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Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
1:00pm 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Katherine Ball, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

TBD
Michael Keller, Distinguished Visiting Scientist at JPL,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Yoshio Ando, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science Tokyo,
7:30pm 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Katie Bouman: Illuminating the Hidden Universe with Physics and AI

Katie Bouman, associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
Thursday, November 5th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Marco Pavone, Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Topic to be announced
Nghia Tran Pham, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar, Jina A. Ko

4D Profiling: Capturing Cellular Dynamics in Space and Time
Jina A. Ko, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, November 6th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Dang Pham, McCray Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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HSS 60th Anniversary Celebration | Keynote Conversation

Leviathan Unchained: Rethinking the Framers on Executive Power
John Ferejohn, Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, Emeritus, NYU School of Law,
Saturday, November 7th, 2026
Monday, November 9th, 2026
1:30pm 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Shadi Ali Ahmad, New York University,
Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Topic to be announced
Zhenlin Kang, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Andy 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 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Phillip Isola, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
6:00pm 7:00pm
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

TBD
Erin Baker, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Peter B. Dervan Lecture

Laura Kiessling, Novartis Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, MIT,
Thursday, November 12th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

David Blunck, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, College of Engineering/Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State,
12:00pm 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Michael Dickinson, Professor, BBE, Caltech,
Hayley Smihula, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Bin He

Professor Bin He, Trustee Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University,
Friday, November 13th, 2026
Tuesday, November 17th, 2026
Wednesday, November 18th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

TBD
Ian Eisenman, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanograpy, UC San Diego,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Marisa C. Kozlowski, Ponzy Lu Endowed Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, November 19th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Sridevi Sarma

Professor Sridevi (Sri) Sarma, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Vice Dean for Graduate Education at the Whiting School of Engineering, and Associate Director, Institute for Computational Medicine, John Hopkins University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Topic to be announced
Trevor Teitel, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University,
Friday, November 20th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Daniel Brethauer, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley,
Tuesday, November 24th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Emma Pierson, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 25th, 2026
Thursday, November 26th, 2026
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,