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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Catalysts Made of Earth-Abundant Elements—Making C-C and H-H Bonds
Xile Hu, assistant professor of chemistry, Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL),
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar

Steele 125
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Annenberg 105
The Mathematics of Crime Hotspots
Martin Short, assistant adjunct professor of mathematics, UCLA,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Simplified Model for Same Sign Dilepton Signal and Related Phenomenology
Shufang Su, University of Arizona,
8:30pm – 9:30pm
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Beginner West Coast Swing II Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
9:40pm – 10:40pm
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Blues Dancing Class

Winnett Lounge
Tuesday, February 8th, 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
Controlling the Onset of Turbulence by Streamwise Traveling Waves
Rashad Moarref, professor of electrical and computer engineering, University of Minnesota,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
The Complexity of Simple Programs
Damien Woods, postdoctoral scholar in computing and mathematical sciences, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Annenberg 107
Optical Continuous-Variable Cluster States
Nicolas Menicucci, postdoctoral researcher, Perimeter Institute,
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.
Martha Haynes, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences

South Mudd 365
Topic to be announced.
Carolyn Crow, graduate student in Earth and space sciences, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Science Job Candidate

Baxter B125
Matching Through Position Auctions
Terence Johnson, University of Maryland,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Women's Basketball at University of Redlands

Off Campus
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the Park

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

Stability of Absolutely Continuous Spectrum Under Decaying Perturbations: A Review of Recent Developments
Yoram Last, professor of mathematics, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
1:15pm – 2:15pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Holography for Metallic Quantum Criticality
Sean Hartnoll, Harvard University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Crowdsourcing Visual Expertise
Pietro Perona, Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Safety Officer 101 Training

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

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Group Behavior: The Case of Galaxies
Marcella Carollo, ETH Zurich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
On the Impact of Ocean Heat Transport in Warm and Cold Climates
Brian Rose, postdoctoral fellow in atmospheric sciences, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Integrating Surfaces with Organic Chemistry Applied to Dynamic Studies of Cell Behavior and the Development of Biomaterials for Cell Tissue Engineering
Muhammad N. Yousaf, professor of chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Carolina Center for Genome Science,
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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L.A.-Style Salsa Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Men's Basketball at Pomona-Pitzer

Off Campus
7:45pm – 8:45pm
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L.A.-Style Salsa Dance Class (Intermediate)

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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Andrew P. Ingersoll: Enceladus: The Hottest Little Moon in the Solar System

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Free Salsa Rueda Dance Class (Beginner)

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

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
A Solar Cell Primer: From the Sun to the Lab to the Market
Dan Turner-Evans, 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
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Caltech Women's Club Private Tour of the Norton Simon Museum

Off Campus
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Galaxies: Comparing Isolated and Hickson Compact Group Galaxies
Ute Lisenfeld, University of Granada and IPAC,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: "Business Resources"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radiation Safety Orientation

Keith Spalding Building
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Importance of Erosion at Inception of Deep-sea Channels
Andrea Fildani, research geologist, Chevron,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Exploring New Frontiers of Quantum Optical Science
Mikhail Lukin, professor of physics, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar—cancelled

Baxter B125
Daniel Everett, dean of arts and sciences, Bentley University,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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Caltech Women's Club Scrabble Activity Group

Athenaeum, Rathskeller
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Beginner II Argentine Tango Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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San Gabriel Valley Linux Users Group Monthly Meeting

Downs 107
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Women's Basketball at Pomona-Pitzer

Off Campus
Friday, February 11th, 2011
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
A New Perspective on Gluing in TQFT
Tudor Dimofte, Institute for Advanced Study,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 237
The Price of Mediation
Adam Meyerson, assistant professor of computer science, UCLA,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Iridium Corroles: Synthesis, Properties, Electronic Structure, and More
Joshua Palmer, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Yuan-Cheng (Bert) Fung Lecture in Aerospace

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Probing Mechanical Principles of Cell-Material Interactions
Huajian Gao, professor of engineering, Brown University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
The Role of Z-DNA and its Binding Proteins in Immunity and Infection
Alexander Rich, professor of biology, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
ATP Dependent DNA Charge Transport by the Helicase XPD
Timothy P. Mui, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar

Annenberg 213
Next Generation Warning and Alerting Systems
Nalini Venkatasubramanian, professor of computer science, UC Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Incommensurabilities? Trying to Grasp Chinese Medicine in 17th-Century Europe
Harold J. Cook, professor of history, Brown University,
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
7:30pm – 10:00pm
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Italian Club Movie Screening: Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti)

Beckman Institute Auditorium
8:00pm – 11:00pm
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Caltech Y Explore LA Series: Spring Awakening at the Pantages Theater

Off Campus
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: Fiesta Flamenca

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum

Baxter Lecture Hall
Synthetic Biology Today and Tomorrow: The Way Entrepreneurs and Visionaries Want the World to Be
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum

Baxter Lecture Hall
10:00am – 2:00pm
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Caltech Women's Club Cooking/Cuisine Group: Chocolate Cooking Class by Chef Kevin

Athenaeum
11:00am – 4:00pm
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Caltech Track and Field Meet vs. Alumni College/All-comers

South Athletic Field
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Hyperspeed: Siddartha (Sid) Pathak

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

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sedano Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm – 5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ghoukassian Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm – 5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Grigorian Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm – 7:00pm
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Swimming and Diving Prelims

Off Campus
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Women's Basketball vs. Whittier College

Braun Gym
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Men's Basketball vs. Whittier College

Braun Gym