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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
10:30am – 11:30am
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding Building
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
Radiation Heat Transfer in a Suspension of Reacting Particles
Andreas Z’Graggen, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Topic to be announced.
Nick Seymour, University of Southampton,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Parallelism and Time in Hierarchical Self-Assembly
David Doty, postdoctoral scholar on computing and mathematical sciences, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B125
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Annenberg 107
Interacting Quantum Field Theories from Cold Atoms
Jiannis Pachos, reader in theoretical physics, University of Leeds,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Topic to be announced.
Jason Tumlinson, Space Telescope Science Institute ,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Stochastic Electrochemistry—Single Molecules and Particles
Allen J. Bard, professor and faculty director, Center for Electrochemistry, the University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Nature and Nurture: Generation of Histocompatible Pluripotent Cells and Role of Epigenetic Memory
Kitai Kim, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences

South Mudd 365
Topic to be announced.
Ulyana Dyudina, staff scientist in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Science Job Candidate

Baxter B125
Robust Welfare Guarantees in Bilateral Trading Mechanisms
Takuro Yamashita, Stanford University,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Campus E-Waste Collection

See event detail for location
8:00am – 2/8 5:00pm
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Midterm Examination Period

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

Tournament Park
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Sustainable Landscape at Caltech

Beckman Institute Auditorium
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Chinese (Chongqing) Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition

Lee F. Browne Dining Hall (formerly the Harry Chandler Dining Hall)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Universal Occurrence of Localization in Continuous Random Schrodinger Operators
Abel Klein, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Sustainable Landscape at Caltech

Beckman Institute Auditorium
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: "SciFinder Scholar . . . It's Not Just for Chemists"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Physical and Chemical Toeholds for Exoplanet Bioastronomy
Tori Hoehler, research scientist and principal investigator in bioenergetics, NASA Ames Research Center,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Seminar in American Studies

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Consuming Passions: Learning from Las Vegas and Los Angeles
Daniel Horowitz, professor of American studies, Smith College,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar

Moore B280
Polar Codes and Power Blackouts
Edmund Yeh, associate professor of electrical engineering, computer science, and statistics, Yale University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Defining and Scaling Coupled Hydrological-biogeochemical Processes Responsible for the Worlds Largest Mass Poisoning
Benjamin David Kocar, postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Science Job Candidate

Baxter B125
Preference for Randomization
Kota Saito, graduate students in economics, Northwestern University,
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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L.A.-Style Salsa Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration

Baxter Lecture Hall
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Men's Basketball vs. University of La Verne

Braun Gym
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Reel Rock Film Festival

Ramo Auditorium
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Reel Rock Tour

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
7:45pm – 8:45pm
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L.A.-Style Salsa Dance Class (Intermediate)

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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CPA Group Trip: Wine Tasting

Location to be announced
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Free Salsa Rueda Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Nanotechnology for Sustainability: Environment, Water and Climate
Mamadou Diallo, visiting associate in environmental science and engineering, Caltech,
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.
10:30am – 11:30am
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Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation

Keith Spalding Building
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radiation Safety Orientation

Keith Spalding Building
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Rethinking Carbon Utilization in Human Cells
Christian Metallo, postdoctoral fellow in chemical engineering, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
The Archean Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotope Record: Prospects and Limitations
Itay Halevy, postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
A Tale of Quantum Viscosity in Universal Fermi Gases
John Thomas, Fritz London Professor of Physics, Duke University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Experiments and Causal Discovery
Frederick Eberhardt, Washtington University in St. Louis,
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Beginner II Argentine Tango Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Women's Basketball vs. University of La Verne

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Friday, February 4th, 2011
10:00am – 11:00am
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Inside Planet Earth

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

Lauritsen 469
Wilsonian and Holographic Renormalization Groups
Joe Polchinkski, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Investigation of the Noise Source in High-Speed Jets
Dimitri Papamoschou, UC Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Semiconductor Surface Chemistry for Solar Energy Conversion
Leslie O'Leary, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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NIH Training Opportunities Information Session

Off Campus
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics

Annenberg 105
Modeling Microbial Cooperation
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Red Door Poets Meeting

Red Door Cafe
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Ballet Club Core Strength Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Student Chamber Ensembles

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mirzakhani Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm – 7:00pm
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Swimming and Diving vs. Whittier College

Braun Athletic Center, Pool
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Men's Basketball at University of Redlands

Off Campus
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
10:00am – 11:00am
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Beginning Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Intermediate/Advanced Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
12:30pm – 2:30pm
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Intermediate International Tango and Quickstep Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
2:45pm – 4:45pm
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Beginner International Ballroom Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
4:00pm – 7:00pm
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Swimming and Diving vs. Chapman College

Braun Athletic Center, Pool
Monday, February 7th, 2011
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CIT-Knit and Crochet

Spalding Laboratory 113
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The AGN-Starburst Connection in Low Redshift Galaxy Clusters from Multiwavelength Data
David Atlee, Ohio State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Microengineered Hydrogels for Stem Cell Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration
Ali Khademhosseini, assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of Health,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

East Bridge 114
A Magnetic Analog of the Isotope Effect in Cuprates
Amit Keren, professor of physics, Technion, Israel,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Broad 100
Bioengineering Tools for Mapping and Mending Dysfunctional Brain Circuits
Viviana Gradinaru, research associate, CNC Center, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Follow the C: Development of Integrated "Omics" and Geochemical Methods for Carbon Cycle Analysis
Jillian Banfield, professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Science and Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley,