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Friday, November 13th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 127
Ranking Statistical Experiments via the Linear Convex Order and the Lorenz Zonoid: Economic Applications
Kailin Chen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Toulouse School of Economics,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Laura Lewis, University of California, Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Damage-tolerant structural materials for extreme environments
David Cook, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Erica Sutcliffe, Postdoctoral Researcher (Hadt Group),
Saturday, November 14th, 2026
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Pasadena Repair Cafe Event

San Pasqual Walk
2:00pm – 5:30pm
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Honoring a Life and Legacy - Rudolph A. Marcus Memorial

8:00pm – 9:30pm
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CALTECH ORCHESTRA CONCERTS "AMERICA AT 250"

Ramo Auditorium
Sunday, November 15th, 2026
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ma 1a

3:00pm – 4:30pm
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CALTECH ORCHESTRA CONCERTS "AMERICA AT 250"

Ramo Auditorium
Monday, November 16th, 2026
8:00am – 5:00pm
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LCSSP Biopolicy Workshop

Resnick Sustainability Center 110
Topic to be announced
8:15am – 12:30pm
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KISS Short Course - Cosmic Lighthouses: Navigating Deep Space by the Beat of Pulsars

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Applied Physics and Materials Science Undergrad Info Session

Steele 125
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Zachary Bogorad, Fermilb,
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Special ChE Seminar

Broad 200
Active Polymers in Porous Media: Activity-Driven Conformational and Transport Dynamics
Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
"Thermal and thermodynamic perspectives on forming lithium-rich granites"
Owen Weller-Gibbs, Professor of Metamorphic Petrology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Yeuhaw Khoo, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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SURF 2027 Information Session | Off-Campus SURFs

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

Tuesday, November 17th, 2026
9:30am – 12:00pm
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2026 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition | Semi-Final Round Session A

SFP Backhouse, 317 S. Wilson Ave.
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Planning for Life's Milestones

Online Event
12:15pm – 1:15pm
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SURF 2027 Information Session | Computer Science for Caltech Sophomore & Juniors

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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2026 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition | Semi-Final Round Session B

SFP Backhouse, 317 S. Wilson Ave.
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Elucidating Charge, Spin, and Solvation Dynamics at Electrochemical Interfaces
L. Robert Baker, Phyllis and Richard Leet Endowed Chair, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio 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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Special Seminar - Eric Batchelor

Broad 100
p53 dynamics and the regulation of cell stress responses in single cells
Eric Batchelor, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2026
All Day
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Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 254
Shangqin Hao, UC Berkeley,
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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2026 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition | Semi-Final Round Session C

SFP Backhouse, 317 S. Wilson Ave.
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CFAM Discussion Series: AI in Today's Classroom: Discussion with Dr. Susanne Hall

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Juno, Jupiter, and jupiters: How a low cost planetary mission has revolutionized our understanding of giant planets
Jonathan Lunine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Ian Eisenman, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanograpy, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Marisa C. Kozlowski, Ponzy Lu Endowed Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania,
5:30pm – 7:00pm
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Night Walk

Chen 100
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Problem Set Workshop - Ch 1a

Thursday, November 19th, 2026
12:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for Winter Term

9:30am – 12:00pm
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2026 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition | Semi-Final Round Session D

SFP Backhouse, 317 S. Wilson Ave.
10:00am – 11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Chen 100
Information-efficient representations for genomics data
Nikhila Swarna, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
This seminar has been postponed.
Trevor Teitel, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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David G. Goodwin Memorial Lecture

Gates-Thomas 135
"From Breathing Rocks to Sustainable Technologies: How Microbes Wire the Biotic-Abiotic Interface"
Moh El-Naggar, Dean's Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of Physics, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Sridevi Sarma

Moore B270
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 – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Andrew Strominger, Harvard,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
"Cellular Electrochemistry Powered by Phase Transitions"
Yifan Dai, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

Red Door Cafe
Friday, November 20th, 2026
10:00am – 11:00am
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Special ChE Seminar

Schlinger 101
"Marangoni-Driven Flows and Instabilities: From Droplets to Interfaces"
Hyoungsoo Kim, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs November 2026 Meeting

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Saleh Naghdi, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Transgender Day of Remembrance

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Rocking Out to Heavy Metals: Improving Radiative Transfer Modeling of R-Process Transients
Daniel Brethauer, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Setthivoine You, Co-Founder, Chief Scientist, Helicity Space,