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2025 First-Year Undergraduate Family Weekend

Saturday, February 1st, 2025
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Jazz Guest Artist Concert

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Calder Quartet

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, February 3rd, 2025
9:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp VIIII - Transformers

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
10:00am – 11:10am
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Molecular Cell Biology Symposium

Chen 100
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

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

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Donal O'Connell, Edinburgh University,
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
9:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp VIIII - Transformers

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Shane Carberry Mogan, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley,
6:00pm – 7:30pm
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Into the Unknown: Cozy Conversations on Uncertainty for Graduate Students - Dinner with RSVP!

Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
8:00am – 2/11 11:59pm
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Midterm Examination Period

9:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp VIIII - Transformers

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Elba Alonso-Monsalve, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Molecular Cell Biology Symposium - Kim Tsui

Chen 100
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Title TBD
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Harold Hwang, Professor, Applied Physics, Stanford,
Thursday, February 6th, 2025
9:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp VIIII - Transformers

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
James Analytis, UC Berkeley,
Friday, February 7th, 2025
9:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp VIIII - Transformers

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Yifan Wang, New York University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Debbie Tseng, Graduate Student (Robb Research Group), Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
Rick Aster, Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University,
Monday, February 10th, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
Duane Waliser, Chief Scientist, Earth Science and Technology Directorate, JPL,
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
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Christiane Scherb, UC Berkeley/LBNL,
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
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
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Love & Lounge - Valentine's Letters

Center for Student Services, Lobby
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

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

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Probing the Frontiers of Interstellar Chemistry Through Cold and Controlled Ion Experiments
Heather Lewandowski, Professor of Physics, Fellow of JILA, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
The "solar abundance" problem: Decades of discrepancy, today's progress and implications for outer solar system origins and habitability
Ngoc Truong, Postdoctoral Researcher, Southwest Research Institute,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Behind the Book presents Kevin Hand in conversation with Victoria Orphan

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
1:00am – 6:30pm
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Center for Evolutionary Science Winter Symposium

Chen 100
Evolution of Organismal Systems
Natasha Mhatre, Assistant Professor & CRC in Invertebrate Neurobiology, Department of Biology, Western University,
Matthew Fuxjager, Graduate Program Co-Director for the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University,
Jasmine Nirody, Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago,
Michael Dickinson, Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering and Aeronautics; Executive Officer for Biology and Biological Engineering, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech,
10:00am – 11:00am
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Consciousness & Reality (C&R) Colloquium 2024-25 Series: QUANTUM PROCESSING IN THE BRAIN?

11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Characterizing the Space of UV-Complete Amplitudes
Justin Berman, University of Michigan,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Getting Things Done - Lunch with RSVP

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Unpacking Hate Series: Black-Indigenous Solidarity and Liberation by Kyle Mays

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
  • Public Event
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – You & Your Thesis

Online Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Lab Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Title TBD
Denise Mauzerall, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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LCSSP Climate Solutions Seminar

Baxter B125
How to reform the permitting process for renewable energy projects
Sanjay Patnaik, Director, Center on Regulation and Markets (CRM); Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development; Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Jason Kawasaki, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering

Gates Annex B122
Ionic Compatibilization of Plastics to Reduce Environmental Impacts (general lecture)
Rachel Segalman, Edward Noble Kramer Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
1:00pm – 2:30pm
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Course Design Workshop

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Discussion #1 from "The Science of Learning"

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Lance Dixon, The DNA of Particle Scattering, SLAC,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering

Gates Annex B122
Using Bioinspired Polypeptoids to Understand How Chain Shape Influences Self-assembly and to Design New Photoresists (technical lecture)
Rachel Segalman, Edward Noble Kramer Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, February 14th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Lance Dixon, SLAC,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Mapping the Dark Matter Distribution of Galaxies with Stellar Streams
Jacob Nibauer, Graduate Student, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
catherine Romero, 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)
Boaning Wu, Postdoctoral Scholar- Research Associate, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California,
Monday, February 17th, 2025
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Grades

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

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Bridging the pressure gap in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Synergies arising from Experimental and Theoretical Kinetics
Alex Wodtke, Director and Professor of University of Göttingen, Dynamics and Surfaces, Max Planck Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

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

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Raffaele Tito d'Agnolo, Institut de Physique Théorique,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Raffaele Tito d'Agnolo, Institut de Physique Théorique,