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Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Men's Water Polo vs. Cal Lutheran

Braun Athletic Center, Pool
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ch 1a

Thursday, November 12th, 2026
10:00am – 11:30am
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Ginsburg Center Open House

10:00am – 4:00pm
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JPL Research Poster Day

JPL
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Nastya Oguienko, Mazmanian Lab, (Biology)

Broad 100
Principled Approach to Quantitative Analysis of Mouse Behavior
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Identifying Source Terms of Firebrand Generation for Models of Fire Spread in Wilderness and Urban Areas
David Blunck, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, College of Engineering/Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State,
11:00am – 2:00pm
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TechHub Drop-In Thursday: Origami Models

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

Chen 100
"Ingredients for the secret sauce of flies" and "From foe to friend: rove beetles and the chemosensory basis of ant host-seeking behaviors"
Michael Dickinson, Professor, BBE, Caltech,
Hayley Smihula, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar

Cahill 370
Cosmic rays in cosmological simulations - bridging scales
Ludwig Boess, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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EE Devices Seminar- Kejie Fang, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chen 130
Nonlinear Optical Interfaces for Quantum Information and Networking
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra, Geometry, & Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Moments of Twists of GL(3) L-Functions
Junxian Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, UC Davis,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
"A Thin Hematite-Organic Carbon Film on Vapor-Phase Garnets from Arizona: Chemical Selectivity and a Possible Microbial Origin"
Aaron Celestian, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Bin He

Moore B270
Bidirectional Brain-Computer Interfaces: Decoding and Modulating the Brain
Professor Bin He, Trustee Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Exploring Young Brown Dwarfs Down to Planetary Masses
Ray Jayawarhana, President; Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair; Professor of Astronomy, Caltech,
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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AI, Science, and the Profit Motive

Gates Annex B122
Friday, November 13th, 2026
9:00am – 4:00pm
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CALTECH / CEDARS-SINAI INTERDISCIPLINARY IMMUNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

Chen 100
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Surplus With A Purpose Event

San Pasqual Walk
12:00pm – 11/15 9:00pm
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Caltech Mathathon Challenge

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 127
Ranking Statistical Experiments via the Linear Convex Order and the Lorenz Zonoid: Economic Applications
Kailin Chen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Toulouse School of Economics,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Ginsburg 123 (Seminar Room)
Learning the structure of open quantum systems
Laura Lewis, University of California, Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Analysis Seminar (1/2)

Linde Hall 310
Several Problems in Analysis in the AI Era
Paata Ivanisvili, Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, UC Irvine,
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
8:00am – 5:00pm
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LCSSP Biopolicy Workshop

Resnick Sustainability Center 110
Topic to be announced
8:15am – 12:30pm
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KISS Short Course - Cosmic Lighthouses: Navigating Deep Space by the Beat of Pulsars

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
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

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

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
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,