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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
7:30am – 12:00pm
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Adult, Child, and Infant First Aid and CPR Training

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
10:00am – 11:00am
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Hydrophilic Polymers in Gels and Solutions: Surface Properties and Structure
Michael Mackel, graduate student in chemical engineering, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Microfluidic Darwinian Evolution
Brian Paegel, postdoctoral research fellow, Scripps Research Institute,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Quantum Simulated Annealing
Sergio Boixo, graduate student in physics, University of New Mexico,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
Swimming C. Elegans in Various Fluidic Environment
Sunghwan (Sunny) Jung, instructor in applied mathematics, MIT,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Cosmic History of AGN
Amy Barger, associate professor of astronomy, The University of Wisconsin,
3:45pm – 5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
The Transits of Exoplanets
Josh Winn, assistant professor of physics, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
A Plausible Origin of Life Through Metabolism
D. Eric Smith, professor, Santa Fe Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Mosaic of Heterogeneous Stem Cells in the Adult Brain
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, professor of neurological surgery, UC San Francisco,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 248
Observation of a New Bottom-Strange Xi(b) Baryon at CDF
Dmitry Litvintsev, research scientist in particle physics, Fermilab,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Robust Self-Assembly
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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CPET Seminar: "Turning Around a Problem Course"

Beckman Institute Auditorium
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Intermediate Argentine Tango Candome Dance Class

Dabney Hall, Lounge
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
7:30am – 12:00pm
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CPR/AED Recertification Class

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

The Quantum Ising Model via Stochastic Geometry
Geoffrey Grimmett, professor of pure mathematics and mathematical statistics, Cambridge University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Staff and Faculty Consultation Center Workshop: Stress Management

Winnett Lounge
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Back Safety Training

Keith Spalding 118
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Supervisors Anonymous Meeting

Winnett Lounge
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar—CANCELLED

Keck 142
Benjamin Van Mooy, assistant scientist, marine chemistry and geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
Terahertz Detection of Many-Body Signatures in Semiconductor Heterostructures
Professor Sangam Chatterjee, professor of physics, Philipps-Universität Marburg,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Dark Matter and Dwarf Galaxies
James S. Bullock, assistant professor of physics, department of astronomy, UC Irvine,
6:15pm – 7:30pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Men's Basketball: Caltech vs. Pomona-Pitzer

Braun Gym
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Intermediate)

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Screens "The 2% Solution" Live, Interactive Webcast

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Markets and Environmental Regulation
John Ledyard, Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor, Econimics and Social Sciences, Caltech,
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool

234 S. Catalina Ave.
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Counseling Center Workshop: "Just One More Level: When Online Gaming and Gambling Become Problematic"

Winnett Lounge
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: "Electronic Theses and Dissertations"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Designing ion-containing polymers for facile ion transport
Ralph H. Colby, professor of materials science, The Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Regulation of Mitochondria by Sirtuins
Marcia Haigis, assistant professor of pathology, Harvard School of Medicine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Central Altiplano Paleoclimate during the Last Deglaciation Constrained by Cosmogenic 3He Dating, Numerical Modeling and 'Clumped-Isotope' Paleothermometry
Pierre-Henri Blard, postdoctoral scholar in geology, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Entanglement Renormalization, Quantum Criticality, and Topological Order
Guifre Vidal, ARC Federation Fellow and Professor in the School of Physical Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia,
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Women's Basketball: Caltech vs. Pomona-Pitzer

Braun Gym
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Hip Hop Dance Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Friday, February 1st, 2008
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Pasadena Emergency Response Training: "Disaster Preparation and Triage"

Location to be announced
10:00am – 11:30am
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The Tempest: School Group Performance

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

Lauritsen 469
Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking in String Models
Jason Kumar, assistant project scientist, department of physics and astronomy, UC Irvine,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar—CANCELLED

Lauritsen 469
Mina Aganagic, professor of mathematical physics, UC Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Firestone 306
Mesoscopic Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Biophysical Networks
Erik van der Giessen, professor, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Studies of Organolithium Reactivity Using Rapid-Injection NMR
Amanda Jones, postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, Caltech,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Talent Show

Dabney Hall, Lounge
7:30pm – 10:30pm
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Humanities and Social Sciences Film Screening: Fallen—Falling

Baxter Lecture Hall
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Moby Dick Rehearsed: The Acting Company

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
10:30pm – 11:59pm
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Bollywood Dance Party

Winnett Lounge
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
12:00am – 6:00pm
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Baseball vs. UC Santa Cruz

North Athletic Field
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving vs. Pomona-Pitzer

Braun Athletic Center, Pool
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Men's and Women's Tennis vs. La Sierra

Tennis Courts
12:45pm – 1:45pm
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Bellydance Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tao/Wang Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Nazaryan Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Women's Basketball: Caltech at Whittier College

away game
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Men's Basketball: Caltech at Whittier College

away game
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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The Tempest: The Acting Company

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Student Chamber Ensembles

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Intermediate Ballroom Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech Student Chamber Ensembles: Super Bowl Alternative Concert

Dabney Hall, Lounge
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Linde 106
Topic to be announced.
Misty Bentz, postdoctoral scholar in astronomy, UC Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Quantitative studies of synthetic and endogenous control in bacteria
Terence Hwa, professor of physics, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics and department of physics, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Silicon Nanowire and Microwire Photovoltaic Devices
Michael Filler, postdoctoral scholar in applied physics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Internally Advanced Cell Assembly Sequences in the Hippocampus: A Candidate Mechanism for Episodic Memory Recall
Gyorgy Buzsaki, professor, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Biogeochemical Heterogeneity and Dynamics of the Seafloor as Revealed by 2-D Optical Sensors
Robert Aller, professor, Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
After the Standard Model: Some Things We Might See at the LHC
Gustaaf Brooijmans, assistant professor of physics, Columbia University,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Firestone 306
Radar Science and Engineering at JPL: A Computational Cornucopia
8:30pm – 9:30pm
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Beginner Modern Jive Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar—CANCELLED

Gates-Thomas 206