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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
1:15pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Topic to be announced.
Cynthia Keeler, Harvard University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Shop Safety Training

Keith Spalding 118
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Chandra's First Decade (Plus) of Discovery (13th Annual Greenstein Lecturer)
Harvey Tananbaum, CHANDRA Center,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125
Searching a Bargain: Power of Strategic Commitment
Selcuk Ozyurt, assistant professor of economics, Sabanci University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture

Annenberg 105
Markov Logic in Machine Reading
Hoifung Poon, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Denim Day/Self-Defense Class (Beginning Level)

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Recent Developments in Real-World Tropical Cyclogenesis
Michael T. Montgomery, professor of meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Recent Theoretical Thermoelectric Work at ORNL
David Parker, Physicist, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Creating Chiral Molecules and Materials: The Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction in the Creation of Chiral Molecules, and the Study of Chiral Mesoporous Materials based on Axially Chiral Monomers
Cathleen M. Crudden, professor of chemistry, Queen's University,
4:45pm – 6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Reports of Alien Life: Stranger Than Truth"

JPL
Dr. Ken Nealson, Director, Geobiology Program, University of Southern California,
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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L.A.-Style Salsa Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
7:45pm – 8:45pm
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L.A.-Style Salsa Dance Class (Intermediate)

Winnett Lounge
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Free Salsa Rueda Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
9:00am – 11:00am
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Caltech Women's Club Hiking and Walking Group

Off Campus
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group—cancelled

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chemical Development of Vaniprevir (MK-7009)
Cheng Y. Chen, Dr., Merck & Co., Inc,
11:30am – 1:30pm
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Information Session: University of Redlands Evening Degree Programs

Winnett Quad
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar—cancelled

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Marita Huebner, Weisman Postdoctoral Instructor in History of Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Ultrasensitive, Ultrastable Signaling Lattice of Bacterial Chemotaxis: Kinase On-Off Switching Revealed by a New FRET Method
Joseph J. Falke, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar - CANCELED

Baxter B125
P. Read Montague, adjunct professor in neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar—cancelled

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Eric Shusta, professor of chemical and biological engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Experimental Study of Bedrock Incision Processes by Both Suspended Load and Bedload Abrasions, and Modifications of the Saltation-Abrasion Model
Phairot Chatanantavet, postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Quantum Light and Sound
Andrew Cleland, professor of physics, UC Santa Barbara,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech World Fest Event: International Food Fair & Culture Show

Avery Courtyard
6:30pm – 8:00pm
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Caltech World Fest Film Screening: Woman Rebel

Annenberg 105
7:30pm – 11:59pm
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CPA Game Night

Friday, April 22nd, 2011
8:00am – 4/23 6:00pm
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Men's Tennis—SCIAC Championships

Off Campus
8:00am – 4/23 6:00pm
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Women's Tennis—SCIAC Championships

Off Campus
11:00am – 2:00pm
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2011 Earth Day Fair

San Pasqual Walk
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Eternal Inflation in the Light of Quantum Cosmology
James Hartle, UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Financial Wellness Series for Staff and Postdocs

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

Lauritsen 469
Fun with F-theory GUT
Joseph Marsano, the University of Chicago,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Granular Crystals: Controlling Mechanical Energy with Nonlinearity and Discreteness (Thesis Defense)
Nicholas Boechler, GALCIT, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
The Mechanisms of the Fuel Cell Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt and other 8-11 Column Metal Surfaces
Yao Sha, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
DNA-Mediated Oxidation of P53 is Regulated by DNA Sequence
Kathryn N. (Katie) Schaefer, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Calech Poetry Club Meeting

Red Door Cafe
6:00pm – 7:45pm
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Caltech World Fest Film Screening and Discussion: Liberty in North Korea (LiNK)

Annenberg 105
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
10:00pm – 4/23 3:00am
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Tango Club Seven Year Anniversary Milonga—A Doctors Without Borders Fundraiser

Dabney Hall, Lounge
11:00pm – 4/23 1:30am
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Gaypril Movie Night: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
10:00am – 4/30 1:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Cui Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, April 24th, 2011
10:00am – 11:00am
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Beginning Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
11:00am – 12:30pm
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Intermediate/Advanced Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
BrainTrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality
Monday, April 25th, 2011
10:00am – 11:00am
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Tuning Nitric Oxide Synthase
Charlotte Whited, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Annenberg 213
Transforming Light Polarization into Matter-spin-qubits and Back, Using Single, Semiconductor Quantum Dots
David Gershoni, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture

Moore B270
Algorithms, Obstructions, and Beating Exhaustive Search
Ryan Williams, IBM Almaden Research Center,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Topic to be announced.
Shri Kulkarni, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

East Bridge 114
A Variational Understanding of the Spin Liquid State of the Hubbard Model on the Honeycomb Lattice
Bryan Clark, postdoctoral fellow in condensed matter physics, Princeton University,