Institute Calendar
Fall 2026-2027
Sunday, October 25th, 2026
9:00am
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10/26
5:00pm
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Monday, October 26th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Yu Hsiang (Sean) Wang,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 27th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Topic to be announced
Emily Sellars,
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Yale University,
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Aidan Herderschee,
Institute for Advanced Study,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Leah Johnson,
Principle Oceanographer,
Applied Physics Laboratory, (APL),
University of Washington,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, October 29th, 2026
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Ge Wang
Professor Ge Wang,
Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor, Director of Biomedical Imaging Center, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Troy, New York,
Friday, October 30th, 2026
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Matthew Cooper,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Minghao Pan,
Graduate Student (Economic Theory),
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Mustafa Mir
Mustafa Mir,
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of Pennsylvania,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Katherine Ball,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
TBD
Michael Keller,
Distinguished Visiting Scientist at JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, November 5th, 2026
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Nghia Tran Pham,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar, Jina A. Ko
4D Profiling: Capturing Cellular Dynamics in Space and Time
Jina A. Ko,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Bioengineering; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, November 6th, 2026
9:00am
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Dang Pham,
McCray Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and JILA,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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HSS 60th Anniversary Celebration | Keynote Lecture
Topic to be announced
John Ferejohn,
Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, Emeritus, New York University; The Caroline S. G. Munro Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Emeritus, Stanford University,
Saturday, November 7th, 2026
Monday, November 9th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Zhenlin Kang,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Andy Martin
Andy Martin,
HHMI Investigator, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology,
University of California Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium
Phillip Isola,
Associate Professor,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
All Day
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3:00pm
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4:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
TBD
Erin Baker,
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies,
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, November 12th, 2026
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Bin He
Professor Bin He,
Trustee Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neuroscience Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Friday, November 13th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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