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Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Xiangtao Xu, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Franziska Schoenebeck​, Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Daniel Martin, Associate Professor of Economics and Wilcox Family Chair in Entrepreneurial Economics, UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Sew Your Own Tote Bag

Caltech Hall TechHub
  • Internal Event
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Chen 130
"Sidewinder: new realm of freedom to write any DNA" and "Structural evolution of the MTCH family of mitochondrial insertases"
Kaihang Wang, Assistant Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, BBE, Caltech,
Camryn Lee, Research Technician, BBE, Caltech,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Ankur Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder,
3:30pm – 6:30pm
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The Third Annual Bill Gross Business Plan Competition

Chen 100
  • Public Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Angel Rubio, Director, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Ruixue Jia, Professor of Economics, UC San Diego,
Friday, April 17th, 2026
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes

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

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Ji Hoon Lee, ETH-Zurich,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Yuan Su, AWS Center for Quantum Computing,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Matias Castro-Tapia, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, McGill University,
Saturday, April 18th, 2026
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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JAZZ FESTIVAL

Hameetman Center Patio
  • Public Event
Sunday, April 19th, 2026
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Quatuor Ébène

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, April 20th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Pablo Quilez, CERN,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Birthday Party & Documentary "Transcending Fear: The Story of Gao Zhisheng"

Chen 130
  • Public Event
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Junhyong Kim

Broad 100
Junhyong Kim, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology Co-Director, Penn Program in Single Cell Biology Secondary Professor, Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Seth Hill, Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego,
5:00pm – 7:30pm
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Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2026

  • Public Event
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
9:00am – 3:00pm
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Resource-aware Quantum Benchmarking Symposium

Gates-Thomas 135
  • Internal Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Mina Himwich, Princeton University,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Jamie Hilditch, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
C. Rose Kennedy, James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester,
  • Internal Event
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Movies That Matter's Earth Day Screening: Spectrum of Life

Beckman Auditorium
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Joelle Frechette, Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Education, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Siegfried Musser, Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Texas A&M,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
William Oliver, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, MIT,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Three Sisters

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Friday, April 24th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
William Oliver, Director of the Center for Quantum Engineering, MIT,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Tal Adi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, USC,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Carlos Alejandro Pantano-Rubino, Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California,
7:30pm – 10:00pm
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In Nomine Terra Calens - a free Earth Week concert

Beckman Auditorium
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Three Sisters

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, April 25th, 2026
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Three Sisters

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, April 26th, 2026
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Three Sisters

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, April 27th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Seth Koren, University of Notre Dame,
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Daniel Mucida

Chen 100
Daniel Mucida, Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Immunology, Virology, and Microbiology, The Rockefeller University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Safety Training

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

South Mudd 365
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Marcus Center Special Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Real-time simulations of ultrafast electron relaxation dynamics
Joshua S. Kretchmer, Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
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
Francesco Calisto, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Alex Hall, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Christopher Newton, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia,
  • Internal Event
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian

Beckman Auditorium
Sarkis Mazmanian, Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,
  • Public Event
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Nelson Darkwah Oppong, Assistant Professor of Physics, PMA, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Katherine Eriksson, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UC Davis,