Institute Calendar
November 2026
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Matthew Cooper,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Minghao Pan,
Graduate Student (Economic Theory),
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Mustafa Mir
Mustafa Mir,
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of Pennsylvania,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Katherine Ball,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
TBD
Michael Keller,
Distinguished Visiting Scientist at JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, November 5th, 2026
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Nghia Tran Pham,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar, Jina A. Ko
4D Profiling: Capturing Cellular Dynamics in Space and Time
Jina A. Ko,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Bioengineering; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, November 6th, 2026
9:00am
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Dang Pham,
McCray Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and JILA,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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HSS 60th Anniversary Celebration | Keynote Lecture
Topic to be announced
John Ferejohn,
Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, Emeritus, New York University; The Caroline S. G. Munro Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Emeritus, Stanford University,
Saturday, November 7th, 2026
Monday, November 9th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Zhenlin Kang,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Andy Martin
Andy Martin,
HHMI Investigator, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology,
University of California Berkeley,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
All Day
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
TBD
Erin Baker,
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies,
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, November 12th, 2026
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Bin He
Professor Bin He,
Trustee Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neuroscience Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Friday, November 13th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
TBD
Ian Eisenman,
Professor,
Scripps Institution of Oceanograpy,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Marisa C. Kozlowski,
Ponzy Lu Endowed Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, November 19th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Sridevi Sarma
Professor Sridevi (Sri) Sarma,
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Vice Dean for Graduate Education at the Whiting School of Engineering, and Associate Director, Institute for Computational Medicine,
John Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Topic to be announced
Trevor Teitel,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
Stanford University,
Friday, November 20th, 2026
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thursday, November 26th, 2026
7:00am
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11/27
5:00pm
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Friday, November 27th, 2026
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, November 30th, 2026
8:00am
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Ongoing
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