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Monday, September 14th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Valeria Caprettini

Annenberg 105
Publishing pitfalls and priorities in a changing research landscape
Dr. Valeria Caprettini, Senior Editor, Nature Biomedical Engineering,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
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
10:00am – 12:00pm
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New Faculty Institute - Hosted by the CTLO

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Set your retirement date: Understand the factors to get you to your goal

Online Event
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Strengthening Assessments and Assigning Grades

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
Wednesday, September 16th, 2026
10:00am – 11:30am
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2026 First-Year Success Research Institute (FSRI) Lightning Talks

Chen 100
10:00am – 12:00pm
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New Faculty Institute - Hosted by the CTLO

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
1:00pm – 3:00pm
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2026 First-Year Success Research Institute (FSRI) Poster Presentations

Chen Breezeway
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BOND Summer Seminar Series - 09.16

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Thursday, September 17th, 2026
8:00am – 9/19 5:00pm
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International Student Orientation: iBegin@Caltech

10:00am – 11:30am
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Future Faculty Workshop Series: Other Teaching Careers in STEM (Not Just R1 Faculty)

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
10:00am – 11:30am
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Social Security 101 Workshop (Spanish)

Broad 100
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Chen 130
"Localized spatial interactions as a defining feature in glioma malignant transformation," and "Half a Million Species, a Dozen Plant Types: What Climate Models Miss About Plant Diversity"
Michal Polonsky, Postdoctoral Fellow, BBE, Caltech,
Renato Braghiere, Research Scientist, GPS, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Social Security 101 Workshop (Spanish)

Broad 100
Friday, September 18th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Self-Gravity and In-Situ Object Formation in AGN Disks
Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore, Graduate Student, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences 391 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CGSC Summer Seminar Series

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Back to Venus with NASA's DAVINCI Mission
Amy Hofmann, Research Scientist, NASA JPL,
Saturday, September 19th, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
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New Student Check-In for Undergraduates

Sunday, September 20th, 2026
10:00am – 9/27 4:00pm
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New Student Orientation for Undergraduates

Monday, September 21st, 2026
9:00am – 4:00pm
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New Student Check-in for Graduates

12:00pm – 9/25 5:00pm
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New Student Orientation for Graduates

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Marcus Center Special Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Synergizing Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning for Molecular Discoveries in the Condensed Phase
Fang Liu, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University,
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Canvas Course Set-Up and Drop-In Help

Online Event
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Safety Training

Online Event
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Get Your Pasadena Public Library Card

Sherman Fairchild Library, Amphitheatre
7:30pm – 10:00pm
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Outdoor Movie Night: Project Hail Mary

Sherman Fairchild Library, Amphitheatre
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Per Kraus, UCLA,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
Thursday, September 24th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting

Friday, September 25th, 2026
8:00am – 5:00pm
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CCE Seminar Day

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
9:00am – 11:30am
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Convocation 2026

Beckman Auditorium
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Ringdown from Eccentric Binary Black Hole Coalescences in the Extreme Mass Ratio Regime
Devin Becker, Graduate Student, Kavli Institute, MIT,
Monday, September 28th, 2026
All Day
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Beginning of Instruction of Fall Term

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
Confusion Caused by Artificial Intelligence: From the View of Philosophy of Science
Paul Song, Professor of Physics and Director of the Space Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowel,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Dabney Humanities Library Open House

Dabney Hall, Library
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar, Ed Wu

Moore B280
Ultra-low-field MRI for Accessible Healthcare: A Future Driven by Computing?
Professor Ed X. Wu, PhD, Lam Woo and Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Hong Kong,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Political Multipliers and Rapid Reversals: Understanding the Secularization of Canada
Benjamin Tremblay-Auger, Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics and Society, Chapman University,
Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 254
Influence of Bulk Composition and Lava Flows on the Long-Term Evolution of Venus
Diogo Lourenço, Lecturer at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, ETH Zürich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DNA Storage and Computation Seminar

Annenberg 105
Storing Data in DNA: Are We There Yet?
Eitan Yaakobi, Professor, Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Jamie McFarlin, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Jamie McFarlin, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Guangbin Dong, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago,
Thursday, October 1st, 2026
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Chen 100
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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NSF GRFP information session [in-person]

Friday, October 2nd, 2026
8:30am – 2:00pm
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BOND Colloquium "Careers in Academia: Beyond the R1"

Broad 100
Prof. Kenneth Childers, Cal State Fullerton,
Prof. Raul Navarro, Occidental College,
Prof. Khuloud Sweimeh, Pasadena City College,
Dr. Mike Vicic, Caltech CCE,
Kala Youngblood, USC East College Prep,
Dr. Jasmine Bryant, Caltech CTLO,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Riccardo Penco, Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Zachary Gelles, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Princeton University,
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