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Monday, March 30th, 2026
All Day
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Beginning of Instruction of Spring Term

3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Astrid Mueller, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Carl Beadle, University of Toronto,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Visual Culture Program Event

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Environmental Feeling and Environmental Fact: The Case of the Monterey Shore
Margaret Cohen, Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French Language, Literature, and Civilization, and Professor of English, and by courtesy, of French and Italian and of Comparative Literature, Stanford University,
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting

10:00am – 11:00am
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Science Journey - Smarter AI for a More Sustainable World: Building an AI Model You Can Trust

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Erica Larschan

Broad 100
X marks the spot: Identification of the X-chromosome for coordinated gene regulation
Erica Larschan, Associate Prof. of Biology Brown University, Department of Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry Director, Brown University,
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Anne-Catherine de la Hamette,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Getting Started With Gradescope

Online Event
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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CFAM Winter Discussion Series: AI in Today's Classroom

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Synthetic Biology for Human Health: RNA Sensors, Protein Circuits, and Machine-Guided Humanization
Xiaojing Gao, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Karen Adelman, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Sridevi V. Sarma

Moore B270
Still to come
Sridevi V. Sarma, PhD, Vice Dean for graduate education of the Johns Hopkins University of the Johns Hopkins Institute for ComWhiting School of Engineering, Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Computational Medicine, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, John Hopkins,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Markus Greiner, Professor of Physics, Physics, Harvard,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Felipe Valencia Caicedo, Dean's Assistant Professor of Political Economy & Economics, Brown University,
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Hao Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 125
Topic to be announced
Yashaswini Murthy, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Computing & Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Ahmed Abouelkomsan, MIT,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Adrian Ka-Wai Chung, Postdoctoral Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Nicholas Boechler, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego,
3:45pm – 5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chris Totoiu, Graduate Student (Hadt Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 254
Thorsten Becker, Professor; Distinguished Chair in Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin),
Monday, April 6th, 2026
9:00am – 4/24 5:00pm
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Professional Clothing Drive

Center for Student Services 310 (Career Achievement, Leadership, and Exploration)
3:45pm – 5:00pm
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Women in Chemistry Special Seminar: Prof. Jenny Yang

Gates Annex B122
Jenny Y. Yang, University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Hannah Banks, New York University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
TBA
Nikita Sopenko, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS),
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Chen 100
Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Chief Technology Officer, Technology & Society, Google,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
TBA
Justin Sirignano, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Oxford,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Jooonho Lee, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Topic to be announced
James Read, Associate Professor, Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, Pembroke College, Oxford University,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Joonhwi Kim, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Aditi Sheshadri, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Dirk Bergemann, Professor of Economics, Yale University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
James Shorter, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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History & Visual Culture Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Pictures from the Arctic: The Colonized Draw Back
Valerie A. Kivelson, Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History, University of Michigan,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Robert Huang, Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics, PMA, Caltech,
Friday, April 10th, 2026
8:00am – 4/11 5:00pm
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CEBAS: Conference for Emerging Black Academics In STEM 2026

Dabney Hall 115
  • Public Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Kelian Häring, University of Amsterdam,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 125
Topic to be announced
Yizhou Zhang, Graduate Student, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs April 2026 Meeting

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Wake Forest University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Emilio Martinez Paneda, Associate Professor, Engineering Science, Oxford University,
Saturday, April 11th, 2026
7:00am – 7:00pm
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Science Olympiad State Tournament

Monday, April 13th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Claudio Manzari, Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
TBA
Shivaji Sondhi, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Itai Yanai

Broad 100
Itai Yanai, Scientific Director, Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University - Langone Health,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
TBA
Silvio Barandun, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Safety Training

Online Event
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
10:00am – 3:00pm
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2026 Grad Fair

Caltech Store
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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You and Your Thesis

Online Event
  • Internal Event
3:30pm – 4:30pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Xiangtao Xu, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Franziska Schoenebeck​, Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Daniel Martin, Associate Professor of Economics and Wilcox Family Chair in Entrepreneurial Economics, UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Sew Your Own Tote Bag

Caltech Hall TechHub
  • Internal Event