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Thursday, October 1st, 2026
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Chen 100
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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NSF GRFP information session [in-person]

Friday, October 2nd, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Riccardo Penco, Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Zachary Gelles, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Princeton University,
Monday, October 5th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Dr. Marshall Brennan, "Device" journal

Moore B280
Publishing Applied Technology Research at Cell Press
Dr. Marshall Brennan, Editor in Chief, Device,
Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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EAS Trailblazers Symposium

Annenberg 105
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Binyamin (Ben) Wincelberg, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Welcome to "Study Abroad" information session

Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
All Day
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Styrofoam Recycling Drop Off Day

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Study Abroad Danish Technical University info session

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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MedE : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar

Moore B280
Biointegrated electronics for disease monitoring and intervention
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Christina Woo, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University,
Thursday, October 8th, 2026
11:00am – 2:00pm
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TechHub Open House and Drop-In Thursday: Sew Your Own "Noodle" Pillow

Caltech Hall TechHub
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Paulo Cesar Matos Trifu, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
3:39pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Short RNA chaperones promote aggregation-resistant TDP-43 conformers to mitigate neurodegeneration
James Shorter, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, October 9th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Jakob Moritz, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs October 2026 Meeting

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Study Away at University of Chicago info session

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Importance of accretion disk-driven torques on extreme mass ratio inspirals
Abhishek Hegade, Associate Research Scholar, Department of Physics, Princeton,
5:30pm – 7:30pm
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CWC Fall Gathering Dinner

Dabney Hall, Lounge
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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AIM Public Lecture Series: Terence Tao

Beckman Auditorium
Machine Assisted Proof
Terence Tao, Professor, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
Monday, October 12th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Amartya Sengupta, University at Buffalo,
Tuesday, October 13th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Shiyu (Jake) Zhang, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Study Abroad at École Polytechnic info session

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
L. Robert Baker, Phyllis and Richard Leet Endowed Chair, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University,
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Special Seminar - Stanislav Shvartsman

Chen 130
TBD
Stanislav Shvartsman, Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Study Abroad at University of Cambridge info session

1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Symposium

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Ray Moellering, Professor of Chemical Biology, University of Chicago,
Yael David Shternberg, Associate Member, Chemical Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
Jin Zhang, Professor of Pharmacology, UC San Diego,
Thursday, October 15th, 2026
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Program Techfest Fall 2026

Moore Walk
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Study Abroad at University College London

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Contantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Madeline (Maddy) Murphy, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Friday, October 16th, 2026
9:00am – 10/18 3:00pm
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Alumni Weekend

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
9:00am – 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Vignesh Bhethanabotla, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Kasia Budzik, Harvard University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Aldana Grichener, Prize Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona,
Saturday, October 17th, 2026
9:00am – 7:00pm
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SFP Fall Seminar Day

Monday, October 19th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Zihan Zhou, Princeton University,
2:15pm – 3:15pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Harunobu Mitsunuma, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Ultrafast Optical Excitation of Antiferromagnetic or Inertial Magnons in 2D Magnets
Branislav K. Nikolic, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware,
Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Egor Stoyan, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Justin Crocker

Chen 100
Justin Crocker, Group Leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg,
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Study Abroad at University of Edinburgh info session

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Douglas Hamilton, Asst Professor Aerosol, Earth System Modelling, Wildfires, Biogeochemical Cycles, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Laura M.K. Dassama, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University,
Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Camila Farres Rodriguez, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Study Abroad at University of Melbourne

Friday, October 23rd, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Joheen Chakraborty, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, MIT,
Sunday, October 25th, 2026
9:00am – 10/26 5:00pm
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ChE Symposium