Institute Calendar
November 2026
Friday, November 6th, 2026
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HSS 60th Anniversary Celebration | Keynote Conversation
Leviathan Unchained: Rethinking the Framers on Executive Power
John Ferejohn,
(HSS Faculty 1972–1983) Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, Emeritus, NYU School of Law,
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal,
Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and Director of the Ronald and Maxine Linde Institute of Economic and Management Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Joe Edgecomb, Postdoctoral Researcher (Peters Group),
Leveraging Potent Photoreductants in Organic Synthesis,
6:30pm
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11:00pm
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Saturday, November 7th, 2026
9:00am
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2:00pm
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8:00pm
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Sunday, November 8th, 2026
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Monday, November 9th, 2026
8:30am
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4:30pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Glimpses of the (quantum) black hole interior
Shada Ali Ahmad,
New York University,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
"Linking nanoscale mineral processes to tectonic-scale phenomena using atom probe tomography"
Renelle Dubosq,
Principal's Research Chair in Nanogeology, Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of British Columbia,
4:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Converting fractional charges into fractional Majorana modes at quantum Hall--spin-liquid interfaces
4:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
8:30am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Jiahui Peng, Lois Lab (Biology)
"Neural Dynamics Underlying Reliable Behavior: Insights from Learned Vocalizations in Songbirds".
Jiahui Peng,
Graduate Student, Biology,
10:30am
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CMX Lunch Seminar
Forward and inverse problems for the BGK model with in-flow boundary condition
Hanming Zhou,
Associate Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Do Individuals Treat Their Posterior as Sufficient Statistics? An Experimental Investigation
Zhenlin Kang,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
1:30pm
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5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Andreas Martin
"Molecular machines for protein destruction: Substrate processing by AAA+ ATPases of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System"
Andy Martin,
HHMI Investigator, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology,
University of California Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium
The Quest for Representational Universals
Phillip Isola,
Associate Professor,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The never-ending pursuit of OH radical: Its formation via carbonyl photolysis and reactions with SO2 and HNO3.
A.R. ( Ravi) Ravishankara,
Professor of Chemistry,
Departments of Chemistry and Atmospheric Science,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Beyond basalts: recent discoveries of felsic rocks on Mars
Marie Barthez,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Rosen Center Seminar: Erika DeBenedictis, Pioneer Labs
Terraforming Mars as a Bioengineering Problem
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Entangled vs. Separable Choice
Victor Aguiar,
Associate Professor of Economics,
Simon Fraser University,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
All Day
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11:00am
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Hyperfiniteness of Bounded-to-One Actions of Commutative Monoids
Forte Shinko,
Stefan E. Warschawski Visiting Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego,
12:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Explaining Mechanisms: Experts Make A Difference
Ori Heffetz,
Professor of Economics,
SC Johnson College of Business,
Cornell University,
3:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Origin of Supermassive Black Holes from Pop III.1 Seeds and Implications for Particle Physics and Cosmology
Jonathan C. Tan,
Professor of Astronomy,
Chalmers University/University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
You Are What You Breathe and Eat: Linking Chemical Exposure and Molecular Responses
Erin Baker,
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies,
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
4:00pm
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Applied Physics and Materials Science Seminar Series
Tuning Light with Materials and Materials with Light
Felipe H. da Jornada,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,