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Registration for Spring Term

Sunday, March 1st, 2026
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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ORCHESTRA CONCERT (Concerto Competition Winners)

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, March 2nd, 2026
3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
James J. McCusker, Joseph Zichis Endowed Chair and MSU Research Foundation Professor, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University,
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Sohini Ramachandran

Chen 100
TBD
Sohini Ramachandran, Professor, Biology and Data Science, Brown University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
TBD
David Mordecai, Adjunct Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business,
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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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Alberto Abadie, Professor of Economics, MIT,
Wednesday, March 4th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Christian Ferko, Northeastern University,
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
TBD
Brian Mapes, University of Miami,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Charlie Fehl, Assistant Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, March 5th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
TBA
Raj Mukkamala, Graduate Student, Newman & Kornfield Groups,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CTLO - Winter Faculty Lunch Series

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Suri Vaikuntanathan, Professor, Department of Chemistry,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Ilija Zeljkovic, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Boston College,
Friday, March 6th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Raju Venugopalan, Brookhaven National Lab & Stony Brook University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 125
Topic to be announced
Yizhou Zhang, Graduate Student, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Noam Soker, Professor, Department of Physics, Technion,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Karthik Duraisamy, Arthur B. Modine Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan,
3:45pm – 5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Jonathan Aalto, Graduate Student (Hadt Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, March 7th, 2026
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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GLEE CLUB AND CHAMBER SINGERS CONCERTS

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, March 9th, 2026
10:00am – 11:30am
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Professional Development Series for Grad Students and Postdocs: Evidence-Based Teaching and AI Integration

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Safety Training

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

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Tianyu Zhu, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Yale University,
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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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Guillaume Fréchette, Professor, Department of Economics, New York University,
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
All Day
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Last Day of Classes for Winter Term

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

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Elisa Tabor, UC Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

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

South Mudd 365
TBD
Houssam Yassin, CU Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Marc Meredith, Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania,
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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TACIT STORYTELLING & IMPROV

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, March 12th, 2026
8:00am – 3/15 11:59pm
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Study Period

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
TBA
Lukas Moeller, Graduate Student, Elowitz Group,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Chen 100
Evolving Transparency: The Origins of Leaf-Like Phenotypes in Neotropical Amphibians
Carlos Taboada, Assistant Professor, BBE, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Kimmy Wu, Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Caltech,
Friday, March 13th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Hector Iglesias, Graduate Student, Weinberg Institute, University of Texas, Austin,
Monday, March 16th, 2026
10:00am – 11:30am
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Professional Development Series for Grad Students and Postdocs: Evidence-Based Teaching and AI Integration

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Gautam Dey

Chen 100
TBD
Gautam Dey, Group Leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory,
Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
All Day
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End of Winter Term

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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No ESE Seminar

Thursday, March 19th, 2026
8:00am – 3/29 11:59pm
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Spring Recess

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Ivan Dikic

Chen 100
TBD
Ivan Dikic, Director, Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Frankfurt,
Monday, March 23rd, 2026
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports

Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

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

Annenberg 213
TBA
Ali Pakzad, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Bahounar University of Kerman,
12:03pm – 1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Xin Sun

Chen 100
TBD
Xin Sun, Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California - San Diego,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Safety Training

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

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Kendall N. Houk, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles,
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Katie Bouman

Beckman Auditorium
Katie Bouman, associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
  • Public Event
Thursday, March 26th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Neil Donahue, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University,