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Sunday, January 22nd, 2006
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Beginning Competitive Ballroom Dance

Winnett Center
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Jared Diamond: Crisis Management by People and Nations

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
3:30pm – 3:40pm
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Student Chamber Ensembles

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Monday, January 23rd, 2006
7:00am – Ongoing
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Daffodil Days

7:30am – 5:00pm
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Standard First-Aid/CPR/AED

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
10:00am – 5:00pm
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Bethe100 at Caltech

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
10:00am – 5:00pm
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Bethe100 at Caltech

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Bethe100 at Caltech
12:30pm – 1:30pm
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Thesis Seminar

Broad 100
Simple Models for Non-Equilibrium Systems in Biology
Mandar Inamdar, Graduate Student, Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
How a Biophysicist Watches DNA Transcription, One Basepair at a Time
Steven Block, Professor, Applied Physics and of Biological Sciences, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Fragmentation and Factorization in Heavy Quarkonium Production
Gouranga Nayak, SUNY, Stony Brook,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Cyanogels and Cyanosols: High Temperature Coordination Chemistry as a Novel Approach to Materials Chemistry
Andrew B. Bocarsly, Visiting Professor, Chemistry, Caltech, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University,
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Scottish Country Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Pasadena Education Network (PEN) Discussion

Beckman Institute Auditorium
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Pasadena Symphony: "Clazzical Notes": Musique du Monde

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:30pm – 10:00pm
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Lindy Hop Classes

Winnett Center
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
7:30am – 12:00pm
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Adult, Child, and Infant First-Aid and CPR Training

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Caltech Library System Presents: A Quick Overview of Electronic Theses

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Warning Signs of Unhealthy Relationships

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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When Push Comes to Shove: The Warning Signs of Unhealthy Relationships

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Special Kellogg Seminar

Lauritsen Library
Status of MiniBooNE
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Accurate Quantum State Estimation via 'Keeping the Expert Honest'
Robin Blume-Kohout, Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
A New High-Order Immersed Interface Method for Numerical Simulation of Flow with Two-Phase Interfaces or with Surface Roughness
Xiaolin Zhong, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, UCLA,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Broad 100
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
A Post-Genomic Approach to the Genetic Basis of Bacterial Motility
Saeed Tavazoie, Dr., Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 248
The NanoBPM Project: Nanometer Resolution Beam Position Monitors for the International Linear Collider
Toyoko Orimoto, Graduate Student, Physics, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Moore B270
Recent Results in Power Control
Mung Chiang, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University,
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Beginning Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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LGBTQ Film Series: And the Band Played On

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
7:30am – 12:00pm
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CPR/AED Recertification

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Putting Sparkle Back into Your Job

Avery Library
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Special Kellogg Seminar

Lauritsen Library
A Renormalization Group Approach to the Analysis of the CERN NA60 Dimuon Results
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Keck 142
Water, Drugs, and Sex: Endocrine Disruption in Aquatic Ecosystems
Larry B. Barber, U.S. Geological Survey,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
The Dark Ages, the Twilight Zone, and the 21 cm Transition
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Information and Science Technology Seminar - CHANGE OF SPEAKER

Jorgensen 74
Limits of Obfuscation
Yael Tauman Kalai, Limits of Obfuscation, Computer Science and A.I. Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wiersma Neurobiology Seminar

Broad 100
Activity-Dependent Transmitter Specification and Receptor Matching
Nicholas Spitzer, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences & Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, Kavli Institute for Brain & Mind,
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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Salsa Dance Classes

Winnett Lounge
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Men's Basketball

away game
Thursday, January 26th, 2006
10:30am – 2:30pm
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Career Day

Brown Gymnasium
11:00am – 12:30pm
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Campus Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMI Faculty Meeting

Parsons-Gates 112
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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FAFSA Workshop

Spalding Laboratory 113
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library System Presents: Web of Knowledge

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar

Keck 142
Surgical Planning of the Total Cavopulmonary Connection Using MRI, Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics
Ajit Yoganathan, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Raindrops to Ranges: Erosion and Mountain Building in the Himalaya.
Douglas Burbank, Director, Institute for Crustal Studies and Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences, UCSB,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Emergent Photons and Decaying Electrons: In Search of a New Paradigm for Quantum Materials
Ashvin Vishwanath, Assistant Professor, Condensed Matter Theory Group, UC Berkeley,
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Observations of an Urban Ocean: The Coastal Waters off Southern California
Dr. Paul Digiacomo, JPL oceanographer, Earth Mission Concepts Group Supervisor, JPL,
7:30pm – 10:00pm
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Sarraounia: An African Queen

Baxter Lecture Hall
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Women's Basketball

away game
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Bob Friedhoffer: The Science of Magic and Illusion

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Intermediate Competitive Ballroom Dance

Winnett Center
8:30pm – 11:00pm
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Italian Movie Night: La Vita Che Vorrei (The Life I Want)

Beckman Institute Auditorium
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Hip-Hop Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Friday, January 27th, 2006
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Pure Spinor Formalism as an N=2 Topological String
Nathan Berkovits, Sao Paolo, IFT,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
The Green Party at the Local Level: Two Candidates for the California State Assembly Share their Perspectives
Ricardo Costa, Green Party,
Philip Koebel, Green Party,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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MLK/Black History Month Video Series: Eyes On The Prize

1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Broad 100
Signal Amplification and Noise in Chemotaxis of E. coli
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Division Algebras: A Tool for Space-Time Coding
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Pd-Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Allylation
Justin Mohr, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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RF and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
(1) An 802.11a/b/g SoC for Embedded WLAN Applications; (2) A 1.9GHz Single-Chip CMOS PHS Cellphone
Lalitkumar Nathawad, Ph.D., Atheros Inc.,
William Si, Ph.D., Atheros Inc.,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Observations of an Urban Ocean: The Coastal Waters off Southern California
Dr. Paul Digiacomo, JPL oceanographer, Earth Mission Concepts Group Supervisor, JPL,
8:00pm – 10:30pm
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Caltech Chess Club

Page House, Dining Room
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Student Chamber Ensembles: All-Mozart Concert

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Saturday, January 28th, 2006
9:30am – 12:30pm
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Women's Tennis

home game
11:00am – 4:00pm
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Baseball

home game
12:45pm – 1:45pm
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Belly Dancing

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room