Institute Calendar
November 2021
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11/2
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Rethinking false vacuum decay
Djuna Croon,
Durham University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:30pm
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1:30pm
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Berkeley-Caltech-Stanford Joint Number Theory Seminar
Online Event
Bounds for standard L-functions
Paul Nelson,
Mathematics,
IAS,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Neural Networks and Numerical PDEs
Jinchao Xu,
Verne M. Willaman Professor of Mathematics & Director,
Center for Computational Mathematics and Applications,
Penn State,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Seminar/Webinar: Dr. Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University
Online Event
- Public Event
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Astronomy on Tap (Español)
Online Event
Ciencia con el Telescopio James Webb de la NASA
- Public Event
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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Discrete Analysis Seminar
Supercritical percolation on finite transitive graphs
Philip Easo,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar: Fedor Sandomirskiy (part 1 of 2)
Private Private Information (part 1 of 2)
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Preparing for the Next Decade of Venus Exploration
Alex Akins,
Research Technologist,
Microwave Instrument Science Group,
JPL,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
9:30am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
A randomized quantum algorithm for statistical phase estimation
Kianna Wan,
PhD Candidate,
Stanford,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Increasing Accuracy in Measuements of the Hubble Constant: Is There Evidence for New Physics?
Wendy Freedman,
John and Mary Sullivan University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Impact of atmospheric and oceanic advective feedbacks on the AMOC response to CO2 increase
Oluwayemi Garuba,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Multiscale Characterization of Metallic Alloy Solidification Dynamics
Amy Clarke,
Professor,
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
Colorado School of Mines,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Evaluating Economic Models
Drew Fudenberg,
Paul A. Samuel Professor of Economics,
MIT,
Thursday, November 4th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Data-driven mechanics – the challenge to model inelastic material behaviour and structures
Stefanie Reese,
Professor,
Institute of Applied Mechanics,
RWTH Aachen University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Synthetic multistability in mammalian cells"
Ronghui Zhu,
Elowitz Group,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Computing at the Speed of Light
Terry Rudolph,
PsiQuantum and Imperial College London,
Friday, November 5th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
JTbar-deformed CFTs as non-local CFTs
Monica Guica,
IPhT-Saclay,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Probing many-body quantum chaos in quantum simulators via randomized measurements
Andreas Elben,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar, Preskill Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online Event
Molecular and Supramolecular Organometallics for Luminescence Sensing, and Photoredox Catalysis
Thomas S. Teets,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Houston,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar
Online Event
An FC-based shock-dynamics solver with neural-network localized artificial-viscosity assignment
Daniel Leibovici,
Graduate Student,
Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Wearable inductive damping sensors for skin edema quantification
Tzu-Chieh (Jake) Chou,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
Situating the University in Time and Space
Sharon Stein,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Educational Studies,
University of British Columbia,
Stephanie Kim,
Assistant Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of Higher Education Administration,
Georgetown University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
What's Happening in Halos?
J. Michael Shull,
Professor,
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Classical fluid mechanics confronts modern research questions: Virus transport, a novel similarity solution, and an N-body problem
Online Event
Howard Stone,
Donald R. Dixon '69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor and Chair,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Volume estimates of complements of lifts of geodesics in projective tangent bundles
Saturday, November 6th, 2021
1:30pm
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3:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Parya-Papazian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Muradian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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8:30pm
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Sunday, November 7th, 2021
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, November 8th, 2021
9:00am
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9:01am
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11:00am
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4:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Online Event
Non-ergodicity and emergent Hilbert-space fragmentation in tilted Fermi- Hubbard chains
12:30pm
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1:30pm
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Berkeley-Caltech-Stanford Joint Number Theory Seminar
Online Event
Sparsity of Integral Points on Moduli Spaces of Varieties
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2021
10:30am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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CMI Seminar: Fedor Sandomirskiy (part 2 of 2)
Private Private Information (part 2 of 2)
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
A Dynamical Synthesis of Planetary Systems
Malena Rice,
Graduate Research Fellow,
Department of Astronomy,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Special Webinar: Dr. Xueqian (Lucy) Li
Online Event
Light-Driven Catalysis: Untangling Thermal and Non-thermal Effects
- Public Event
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
Spectral Independence: A New Tool to Analyze Markov Chains
Kuikui Liu,
Graduate Student,
University of Washington,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
The Debris Disk Paradigm and its Challenges
Mark Wyatt,
Professor of Astronomy,
Institute of Astronomy,
University of Cambridge,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Nanoscale Interfacial Reactions for Sustainable Carbon and Water Management
Young-Shin Jun,
Washington University St. Louis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Quantum Disorder in the Magnetism of Spin-Orbit Entangled AMO2 Delafossites (A=alkali metal, M=metal)
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Risk and Information in Dispute Resolution: An Empirical Study of Arbitration
Bernardo Silveira,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Department of Economics, UCLA,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - Quantum Matter: Why it Matters
Online Event
Xie Chen,
Professor of Theoretical Physics,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Thursday, November 11th, 2021
8:30am
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11:00am
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Micro-continuum approach for the multi-scale modeling of coupled processes in the subsurface
Cyprien Soulaine,
Associate Scientist,
French National Centre for Scientific Research,,
Institute of Earth Sciences of Orléans,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Visual Culture Program
Online Event
Black Transfigurations: Engineering, African Cosmologies & Visual Media
Mikael Owunna,
Studio Director,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Structure-function Studies on Sodium, Potassium-ATPase to Selectively Modulate Brain Dysfunctions"
Veronica B. Hubble,
Stoltz Group,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Computational data science approaches to paleoecology and paleoclimatology
Hannah Carroll,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences,
University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Creating and measuring the elusive Majorana fermion
Vidya Madhavan,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Theodore von Kármán Lecture
Online Event
Rising Tides: First Year in Space for NASA's Earth Flagship
Josh Willis,
Lead NASA Scientist for Sentinel-6,
NASA/JPL,
- Public Event
Friday, November 12th, 2021
10:00am
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11:40am
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Nc Hodge Learning Seminar
New perspectives on nc Hodge theory
Ludmil Katzarkov,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Miami,
11:00am
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11:45am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Fun with SUSY defects
Fei Yan,
Rutgers University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Quantum error correction meets continuous symmetries: fundamental trade-offs and case studies
Sisi Zhou,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Preskill Group,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Bubble dynamics in a Hele-Shaw cell
Online Event
Anne Juel,
Professor of Fluid Mechanics,
University of Manchester,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
7:00am
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5:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Lam Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Winder Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, November 14th, 2021
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
12:00pm
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In Conversation with Laurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD '95), 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
Online Event
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12:00pm
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