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April 2012

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

7:30pm – 8:30pm

Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Huntington Library

"Cognitive Astrophysics: A View from Nowhere"

8:00pm – 9:00pm

Beginning Blues Dance Class

Winnett Lounge

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

10:00am – 12:00pm

Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Earth Week Speaker Series: Water

Winnett Lounge

12:00pm – 1:00pm

IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)

Recent Observational Results from Optical Interferometry

Gerard van Belle, Lowell Observatory,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105

If P, then Q: Form, System and Reasoning in Babylonian Divination

Francesca Rochberg, Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,

2:00pm – 4:00pm

(IBC) Institutional Biosafety Committee Meeting

Location to be announced

4:00pm – 5:00pm

General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119

Mechanisms of transcription factor evolution: the next dimension of developmental evolution

Gunter Wagner, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, Yale University,

Gunter Wagner, Prof. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Systems Biology Institute, Yale University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences

South Mudd 365

Sasha Hinkley, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology,

4:45pm – 6:00pm

CMA Presents a Screening of Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD): The Movie

JPL, von Karman Auditorium

7:30pm – 9:00pm

Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

10:00am – 11:00am

Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

DNA mechanics and transcriptional regulation in the E. coli lac operon

Stephanie Johnson, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech,

10:00am – 12:00pm

Wednesdays in the park

Tournament Park

11:30am – 1:30pm

Earth Week Community Resource Fair

San Pasqual Walk

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Earth Week Speaker Series: Food Sustainability

Winnett Lounge

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Gaypril Talk: Brokeback Mountain's Broken and Unbroken Ground

Avery Library

12:00pm – 1:00pm

IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)

Status of ALMA: Progress of Cycle 0 Observations & Anticipated Capabilities

Kartik Sheth, ALMA,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Mathematical Physics Seminar

Uniform Fractal Properties of Some Quasiperiodic Models

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Monthly Caregivers' Group Meeting

SFCC Office, 315 S. Hill Ave., Rear Building

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Caltech Library System Workshop: "EndNote For Beginners"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium

Ultra-faint Dwarfs, Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation

Beth Willman, Harverford,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Revising Commitments: Field Evidence on the Adjustment of Prior Choices

Dan Silverman, Associate Professor, University of Michigan,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365

Bradley Tebo, Professor and Division Head, Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Oregon Health and Science University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Using Small Molecules to Engineer and Explore Human Immunity

David A. Spiegel, professor of chemistry, Yale University,

7:00pm – 8:00pm

SALSA DANCE CLASS (BEGINNER)

Winnett Lounge

8:00pm – 9:00pm

SALSA DANCE CLASS (INTERMEDIATE)

Winnett Lounge

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

10:00am – 2:00pm

Fisher Scientific Products Fair

Winnett Quad

10:00am – 1:00pm

Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Earth Week Speaker Series: Energy & Carbon

Winnett Lounge

12:00pm – 1:00pm

ESE & Society Discussion Group

South Mudd 162

A Review of Particulate Matter Toxicity & Implications for Management

Alex Teng, Graduate Student, Environmental Science & Engineering, Caltech,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Bioengineering Lecture

Broad 100

Molecular programming with artificial nucleic-acid systems

Lulu Qian, Senior Postdoctoral Scholar, Bioengineering, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180

Mechanisms of Inter-Temporal Decision-Making: Trait and State Effects

Jan Peters, Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Using natural and non-natural amino acids to probe membrane-protein insertion into the ER

Gunnar von Heijne, Professor, Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bioengineering Lecture

Moore B280

Mechanical Control and Free Energy Landscapes of Single Protein and DNA Molecules

Ching-Hwa Kiang, Professor and Vice Chair, Physics & Astronomy and Bioengineering, Rice University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)

Printing functional materials

Jennifer A. Lewis, Thurnauer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206

Supersonic Jet Noise Prediction Using Unstructured Large-Eddy Simulation

Joseph William Nichols, Stanford Unversity,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)

Dark Matter in the Universe

Katherine Freese, George E. Uhlenbeck Professor of Physics, Assoc Director, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan,

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Earth Week Film Screening: Living Downstream

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Screening of "Living Downstream" documentary

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Caltech Y Spring Friends Dinner: Adventures in India

Athenaeum, Hall of Associates

Friday, April 20th, 2012

8:00am – 12:00pm

E-Waste Round-up

See event detail for location

8:00am – 5:00pm

Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes

Academic

10:00am – 11:00am

Earth-Power of the Planet: Atmosphere

Beckman Auditorium

Public Event

11:00am – 12:00pm

High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469

Measurement of the Hawking Temperature for an Analog Horizon

William Unruh, Univ of British Columbia,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Earth Week Speaker Series: Waste & Recycling

Winnett Lounge

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 127

Robustness in Network Formation Game

Khai Xiang Chiong, Graduate Student, HSS,

1:00pm – 2:00pm

High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469

The Kerr/CFT correspondence and non-relativistic CFTs

Monica Guica, Univ of Pennsylvania,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)

Examples of Fluid-Structure Interactions in Biology

Christophe Eloy, Aix-Marseille University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151

DNA-mediated CT by the E. coli helicase DinG is stimulated by ATP-hydrolysis

Michael A. Grodick, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,

4:30pm – 6:00pm

Caltech Red Door Poetry Club Meeting

Red Door Cafe

5:00pm – 6:30pm

Caltech Women's Club Welcoming

Athenaeum, Rathskeller

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

10:00am – 11:00am

Postponed to April 28! Good Morning Bellydance! With Leela and the Caltech Bellydance Club

Braun Gym

1:00pm – 4:00pm

Wedding Photography on Campus: Separghan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography

2:30pm – 5:00pm

Wedding Photography on Campus: Madatyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography

8:00pm – 10:00pm

Inti-Illimani

Beckman Auditorium

Public Event

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

10:00am – 11:00am

Beginning Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room

11:00am – 12:30pm

Intermediate/Advanced Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room

12:30pm – 1:00pm

Basic Pointe Ballet Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room

1:30pm – 4:00pm

Wedding Photography on Campus: Karaoglanyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography

2:00pm – 5:00pm

Wedding Photography on Campus: Vamamsaryam Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography

3:30pm – 5:30pm

Caltech-Occidental Symphony: Spring Concert

Ramo Auditorium

Public Event

3:30pm – 5:30pm

Pavel Haas String Quartet

Beckman Auditorium

Public Event

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

10:00am – 4/30 5:00pm

Registration deadline for 8th IWGGMS (International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space) Through Monday April 30, 2012

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Caltech World Fest: Godong Korean Drumming

Red Door Cafe

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium

Evan Keane, MPIfR, Bonn,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bioengineering Lecture

Beckman Institute Auditorium

Using engineering principles to help babies born with 'half a heart'

Ajit Yoganathan, Associate Chair for Research and Regent's Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)

Atoms in motion: Access to Earth's interior

Jennifer Jackson, Assistant Professor of Mineral Physics, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,

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