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Saturday, October 19th, 2013
5:30pm – 7:30pm
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Caltech Women's Club Activities Fair

Dabney Hall, Garden of the Associates
7:30pm – 10:30pm
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(Women's Volleyball) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

Saturday, October 19th, 2013
8:00am – 10:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Katz Wedding Party

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9:00am – 6:00pm
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SURF Seminar Day

San Pasqual Walk
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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(Women's Volleyball) Mills vs. Caltech

1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zadorian Wedding Party

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2:30pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Abanyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Fitkowski Wedding Party

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6:00pm – 9:00pm
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(Women's Volleyball) Mills vs. Caltech

7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Soccer) Caltech at Whittier

8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Ed Asner starring as FDR

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, October 20th, 2013
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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The Skeptics Society Presents: Richard Dawkins: An Appetite for Wonder—The Making of a Scientist: In Conversation with Michael Shermer

Beckman Auditorium
Monday, October 21st, 2013
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech BikeLab Monday Office Hours

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2:00pm – 3:00pm
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CNS Seminar

Broad 100
The evolutionary origins of human cognition viewed from the study of chimpanzees
Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Professor, Kyoto University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Quantitative predictive understanding of bacterial growth physiology
Terence Hwa, Professor, Department of Physics and Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

East Bridge 114
Emergent Space-time Supersymmetry in Topological Superconductors
Tarun Grover, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Broad 100
Small RNA mediated transcriptional silencing in Drosophila
Katalin Fejes Tóth, Thomas Hunt Morgan Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
On Spin, Long-Range Forces, and Lorentz-transformation of Helicity
Natalia Toro, Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Copper-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization
Timothy H. Warren, Professor, Chemistry, Georgetown University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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The mantle of Mars as seen through Martian meteorites: Anomalous or Universal?

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Christopher D. Herd, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
"Galaxy Zoo, Barred Galaxies and Secula Evolution"
Edmund Cheung, USCS,
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
8:30am – 3:00pm
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Benefits Fair

Dabney Hall, Garden of the Associates
8:30am – 3:30pm
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Flu Shot Clinic

Dabney Hall, Lounge
9:30am – 10:30am
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Fire Extinguisher Training

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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech BikeLab Tuesday Noon Office Hours

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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Chemistry as a New Information Technology
Erik Winfree, Professor of Computer Science, Computation and Neural Systems, and Bioengineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CANCELLED General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Activation of gene expression and patterning at the beginning of Drosophila development
Michael Eisen, Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Prof. Piet van der Kruit, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Fluid Mechanics Research Conference

Guggenheim 202
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Higgsogenesis: dark matter and baryogenesis from the Higgs
Sean Tulin, Univ of Michigan,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy

Baxter B125
How Do Voters Respond to Information? Evidence from a Randomized Campaign
Francesco Trebbi, University of British Columbia,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Caltech BikeLab Tuesday Evening Office Hours

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7:30pm – 10:30pm
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(Women's Volleyball) Chapman vs. Caltech

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech BikeLab Wednesday Noon Office Hours

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2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop - "Web of Science"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Office Ergonomics Training

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 7:00pm
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(Men's Water Polo) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
From Planetesimals to Giant Planets: Chemical and Dynamical Probes of Planet Formation
Joan Najita, NOAO,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Bottom-up Synthesis of Structurally Precise Organic Materials and Interfaces
William R. Dichtel, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
The role of oceans in setting climate sensitivity and radiative feedbacks
Brian Rose, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Designing metallic glasses with tailored radiation response using reduced order mesoscale models
Michael J. Demkowicz, John C. Chipman Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering , Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Bottom-up Synthesis of Structurally Precise Organic Materials and Interfaces
William R. Dichtel, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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Caltech BikeLab Wednesday Evening Office Hours

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7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Soccer) Caltech at Claremont-M-S

Thursday, October 24th, 2013
10:00am – 11:00am
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School-Day Show: Theatreworks/USA Presents "Henry and Mudge"

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
10:30am – 12:30pm
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Campus Architectural Tour

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

Gates-Thomas 206
Premixed Combustion Subjected to Intense Turbulence Levels - Physical Mechanisms Identified Using High Speed Imaging
James F. Driscoll, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan,
11:30am – 1:30pm
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Staff Education Fair

San Pasqual Walk
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Caltech BikeLab Repair Session @ Winnett

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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Moving lipids across membranes
Anant Menon, Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Structure and translocation in Nuclear Pore Complexes
Igal Szleifer, Christina Enroth-Cugell Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Luminescence Dating of Earth Surface Processes
Ed Rhodes, UCLA,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium **SPECIAL DAY/TIME**

Annenberg 105
Shuffling Cards and Adding Numbers
Persi Diaconis, Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Mathematics, Stanford University,
5:10pm – 7:30pm
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The Wild Beauty of India: Presentation, Book Signing, and Reception

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Friday, October 25th, 2013
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Probing Induced Higher-Spin Gauge Theory
Benjamin Safdi, Princeton University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech BikeLab Friday Office Hours

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1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Vector beta function
Yu Nakayama, Caltech & Kavli IPMU, Univ of Tokyo,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Do Galaxy Clusters Boil?
Mike McCourt, Graduate Student, Astronomy Department, U.C. Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Size-dependent Continuum Modeling of Flowing Granular Media
Ken Kamrin, Class of '56 Career Development Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Instittute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Scalable Fabrication Techniques for Silicon Microwire Arrays
Heather Audesirk, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, October 26th, 2013
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Fencing) IFCSC Open Tournament

10:00am – 10:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Yang Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Men's Water Polo) Caltech at La Verne

11:00am – 1:00pm
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Learn to Ride Safely on the Road with C.I.C.L.E. (free & sponsored by Caltech Bike Lab)

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1:00pm – 4:00pm
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(Men's Soccer) Caltech at Redlands

2:30pm – 5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Khachikyan Wedding Party

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