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Friday, February 14th, 2020
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Keck 142
Creating Quantum Topological Materials with 3D Microwave Photons
Clai Owens, Research Scientist, Painter Group,
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mental Health First Aid Training (Part 2 of 2)

383 S. Hill Ave., Annex
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
On measuring the delay time distribution of binary neutron stars
Mohammad Safarzadeh, Postdoctoral Fellow, Theoretical Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Asymptotic problems in spectral shape optimization
Simon Larson, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Micro-mechanics of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibre composites
Vikram Deshpande, Professor, Materials Engineering, University of Cambridge,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Decomposing sutured Instanton Floer homology
Zhenkun Li, Department of Mathematics, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chemistry Matched with Mechanical and Computational Machines for Rapid Synthesis and Delivery of Proteins
Bradley Pentelute, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Valentine's Day party

Caltech Y
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Film, Panel, & Stargazing

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Pale Blue Dot: Perspectives on Our Planet
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Saturday, February 15th, 2020
11:00am – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Menzies Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, February 16th, 2020
8:00am – 10:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Hsieh Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Elias String Quartet

Monday, February 17th, 2020
8:00am – 5:00pm
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President's Day (Institute Holiday)

9:00am – 4:00pm
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020
9:00am – 9:00am
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Due Date for Midterm Deficiency Notices

1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Venture Capital in the Life Sciences

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
The key for planet formation: The Circumplanetary Disk
Judit Szulagyi, University of Zurich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Horowitz Lecture Series

Kerckhoff 125
"The Cellular and Molecular Logic of Spinal Cord Development"
James Briscoe, Group Leader, The Francis Crick Institute,
5:00pm – 6:30pm
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Credit Union Annual Meeting

Off Campus
6:30pm – 8:30pm
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Weekly Cricket Practices

South Athletic Field
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar

Linde Hall 187
A comparison between model categories for concurrency
Josh Lieber, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers' Group Meeting

SFCC Office, 315 S. Hill Ave., Rear Building
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Personal Emergency Preparedness Training

Keith Spalding B117
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Passing Hilbert's Final Test
Jack H. Lutz, Iowa State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Social Science Job Candidate

Baxter B125
This seminar has been canceled.
Katherine Wagner, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Yale University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Super-Eddington Accretion
Ramesh Narayan, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Surface turbulent heat fluxes control storm track intensity from cold to warm climates
Tiffany Shaw, University Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Quantifying quantum speedups: improved classical simulation from tighter magic monotones
Earl Campbell, EPSRC Research Fellow, University of Sheffield,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Universal Alkene Functionalization as an Aspirational Driver
Keary M. Engle, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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The art of the chill: Sensory strategies for emotional well-being

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
7:30pm – 10:30pm
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West Coast Swing Dance Class

Thursday, February 20th, 2020
All Day
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Emerging Neuroscience Symposium

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

Gates-Thomas 135
Multistable Structures - from Energy Trapping to Morphing
Katia Bertoldi, Professor, Harvard John A.Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Academic Job Search

Center for Student Services 310 (Career Achievement, Leadership, and Exploration)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Crellin 151
"Development of single-cell SPRITE to map higher order nuclear structures within single cells"
Mary Arrastia, Graduate Student, Ismagilov Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar

Annenberg 213
Optimal Operation of Energy Systems via Structure Neural Networks
Baosen Zhang, Keith & Nancy Rattie Endowed Career Development Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Feb Leadership Workshop: Leading Through Organizational Change

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Introduction to Caltech Sites

IMSS 120
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Clifford Modules
Angus Gruen, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Francis Bacon Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
Scholars or Spies? The Escalating Tension Between the U.S. and China in Academia
John Krige, Kranzberg Professor, School of History, Technology, and Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology; recipient of the Francis Bacon Award in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (2020),
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
"Geochemical Applications in Petroleum Systems"
Michael Formolo, Technical Team Lead for Petroleum Geochemistry, Upstream Integrated Solutions, ExxonMobil,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
On the modularity of elliptic curves over imaginary quadratic fields
Patrick Allen, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
The Physical Dynamics of Ice Crystal Growth
Ken Libbrecht, Caltech,
4:45pm – 6:00pm
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Developing a Resilient Mindset: Crossing the Atlantic on a Stand-up Paddleboard

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Chris Bertish, Professional Speaker and Best-selling Author,
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Alpine Club Talk

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Exploring America's Lesser Known Parks
Krista Muscarella,
Friday, February 21st, 2020
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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GPS TecherTalk

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social Sciences Open House

Baxter B125