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Family Weekend 2026

  • Public Event
Sunday, February 1st, 2026
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Monday, February 2nd, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Bishop Budget Workshop

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
High Order Numerical Mmethods for hHyperbolic Eequations
Chi-Wang Shu, Theodore B. Stowell University Professor, Applied Mathematics, Brown University,
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
9:00am – 2/19 4:30am
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James K. Knowles Lectures and Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium

Gates-Thomas 135
"Variational phase-field modeling of fracture: toward second-generation models"
Laura De Lorenzis, Professor of Computational Mechanics, ETH Zürich,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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SanPietro Budget Workshop

  • Internal Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

Red Door Cafe
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
8:00am – 2/10 11:59pm
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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
Francesco Calisto, Caltech,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
TBD
Pradip, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMS Special Colloquium with Peter Gacs

Annenberg 105
A reliable Turing machine
Peter Gacs, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science, Boston University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez, ETH Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology,
Thursday, February 5th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CTLO - Winter Faculty Lunch Series

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Love & Lounge

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:15pm – 1:15pm
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SURF 2026 Information Session | Off-Campus SURFs

  • Internal Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

Red Door Cafe
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Bianxiao Cui

Moore B270
Bianxiao Cui, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Katerina Chatziioannou, Assistant Professor of Physics; William H. Hurt Scholar, Department of Physics, Caltech,
Friday, February 6th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Sebastian Mizera, Columbia University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Catherine Blume, Graduate Student, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, UColorado Boulder,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Ann Karagozian, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Fernando Guerrero, Graduate Student (Agapie Group), Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Prof. Chulhong Kim

Keck 142
Multimodal Photoacoustic Ultrasound Imaging: From Bench To Bedside and Products
Chulhong Kim, Ph.D, Namgo Chair Professorship of School of Convergence Science and Technology (Head) at Pohang University of Science and Technology in Republic of Korea.,
Monday, February 9th, 2026
10:00am – 11:30am
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Professional Development Series for Grad Students and Postdocs: Evidence-Based Teaching and AI Integration

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Henrique Rubira, Cambridge University, KICC and Munich University Observatory,
Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

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

Annenberg 213
TBD
Nicholas Boffi, Assistant Professor, Department of Machine Learning and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Safety Training

Online Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Sam Leutheusser, KITP, UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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All-Faculty Meeting

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

Online and In-Person Event
Jonah Berean-Dutcher, University of British Columbia,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
TBD
Emily Rauscher, Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Gary Parker, TBD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Christian Traeger, Professor of Economics, University of Oslo,
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
What a Digital Twin Can Learn from Data, Thermodynamics, and Action Principles for Damage Assessment in Complex Materials
Jiun-Shyan (JS) Chen, William Prager Chair Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
TBA
Chengcheng Fan, Bjorkman Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Growing Papaya Leaves by Dr. Jessica Hernandez: Book Talk

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Love Data Week: Managing and Sharing Large Data Files with CaltechDATA

  • Internal Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CFAM Discussion: AI in Today's College Classrooms: Benefits and Concerns for Student Learning

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

Red Door Cafe
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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Techer Live: AI in the Wild

  • Public Event
Friday, February 13th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Björn Hassfeld, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs February 2026 Meeting

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Knight-Hennessy Scholars Info Session

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennan Conference Room
  • Internal Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Suhas Eswarappa Prameela, Assistant Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah,
3:45pm – 5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Catherine Romero, Graduate Student (Peters Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 254
Nicholas van der Elst, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Sunday, February 15th, 2026
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Isidore Quartet

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, February 16th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
11:00am – 12:30pm
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2026 Lunar New Year Talk: "Chinese Medicine and Meditation"

Chen 100
  • Public Event
Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Grades

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Lionel Christaen

Chen 100
TBD
Lionel Christaen, Director, Michael Sars Centre, University of Bergen,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chirality and the electron spin- A miraculous match
Ron Naaman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Isreal,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

  • Internal Event