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Angkur Shaikeea, Assistant Professor of Aerospace; Bren Scholar, The Lynn Booth & Kent Kresa Department of Aerospace, California Institute of Technology,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

TBA

Jackie Lodman, Harvard University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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APACT presents "In conversation with Melissa Magsaysay: Journalism, Brand Building and Storytelling Across a Changing Media Landscape"

Chen 100

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122

Patrick Sung, Professor of Biochemistry & Structural Biology, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, UT Health San Antonio,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event

Particles of the Moment

David Hertzog, Arthur B. McDonald Professor of Physics, Director of CENPA, Department of Physics, University of Washington,

5:00pm – 7:00pm

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Celebration of Excellence 2026

Dabney Hall, Garden of the Associates

Friday, May 22nd, 2026

10:30am – 11:30am

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PhD Thesis Defense

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)

Jason Yang, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering (Arnold Lab), Caltech,

11:00am – 12:00pm

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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

TBA

Victor Rodriguez, UC Santa Barbara,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114

Benjamin McDonough, University of Colorado, Boulder,

1:00pm – 2:00pm

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PhD Thesis Defense

Braun Laboratory 152

Cai Tong Ng, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,

1:30pm – 2:30pm

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PhD Thesis Defense

Chen 100

Combinatorial Signal Integration in the Dopamine Receptor System

Jan Gregrowicz, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,

2:00pm – 3:00pm

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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

Title to be announced

Semih Tuna, Graduate Student, Metzger Group, Department of Physics, Columbia University,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

TBA

Sabrina Pasterski, Perimeter Institute,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)

The Kinematics of Life The Evolving Role of Robot Kinematics in Bio-Nanotechnology

Kazem Kazerounian, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Conneticut,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Fernando Guerrero, Graduate Student (Agapie Group),

8:00pm – 9:30pm

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CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS

Dabney Hall, Lounge

Public Event

Monday, May 25th, 2026

All Day

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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information

Tuesday, May 26th, 2026

10:30am – 12:00pm

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NB/CNS Seminar - Bing Brunton

Broad 100

Embodied intelligence: From connectomes to body models

Bing Brunton, Professor & Richard and Joan Komen University Chair, University of Washington, Seattle,

12:15pm – 1:00pm

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Fellowships Advising Information Session - Switzer / Environmental Fellowships

2:00pm – 3:00pm

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Banks-McKelvey Memorial Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall

Credibility in an Era of Chaos: Rebuilding Trust Between Universities and Society

Arthur Lupia, Vice President for Research and Innovation, Gerald R. Ford Distinguished University Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan,

Public Event

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Revisiting Woodward–Hoffmann Allowed and Forbidden Electrocyclic Reactions

Kendall N. Houk, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365

Wednesday, May 27th, 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

TBA

Siwei Zhong,

Siwei Zhong, Stony Brook University,

1:00pm – 2:00pm

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PhD Thesis Defense

Chen 130

Shawn Yoshida, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,

3:00pm – 4:15pm

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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Astronomy Colloquium: Greenstein Lecture

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium

TBD

Chung-Pei Ma, Professor of Astronomy and Physics, UC Berkeley,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365

TBD

Daniel McCoy,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

TBA

Giuseppe Lucente, SLAC,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125

Topic to be announced

Tanya Rosenblat, Professor of Information, School of Information and Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering

Gates Annex B122

From Electronics Skin to NeuroString

Zhenan Bao, K. K. Lee Professor, Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Professor, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering, of Chemistry, and of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University,

5:00pm – 7:00pm

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