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Thursday, February 15th, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Vorticies from low-mass planet formation
James Owen, NASA Hubble Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm – 7:00pm
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(Women's Tennis) Colorado Col. vs. Caltech

4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Building 15, Room 104
Special values of L-functions
Ameya Pitale, Department of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Neutrinos - small particles, big science
Anne Schukraft, Fermilab,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Convergent Research to Address Societal Needs (General Lecture)
Joseph M. DeSimone, Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at UNC, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at NC State and of Chemistry at UNC,
Friday, February 16th, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
On singularities of super-conformal field theories
Mario Martone, University of Texas - Austin,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Annenberg 105
A quantum gas of polar KRb molecules in an optical lattice
Jacob Covey, Richard Chace Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar, Endres Group,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Seiberg-Witten differential via primitive forms
Dan Xie, Harvard University,
1:00pm – 3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Wang Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
CANCELLED DUE TO FLU -- TO BE RESCHEDULED
Camille Avestruz, KICP and Fermi Postdoctoral Fellow, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago,
2:30pm – 5:30pm
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(Baseball) Caltech at Claremont-M-S

3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Building 15, Room 104
On Renormalized Volume
Franco Vargas Pallete, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Emotional Intelligence Toolkit: Workshop on Coping Without Avoidance

Sherman Fairchild Library 326 (Interactive Computer Classroom)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Palladium Catalyzed Aromatic C-H Flurination
Kumiko Yamamoto, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF & Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
Surface Waves, Line Waves, and Chiral Modes for One-Directional Propagation in Electromagnetic and Acoustic Systems
Dan Sievenpiper, Professor, UCSD,
5:30pm – 6:30pm
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Women in Chemistry

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Diverse Career Paths Panel & Reception
Women in Chemistry ,
Saturday, February 17th, 2018
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Outdoor Track & Field) Caltech at Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Baseball) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) Caltech at Lewis & Clark

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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(Baseball) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) Caltech at La Verne

4:00pm – 7:00pm
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(Women's Basketball) Caltech at La Verne

6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Discover the Unknown: God is for Our Enjoyment

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
Sunday, February 18th, 2018
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) Caltech vs. Linfield

3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech-Occidental Wind Orchestra

Off Campus
  • Public Event
Monday, February 19th, 2018
12:00am – 12:00am
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
8:00am – 5:00pm
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President's Day (Institute Holiday)

10:00am – 1:00pm
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(Women's Tennis) Brandeis vs. Caltech

1:00pm – 4:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) Caltech at George Fox

1:00pm – 4:00pm
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(Women's Basketball) UC Santa Cruz vs. Caltech

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
10:30am – 11:30am
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English Conversation Group

Athenaeum
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH

Annenberg 105
TBA
Vagelis Papalexakis, Assistant Professor , Computer Science & Engineering, University of California Riverside,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Join us for a talk on High Blood Pressure and Vascular Dementia

Crellin 151
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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FPTL Playdates

Off Campus
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Moore B270
Quantum supremacy: checking a quantum computer with a classical supercomputer
John Martinis, Google,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMI Seminar

Annenberg 314
Spherical t-designs as a general purpose tool for partial de-randomization (2nd of 2 parts)
Richard Kueng, CMI Postdoctoral Scholar, CMS, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Krista Soderlund, Research Asscociate, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
"Dissecting the Neural Circuits for Motivated Behavior"
Garret Stuber, Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Building 15, Room 122
Special cycles on simple Shimura varieties
Wei Zhang, Department of Mathematics, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Unusual Redox Properties of π-Conjugated, Planar, Anti-Aromatic Hexapyrrolic Porphyrinoids
Chang Hee Lee, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kangwon National University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Einstein Papers Project, 363 S. Hill Ave.
Between the Sun and the Earth: The Recent History of Heliophysics and Space Weather
Gregory Good, Historian of Earth Science and Director of the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics,
5:00pm – 6:30pm
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Credit Union Annual Meeting

Beckman Institute Auditorium
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Swimming & Diving) Caltech at SCIAC Championships

9:00am – 5:00pm
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Last day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections for Winter Term

9:00am – 10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Toward a Resilient 21st Century
Max Didier, Doctoral student/researcher, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Caltech Alumni Career Webinar Series

Negotiating your Net Worth: Tools, Techniques and Tactics to Getting the Salary you Deserve
Sabrina Pasztor, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Business Communication, Marshall School of Business, USC ,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Dish & Discuss #11

Avery Dining Hall
A Nation of Immigrants
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Emotional Well-Being Workshop for Students: Sexual Health

Lauritsen 269
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers' Group Meeting

SFCC Office, 315 S. Hill Ave., Rear Building
1:30pm – 3:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Geometric Recursion
Jorgen Andersen, Aarhus University,
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop - "Introduction to 3D Modeling Using OnShape"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Getting started with "clicker" questions (with or without electronic devices) in class: how to find good questions, deploy them effectively, and introduce the method a little at a time

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Lab Safety 101 Training

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Diversity Revealed: Stellar Rotation and the Time Domain Revolution
Marc Pinsonneault, Ohio State,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Long Range Propagation of Ocean Swell
William Young, Professor, Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Illuminating Developmental Biology with Photochemistry
James K. Chen, Professor and Chair, Chemical & Systems Biology, Stanford School of Medicine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Quantitative Biology Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
"On Toxins and Small Wings: Dissecting Phenotypic Variation at the Population and Species Level"
Alejandro Burga, Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Science, Technology, and Utopias: Women Artists and Cold War America
Christine Filippone, Associate Professor, Millersville University ,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Moore B280
Resilient Distributed Inference in Multi-Agent Systems
Soummya Kar, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
6:30pm – 8:00pm
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Caltech Debate Club Meeting

IMSS 120
Thursday, February 22nd, 2018
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Swimming & Diving) Caltech at SCIAC Championships

12:00am – 12:00am
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(Women's Basketball) Caltech at SCIAC Tournament

8:00am – 3/9 5:00pm
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Registration for Spring Term

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

Gates-Thomas 135
"Coastal Risks in the Oil and Gas Industry: Vulnerability of Storage Tanks to Severe Storms"
Jamie E. Padgett, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)