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Ongoing – 12/7 5:00pm
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Registration for Winter Term

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Ongoing – 12/19 4:00pm
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Feynman 100 Exhibition: "The Mind's Eye: Richard Feynman in Word and Image"

Beckman Institute 131
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Saturday, December 1st, 2018
11:00am – 5:00pm
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Chen Institute Workshop on Decision Making and Free Will

Beckman Institute Auditorium
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11:30am – 2:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lopez Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
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3:00pm – 5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Oganesyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
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5:00pm – 8:00pm
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(Women's Basketball) Caltech at Pomona-Pitzer

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7:00pm – 9:00pm
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It's a Wonderful Life - A Celebration of Caltech Alumnus Frank Capra

Beckman Auditorium
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2018
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Swimming & Diving) Caltech at Collegiate Winter Invitational

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7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) Caltech at Cal Lutheran

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Monday, December 3rd, 2018
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Explore JPL Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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12:20pm – 12:50pm
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Chair Yoga

Gates-Thomas 115
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Seminar

Moore B270
Demystifying the Nature Research Journal Editorial Processes
David Pile, Editor , Nature Photonics,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Understanding the Spectrum of Slow Earthquakes
Jessica D. Hawthorne, Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Ultraheavy resonances at the LHC
Bogdan Dobrescu, FNAL,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Informal Chemical Physics Seminar

Schlinger 101
High-resolution spectroscopy of open-shell molecules in nearly degenerate states
Jinjun Liu, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Radical Frontiers in Catalysis
Theodore (Ted) Betley, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
Thin sets of primes in arithmetic
Yunqing Tang, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,
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5:30pm – 6:00pm
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Hanukkah Candle Lighting

Lee F. Browne Dining Hall (formerly the Harry Chandler Dining Hall)
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Dish and Discuss: Make No Small Plans

Bechtel Residence Dining Hall
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Engineering topological superconductivity in III-V Josephson junctions
Fokko de Vries, Graduate Student, Leo Kouwenhoven's Group, TU Delft,
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12:00pm – 12:50pm
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Meditation Mob

Caltech Hall 9th Floor
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12:20pm – 12:50pm
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Indoor Meditation

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

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Theoretical Heterogeneous Electrochemistry - From Quantum Mechanics to Machine Learning
Yufeng Huang, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
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3:00pm – 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Annenberg 107
Universal fault-tolerant measurement-based quantum computation
Sam Roberts, University of Sydney,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMI Seminar

Annenberg 314
Reasoning in Bayesian Opinion Exchange Networks is Computationally Hard
Jan Hazla, MIT,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
The Solar System at thermal wavelengths: an insight into planetary processes
Arielle Moulet, Assistant Scientist, National Radio Astronomy Observatory,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Let's Walk

Counseling Center
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
Bernoulli shifts and entropy theory
Brandon Seward, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Consistency of Other-regarding Preferences
Han Seo, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
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6:00pm – 9:00pm
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(Women's Basketball) St. Katherine vs. Caltech

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Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
11:00am – 1:30pm
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Caltech Associates Holiday Luncheon: The Science of Snowflakes

Athenaeum
with Kenneth Libbrecht, Professor of Physics
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11:30am – 12:30pm
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Retirement Plan Changes Webinar

JPL
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11:40am – 1:00pm
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Monthly Board Meeting

Beckman Institute 121
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2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop: You and Your Thesis

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
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3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometrization Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 289
Outline of Virtual Haken conjecture
Lei Chen, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
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3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Let's Talk

Annenberg 243
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Localization for W-algebras
Gurbir Dhillon, Mathematics Department, MIT,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Ten Thousand Pieces of Blue Sky: Building towards the complete picture of exoplanet demographics
Jessie Christiansen, Caltech,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Moore B280
Estimation after Parameter Selection
Tirza Routtenberg, Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of Negev,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
No Seminar - resumes January 9, 2019
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
From electron-phonon and ionic transport properties to computational discovery of new materials for energy conversion and storage
Boris Kozinsky, Associate Professor, Computational Materials Science , Harvard University,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Design of Lotteries and Waitlists for Affordable Housing Allocation
Peng Shi, Assistant Professor, Marshall School of Business, USC,
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7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Cho Oyu and Denali
Kai Zinn, Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Professor of Biology, Caltech,
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Thursday, December 6th, 2018
9:30am – 3:00pm
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Resnick Sustainability Institute Fellows Seminar Day

Beckman Institute Auditorium
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11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Soft Materials for Soft Machines
Lihua Jin, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles,
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Keck 142
Cooling by Measurement
Joerg Wrachtrup, Professor, Physics, University of Stuttgart,
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMS Partner Tech Talk

Annenberg 105
EFF -- How EFF Uses CS to Fight Censorship and Defend Online Privacy
Jeremy Gillula, EFF,
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Grad Chats: Connection and Discussion for Under-represented Minority Graduate Student and Postdocs

