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Friday, July 12th, 2024
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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100th Stargazing Lecture

Beckman Auditorium
An Odyssey Through the Warped Side of Our Universe
Kip Thorne, Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, Caltech,
Monday, July 15th, 2024
8:00am – 7/17 5:00pm
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Medieval History Workshop

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Women's Affinity Space

Center for Student Services, Large Tent
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Fine tune your investment strategy

Online Event
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
12:30pm – 1:30pm
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Free Ice Cream Social - Plant-Based Universities Caltech

Hameetman Center Patio
Thursday, July 18th, 2024
All Day
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Exoplanet Trifecta: Seeing and Believing 🤩👀🔭🪐🪐🪐

10:00am – 1:00pm
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Caltech Vendor Fair

San Pasqual Walk
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Caltech Employees: Therapy Pets Hang

Friday, July 19th, 2024
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs July 2024 Meeting

Monday, July 22nd, 2024
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Gates-Thomas 135
Modeling Frictional Processes in the Presence of Fluids: From Earthquakes in the Laboratory to Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Reservoirs
Taeho Kim, Graduate Student Applied Mechanics, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Caltech,
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"The Early Universe" and "Astronomy with Rockets"
Zhuyun Zhuang, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Richard Feder, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Caltech,
Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
6:00pm – 8:30pm
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Journeys at Mars: Discoveries and Future Exploration

Beckman Auditorium
Thursday, July 25th, 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Careers in Science Policy

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Optica Student Chapter Lecture Series

Moore B270
Astrophotonics and their application to the CHARA Array
Aline Dinkelaker, Scientist, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP),
Nemanja Jovanovic, Optics and Systems Group Lead, Caltech Optical Observatories (COO),
Nic Scott, Telescope Systems Scientist, CHARA Array,
Friday, July 26th, 2024
9:00am – 10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Gates-Thomas 135
Numerical analyses of frictional sliding on rate-and-state interfaces: fluid effects, dynamic weakening, and potential-based formulation through machine learning
Shengduo Liu, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 7:00pm
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Deeptech Startups + Venture Capital: Transition from Academia to Commercialization

Chen 100
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
Energy partitioning during sequences of high-velocity slip events in experiments with simulated quartz gouge
Dr. Daniel Faulkner, University of Liverpool,
Monday, July 29th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Black Hole Information and Replica Wormholes
Stephen Hsu, Michigan State University,
5:30pm – 7:00pm
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Self-Care Art Night

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room
Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
8:30am – 10:30am
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First-Gen Affinity Space

Center for Student Services, Large Tent
Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Introduction to Zotero

Online Event
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Behind the Book: Olympian and Caltech Athletics Director Betsy Mitchell Discusses Her Book

Ramo Auditorium
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Thursday, August 1st, 2024
All Day
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Hollywood 🎥 vs. Kepler-22 b🪐

8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Outdoor Movie Night – Back to the Future

Sherman Fairchild Library, Amphitheatre
Saturday, August 3rd, 2024
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Kathy Kallick Band

Off Campus
Monday, August 5th, 2024
11:00am – 12:00pm
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CMS Special Seminar

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
From the surface of Mars to the ocean of Enceladus: EELS Robot to Spearhead a New One-Shot Exploration Paradigm with Risk-Aware Adaptive Autonomy
Masahiro (Hiro) Ono, Group Supervisor of the Robotic Mobility Group, PI of the EELS project, NASA JPL,
Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Diversify your income

Online Event
Friday, August 9th, 2024
9:00am – 10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Gates-Thomas 135
Shear-normal coupled deformations in anisotropic structured materials
Jagannadh (Jag) Boddapati, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs August 2024 Meeting

1:30pm – 2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Image Charge Effects Near Solid Surfaces
Benjamin Ye, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering (Wang Group), Caltech,
Monday, August 12th, 2024
All Day
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AI Bootcamp VI - Intro to Machine Learning

Powell-Booth 100 (Seminar Room)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Theoretical Modeling of Interactions Between Electrolytes and Surfaces
Dorian Bruch, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering (Wang Group), Caltech,
Tuesday, August 13th, 2024
All Day
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AI Bootcamp VI - Intro to Machine Learning

Powell-Booth 100 (Seminar Room)
9:00am – 4:00pm
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Science of Benefits - TIAA's Office Hours on Campus

Red Door Cafe
11:00am – 1:00pm
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POC Affinity Space

Center for Student Services, Large Tent
Wednesday, August 14th, 2024
All Day
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AI Bootcamp VI - Intro to Machine Learning

Powell-Booth 100 (Seminar Room)
Thursday, August 15th, 2024
All Day
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AI Bootcamp VI - Intro to Machine Learning

Powell-Booth 100 (Seminar Room)
Friday, August 16th, 2024
All Day
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AI Bootcamp VI - Intro to Machine Learning

Powell-Booth 100 (Seminar Room)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Medical Engineering Defense, Heather Lukas

Online and In-Person Event
Engineering Bioaffinity Sensors Towards Continuous Electrochemical Biosensing
Heather Lukas, MedE PhD Candidate, Wei Gao Lab, Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Mini Symposium

Gates Annex B122
3 PM: John L. Wood, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University,
4 PM: Toshiaki Sunazuka, Professor, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Kitasato University,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
"The Gigantic Black Hole in the Center of our Galaxy and the Stars Around It"
Re'em Sari, Professor, Department of Astrophysics, Hebrew University,
Monday, August 19th, 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Neurodiversity at Work: Part 6

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"Starquakes" and "Binary Stars"
Nicholas Rui, PhD Candidate, Department of Physics, Caltech,
Catherine Clark, Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA IPAC,
Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
9:00am – 10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Linear and Non-linear Interactions Involving Large-scale Structures in Turbulence
Yuting Huang, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
11:00am – 1:00pm
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End of Summer Celebration

Center for Student Services, Large Tent
12:00pm – 3:00pm
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Green Labs Styrofoam Bowling Event

Beckman Mall
Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
All Day
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Worth the Wait 🛰️⏳📅🪐

1:00pm – 6:00pm
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SFP Summer Seminar Day

3:30pm – 4:30pm
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Science & Engineering in The Expanse: A Panel Discussion with Cast and Crew

Monday, August 26th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Journaling Workshop