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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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John P. Holdren: Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy in the Obama Administration

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
9:00pm – 11:00pm
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Free Salsa Dance Social

Off Campus
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the Park

Tournament Park
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Discovery of Vaniprevir (MK-7009): A Macrocyclic Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4a Protease Inhibitor
John A. McCauley, senior research fellow in medicinal chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc.,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech World Fest Event: Caltech Band Goes to China

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

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Herschel Observations of Molecular Oxygen in Orion
Paul Goldsmith, senior research scientist, JPL,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers Group Meeting

Gates Annex 126 (Library)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: "EndNote For Beginners"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
1:15pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Topic to be announced.
Cynthia Keeler, Harvard University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Shop Safety Training

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

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Chandra's First Decade (Plus) of Discovery (13th Annual Greenstein Lecturer)
Harvey Tananbaum, CHANDRA Center,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125
Searching a Bargain: Power of Strategic Commitment
Selcuk Ozyurt, assistant professor of economics, Sabanci University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture

Annenberg 105
Markov Logic in Machine Reading
Hoifung Poon, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Denim Day/Self-Defense Class (Beginning Level)

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Recent Developments in Real-World Tropical Cyclogenesis
Michael T. Montgomery, professor of meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Recent Theoretical Thermoelectric Work at ORNL
David Parker, Physicist, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Creating Chiral Molecules and Materials: The Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction in the Creation of Chiral Molecules, and the Study of Chiral Mesoporous Materials based on Axially Chiral Monomers
Cathleen M. Crudden, professor of chemistry, Queen's University,
4:45pm – 6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Reports of Alien Life: Stranger Than Truth"

JPL
Dr. Ken Nealson, Director, Geobiology Program, University of Southern California,
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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L.A.-Style Salsa Dance Class (Beginner)

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

Winnett Lounge
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Free Salsa Rueda Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
9:00am – 11:00am
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Caltech Women's Club Hiking and Walking Group

Off Campus
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group—cancelled

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chemical Development of Vaniprevir (MK-7009)
Cheng Y. Chen, Dr., Merck & Co., Inc,
11:30am – 1:30pm
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Information Session: University of Redlands Evening Degree Programs

Winnett Quad
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar—cancelled

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Marita Huebner, Weisman Postdoctoral Instructor in History of Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Ultrasensitive, Ultrastable Signaling Lattice of Bacterial Chemotaxis: Kinase On-Off Switching Revealed by a New FRET Method
Joseph J. Falke, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar - CANCELED

Baxter B125
P. Read Montague, adjunct professor in neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar—cancelled

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Eric Shusta, professor of chemical and biological engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Experimental Study of Bedrock Incision Processes by Both Suspended Load and Bedload Abrasions, and Modifications of the Saltation-Abrasion Model
Phairot Chatanantavet, 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)
Quantum Light and Sound
Andrew Cleland, professor of physics, UC Santa Barbara,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech World Fest Event: International Food Fair & Culture Show

Avery Courtyard
6:30pm – 8:00pm
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Caltech World Fest Film Screening: Woman Rebel

Annenberg 105
7:30pm – 11:59pm
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CPA Game Night

Friday, April 22nd, 2011
8:00am – 4/23 6:00pm
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Men's Tennis—SCIAC Championships

Off Campus
8:00am – 4/23 6:00pm
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Women's Tennis—SCIAC Championships

Off Campus
11:00am – 2:00pm
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2011 Earth Day Fair

San Pasqual Walk
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Eternal Inflation in the Light of Quantum Cosmology
James Hartle, UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Financial Wellness Series for Staff and Postdocs

Winnett Lounge
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Fun with F-theory GUT
Joseph Marsano, the University of Chicago,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Granular Crystals: Controlling Mechanical Energy with Nonlinearity and Discreteness (Thesis Defense)
Nicholas Boechler, GALCIT, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
The Mechanisms of the Fuel Cell Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt and other 8-11 Column Metal Surfaces
Yao Sha, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
DNA-Mediated Oxidation of P53 is Regulated by DNA Sequence
Kathryn N. (Katie) Schaefer, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Calech Poetry Club Meeting

Red Door Cafe
6:00pm – 7:45pm
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Caltech World Fest Film Screening and Discussion: Liberty in North Korea (LiNK)

Annenberg 105
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
10:00pm – 4/23 3:00am
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Tango Club Seven Year Anniversary Milonga—A Doctors Without Borders Fundraiser

Dabney Hall, Lounge
11:00pm – 4/23 1:30am
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Gaypril Movie Night: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
10:00am – 4/30 1:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Cui Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, April 24th, 2011
10:00am – 11:00am
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Beginning Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
11:00am – 12:30pm
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Intermediate/Advanced Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
BrainTrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality
Monday, April 25th, 2011
10:00am – 11:00am
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Tuning Nitric Oxide Synthase
Charlotte Whited, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Annenberg 213
Transforming Light Polarization into Matter-spin-qubits and Back, Using Single, Semiconductor Quantum Dots
David Gershoni, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture

Moore B270
Algorithms, Obstructions, and Beating Exhaustive Search
Ryan Williams, IBM Almaden Research Center,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Topic to be announced.
Shri Kulkarni, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

East Bridge 114
A Variational Understanding of the Spin Liquid State of the Hubbard Model on the Honeycomb Lattice
Bryan Clark, postdoctoral fellow in condensed matter physics, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Roles of the Greatwall, Polo and Plk4 Protein Kinases in the Centrosome Duplication Cycle
David Glover, professor of neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
The Tropical Nature of Titan's Climate and Storms
Jonathan L. Mitchell, assistant professor of Earth and planetary sciences, UCLA,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Linear Algebra and Machine Learning of Large Informatics Graphs
Michael Mahoney, research associate in mathematics, Stanford University,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
T2K
Morgan Wascko, Imperial College,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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CIT Amateur Radio Club Get-together

See event detail for location
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Gaypril Event: "The Science of Sexual Orientation"

Dabney Hall, Lounge
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Kant and Huygens on Rotation and the Relativity of Motion
Marius Stan, Caltech-Huntington Mellon Postdoctoral Instructor in Philosophy, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
A Revealed Preference Approach to Computational Complexity in Economics
Adam Wierman, assistant professor of computing and mathematical sciences, Caltech,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Caltech Arts and Literary Club Meeting

Red Door Cafe