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Conference Room
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12:00pm – 4:00pm
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Intensive Workshop on Course Design for Caltech Faculty

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
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2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop: Overview of Library Resources

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
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2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Decoupling Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 289
The Bourgain Guth method
Maksym Radziwill, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Controlled Randomness: Wondering Between Synthetic and Biological Materials
Ting Xu, Professor, Chemistry & Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Moore B280
Randomized Algorithms for Convex and Non-Convex Optimization
Mert Pilanci, Assistant Professor , Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Sulfur systematics illuminate the elusive record magma redox evolution
Rita Economos, Assistant Professor, Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences, Southern Methodist University ,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Structure of the Mordell-Weil Group Over $\mathbb{Z}_p$ - Extensions
Jaehoon Lee, Department of Mathematics , UCLA,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
TBA
Douglas Stanford, Associate Professor of Physics, Stanford University,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Semiparametrically Efficient Estimation of the Average Linear Regression Function
Bryan Graham, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley,
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5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Film Screening: Polytechnique

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
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6:00pm – 8:30pm
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Caltech Connect Training

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
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7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) JWU (Denver) vs. Caltech

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7:30pm – 9:00pm
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German Film: Die göttliche Ordnung

Baxter Lecture Hall
Movie screening for German 130c & 132c // In (Swiss) German with English subtitles
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Friday, December 7th, 2018
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day of Classes for Fall Term

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10:00am – 11:00am
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School-Day Show: Theaterworks USA in The Magic School Bus

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

Lauritsen 469
Sigma model on Flags
Kantaro Ohmori, IAS,
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Exact Eigenstates in the Rydberg-blockaded Atom Chain Which Violate the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis
Cheng Ju (Jacob) Lin, Graduate Student, Motrunich Group,
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Asset Pricing in the Cross Section of Stocks
Angad Singh, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 125
A Theory of Recursive Aggregation with Applications
Hamed Hamze Bajgiran, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
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2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Small-Scale implications of alternative dark matter models
Victor Robles, Postdoctoral Scholar, Dept of Astrophysics, UC Irvine,
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3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 255
A Bound on the Cohomology of Quasiregularly Elliptic Manifolds
Eden Prywes, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
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3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Biological propulsion in (and of?) the ocean
John Dabiri, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University,
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3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Using flat geometry to understand the dynamics of every point - Hausdorff dimension, divergence, and Teichmuller geodesic flow!
Paul Apisa, Department of Mathematics, Yale University,
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3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Let's Talk

North Mudd B114F
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Cooperative Bond Activation by a Pentanuclear Nickel Hydride Cluster
Manar Shoshani, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry, Caltech,
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5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Board Holiday Dinner

Lee F. Browne Dining Hall (formerly the Harry Chandler Dining Hall)
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5:00pm – 6:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Baxter Lecture Hall
The Anatomy of Artificial Intelligence
Kate Crawford, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the AI Now Institute at NYU, Distinguished Research Professor at New York University, and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York,
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7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Center for Student Services, Lobby
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7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Final Presentation: Storytelling for Scientists

Ramo Auditorium
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8:30pm – 10:00pm
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Final Presentation: Improvisation for Scientists

Ramo Auditorium
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Saturday, December 8th, 2018
8:00am – 12/11 5:00pm
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Study Period, Fall Term

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1:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tumanyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
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2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kamali Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
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3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Life: Insects

Beckman Auditorium
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7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) Caltech at California Baptist

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Monday, December 10th, 2018
11:30am – 2:00pm
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Caltech Connect Training

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
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12:20pm – 12:50pm
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Chair Yoga

Gates-Thomas 115
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3:00pm – 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Crellin 151
Dynamic regulations of co-translational protein targeting by the Signal Recognition Particle Receptor in E. coli and human
Yu-Hsien Hwang Fu, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Neutrino Masses, Dark Matter and the New Physics Scale
Pavel Fileviez Perez, Case Western Reserve University,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
A 15 Year Love Affair with Metal Anodes and Sulfur Cathodes
John Muldoon, Senior Principal Scientist, Chemistry, Toyota USA,
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7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Book Lovers' Soiree

Athenaeum
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
8:00am – 12:00pm
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First Aid Training/CPR/AED - Child/Infant/Adult - Day 1 of 2

Beckman Institute 121
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10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
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11:00am – 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Jessica Sampson, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
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11:30am – 1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Meeting

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Stephen Grant, Graduate Student, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
Laura Luebbert, Visiting Graduate Student, Caltech,
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12:00pm – 12:50pm
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Meditation Mob

Caltech Hall 9th Floor
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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SFCC Holiday Presentation

Avery Library
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12:10pm – 12:50pm
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Indoor Meditation

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

Broad 100
Un Seng Chio, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
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2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
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3:00pm – 4:00pm
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BMB Fall Rotation Seminar

Crellin 151
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