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Friday, November 13th, 2026
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Michael Willis, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Damage-tolerant structural materials for extreme environments
David Cook, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Erica Sutcliffe, Postdoctoral Researcher (Hadt Group),
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Analysis Seminar (2/2)

Linde Hall 310
Global Well-Posedness for Non-Localized 3D Gravity Water Waves
Ben Pineau, Simons Junior Fellow, NYU,
Saturday, November 14th, 2026
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Pasadena Repair Cafe Event

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
2:00pm – 5:30pm
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Honoring a Life and Legacy - Rudolph A. Marcus Memorial

8:00pm – 9:30pm
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CALTECH ORCHESTRA CONCERTS "AMERICA AT 250"

Ramo Auditorium
Sunday, November 15th, 2026
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ma 1a

3:00pm – 4:30pm
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CALTECH ORCHESTRA CONCERTS "AMERICA AT 250"

Ramo Auditorium
Monday, November 16th, 2026
8:15am – 12:30pm
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KISS Short Course - Cosmic Lighthouses: Navigating Deep Space by the Beat of Pulsars

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
9:00am – 12:30pm
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LCSSP Biopolicy Workshop

Resnick Sustainability Center 110
Innovations in Biotech Governance: Towards Responsible Deployment in Open Environments
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Applied Physics and Materials Science Undergrad Info Session

Steele 125
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week: ISAC First Anniversary Celebration & Elections

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
A Grover-Accelerated Search for Dark Matter
Zachary Bogorad, Fermilb,
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Special ChE Seminar

Broad 200
Active Polymers in Porous Media: Activity-Driven Conformational and Transport Dynamics
Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Marcus Center Special Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Influence Functional Methods for Phonon-Induced Renormalization of Exciton Binding in Semiconductors
Rohit Rana, Graduate Student (Limmer Group), Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley,
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Thesis Defense - Lukas Moeller, Elowitz Lab (BE)

Chen 100
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
"Thermal and thermodynamic perspectives on forming lithium-rich granites"
Owen Weller-Gibbs, Professor of Metamorphic Petrology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Yeuhaw Khoo, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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SURF 2027 Information Session | Off-Campus SURFs

7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

Cosmology, Inflation, and Clusters
Sean Bruton, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Caltech,
Harshda Saxena, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ph 1a

Tuesday, November 17th, 2026
9:30am – 12:00pm
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2026 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition | Semi-Final Round Session A

SFP Backhouse, 317 S. Wilson Ave.
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Planning for Life's Milestones

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

Annenberg 213
Finding a Positive Index Nash Equilibrium is PPADS-Complete
Ioannis Panageas, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week: Bonjour, Caltech: Lessons from a Fulbright in France

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
12:15pm – 1:15pm
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SURF 2027 Information Session | Computer Science for Caltech Sophomore & Juniors

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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2026 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition | Semi-Final Round Session B

SFP Backhouse, 317 S. Wilson Ave.
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Elucidating Charge, Spin, and Solvation Dynamics at Electrochemical Interfaces
L. Robert Baker, Phyllis and Richard Leet Endowed Chair, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Seminar - Eric Batchelor

Broad 100
p53 dynamics and the regulation of cell stress responses in single cells
Eric Batchelor, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2026
All Day
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Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 254
Shangqin Hao, UC Berkeley,
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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2026 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition | Semi-Final Round Session C

SFP Backhouse, 317 S. Wilson Ave.
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Nonlinear Optical Sources for Quantum-Enhanced Spectroscopy
Ricardo Tolentino, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Cushing Group), Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Questioning Critical Optimism: Who Benefits When We Give Generative AI the Benefit of the Doubt?

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Juno, Jupiter, and jupiters: How a low cost planetary mission has revolutionized our understanding of giant planets
Jonathan Lunine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Reevaluating Arctic Amplification and Climate Sensitivity Across Climates from Snowball Earth to an Ice-Free Hothouse
Ian Eisenman, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanograpy, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Marisa C. Kozlowski, Ponzy Lu Endowed Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania,
5:30pm – 7:00pm
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Night Safety Walk

Chen 100
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ch 1a

Thursday, November 19th, 2026
12:00am – 12/4 11:59pm
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Registration for Winter Term

9:30am – 12:00pm
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2026 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition | Semi-Final Round Session D

SFP Backhouse, 317 S. Wilson Ave.
10:00am – 11:00am
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Consciousness & Reality (C&R) 2026-27 Series Consciousness First: What Experience Tells Us About What Exists

Online Event
10:00am – 11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Chen 100
Information-efficient representations for genomics data
Nikhila Swarna, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
11:45am – 12:45pm
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The Bill Gross Prize for Entrepreneurship Kickoff 2026

Chen 130
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMS Special Seminar with Prof. Sungjoon Choi

Annenberg 104
Towards Human-Centered Robotics: Connecting Robots to Humans and Humans to Robots
Sungjoon Choi, Associate Professor, Korea University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week: Minds Without Borders: A Century of International Talent at Caltech

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar

Cahill 370
The Radio Life of Galaxy Clusters: magnetic amplification, CRs & AGN
Paola Domínguez Fernández, FFL/ITC Fellow, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian,
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