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Saturday, November 7th, 2026
9:00am – 5:00pm
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HSS 60th Anniversary Celebration | Conference

Baxter Lecture Hall
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Women's Volleyball vs. CMS (Senior Night)

Braun Gym
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Caltech Wind Orchestra Concert "America at 250"

Ramo Auditorium
Sunday, November 8th, 2026
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ma 1a

3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech Wind Orchestra CONCERT "America at 250"

Ramo Auditorium
Monday, November 9th, 2026
8:30am – 4:30pm
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Fall 2026 Dissertation Writing Bootcamp

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
All Day
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Due Date for Midterm Grades

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

Red Door Cafe
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Study Abroad course choice information session

1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Shada Ali Ahmad, New York University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
"Linking nanoscale mineral processes to tectonic-scale phenomena using atom probe tomography"
Renelle Dubosq, Principal's Research Chair in Nanogeology, Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment Sciences, University of British Columbia,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Inverse Problems Over Probability Measure Space
Qin Li, Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Madison,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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SURF 2027 Information Session | Computer Science for Caltech Frosh

7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Movies That Matter: LIGO Documentary "Cosmic Coda"

Beckman Auditorium
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ph 1a

Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
8:30am – 4:30pm
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Fall 2026 Dissertation Writing Bootcamp

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Jiahui Peng, Lois Lab (Biology)

Broad 100
"Neural Dynamics Underlying Reliable Behavior: Insights from Learned Vocalizations in Songbirds".
Jiahui Peng, Graduate Student, Biology,
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Grief as a Sacred Ground

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Zhenlin Kang, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Safety Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Andreas Martin

Chen 100
"Molecular machines for protein destruction: Substrate processing by AAA+ ATPases of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System"
Andy Martin, HHMI Investigator, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology, University of California Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Phillip Isola, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The never-ending pursuit of OH radical: Its formation via carbonyl photolysis and reactions with SO2 and HNO3.
A.R. ( Ravi) Ravishankara, Professor of Chemistry, Departments of Chemistry and Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Rosen Center Seminar: Erika DeBenedictis, Pioneer Labs

Broad 100
Terraforming Mars as a Bioengineering Problem
Erika DeBenedictis, CEO and Founder, Pioneer Labs,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Victor Aguiar, Associate Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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Writers in Residence Program

Dabney Hall, Lounge
A Conversation with Author Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
7:30am – 9:00am
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Veteran's Day Breakfast

Athenaeum, Main Lounge
10:30am – 12:00pm
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2026 Gee Family SURF Poster Competition Finals

San Pasqual Walk
11:00am – 1:00pm
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TIAA's Office Hours

Red Door Cafe
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Take A Professor To Lunch - Fall 2026

Bechtel Residence Dining Hall
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Ori Heffetz, Professor of Economics, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
TBD
Shreyas Vissapragada,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
You Are What You Breathe and Eat: Linking Chemical Exposure and Molecular Responses
Erin Baker, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Peter B. Dervan Lecture

Gates Annex B122
Glycan Recognition in Health and Disease
Laura Kiessling, Novartis Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, MIT,
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Men's Water Polo vs. Cal Lutheran

Braun Athletic Center, Pool
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ch 1a

Thursday, November 12th, 2026
10:00am – 11:30am
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Ginsburg Center Open House

10:00am – 4:00pm
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JPL Research Poster Day

JPL
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Identifying Source Terms of Firebrand Generation for Models of Fire Spread in Wilderness and Urban Areas
David Blunck, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, College of Engineering/Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State,
11:00am – 2:00pm
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TechHub Drop-In Thursday: Origami Models

Caltech Hall TechHub
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Chen 100
"Ingredients for the secret sauce of flies" and "From foe to friend: rove beetles and the chemosensory basis of ant host-seeking behaviors"
Michael Dickinson, Professor, BBE, Caltech,
Hayley Smihula, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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EE Devices Seminar- Kejie Fang, U Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chen 130
title pendingt
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Bin He

Moore B270
Bidirectional Brain-Computer Interfaces: Decoding and Modulating the Brain
Professor Bin He, Trustee Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Ray Jayawarhana, President; Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair; Professor of Astronomy, Caltech,
Friday, November 13th, 2026
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Surplus With A Purpose Event

San Pasqual Walk
12:00pm – 11/15 9:00pm
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Caltech Mathathon Challenge