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Monday, April 9th, 2007
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Coupled Proton-Electron Transfer Reactions, with Metals and Without
James M. Mayer, professor of chemistry, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium

Beckman Institute Auditorium
The Energy Problem and What We Can Do about It
Steven Chu, director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Dynamic Depletion of Vortex Stretching and Nonlinear Stability of 3-D Incompressible Flows
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Armadillo String Quartet: with Peter Schickele

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
11:00am – 2:00pm
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TIG Techmart Supplier Show

Bechtel Mall
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
Shock Load and Cavitation Reload Near Deformable Composites
Yin Lu (Julie) Young, assistant professor of civil engineering, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Structure, Dynamics, Symmetry, and Spectrum of the Benzene Dimer
Philip R. Bunker, principal research officer in theory and computation, Steacie Institute of Molecular Science, National Research Council of Canada,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Film Screening: Quantum Hoops

Beckman Auditorium
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 248
Topic to be announced.
Elliott Lipeles, postdoctoral scholar in physics, UC San Diego,
5:30pm – 7:30pm
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GAYpril Event: Keynote Lecture and Dinner

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
7:00pm – 9:30pm
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Ethnic Visions Film Series: Do the Right Thing

Baxter Lecture Hall
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Amnesty International Letter Writing

Athenaeum, Rathskeller
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the Park Playgroup

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Information Session: MSIS Degree from Claremont Graduate University

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

Cocycle Superrigidity for Profinite Actions of Kazhdan Groups
Adrian Ioana, graduate student in mathematics, UCLA,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GAYpril Event: PRISM Coffee Hour

Red Door Cafe
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Laboratory Safety 101

Keith Spalding 118
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Star Formation in Extreme Environments
Daniela Calzetti, assistant astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar—CANCELLED

Kerckhoff 119
Yehuda Ben-Shahar, University of Iowa College of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Everhart Lecture

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Stayin' Alive: How Bacteria Survive in Biofilm Communities
Tracy Teal, graduate student in computation and neural systems, Caltech,
7:00pm – 9:30pm
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Salsa Dance Classes

Winnett Center
Thursday, April 12th, 2007
9:00am – 10:30am
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Human Resources Workshop: "Budget Basics—Part Deux"

Beckman Institute Auditorium
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool

234 S. Catalina Ave.
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library System Presents "Electronic Theses and Dissertations"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Simulation of Large-Scale Excited Electron Dynamics
Julius Su, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar

Baxter B125
Parietal-frontal Circuits for Decision Making
Richard Andersen, James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Experience-Dependent Rewiring of Cortical Networks
Adrianna Maffei, department of biology, Brandeis University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Wind Erosion in the Presence of Nonerodible Elements
Greg Okin, coprincipal investigator, department of geography, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
Energy-Efficient Analog-to-Digital Conversion for Ultra-Wideband Radio
Brian Ginsburg, graduate student, department of electrical engineering and computer science, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Discovery Physics at the LHC
Maria Spiropulu, experimental particle physicist, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN),
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Counseling Center and Women's Center Workshop: "I Want Love, Not Jealousy"

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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San Gabriel Valley Linux Users Group Monthly Meeting

Downs 107
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Hot Topic, Cool Science: The Greenhouse Effect and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory
9:00pm – 10:30pm
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Intermediate Argentine Tango Class

Winnett Lounge
Friday, April 13th, 2007
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes

8:00am – 12:00pm
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Software Training: Access 2003, Level II (two sessions)

IMSS 120
8:15am – 5:00pm
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Eric Davidson at 70: A Symposium on the Regulatory Genome

Beckman Institute Auditorium
8:15am – 5:00pm
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Eric Davidson at 70: A Symposium on the Regulatory Genome

Beckman Institute Auditorium
10:00am – 11:00am
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JIGU! Thunder Drums of China: School Group Performance

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

Lauritsen 469
Aspects of Quantum Mechanics / Gravity Duality
Mark Van Raamsdonk, assistant professor of physics, University of British Columbia,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Downs 107
Studying Strongly Correlated Many-Body Physics with Optical Lattices: Controversies and Grand Challenges
Tin-Lun Ho, professor of mathematical and physical sciences, Ohio State University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Contaminated Site Cleanup, from Start to Finish
Jean Martin, senior attorney, BP America,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Topic to be announced.
Emeri Sokatchev, CERN,
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Software Training: InDesign CS2 (two sessions)

IMSS 120
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Linear Degree Extractors and Inapproximability
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Baseball

away game
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Microscale Particle Motions in Fluids: a unified approach addressing slip, diffusion, and the causes of arthritis
Kenny Breuer, professor of engineering, Brown University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
What Do Optical Nanocircuits, Cloaking, Squeezing Light, and Supermicroscopy Have in Common?
Nader Engheta, professor of electrical and systems engineering, The University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Construction of a Lanthanide-Based Molecular Receptor Site for Bacterial Spore Detection
Morgan Cable, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar

Lauritsen Library
Topic to be announced.
Steve Barwick, professor of physics, UC Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
Mm-wave Transistors and Integrated Circuits
Professor Mark Rodwell, department of electrical and computer engineering, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
American Transportation Politics in the Twentieth Century
Mark H. Rose, professor of history, Florida Atlantic University,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Women's Ultimate Frisbee: 2nd Annual Cross-Valley Clash

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

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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GAYpril Event: Dinner and a Movie

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
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)
Hot Topic, Cool Science: The Greenhouse Effect and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Dance Show

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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CANCELLED: Caltech Chamber Singers

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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JIGU! Thunder Drums of China

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, April 14th, 2007
9:30am – 11:00am
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Men's Tennis

home game
9:30am – 11:00am
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Women's Tennis

away game
10:00am – 12:00pm
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GAYpril Event: Day Hike to Switzer Falls

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
10:30am – 4:30pm
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Track & Field

away game
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Baseball

home game
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Women's Water Polo

away game
12:30pm – 2:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Nakayama/Osako Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Space - Star Stuff

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Women's Tennis

away game