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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech-Occidental Concert Band

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Botros/Bishara Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Curious - Powering the Planet

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sarkissian/Hosepians Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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"Energy and Other Sustainability Challenges": Symposium on Sustainability

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Rossum's Universal Robots (R.U.R.): Theater Arts at Caltech

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
12:00pm – 4:30pm
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Beginner/Intermediate Ballroom I Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Stepanian Wedding

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Barbara Ehrenreich, author,
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Rossum's Universal Robots (R.U.R.): Directed by Brian Brophy

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
6:30pm – 10:00pm
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Diwali: The Festival of Lights

Beckman Institute
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Rossum's Universal Robots (R.U.R.): Directed by Brian Brophy

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
  • Public Event
Monday, November 16th, 2009
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CIT-Knit and Crochet

Spalding Laboratory 113
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week Event: "SURFing Abroad"

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Crellin 151
Mechanistic Studies of Alkane C-H Activation by Platinum(II)
George Chen, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Exploring DNA-Mediated Charge Transport With Fast Radical Traps
Joseph Genereux, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Characterizing the Chemistry of the Milky Way Stellar Halo
Ian Roederer, graduate student in astronomy, University of Texas,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Cellular Integration in the Heart: Interaction between Myocytes, Fibroblasts, Endothelial Cells and the ECM
Thomas K. Borg, professor of regenerative medicine and cell biology, University of South Carolina,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Quantifying Fault System Complexity and Rheology at Continental Plate Boundaries
Brendan Meade, associate professor Earth and planetary sciences, Harvard University,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Domain Decomposition Methods for High-Contrast Multiscale Flow Problems
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Downs 107
Tunneling Spectral Dip: A Universal Feature of High TC Superconductors
John Zasadzinski, professor of physical sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
CP Violation for the Heaven and Earth—A KM Saga
George W.S. Hou, National Taiwan University,
8:30pm – 9:30pm
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Beginner West Coast Swing Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
9:30pm – 10:30pm
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Intermediate West Coast Swing Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
9:30am – 11:30am
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Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
10:00am – 11:30am
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Human Resources Seminar: "Enhancements to the Caltech Retirement Program"

Beckman Institute Auditorium
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week Event: "The Fulbright Experience"

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Topic to be announced.
Babak Hassibi, professor of electrical engineering, Caltech,
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: "EndNote For Beginners"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Human Resources Seminar: "Enhancements to the Caltech Retirement Program"

Beckman Institute Auditorium
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Annenberg 105
Faster Quantum Algorithm for Evaluating Game Trees
Ben Reichardt, Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
GW Detector Calibration
Peter Kalmus, postdoctoral scholar in physics, LIGO, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Gas-phase Ion/Ion Reactions: Proton Transfer, Electron Transfer, and Bio-conjugation
Scott A. McLuckey, professor of chemistry, Purdue University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Molecular Origami: Protein Folding and Misfolding in Health and Disease
Judith Frydman, Clark Center, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Annenberg 213
Online Algorithms with No Regret Guarantees
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Sustainability Lecture

New Media Classroom, 363 S. Hill Ave.
Social Entrepreneurship
Adlai Wertman, professor of clinical management and organization, Marshall School of Business, USC,
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Y Friends Dinner with Intelligent Mobility International

Athenaeum, Hall of Associates
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
7:30am – 4:30pm
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Staff Education & Career Development: Fourth Annual Caltech Supervisors' Conference

Avery House
8:00am – 11/25 5:00pm
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Food Drive at Caltech

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections

10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the Park

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caregivers' Support Group Meeting

Location to be announced
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Coming Out Panel

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week Event: "Footloose in the Himalaya"

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

Ground States of Supersymmetric Matrix Models
Douglas Lundholm, graduate student in mathematics, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Laboratory Studies of the Self and Cross Reactions of Atmospheric Peroxy Radicals
Aaron Noell, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Mapping the Milky Way: From SDSS and 2MASS to LSST and Gaia
Željko Iveziæ, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
Abbie Liel, assistant professor of structural engineering and structural mechanics, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Subtropical Cloud Transitions: Observations, Theories and Impact on Climate
Joao Teixeira, research scientist, JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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IST Seminar

Annenberg 105
Probabilistic Techniques in Computational Number Theory
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
The Two Conflicting Narratives of Metal-Optics
Eli Yablonovitch, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, UC Berkeley,
6:30pm – 9:00pm
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Film Screening: Brennen Ryoyo Nakane's Film on the Devastation of New Orleans

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Veritas Forum at Caltech

Ramo Auditorium
A Thinking Person's Quest for Meaning
Os Guiness, Senior Fellow, EastWest Institute,
8:30pm – 9:30pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Technique/Advanced)

Winnett Lounge
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
8:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for Winter Term 2009–10

8:30am – 5:15pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies Symposium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Challenging the Paradigm: The Legacy of Galileo
8:30am – 5:15pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies Symposium Series

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Goals and Plans for Caltech's Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Paul Jennings, professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics, emeritus, Caltech,
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.
10:00am – 11:00am
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Human Resources Seminar: "Enhancements to the Caltech Retirement Program"

Winnett Lounge
10:30am – 12:30pm
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Campus Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
11:30am – 1:30pm
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Information Session: University of Redlands Evening Degree Programs

Winnett Quad
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: "Crystallographic Databases"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Human Resources Seminar: "Enhancements to the Caltech Retirement Program"

Winnett Lounge
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Metallicities and Abundance Ratios in the Galactic Bulge Based on Microlensed Dwarf Stars
Thomas Bensby, European Southern Observatory, Chile,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar

Baxter B125
Remembering Events Pasts: Conjunctions. Integration, and Errors in the Human MTL
Anthony Wagner, associate professor of psychology, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Continuous Tectonothermal Histories from Muscovite 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronometry
Mark Harrison, professor of geology, UCLA,