creation of Natural and Synthetic Microbial Assemblages for Understanding and Application"
Adam Arkin, Professor, Bioengineering, University of Califronia Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
10:00am – 11:00am
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TCS+ Talk

Annenberg 322
Lower Bounds for Multiplication via Network Coding
Lior Kamma, Aarhus University,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Kinetic and Spectroscopic Studies of Chlorinated Intermediates in the Upper and Lower Atmosphere
Matthew Smarte, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Emotional Well-Being Workshop Series - Understanding Highly Sensitive People

Avery Library
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Perverse sheaves, the Katz-Klemm-Vafa formula, and the P=W conjecture
Junliang Shen, Department of Mathematics, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Simulations of Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources
Andrew MacFadyen, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, New York University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CANCELLED | Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
This seminar has been cancelled.
Erik Eyster, Alec P. Alexander Chair of Economics and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Archeoceanography
Francis Albarede, ENS Lyon,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Crellin 151
Highly Multiplexed Imaging of E. coli Chromosome
Yandong Zhang, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
5:00pm – Ongoing
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Vote in the Caltech Y Photo Contest

8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Sugars: The Underappreciated Building Blocks of Life

Beckman Auditorium
Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry, Caltech,
  • Public Event
Thursday, May 30th, 2019
9:30am – 10:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Understanding Remote Metal Effects on Fe/Mn-OHx Motifs Relevant to Water Oxidation
Christopher Reed, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
10:00am – 2:00pm
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64th Annual Staff Service & Impact Awards

Beckman Auditorium
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture

Gates-Thomas 135
Bubbles as Leaky Pistons: Particle Separation by Size from Suspensions
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
Decoding sterol recognition in Hedgehog autoprocessing
Rahul Purohit, PostDoc, Ondrus Group, CCE, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Spinors and Dirac operators
Todd Norton, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar

Annenberg 322
Distributed goodness-of-fit: when you can't talk much and have little in common
Clement Canonne, Postdoctoral Scholar, Computer Science, Stanford University,
12:15pm – 12:45pm
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Chair Yoga

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

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Charge-Transfer Heptamethine Dyes for Singlet Oxygen Generation
Bryce Jarman, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
The Truth about Entropy
Sharon Glotzer, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan,
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radioactive Material Handling - CANCELLED

Keith Spalding B117
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Interfacial Behavior of 2D Materials in Devices for Solar Fuels and Sensing Applications
Annelise Thompson, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Crellin 151
Functional Evaluation and Development of Novel Agonists and Modulators of Neuronal Ion Channels
Antoinette Blom, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bill Gross: "Lessons in Entrepreneurship"

Gates-Thomas 135
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Finance Seminar

Baxter B125
Expectations Uncertainty and Household Economic Behavior
Camelia M. Kuhnen, Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Mineral Diagenesis on Mars: Orbital Evidence for Crustal Fluids and Extended Aqueous Activity
Vivian Sun, Researcher and Systems Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture

Gates Annex B122
Nature of the Metal-Ligand Bond
Harry B. Gray, Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Exploring the Dark Sector: Surprising Opportunities at Familiar Mass Scales
Natalia Toro, Associate Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, SLAC,
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Associates Event: Dinner with the Provost

Athenaeum
with David Tirrell, the Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the holder of the Carl and Shirley Larson Provostial Chair
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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Postdoctoral Math Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Penrose tilings of compact surfaces
Peter Smillie, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
Friday, May 31st, 2019
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Presenting Theses for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer

9:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day of Classes for Seniors and Graduate Students

9:30am – 10:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Crellin 151
Mechanistic Investigations of Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Gating
Richard Mosesso, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Matter Chern-Simons Theories in a Background Magnetic Field
Indranil Halder, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Inclusive Caltech Core Wrap-Up Discussion and Lunch

Annenberg 105
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Ab initio electronic T1 spin relaxation times in silicon and diamond & Computing charge transport in materials from first principles
Jinsoo Park, Graduate Student, Bernardi group, Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Jin-Jian Zhou, Postdoctoral Scholar, Bernardi group, Applied Physics and Materials Science,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 127
Coordinate-wise Median: Not Bad, Not Bad, Pretty Good
Wade D. Hann-Caruthers, Graduate Student, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Tech Talks Toastmaster Club: Practice Speaking Confidently About Your Research, Improve Your Communication Skills

Beckman Institute Auditorium
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Arithmetic Geometry Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Work of Ichino-Prasanna on the Jacquet-Langlands Correspondence (3/3)
Zavosh Amir Khosravi, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Schlinger 101
Structure, symmetry and charge as drivers for non-statistical processes on the femtosecond timescale
Theis Solling, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Coppenhagen,