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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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San Gabriel Valley Linux Users Group Monthly Meeting

Downs 107
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The Quest for Other Worlds Like Earth
Dr. Thomas Gautier, JPL,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Argentine Tango Dance Class (Intermediate level)

Winnett Lounge
Friday, May 11th, 2012
9:00am – 6:00pm
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Humanities Conference

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Copyright and Patenting Workshop
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Holograms of 3-dimensional gravity
Daniel Grumiller, TU Vienna,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 127
How is Distributed Generation Stressing the Business Model of Electric Utilities?
Desmond Cai, Graduate Student, Caltech,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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What We Know about Student Learning, and How We've Used it at MIT

Annenberg 105
What We Know about Student Learning, and How We've Used it at MIT
John Belcher, Class of 1921 Professor of Physics,
Dr. Lori Breslow, Director, Teaching and Learning Laboratory , MIT,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Boundary Kernels for Dissipative Systems

Annenberg 213
Boundary Kernels for Dissipative Systems
Shih-Hsien Yu, Professor, Mathematics, National University of Singapore,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Homer J. Stewart Lecture in Aerospace

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Technological and Engineering Challenges in Robotic Space Exploration
Speaker: Charles Elachi, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
New Physics Searches at the LHC with Razor Variables
Christopher Rogan, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Brush Polymers for Optoelectronic Devices
Raymond Weitekamp, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Red Door Poetry Club Meeting

Red Door Cafe
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
The Quest for Other Worlds Like Earth
Dr. Thomas Gautier, JPL,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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32nd Annual Bandorama: Caltech Jazz and Concert Bands

Ramo Auditorium
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum

Baxter Lecture Hall
Getting in the Game: Entrepreneurs and the Video Game Industry
Dan Beldy, Director, Knightship Partners ,
10:00am – 11:00am
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***Postponed- to May 19*** Good Morning Bellydance! With Leela and the Caltech Bellydance Club

Braun Gym
12:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Arouchanov Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus:Arzmanians Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Fernandez Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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32nd Annual Bandorama: Caltech Jazz and Concert Bands

Ramo Auditorium
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Jeni and Billy

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Sunday, May 13th, 2012
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
Christof Koch, Caltech,
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles: Mother's Day Concert

Dabney Hall, Lounge
6:30pm – 9:30pm
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OASIS Annual Show 2012 - Kahaani

Ramo Auditorium
Monday, May 14th, 2012
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Seniors to Remove Conditions and Incompletes

9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Deficiency Notices

11:00am – 1:00pm
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3rd Annual Caltech Student Health Fair

San Pasqual Walk
11:30am – 1:30pm
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Winnett Quad
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Faculty Board Meeting

Caltech Hall Board Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Resonant Shattering of Neutron Star Crusts
Dave Tsang, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Mechanics-based self-organization of cell shapes and tubular patterns
Chin-Lin Guo, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, Bioengineering Option, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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CMA Film Screening: "Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death, and Technology"

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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CMA presents "Connected: An “Autoblogography” about Love, Death, and Technology"

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
MESSENGER at Mercury: The Surprising Innermost Planet
Sean Solomon, Research Staff Member and Director Emeritus, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
How the CMB challenges cosmology's standard model
Glenn Starkman, Case Western Reserve University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Correlation of Electronic Structure to Reactivity in Organometallic Catalysis and Polynuclear Small Molecule Activation
Theodore Betley, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Implicit Sampling, with Applications to Data Assimilation
Alexandre Chorin, Professor, Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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Beginning Blues Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Design and Analysis of Safety Critical Systems
Peter Seiler, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Ab initio Modeling of CO2 Reduction and CO2 Capture
Laura Gagliardi, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 125
What fruit flies teach us about RNA silencing
Phillip Zamore, Prof. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Mass.,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Search for Higgs boson decaying to WW and ZZ at CMS
Si Xie, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences

South Mudd 365
The Brown Dwarf Desert: A Tale of Some Stars Engulfing Their Massive Close-in Companions
Tristan Guillot, Research Scientist, Observatoire de la Cˆote d’Azur, CNRS (France),
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Seminar Presents: Noa Marom, University of Texas, Austin

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy

Baxter B125
Rumor, Truths, and Reality: A Study of Political Misinformation
Adam Berinsky, Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the park

Tournament Park