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Saturday, October 18th, 2025
10:00am – 5:00pm
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SFP Fall Seminar Day

  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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The Great Andy Irvine

Beckman Institute Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, October 19th, 2025
8:00am – 4:00pm
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Alumni Weekend and Reunions

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
  • Public Event
Monday, October 20th, 2025
8:15am – 12:30pm
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KISS Short Course - Hybrid Space-Ground Observatories: Revolutionizing the Search for Earth-Like Exoplanets

Chen 100
  • Public Event
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Beckman Institute Mentorship Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Dr. Marty Nemko, Career Coach,
Marianne Bronner, Edward B. Lewis Professor of Biology; Director of the Beckman Institute, BBE, Caltech,
10:00am – 11:00am
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Future Faculty Workshop: The Faculty Job Process

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Programming with Python (Part 1)

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Carnegie Faculty Associate Seminar - Devaki Bhaya

Broad 100
Dynamics, diversity and defense in phototrophic communities
Devaki Bhaya, Professor, Biology, Stanford University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
3:45pm – 5:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chemistry for Augmented Reality: Enabling Extreme Optical Properties with Breakthrough Nanomaterials
Alejo Lifschitz, Tech Lead, Display Materials Research, Meta Reality Labs Research,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Soubhik Kumar, Tufts University,
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Programming with Python (Part 2)

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
Exploring high dimensions in dynamical sampling: flattening the scaling curve
Yifan Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Informal Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Fast, Ultrasensitive, Label-Free Molecular Detection with Light
Judith Su, Craig M. Berge Faculty Fellow and an Associate Professor in Optical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Novel Methods in Photochemistry and Photocatalysis
Daniele Leonori, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Pumpkin Painting

Center for Student Services, Large Tent
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Behind The Book: Jim Fruchterman's "Technology For Good"

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Programming with Python (Part 3)

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

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Zechuan Zheng, Perimeter Institute,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CFAM Drop-In Hour for all Fall TAs

Hameetman Center B116 - Club Room 4
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Lab Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
TBD
Meredith Hughes, Chair, Astronomy Department; Associate Professor of Astronomy, Wesleyan University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Title TBD
Tiffany Shaw, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Merck-Banyu Lectureship Award

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Pioneering Solid-State Organic Synthetic Chemistry Using Mechanochemical Methods
Koji Kubota, Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, Hokkaido University,
  • Internal Event
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Revolutionizing Astrophysics: How Space and Ground Telescopes Can Work Together

Chen 100
  • Public Event
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Molecules, Mysteries, and the Matter of Existence, with Nick Hutzler

Beckman Auditorium
Nick Hutzler, assistant professor of physics,
  • Public Event
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
10:00am – 11:00am
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Carnegie Faculty Associate Seminar - Arthur Grossman

Chen 100
Arthur Grossman, Senior Staff Scientist, Biology, Carnegie Science,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Programming with Python (Part 4)

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
TBA
Sergi Junyent Espinosa, Zernicka-Goetz group,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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David G. Goodwin Memorial Lecture

Gates-Thomas 135
The Challenges, Mysteries, and Promises of Metal Combustion
Nick Glumac, Shao Lee Soo Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
From Lab to Cosmos: Three Frontiers in the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth
Sara Seager, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, MIT,
Friday, October 24th, 2025
10:00am – 5:00pm
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RSI Grant Showcase Day

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Mark van Raamsdonk, University of British Columbia,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Zack Weinstein, IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, Alicea Group,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Hyerin Cho, Graduate Student, CfA, Harvard University,
Monday, October 27th, 2025
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Transforming Your Research Into Teaching (TYRIT) Postdocs Only

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Databases & SQL (Part 1)

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Christopher Dessert, Flatiron Institute CCA,
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

Exoplanets
Katelyn Horstman, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Aniket Sanghi, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
  • Public Event
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Free screening of "Bright Harvest: Powering Earth From Space". Movies That Matter explores Caltech's Space Solar Power Project.

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Databases & SQL (Part 2)

Online Event
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Pavel Fileviez Perez, Case Western University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
The Foreign Sponsor's Dilemma
Xiaoyan (Christy) Qiu, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis,
Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
8:00am – Ongoing
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Midterm Examination Period

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

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Romain Ruzziconi, Harvard University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Databases & SQL (Part 3)

Online Event
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Hardware, Electronics, Aerospace, and Robotics (HEAR) Industry Day 2025

Olive Walk
  • Internal Event
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
TBD
Brett McGuire, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Title TBD
Rong Fu, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Sujit Datta, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biophysics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Impact of Induced Fitting and Secondary Noncovalent Interactions on Site-Selective and Enantioselective C–H Functionalization
Huw M.L. Davies, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Emory University,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, October 30th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
"Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing for Shape-Morphing Structures and 4D Printing"
Jerry Qi, Woodruff Endowed Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Ghoulish Gay Gathering - Crafts & Treats!

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Kelvin Lee, Gore Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware.,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Kevin Plaxco

Moore B270
Molecular vital signs: recent advances in in vivo biosensors
Kevin Plaxco, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and of BioEngineering, University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Hunting the Unexpected: Anomaly Detection and Real-Time Triggers at the Large Hadron Collider
Jennifer Ngadiuba, Fermilab,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Special Performance: Mars Symphony

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Friday, October 31st, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Diego Delmastro, UCLA,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Julio Magdalena,
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