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Week of November 13, 2022

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Nominate your favorite professor for the Feynman Teaching Prize!

  • Internal Event
Sunday, November 13th, 2022
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech Orchestra Concert

Ramo Auditorium
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Dover Quartet

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, November 14th, 2022
9:00am – 10:00am
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International Education Week: Galapagos – Islands of Wonder and Beauty

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
9:00am – 10:00am
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NB/CNS Informal Seminar | Diego Bohorquez - Monday, November 14, 2022 – 9 am - Chen 130

Chen 130
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Program Tech Talk

Annenberg 105
, Axionics,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Jorgensen 109
Inorganic Phototropism: Biomimetic Mesosostructure Growth and Functionality
Madeline Meier, Graduate Student, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CPET Discussion: Book Club Series - Exploring How We Teach

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Organometallic Chemistry at Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystal Surfaces
Emily Tsui, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Online and In-Person Event
Tools for Measuring the Cosmic Molecular Gas History
Ryan Keenan, University of Arizona,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Inelastic momentum transfer in tsunami earthquakes
Göran Ekström, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Geometric Measure Theory for Convexifying and Compactifying Computational Problems
Albert Chern, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California - San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Axion hot dark matter bound, reliably
Giaocchino Piazza, IJCLab, Orsay,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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History Seminar Series

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
The Edge of Understanding: Science in a Bordered World
Yangyang Cheng, Research Scholar in Law and Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Life: The Bioenergetic Machine
Nathan Gabor, University of Riverside,
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"Black Holes" and "Astronomical Transients"
Nils Deppe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astrophysics, Caltech,
Stephanie Deppe, Outreach Lead, Vera Rubin Observatory,
  • Public Event
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
12:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Bioscience Industry Day 2022

Chen Breezeway
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week: Snowballs in the Desert: Studying Climate Transitions in Namibia

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Safe Zone Training

Online Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Discrete Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Product sets of arithmetic progressions
Wenqiang Xu, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Scalable Quantum Technology for Dynamic Molecular Imaging
Thomas Theis, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics, North Carolina State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
EXTRACTING DATA FROM UNCOMMUNICATIVE WORLDS
Sam Cabot, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy, Yale University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
A method of arithmetic algebraization
Vesselin Dimitrov, IAS,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter Lecture Hall
Gerrymandering the Swing Voters
Allison Stashko, Assistant Professor, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Calculating the Length of Life in the Sixteenth Century: Arabic Astrology and Humanist Reforms
Margaret E. Gaida, Postdoctoral Instructor in Early Modern Natural Philosophy, Caltech,
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Behind the Book with Gaia Vince

Online Event
  • Public Event
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections for Fall Term

11:00am – 12:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Online Event
Polish modules over subrings of Q
Dexuan Hu, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CAEL Workshop: Winter Recruiting Warm-Up

Center for Student Services 310 (Career Achievement, Leadership, and Exploration)
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop - Introduction to QGIS

North Mudd 201 (Geology Library)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
VarMiON: A variationally mimetic operator network
Deep Ray, Postdoctoral Researcher, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering University of Southern California,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week: Mentoring STEM Pathways in Puerto Rico

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Native American Heritage Month 2022 STEMinar with Alex "Panda" Armendariz

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Lab Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar - Bristol Myers Squibb Lectures

Gates Annex B122
Dr. Rebecca Green, Senior Principal Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb,
M. Christina White, Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter
Jorge Moreno Soto, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Pomona College,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop - Introduction to QGIS (Zoom Session)

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

South Mudd 365
Multiscale biota-sediment-flow interactions and their impacts on erosion, water quality, and climate
Judy Yang, Minnesota Twin Cities University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Finance Seminar

Baxter Lecture Hall
The complexity of economic decisions: theory and evidence
Xavier Gabaix, Pershing Square Professor of Economics and Finance, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Exotic Magnetoresistive Materials
Despina Louca, Maxine S. and Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics, University of Virginia,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Women's Affinity Space

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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APACT Leadership Series: Jeremy Kim

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
6:30pm – 8:30pm
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▶︎ Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
Thursday, November 17th, 2022
8:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for Winter Term

10:30am – 12:00pm
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Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Course Design Workshop for Postdocs

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

Gates-Thomas 135
Toward a Model-Based Qualification Paradigm for Metal Additive Manufacturing
Albert To, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Crellin 151
"Towards the Development of an Autophagy-Targeting Chimera"
William Rosencrans, Chou Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week: SURFing in Iceland

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers' Meeting

Online Event
  • Internal Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

West Bridge B157 (CMP Conference Room)
"Many-Body Dynamical Localization"
Victor Galitski, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Maryland,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

West Bridge 351 (LIGO Science Conference Room)
  • Public Event
1:30pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Staff Development Series: Holiday Survival Kit

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
What is the smallest protein that can be identified in a cell without labels?
Christopher Russo, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB),
4:00pm – 9:00pm
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Fall Social and Mentorship Workshop

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Prospering backyards: Community science for soil lead remediation in Los Angeles
Maru Garcia, Associate Research Scientist, Mineral Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Laser cooling and trapping radioactive atoms and molecules
Andrew Jayich, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125
Finance and Climate Resilience: Evidence from the 1950s Drought
Rodney Ramcharan, Professor of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, USC,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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The Lee F. Browne Dining Hall Naming Celebration

Lee F. Browne Dining Hall (formerly the Harry Chandler Dining Hall)
  • Public Event
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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The Secret Life of Park Rangers: Adventures in Mount Rainier National Park by Tina Seeger

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Friday, November 18th, 2022
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Random Matrix Spectroscopy and Quantum Gravity
Clifford Johnson, University of Southern California,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week: Women, Life, Freedom: Students on the Frontline of Iran's Uprisings

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Three diamond quantum processors, Two entangled links, One multi-node quantum network
Sophie Hermans, AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar, Faraon Group,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Mathematical Physiology Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 183
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Roadmapping the Future of Technology: In Space and on Earth
Olivier de Weck, Professor, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Online Event
Does the Jones polynomial of a knot detect the unknot? A novel approach via braid group representations and class numbers of number fields
Amitesh Datta, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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▶︎ Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room