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Friday, August 21st, 2026
Monday, August 24th, 2026
Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special Seismo Lab Seminar

From Seismic Signals to Physical Understanding: Permafrost Fracturing and Sea-Ice Collisions
Dr. Tieyuan Zhu, Associate Professor of Geophysics, Pennsylvania State University,
Thursday, August 27th, 2026
12:05pm 1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar

Gordon Leung, Summer Student Intern,
Calvin Osinga, Graduate Student, University of Maryland,
Friday, August 28th, 2026
Monday, August 31st, 2026
1:00pm 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Magnon-phonon and exciton-phonon interactions in van der Waals magnets from first principles
Khoa Le, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Bernardi Lab), Caltech,
7:30pm 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

How We Observe the Universe
Kaitlyn Shin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Geoffrey Mo, Brinson Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
Thursday, September 3rd, 2026
Friday, September 4th, 2026
Monday, September 7th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

New Frontiers in Quantum Simulation of Strongly Correlated Matter with Ultracold Atoms
Anant Kale, Harvard,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Seismo Lab Seminar

Malcolm Sambridge, Professor, Seismology and Mathematical Geophysics, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University,
Wednesday, September 9th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Special ChE Seminar

The Dark Side of the Force: Physicochemical Forces Drive Antisocial Behavior in Bacteria
Gürol Süel, Professor of Molecular Biology, UCSD,
Thursday, September 10th, 2026
Friday, September 11th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Some New Ideas in Stellar Explosions
Lucy McNeil, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University,
Monday, September 14th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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4:00pm 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

Spectral transitions in OTOCs: an alternative approach to scrambling in random quantum circuits
Kai Klocke, Postdoctoral Fellow, Condensed Matter Physics, University of Maryland,
Tuesday, September 15th, 2026
Wednesday, September 16th, 2026