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Midterm Examination Period

Saturday, November 1st, 2025
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Storytelling for Scientists

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
Monday, November 3rd, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Chemistry at Interfaces: Macrocyclic Templates Facilitating Strong and Weak Interactions
Raul Hernandez Sanchez, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Rice University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Asher Berlin, Fermilab,
Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
TBA
Ousmane Kodio, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Uri Alon

Chen 100
TBD
Uri Alon, Principal Investigator, Design Principles in Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Jinzhao Wang, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CFAM Discussion: Why Teaching Evaluations Don't Accurately Measure Student Learning

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
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
Brendan Bowler, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Title TBD
Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Ram Seshadri, Professor, Materials Department, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, November 6th, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
TBA
Chia Yu Chien, Hoelz group,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Igor Pikovski, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter 125
Productivity and Knowledge Transfer: Evidence from Prisoner Employment
Michela Giorcelli, Associate Professor of Economics, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar

Baxter B125
Promise and puzzles of neuroforecasting
Brian Knutson, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University,
Friday, November 7th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Fedor Popov, Stony Brook University,
11:30am – 1:00pm
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National First Generation Day

San Pasqual Walk
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Igor Pikovski, Stevens Institute,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Abinaya Rajamuthukuma, Graduate Student, Astrophysics, MPA-Garching,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Paul Dimotakis, John K. Northrop Professor, Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology,
3:45pm – 5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Matthew Espinosa, Postdoctoral Scholar (Agapie Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, November 8th, 2025
11:30am – 12:30pm
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Science Journeys Saturday - Flight School for Robots

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Caltech Wind Orchestra Concerts

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech Wind Orchestra Concerts

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, November 10th, 2025
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Grades

3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
A Radical Approach: Paramagnetic Nickel and Palladium Species in Organometallic Catalysis
Livic M. Mirica, William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor of the School of Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
TBA
Arash Vahdat, Research Director, NVIDIA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Erwin Tanin, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
TBD
Professor Fahad Mahmood, Assistant Professor, Condensed Matter Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Writers in Residence Program

Dabney Hall, Lounge
Topic to be announced
Daryl Gregory, American science fiction, fantasy and comic book author,
  • Public Event
Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
9:00am – 11:00am
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International Scholar Orientation

Moore 239
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

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

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Formation and dissociation of hydrocarbons under interstellar conditions
Jordy Bouwman, Assistant Professor of Cosmochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Pratik Rath, UC Berkeley,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Data Visualization 101, and Interactive Data Visualizations in Python (Part 1)

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Getting Started!

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
TBD
Tom Greene, Research Professor of Astronomy; Executive Director IPAC, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Title TBD
Joel Harper, University of Montana,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Beth Opila, Department Chair, Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professor of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia,
Thursday, November 13th, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Data Visualization 101, and Interactive Data Visualizations in Python (Part 2)

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
Pierina Barturen-Larrea, Graduate Student, Shapiro Group,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Designing with protein building blocks: Engineering protein superstructures for people and planet
Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Chunlei Liu

Moore B270
Remote Magnetic Activation of Endogenous Ion Channels
Chunlei Liu, PhD, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Barak Zackay, Professor, Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Kaspar Locher, Professor, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich,
Friday, November 14th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Nima Lashkari, Purdue University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Data Visualization 101, and Interactive Data Visualizations in Python (Part 3)

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs November 2025 Meeting

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Zeyuan Xuan, Graduate Student, Physics and Astronomy Department, UCLA,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Andres Goza, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CGSC Industry Seminar 2.0

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Dr. Yongchao Su, Senior Principal Scientist, Editor-in-chief, AAPS Open (Springer Nature), Merck,
Saturday, November 15th, 2025
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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ORCHESTRA CONCERTS

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event