Institute Calendar
May 2005
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
Ongoing
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5/3
5:00pm
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Sunday, May 1st, 2005
8:00am
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship, and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes
Dr. Arthur I. Miller,
professor of history and philosophy of science,
department of science & technology studies,
University College, London,
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
7:00am
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5/8
6:00pm
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Child Educational Center's Exciting and Educational Summer Program
Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Rotational Spectroscopy and Observational Astronomy of Prebiotic Molecules
Susanna L. Widicus Weaver,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Information Science and Technology Seminar
Program Analysis Using Random Interpretation
Sumit Gulwani,
Computer Science,
Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture - CANCELED
Some Physical Aspects of the Origin of Life and of Artificial Cells
Albert Libchaber,
Professor,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar - SPEAKER CHANGED
Crustal Scale Mass Transfer in Convergent Plate Tectonics Settings: Mechanisms, Magnitudes, and Rates
Mihai Ducea,
Associate Professor,
Department of Geosciences,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
EDM Searches: High Energy Physics on a Tabletop
David Kawall,
Univ of Massachusetts,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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9:00pm
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11:00pm
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005
8:30am
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4:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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1:30pm
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10:00am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Propagation of Mechanical Energy through Granular Media
Surajit Sen,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
State University of New York at Buffalo,
3:30pm
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4:40pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Carbon Dioxide and Unusual Isotope Effects: From Single Collisions to Global Climate Change
Kristie A. Boering,
Professor,
Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Control and Dynamical Systems Seminar
Control of Oscillations in Jet Engines: From Fixing Problems to the Design of Dynamics
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar - DATE CHANGED FROM MAY 23
Molecular and Cellular Aspects of T Cell Recognition: A Film Festival
Mark Davis,
Professor,
HHMI, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Stanford University,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
You Need Never Retreat
Peter Winkler,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Dartmouth College,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2005
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Upper Ocean Dynamics
Raffaele Ferrari,
Victor Starr Assistant Professor,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Nanostructured Materials and Devices by Hierarchical Assembly
Yunfeng Lu,
Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department,
Tulane University, New Orleans,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Natural Product Glycorandomization
Jon S. Thorson,
Professor,
Laboratory for Biosynthetic Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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11:00pm
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Thursday, May 5th, 2005
9:00am
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5/6
5:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Fuel Cells and Their Role in a Sustainable Energy Future
Sossina Haile,
Materials Science,
Caltech,
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Materials Integration for Next Generation Photovoltaic Devices
James M. Zahler,
graduate student,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Biomolecular Motors: From Single Molecules to Molecular Bio-Nanotechnology
Edgar Meyhöfer,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
The Sweeter Side of Cell Signaling: O-GlcNAc Glycosylation in the Brain
Nelly Khidekel,
graduate student,
Biochemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Gamma-Ray Burst Discoveries by the Swift Mission
Neil Gehrels,
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Semana Latina Lecture
The Argentine Enigma: From Rags to Riches . . and Back to Rags
Jose Moya,
Professor,
Department of History,
UCLA,
Friday, May 6th, 2005
9:00am
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4:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Recent Developments in AdS/CFT and Sasaki-Einstein Geometry
James Sparks,
Harvard,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The Quantum Mechanics of Two-Dimensional Superfluids
Subir Sachdev,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Developing Tripodal Carbene Chelators for Small Molecule Activation
Xile Hu,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, May 7th, 2005
10:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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6:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: GRANTHAM/LANE PARTY
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:25pm
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1:45pm
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5:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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