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Friday, April 19th, 2019
4:00pm – 4:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

Head and tail speeds of mean curvature flow with forcing
Hongwei Gao, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Coping with Procrastination and Work Avoidance

Sherman Fairchild Library 326 (Interactive Computer Classroom)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Molecular Recognition in Chemical and Biological Systems: Chemical Models and Biostructural Investigations
François Diederich, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich,
5:00pm – 5:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

Weissler's conjecture on the Boolean cube
Paata Ivanisvili, Department of Mathematics, UC Irvine,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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von Kármán Lecture - The Future is Cloudy: NASA's Look at Clouds and Climate

Ramo Auditorium
Saturday, April 20th, 2019
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Outdoor Track & Field) Caltech at Beach Invitational Hosted by Long Beach State

10:00am – 1:00pm
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(Women's Tennis) Caltech at Whittier

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Baseball) Whittier vs. Caltech

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Women's Water Polo) Caltech at Chapman

11:30am – 1:30pm
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2019 "Spring Swing" Badminton Tournament

Brown Gymnasium
2:30pm – 5:30pm
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(Baseball) Whittier vs. Caltech

3:00pm – 6:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) Whittier vs. Caltech

Sunday, April 21st, 2019
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Documentary, Dinner, & Discussion

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Water Management: Efficiency and Reuse

Bechtel Residence Dining Hall
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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World Fest - A World of Cake

Avery Dining Hall
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Approaching Moons in Chaotic Environments with Applications to Europa Lander
Rodney L. Anderson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Maps, Monsters, and Natural History in the Age of Exploration
Surekha Davies, Cultural Historian and InterAmericas Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Planets in a Bottle: Exploring Planetary Atmospheres in a Lab
Sarah M. Hörst, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Biomass Conversion and Desalination
Kyoung-Shin Choi, Evan P. and Marion Helfaer Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech/USC/UCLA Joint Topology Seminar

Factorization homology: sigma-models as state-sum TQFTs
David Ayala, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montana State University,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Chen-Huang Sustainability Series Lecture: The California Experience Goes Global with Terry Tamminen, CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation

Ramo Auditorium
The California Experience Goes Global
Terry Tamminen, CEO, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation,
5:30pm – 6:30pm
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Caltech/USC/UCLA Joint Topology Seminar

Counting square-tiled surfaces with prescribed real and imaginary foliations
Francisco Arana Herrera, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
6:00pm – 8:30pm
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SILA and the Gatekeepers of the Arctic Screening

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Classroom Opportunities for Sustainability Engagement on Campus

Bechtel Residence Dining Hall
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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World Fest - Christmas in the Philippines

Avery Dining Hall
12:15pm – 12:45pm
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Outdoors Guided Meditation

Beckman Institute Lawn
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Annenberg 107
The complexity of sampling from a weak quantum computer
Saeed Mehraban, MIT,
3:30pm – 4:30pm
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Professional Development Series: Tech Talks

Lee F. Browne Dining Hall (formerly the Harry Chandler Dining Hall)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Counseling Group

Counseling Center
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
"Retrieval of Haze Properties in Pluto's Atmosphere from New Horizons" and "Sodium Chloride on the Surface of Europa"
Siteng Fan, Graduate Student, Department of Planetary Science, Caltech,
Samantha Trumbo, Graduate Student, Department of Planetary Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions
Kelsey Poremba, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Making policies matter: Voter responses to campaign promises
Francesco Trebbi, Professor of Economics, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia,
5:30pm – 7:30pm
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Climate Change from Space: JPL and Caltech's Unique Role

Beckman Institute Auditorium
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Associates Event: The New Disruptors of Wall Street

Athenaeum
with Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, the Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and holder of the Ronald and Maxine Linde Leadership Chair
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Center for Student Services, Lobby
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar: Heather Zinn Brooks

Annenberg 213
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Denim Day @ Hameetman Patio

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Emotional Well-Being Workshop Series - Cultivating emotional agility and resilience

Avery Library
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Sustainability at Caltech Part 1: 2018 Sustainability Report

Bechtel Residence Dining Hall
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mental Health First Aid Training

383 S. Hill Ave., Annex
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Conformally soft photons and gravitons
Andrea Puhm, CPHT - Centre de Physique Theorique,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop - You and Your Thesis

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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CPET Seminar on Flipped Classrooms

Crellin 151
Flipping the Solar System: A Discussion of Teaching in a Flipped Classroom
Mike Brown, Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Lab Safety Orientation Training

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Three-Dimensional Supernova Explosion Simulations
Adam Burrows, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Distinguished Lecture

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Lessons from the Early Days of Semiconductors
Carver Mead, Gordon & Betty Moore Professor of Engineering & Applied Science, Emeritus,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Title To understand how ice sheets respond to climate change, look at the bed!
Mathieu Morlighem, University of California Irvine,