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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Industrial Truck (Electric Cart) Safety Training

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

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Recent Results from the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on Hubble
Michael Shull, University of Colorado,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125
Search and Satisficing
Mark Dean, associate professor of economics, Brown University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
The Role of Stationary Rossby Waves in Shaping Storm Track Dynamics
Yohai Kaspi, postdoctoral scholar in environmental science and engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture

Gates Annex B122
Top Down Chemistry: Functionalization and Applications of Nano-Carbon Materials
Timothy M. Swager, professor of chemistry, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Catalysis for Sustainable Energy
J.K. Nørskov, professor of chemical engineering and photon science, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University,
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, May 5th, 2011
8:30am – 12:00pm
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Staff Education & Career Development Workshop: "Transition to Leadership" Series

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Tapio Schneider, Frank J. Gilloon Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech,
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Chamber Studies of Organic Aerosol Using a High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Puneet Singh Chhabra, graduate student in chemical engineering, Caltech,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
OGLE-IV - the Fourth Phase of the OGLE Survey
Andrzej Udalski, University of Warsaw,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Field-theoretic Simulations: A New Tool for Design of Polymer Nanostructures
Glenn Fredrickson, professor of chemical engineering, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Melt Generation in Lithologically Heterogeneous Mantle Sources: Theory, Models and Applications to the North Atlantic Large Igneous Province
Eric Brown, graduate student, UC Davis,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Keck 142
Light Trapping for High-efficiency Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells
Corsin Battaglia, EPFL PV-Lab, Switzerland,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Gravity Mapping and Climate Monitoring: Past and Future
Michael M. Watkins, GRACE Project Scientist, JPL,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Francis Bacon Conference

South Mudd 365
Intellectual Property and Molecular Biology: Biomedicine, Commerce, and the CCR5 Gene
Myles W. Jackson, professor of the history and philosophy of science and technology, Polytechnic Institute and Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University,
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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Film Screening: Waste Land

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Friday, May 6th, 2011
9:00am – 5/7 5:00pm
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Francis Bacon Conference

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Molecular Biology and Intellectual Property in the Age of Biocapitalism
Myles W. Jackson, professor of the history and philosophy of science and technology, Polytechnic Institute and Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University,
9:00am – 5:00pm
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IACUC Submission Deadline

10:00am – 11:00am
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Solar Energy: Saved By the Sun

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
The Harmony of Superstring Amplitudes: Implications from/to Field Theory
Stephan Stieberger, MPI Munich,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Light Trapping in Plasmonic Solar Cells
Vivian Ferry, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Center for Diversity Speaker Series

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 237
Salary Competition in Two-Sided Markets with Private Information
Luke Boosey, graduate student in humanities and social sciences, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
A Hyper-Elastic Thin Film Nitinol Flow Diverter for Brain Aneurysms
Greg Carman, UCLA,
3:30pm – 4:30pm
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Thesis Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Minimizing the Toxicity of Photodynamic Collagen Cross-Linking
Joyce Huynh, graduate student in chemical engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Exploring the Reactivity of Cationic Zirconocene Hydrides
Taylor N. Lenton, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
5:00pm – 8:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Khachikian Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm – 10:00pm
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CPA Monthly Social Hour

Central Catalinas Recreation Room
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum": Extracurricular Players at Caletch (EXPLiCIT)

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum

Baxter Lecture Hall
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum

Baxter Lecture Hall
Creating the Smarter Grid: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Integrating Renewable Technology
1:00pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Track & Field at Oxy Invitational

Off Campus
1:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Nazapoor Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum": Extracurricular Players at Caletch (EXPLiCIT)

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
2:00pm – 7:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Keoshgerian Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm – 7:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Garibyan A. Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Extracurricular Players at Caletch (EXPLiCIT)

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, May 8th, 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
1:00pm – 3:00pm
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Intermediate Standard Ballroom Dancing Technique Workshop

Winnett Lounge
1:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Davtyan Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tarverdi Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Beginner International Ballroom II Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Mother's Day Chamber Music Concert: Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
8:30pm – 10:00pm
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Intermediate Milonga and Tango Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
Monday, May 9th, 2011
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Seniors to Remove Conditions and Incompletes

9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Deficiency Notices

9:00am – 10:00am
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
New Reagents and Methods for Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics Investigations
Chang Ho Sohn, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
10:00am – 6:00pm
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Caltech Energy Efficiency Forum & the GE Lighting Revolution Tour

See event detail for location
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar

Keith Spalding 410
Density of the Universe from the 2MASS Clustering Dipole
Maciej Bilicki, Copernicus Astronomical Center,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Faculty Board Meeting

Caltech Hall Board Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Quantitative Engineering Analysis of the EGFR System Toward Discovery and Design of Molecular Therapeutics
Douglas A. Lauffenburger, professor of bioengineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Whole-cell Recordings in the Hippocampus of Freely Moving Rats
Albert Lee, group leader, HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar

Baxter B125
The Econometrics of DSGE Models
Raffaella Giacomini, associate professor of economics, University College London,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Observations and Models for Ecological Forecasting: The Role of NEON
David A. Schimel, chief executive officer, NEON Boulder, Colorado,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Identification of New Drug-Binding Sites in the Ribosome Using Pt(II) Compounds
Christine S. Chow, professor of chemistry, Wayne State University,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Stochastic Data Reduction, Data-Driven Uncertainty Quantification and Multiscale Modeling of Complex Systems
Guang Lin, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Physical Predictions and the Quantum Multiverse
Yasunori Nomura, UC Berkeley,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

Invariant Manifolds and Dispersive Hamiltonian Evolution Equations
Wilhelm Schlag, professor of mathematics, the University of Chicago,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Preschool Playgroup

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

Gates-Thomas 210
Understanding Decision-Making Behavior in Early Stage Design Process
Maria Yang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and engineering sysrems, MIT,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Current and Potential Treatments of Systolic Heart Failure: the Discovery of Omecamtiv Mecarbil the First, Selective, Small Molecule Activator of Cardiac Myosin
Bradley P. Morgan, Cytokinetics, Inc.,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Maximally Representative Allocations for Guaranteed Delivery Advertising Campaigns
R. Preston McAfee, Yahoo! Research,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Semana Latina Event: Asado Lunch with Tango Dancers

Lee F. Browne Dining Hall (formerly the Harry Chandler Dining Hall)