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Friday, October 10th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Horizon Edge Modes in Λ > 0 Quantum Gravity
Albert Law, Stanford University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Prethermal dynamical regimes and resonant melting in quenched quantum matter
Alexey Khudorozhkov, Boston University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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World Mental Health Day - Free Pastries & Swag!

Hameetman Center Patio
1:00pm – 5:30pm
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GW251010: Celebrating 10 years of Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with LIGO

Ramo Auditorium
Welcome
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  • Public Event
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Energy Operators in Particle Physics, QFT, and Gravity
Ian Moult, Yale University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Accretion and Feedback from Galaxies to Event Horizons
Minghao Guo, Graduate Student, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
The fluid-structure interaction of nanoparticles
John Sader, Research Professor, Aerospace & Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
TBD
Kai Nakamura, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University,
3:45pm – 5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Understanding Ir(III) Photosensitizer Structure-Activity Relationships with High-Throughput Experimentation."
Stephen DiLuzio, Postdoctoral Scholar (Hadt Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 254
Understanding subduction zone earthquake cycles in a viscoelastic Earth
Kelin Wang, Adjunct Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada,
5:30pm – 7:30pm
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CWC Fall Gathering

Dabney Hall, Lounge
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Immersive Futures (IF)

TACIT House, 275 S. Hill Ave.
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club - Free Tai Chi Class

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
Saturday, October 11th, 2025
10:00am – 2:00pm
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Explore Caltech 2025

Beckman Mall
  • Public Event
10:00am – 5:00pm
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Immersive Futures (IF)

TACIT House, 275 S. Hill Ave.
Sunday, October 12th, 2025
10:00am – 5:00pm
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Immersive Futures (IF)

TACIT House, 275 S. Hill Ave.
Monday, October 13th, 2025
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
10:00am – 4:30pm
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AI Bootcamp XII - Intro to ML

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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2026 Open Enrollment "What's New" Webinar for Postdoctoral Scholars

Online Event
  • Internal Event
3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Homogeneous Catalysis for the Use of Less-Utilized Resources
Kyoko Nozaki, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Energy, The University of Tokyo,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill 370
The Inhomogeneous Evolution of Uranus and Neptune
Roberto Tejada Arevalo, Astrophysical Sciences Department, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Icy ocean worlds -- from the surface to the interior
Wanying Kang, Homer A. Burnell Career Development Professor, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Department of Earth, Atmospheric + Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Mathematics and AI
Sergei G. Gukov, Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, The Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Forces in Standard Model and Dark Sector
Bingrong Yu, Cornell University,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club - Free Tai Chi Class

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
9:00am – 11:00am
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International Scholar Orientation

Moore 239
9:00am – 4:00pm
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Science of Benefits - TIAA's Office Hours

Red Door Cafe
10:00am – 4:30pm
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AI Bootcamp XII - Intro to ML

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – The Unix Shell (Part 1)

Online Event
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Inventions, Patents, and Licensing: The Process at Caltech

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
  • Internal Event
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Online Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar

East Bridge 114
Action Gaps and Advantages in Continuous-Time Distributional Reinforcement Learning
Yash Jhaveri, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Rutgers University–Newark,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar

East Bridge 114
Action Gaps and Advantages in Continuous-Time Distributional Reinforcement Learning
Yash Jhaveri, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Rutgers University-Newark,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Detecting the First Hydration Shell Structures of Biopolymers
Elsa Yan, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Yale University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
From Signal to Structure: Statistical Thinking for Planetary and Astrobiological Discovery
Gideon Yoffe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Selective Turnout, Voting Policy, and Partisan Bias: Evidence from Multi-Level Data
Phil Haile, Professor of Economics, Yale University,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Launch of the Linde Center BioPolicy Initiative

Dabney Hall, Lounge
Biology as a Cultural, Political, & Strategic Domain
Drew Endy, Hoover Institution Science and Senior Fellow and Martin Family Fellow in Undergraduate Education for Bioengineering at Stanford University,
Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
10:00am – 4:30pm
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AI Bootcamp XII - Intro to ML

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – The Unix Shell (Part 2)

Online Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
The soft physics of amplitudes in background fields
Sonja Klisch, Perimeter Institute,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Combinatorics Seminar

Linde Hall 310
Exponential anticoncentration of the permanent
Matthew Kwan, Assistant Professor, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Online Event
Tarski's circle squaring problem with algebraic translations and few pieces
Andrew Marks, Professor, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 254
Quasi-periodic repeating earthquakes may follow normal cubic scaling law as regular earthquakes
Binhao Wang, Graduate Student, University of Southern California,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Sleep Like a Legend!

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Finding Maps Online

Online Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar

Linde Hall 310
Lagrangian Dual Sections: A Topological View of Hidden Convexity
Kevin Shu, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Triple Connection: Black Hole Mergers, EM Counterparts, and Galactic Black Holes
Smadar Naoz, Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Boeing Executive Lecture - Todd Citron, Chief Technology Officer

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Todd Citron, Chief Technology Officer, Boeing,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Mind the Carbon Gap: Bridging Observations and Process-Based Understanding for Land Surface Modeling Innovation
Renato Braghiere, Caltech/JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
What happened here?: Reconstructing stress history in ceramics with complex deformation pathways
Corinne Packard, Professor, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Southern California,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Syntheses Lecture

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Carbohydrates: Preventing PreTerm Birth and Breaking Strong Bonds
Steven D. Townsend, Stevenson Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
9:00am – 10/17 5:00pm
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LCSSP Conference | Protecting the Election

Off Campus
AI & Governance Conference
10:00am – 4:30pm
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AI Bootcamp XII - Intro to ML

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
  • Internal Event
10:00am – 11:00am
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Carnegie Faculty Associate Seminar - Adrien Burlacot

Chen 100
How cells maintain a healthy and productive energetic balance in dynamic environments?
Adrien Burlacot, Staff Associate, Biosphere Science and Engineering Division, Carnegie Science,
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Teaching Statement Workshop

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
10:16am – 1:00pm
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Great California ShakeOut Earthquake Drill and Personal Preparedness Fair

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Caltech Employees: Therapy Pets Hang

Hameetman Center Patio
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Caltech Library - TechHub - Craft a Mole Day Buddy

Caltech Hall TechHub
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
"Compression-Driven Gas-Liquid Displacement"
Chris MacMinn, Professor, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
"Dynamic Low-complexity Domain Interactions Mediate Pathological Transcription Factor Hub Formation in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma"
Yanghao Zhong, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chong group,
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Program Techfest Fall 2025

Moore Walk
  • Internal Event
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Osage University Partners: VC 101

Building 15, Room 131
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 254
Geophysical Exploration of Terrestrial Analogs As Testbeds for Planetary In Situ Resource Utilization
Jingchuan Wang, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Geophysics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Malle's conjecture over function fields
Aaron Landesman, Benjamin Peirce Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
The search for axion dark matter
Ben Safdi, Associate Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125
The G.I. Bill, Standardized Testing, and Socioeconomic Origins of the U.S. Educational Elite Over a Century
Ran Abramitzky, Stanford Federal Credit Union Professor of Economic, Stanford University,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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PMA Fall Gathering

  • Internal Event