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Thursday, September 17th, 2026
8:00am – 9/19 5:00pm
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International Student Orientation: iBegin@Caltech

10:00am – 11:30am
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Future Faculty Workshop Series: Other Teaching Careers in STEM (Not Just R1 Faculty)

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
Friday, September 18th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore, Graduate Student, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences 391 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Saturday, September 19th, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
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New Student Check-In for Undergraduates

Sunday, September 20th, 2026
10:00am – 9/27 4:00pm
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New Student Orientation for Undergraduates

Monday, September 21st, 2026
9:00am – 4:00pm
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New Student Check-in for Graduates

12:00pm – 9/25 5:00pm
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New Student Orientation for Graduates

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Canvas Course Set-Up and Drop-In Help

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

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Get Your Pasadena Public Library Card

Sherman Fairchild Library, Amphitheatre
7:30pm – 10:00pm
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Outdoor Movie Night: Project Hail Mary

Sherman Fairchild Library, Amphitheatre
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Per Kraus, UCLA,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
Thursday, September 24th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting

Friday, September 25th, 2026
8:00am – 5:00pm
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CCE Seminar Day

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Devin Becker, Graduate Student, Kavli Institute, MIT,
Monday, September 28th, 2026
All Day
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Beginning of Instruction of Fall Term

Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Jamie McFarlin, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Jamie McFarlin, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Guangbin Dong, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago,
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Riccardo Penco, Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Zack Gelles, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Princeton University,
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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MedE : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar

Moore B280
Biointegrated electronics for disease monitoring and intervention
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Christina Woo, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University,
Thursday, October 8th, 2026
3:39pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Short RNA chaperones promote aggregation-resistant TDP-43 conformers to mitigate neurodegeneration
James Shorter, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, October 9th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Jakob Moritz, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs October 2026 Meeting

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Abhishek Hegade, Associate Research Scholar, Department of Physics, Princeton,
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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AIM Public Lecture Series: Terence Tao

Beckman Auditorium
Machine Assisted Proof
Terence Tao, Professor, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
Monday, October 12th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
Tuesday, October 13th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
L. Robert Baker, Phyllis and Richard Leet Endowed Chair, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University,
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Symposium

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Ray Moellering, Professor of Chemical Biology, University of Chicago,
Yael David Shternberg, Associate Member, Chemical Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
Jin Zhang, Professor of Pharmacology, UC San Diego,
Thursday, October 15th, 2026
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Program Techfest Fall 2026

Moore Walk
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Contantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Madeline (Maddy) Murphy, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Friday, October 16th, 2026
9:00am – 10/18 3:00pm
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Alumni Weekend

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Kasia Budzik, Harvard University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Aldana Grichener, Prize Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona,
Saturday, October 17th, 2026
9:00am – 7:00pm
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SFP Fall Seminar Day

Monday, October 19th, 2026
2:15pm – 3:15pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Harunobu Mitsunuma, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Ultrafast Optical Excitation of Antiferromagnetic or Inertial Magnons in 2D Magnets
Branislav K. Nikolic, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware,
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Douglas Hamilton, Asst Professor Aerosol, Earth System Modelling, Wildfires, Biogeochemical Cycles, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Laura M.K. Dassama, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University,
Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
Friday, October 23rd, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Joheen Chakraborty, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, MIT,
Sunday, October 25th, 2026
9:00am – 10/26 5:00pm
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ChE Symposium

Tuesday, October 27th, 2026
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Hardware, Electronics, Aerospace, and Robotics (HEAR) Industry Day 2026

Olive Walk
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Aidan Herderschee, Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Leah Johnson, Principle Oceanographer, Applied Physics Laboratory, (APL), University of Washington,