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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
10:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp XIV - Foundational Models

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
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,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Solvable models of quantum annealing
Nikolai Sinitsyn, Nikolai Sinitsyn, CNLS Postdoctoral Research Associate, CNLS, Texas A&M University,
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp XIV - Foundational Models

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
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

South Mudd 365
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,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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International Women's Day & Women's History Month

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
Wednesday, March 4th, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp XIV - Foundational Models

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
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
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter/Materials Science Research Lecture

East Bridge 114
Nonlocal photogalvanic spectroscopy as a probe of complex matter: topological light meets topological materials
Ritesh Agarwal, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, March 5th, 2026
2:30am – 3:30am
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Annenberg 213
Majorization theory for quasiprobabilities
Twesh Upadyaya, University of Maryland,
10:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp XIV - Foundational Models

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Yoonjin Won, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCI Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine,
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
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Introduction to QGIS

Online Event
  • Internal Event
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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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Hui Cao

Moore B270
Programmable Laser Coherence for Multimodal Biomedical Imaging
Professor Hui Cao, Professor, Applied Physics, Yale Engineering,
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
10:00am – 4:00pm
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AI Bootcamp XIV - Foundational Models

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
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,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Quantum witnesses with no classical substitutes
Chinmay Nirkhe, University of Washington,
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)
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Professor Taro Kitazawa

Broad 100
"Whole-genome single-cell history-tracing to reveal neuronal identity transition and memory formation"
Taro Kitazawa, Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience, Associate Professor Aarhus University in Denmark,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Operando Infrared Spectroscopy to Probe Electrified Interfaces
Yu Katayama, Associate Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, University of Osaka,
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
9:00am – 10:30am
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Introduction to Shell and Data Management on an HPC Cluster

Online Event
  • Internal Event
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 – 5:30pm
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Decompression: Make A Bouquet!

Center for Student Services, Large Tent
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
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,
5:00pm – 6:30pm
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Revolutionizing Astrophysics: How Space and Ground Telescopes Can Work Together

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
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

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

Gates-Thomas 135
Mikhail G. Shapiro, Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Tessellations and Other Math You Can Touch

Sherman Fairchild Library, Lobby
  • Internal Event
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,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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You and Your Thesis

Online Event
  • Internal Event
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
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 125
Topic to be announced
Eden Saig, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Computing & Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs March 2026 Meeting

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

East Bridge 114
Rigorous bounds on dynamics and correlations in thermal and driven quantum systems and their comparison to experiment
Zohar Nussinov, Washington University in St. Louis,
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,