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Saturday, May 20th, 2023
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Caltech Speculative Fiction Anthology Launch Celebration: Author Reading and Q&A

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Caltech Orchestra Concert

Ramo Auditorium
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Sunday, May 21st, 2023
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech Orchestra Concert

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, May 22nd, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Ultrasound Controlled Drug Delivery by Acoustically Switchable Hydrogels
Maria Paulene (Paulene) Abundo, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
9:30am – 10:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense, Lily Dove

South Mudd 365
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Mechanistic Investigations and Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions
Raymond Turro, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Raymond Turro, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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DEI Informal Seminar: Human Rights of Women and Girls in China

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
  • Public Event
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Human Rights of Women and Girls in China by Dr. Wen Chen

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: Ph.D. Thesis Defense

Gates Annex B122
Robust Safety-Critical Control: A Lyapunov and Barrier Approach
Andrew Taylor, Graduate Student, Control & Dynamical Systems, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Moore 139
Computational Imaging for Phase Retrieval and Biomedical Applications
Cheng Shen, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Enantioselective Syntheses of Tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) via Ir-catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of (+)-Cyanocycline A
Alexia Kim, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Graphon Systems
Francesca Parise, Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Dark Matter Misalignment Through the Higgs Portal
Brian Batell, University of Pittsburgh,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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The James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lecture in Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Innovating for a Post Pollution Future
Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, Lanza Tech,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Everhart Lecture Series Talk #2

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Gates-Thomas 135
Optimal Design of Soft Responsive Actuators and Impact Resistant Structures
Andrew Akerson, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Training: Conflict Resolution

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Transforming Your Research Into Teaching

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
  • Internal Event
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)
Characterizing Protein Hydration to Inform its Interactions
Amish Patel, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
OPTICAL AURORA ON THE ICY GALILEAN SATELLITES/CHARACTERIZING HYDRATION CARRIER PHASES INALTERED ROCKS OF JEZERO CRATER WESTERN FANAND FLOOR UNITS WITH SHERLOC ON MARS 2020
Zac Milby, Graduate Student, Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
Yu Yu Phua, Graduate Student, Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Scalable Fabrication of Micro-Architected Water Filtering Membranes
Andrew Friedman, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter Lecture Hall
The role of network structure in the diffusion of investment decisions
Wade Hann-Caruthers, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Charge Up! Entrepreneurship Series

Online Event
Pitching Your Story
5:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Y Spring Friends Dinner: Being a World Citizen with Jane Olson

Athenaeum, Hall of Associates
  • Public Event
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program

Dabney Hall, Lounge
Poetry Reading
Robin Coste Lewis, American Poet,
  • Public Event
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections for Spring Term

9:00am – 10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Gates-Thomas 115
Physics-based and data-driven computational models of inelastic deformations
Eric Ocegueda, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
9:00am – 10:00am
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Medical Engineering Thesis Defense, Alessio Tamborini

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
A Novel Approach to Cardiac Health Assessment Using a Redesign of the Brachial Cuff Device
Alessio Tamborini, MedE Ph.D. Student, Medical Engineering. Advised by Professor Mory Gharib, California Instittute of Technology,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Joint IQIM/AWS Seminar Series

East Bridge 114
Using dynamic bias arrangement to handle the idiosyncrasies of photonic quantum computing
Mihir Pant, PsiQuantum,
Naomi Nickerson, PsiQuantum,
12:00pm – 1:15pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Text as Data: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing (Zoom Session)

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
A new paradigm for computing spectra, pseudospectra, and continuous spectra of infinite-dimensional operators
Alex Townsend, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Jorgensen 109
Seismic Sensing of Soil Moisture
Zhongwen Zhan, Professor of Geophysics, Geological and Planetary Sciences,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Science of Benefits: Money at Work 1

Online Event
1:00pm – 2:30pm
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Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training - Unit 8 - Terrorism & CERT

Online Event
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar

Linde Hall 310
The Magnitude of a Metric Space
Mark Meckes, Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics, Case Western Reserve University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Lab Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Chasing Ghosts: Searching for Electromagnetic Counterparts to High-Energy Neutrinos
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
MINION floats: Robotic fleets to observe the ocean biological carbon pump
Melissa Omand, University of Rhode Island,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Humanistic Knowledge and the Science of Learning
Elaine Auyoung, Associate Professor of English and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Polymer Chemistry-Inspired Approaches to Precision Biomacromolecules
Jia Niu, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Boston College,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Hosting Media Bias: Evidence from the Universe of French Television and Radio Shows, 2002-2020
Julia Cage, Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure), Department of Economics, Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po),
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Movie Club

7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture: Artificial Intelligence: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Online and In-Person Event
Yaser Abu-Mostafa (PhD '83), Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Division of Engineering and Applied Science,
  • Public Event
Thursday, May 25th, 2023
8:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for Fall Term and Registration for Summer Graduate Research

10:30am – 12:00pm
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Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Flow, transport, and mixing limited processes in confined & heterogeneous media
Pietro De Anna, Professor, Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTE), University of Lausanne (UNIL),
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Inevitable Large non-Gaussianity from Curvaton Models
Jackie Lodman, Harvard University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Broad 100
Uncertainty and Decentralization: Two Themes in an Energy Transformation
Lucien D. Werner, Graduate Student, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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CPA Writing Group Sessions-May

Caltech Hall 9th Floor
  • Public Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Interaction Specificity in Protein Short Linear Motifs
Amy Keating, Jay A. Stein Professor of Biology, Departments of Biology and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Celebration of Excellence

Athenaeum
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Microfluidics for quantitative and high-throughput biophysics, biochemistry, and single-cell biology
Prof. Polly Fordyce, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Genetics, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar Series

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
What can titanium isotopes tell us about plate subduction during the Hadean-Archean?
Sarah Aarons, Assistant Professor, Geosciences, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Scaling limits of disordered systems
Quentin Berger, Laboratoire de Probabilites Statistique et Modelisation, Sorbonne Universite,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Rational cube sum problem
Somnath Jha, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, IIT Kanpur,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Feynman and Computation
Tony Hey, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK,
John Preskill, Caltech,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Spectral Gap Estimates for Mixed $p$-Spin Models at High Temperature
Arka Adhikari, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Large deviations for the 3D dimer model
Catherine Wolfram, Department of Mathematics, MIT,
Friday, May 26th, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Chen 100
Structure and Mechanism of the Human ER Membrane Protein Complex
Giovani Pinton Tomaleri, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
10:00am – 11:00am
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Cool Beans Coffee for Postdocs-CCE

  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Kallen-Lehman representations in de Sitter spacetime
Zimo Sun, Princeton University,
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Demystifying the Faculty Hiring Process Series: Postdoc Backward Design

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
A Chiral Light-matter Interface with Superconducting Qubits
Chaitali Joshi, AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar, Mirhosseini Group,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
A New Supertranslation-Invariant Angular Momentum Flux in Gravitational Scattering
Massimo Porrati, New York University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Acoustic Biomolecules for Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging
Bill Ling, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Caltech,