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Ongoing – 1/5 11:59pm
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Winter Recess

Ongoing – 1/1 5:00pm
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Institute Holidays

Wednesday, January 1st, 2025
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
Friday, January 3rd, 2025
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Canvas Course Set-Up Drop-In Help

Online Event
Monday, January 6th, 2025
All Day
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Beginning of Instruction of Winter Term

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special Seminar - Sylvain Gariel - Monday, January 6, 2025 at 2 pm

Chen 100
TBD
Sylvain Gariel, Co-Founder and COO, DNA Script,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Overcoming challenges of quantum interference at LHC with neural simulation-based inference and a full implementation in ATLAS
Aishik Ghosh, LBNL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Breaking symmetries by shining light through transparent solids
Anshul Kogar, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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The Thomas J. and Earleen Ahrens Seminar in Geological and Planetary Sciences

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
What makes a planet "giant"?
Ravit Helled, Professor, Department of Astrophysics, University of Zurich,
Tuesday, January 7th, 2025
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting

11:30am – 1:00pm
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Spill the Tea with the CCID

San Pasqual Walk
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Gradescope 101: Getting Started in Gradescope

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Ravit Helled, Professor, Department of Astrophysics, University of Zurich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Enabling Molecular Quantum Information Science with Electron Spins
Ryan G. Hadt, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Insitutute of Technology,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special CMX Seminar

Annenberg 213
Inferring turbulent velocity and temperature fields and their statistics from Lagrangian velocity measurements using physics-informed Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (PIKANs)
Juan Toscano, Graduate Student, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University,
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
9:00am – 3:00pm
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Well-Posed Boundary Conditions for Semi-Classical Euclidean Gravity
Xiaoyi Liu, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Ocean circulation, microbial ecology, climate extremes and the carbon cycle
Mara Freilich, Brown University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Gates Annex B122
Chemistry- and imaging-based methods to explore extracellular biology
Kayvon Pedram, Group Leader, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, January 9th, 2025
9:00am – 3:00pm
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – You & Your Thesis

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Revisiting Decades-Old Chemistry and Physics to Improve Modern Molecular Imaging
Warren S. Warren, James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry; Director, Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging, Department of Physics, Chemistry, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Prof. Bozhi Tian

Annenberg 105
Physical Biology Strategies for Translational Bioelectrical Interfaces
Professor Bozhi Tian, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
From Collisions to Discoveries with Machine Learning at the Energy Frontier
Javier Duarte, UCSD,
Friday, January 10th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Laurent Freidel, Perimeter Institute,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Connecting Compact Object Dynamics with Multi-Messenger Observations in Dense Star Clusters
Claire Ye, Postdoctoral Fellow, CITA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Samarium as a Catalytic Electron-Transfer Mediator in Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia
Emily Boyd, Graduate Student (Peters Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
Shujuan Mao, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin,
Monday, January 13th, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
Yiheng Xie, Graduate Student, Low Group, Caltech,
1:00pm – 2:30pm
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How Learning Works - Winter 2025

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
TBD
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
How the Universe became flat and smooth
Paul Steinardt, Princeton University,
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
9:00am – 11:00am
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Internatioanl Scholar Orientation

Moore 239
9:00am – 11:00am
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International Scholar Orientation

Moore 239
9:00am – 4:00pm
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Science of Benefits - TIAA's Office Hours

Red Door Cafe
11:30am – 1:00pm
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POC Affinity Space

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Gaia Stucky de Quay, Assistant Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
TBD
Asst. Professor Chenhao Jin, Chenhao Jin Assistant Professor, Physics, UC Santa Barbara,
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Adel Rahman, Stanford University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Living Well with Germs: The Microbiome in the Literary Imagination
Nicole A. Sütterlin, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Cosmic Evolution of Star Formation and Gas in Galaxies
Nick Scoville, Francis L. Moseley Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus, Astronomy, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar

Moore B270
An Information Theory for Out-of-Order Information: Applications in DNA Data Storage and Genomics
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  • Public Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Geoengineering with stratospheric aerosols: what do we know and what do we need to know?
Douglas MacMartin, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Gates Annex B122
Chemoproteogenomic approaches to stratify the functional and therapeutically relevant proteome
Keriann M. Backus, Associate Professor, College of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, January 16th, 2025
8:00am – 1/17 4:00pm
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Caltech 2024 Election Integrity Project Conference

Baxter Lecture Hall
Information and Misinformation in Elections
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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EVOxZANKOU Seminar

Chen 130
"Developmental lineage tracing using high-throughput clonal barcoding with imaging readout" and "Evolutionary entrenchment of a myrmecophilous lifestyle: the basis of obligate parasitism in rove beetles"
Martin Tran, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
Joani Viliunas, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Modern perspectives and challenges in magnetic reconnection
Nuno Loureiro, MIT,
Friday, January 17th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Ultrafast, all-Optical Coherence of Molecular Electron Spins
Erica Sutcliffe, Postdoctoral Scholar (Hadt Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
Jonathan Aurnou, Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (EPSS), University of California Los Angeles,
Monday, January 20th, 2025
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
1:00pm – 4:30pm
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Perpall Speaking Competition Finals

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Furkan Ozturk, Kavli-Laukien Fellow, Department of Physics, Harvard University,
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Jesse Held, UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Faculty Learning Community Lunches

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Getting Better Sleep - Lunch with RSVP

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
How Dark is Space?
Tod Lauer, Astronomer, NOIRLab,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Title TBD
Kelly Wrighton, Colorado State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Joseph Checkelsky, Associate Professor, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,