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Thursday, November 19th, 2026
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Ginsburg 301
Classical algorithms for sparse random Hamiltonians via free probability
Matthew Ding, Stanford,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
This seminar has been postponed.
Trevor Teitel, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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David G. Goodwin Memorial Lecture

Gates-Thomas 135
"From Breathing Rocks to Sustainable Technologies: How Microbes Wire the Biotic-Abiotic Interface"
Moh El-Naggar, Dean's Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of Physics, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Dieter Baumgartner, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Sridevi Sarma

Moore B270
The Hidden Signature of Epilepsy: What Brain Networks Reveal When EEG Looks Normal
Professor Sridevi (Sri) Sarma, Department of Biomedical Engineering, John Hopkins University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Memory. Soft Theorems and Asymptotic Symmetries
Andrew Strominger, Gwill E. York Professor of Physics, Harvard,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
"Cellular Electrochemistry Powered by Phase Transitions"
Yifan Dai, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

Red Door Cafe
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Film Screening "One Child Nation"

Broad 100
Friday, November 20th, 2026
10:00am – 11:00am
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Special ChE Seminar

Schlinger 101
"Marangoni-Driven Flows and Instabilities: From Droplets to Interfaces"
Hyoungsoo Kim, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Self-Dual Yang-Mills theory in AdS4
Andrew Strominger, Harvard University,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs November 2026 Meeting

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

Saleh Naghdi, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Transgender Day of Remembrance

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Rocking Out to Heavy Metals: Improving Radiative Transfer Modeling of R-Process Transients
Daniel Brethauer, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Setthivoine You, Co-Founder, Chief Scientist, Helicity Space,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
What Did the Big Bang Sound Like?
Rana Adhikari, Professor, Department of Physics, Caltech,
Saturday, November 21st, 2026
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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International Education Week: Fulbright Reception

Dabney Hall, Garden of the Associates
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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CALTECH GLEE CLUB & CHAMBER SINGERS CONCERTS

Ramo Auditorium
Sunday, November 22nd, 2026
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ma 1a

3:00pm – 4:30pm
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CALTECH GLEE CLUB & CHAMBER SINGERS CONCERTS

Ramo Auditorium
Monday, November 23rd, 2026
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ph 1a

Tuesday, November 24th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

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

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Emma Pierson, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 25th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 254
Axel Periollat, UC Riverside,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
Thursday, November 26th, 2026
12:00am – 11/27 11:59pm
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Thanksgiving (Institute holiday)

7:00am – 11/27 5:00pm
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
Friday, November 27th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Valentin Skoutnev, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Columbia University,
Monday, November 30th, 2026
8:00am – 12/3 12:00pm
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Marcus Center Winter School on Quantum Many-Body Simulation

1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Andrea Caputo, CERN,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Finals Decompression: DIY Parol & Ornaments!

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ph 1a

Tuesday, December 1st, 2026
1:00pm – 1:30pm
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Dare Mighty Things Exhibition Tour

Beckman Institute 131
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Year-Long Course Design Workshop Series

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Oscar Kamps,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Horowitz Seminar - Bali Pulendran

Chen 100
Bali Pulendran, Vioella L. Horton Professor; Director of the Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University,
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026
All Day
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Last Day of Fall Classes

All Day
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Styrofoam Recycling Drop Off Day

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

South Mudd 254
Xiaofeng Meng, USC/SCEC,
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Innes Bigaran, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
2:00pm – 2:30pm
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Dare Mighty Things Exhibition Tour

Beckman Institute 131
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Jonathan Fox, Cai Lab (Biology)

Chen 100
Spatial Multi-Omics of Tumor and Immune Cells in Intact Tissue
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Michael Bollong, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute,
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian: Trust Your Gut: Microbiome Influences on Brain Health and Disease

Beckman Auditorium
Sarkis Mazmanian, Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,
Thursday, December 3rd, 2026
12:00am – 12/6 11:59pm
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Study Period for Undergraduates (Fall)

11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Koushil Sreenath, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Linde Institute 15th Anniversary Seminar Series

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Michael Ewens, David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance and Director of the Private Equity Program, Columbia Business School,
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