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Week of February 15, 2026

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Sunday, February 15th, 2026
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Isidore Quartet

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, February 16th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
11:00am – 12:30pm
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2026 Lunar New Year Talk: "Chinese Medicine and Meditation"

Chen 100
  • Public Event
Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Grades

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Lionel Christaen

Chen 100
TBD
Lionel Christaen, Director, Michael Sars Centre, University of Bergen,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chirality and the electron spin- A miraculous match
Ron Naaman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Isreal,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

  • Internal Event
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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You and Your Thesis

Online Event
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemistry Club Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Excited-State Catalysts for Selective Bond Activations
Robert R. Knowles, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
5:00pm – 6:30pm
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Credit Union Annual Meeting

Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
No Shift Symmetries and Tensionless String Limits in AdS/CFT
Jose Calderon Infante, Caltech,
12:00pm – 12:50pm
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Getting Started!

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
TBD
Susan Clark, Assistant Professor of Physics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Kirsten Findell, TBD, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Thursday, February 19th, 2026
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Make Your Own Lunar New Year Red Envelopes

Sherman Fairchild Library, Lobby
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
"The Inherent Resilience of Large Cities to Natural Hazards: Records, Evidence and Predictions"
Nicos Makris, Professor of Structures and Mechanics, Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Methodist University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CTLO - Winter Faculty Lunch Series

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Chen 130
"One genome, many phenotypes: evolutionary insights from complex traits in ants"
Megan Barkdull, Assistant Curator, Entomology, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CFAM Speaker CALE: Alternative Careers in Education: Looking Beyond the R1

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

Red Door Cafe
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Colin Cook, PhD

Moore B270
Crowded at the bottom: high-density, scalable production of cell and gene therapies in respiring bioreactors
Colin Cook, PhD (Caltech MedE 2019), Technical Founder and Chief Technology Officer, XDEMICS Corporation,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Yuri Levin, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Columbia University,
Friday, February 20th, 2026
10:00am – 11:00am
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Science Journey - Cosmic Fireworks: How Astronomers Explore the Changing Sky

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

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Alberto Castellano, University of Chicago,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Community Celebration

Olive Walk
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Emanuele Panella, University of Rome,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Manipulating Spectral Energy Flux in Turbulent Flows: Applications and Implications Across Scales
Lei Fang, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Beckman Institute Poster Session

Beckman Institute
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Devices Seminar

Moore B280
Ultra-low noise Phase-locked Loop Technique
Taekwang Jang, Associate Professor, Dept. of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 254
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Louis B. and Martha B. Slichter Endowed Chair in Geosciences, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles,
Saturday, February 21st, 2026
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Caltech Wind Orchestra CONCERT

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event