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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Lauritsen Lecture: Matthew R. Simmons: Facing Hard Truths about Energy

Beckman Auditorium
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Massive SLEs
Nikolai Makarov, professor of mathematics, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Staff and Faculty Consultation Center Workshop: "Managing Grief"

Winnett Lounge
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Women's Center Workshop: "Setting Professional Boundaries"

Caltech Women's Center
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Electric Cart Safety Training

Keith Spalding 118
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Keck 142
Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: California and Beyond
David B. Lobell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies
Joshua Simon, Millikan Postdoctoral Scholar in Astronomy, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Metal-Mediated Reactions for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: Fragment Assembly via Carbometalation
Glenn C. Micalizio, assistant professor of organic and inorganic chemistry, Yale University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Conscience, Rights, and the 'Delirium of Democracy': Charles Brockden Brown's Inalienable Alien
Nancy Ruttenburg, professor of comparative literature, New York University,
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Salsa Dance Class (Intermediate)

Winnett Lounge
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Human Resources Workshop: "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"

Winnett Lounge
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Omnivor's Dilemma 3: Hunting and Gathering
Gretchen Keppel Aleks, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech,
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool

234 S. Catalina Ave.
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Campus Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Career Development Center Workshop: "Interviewing Techniques Workshop for Students and Postdocs"

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Human Resources Workshop: "Getting Started in Your Retirement Savings Plan"

Beckman Institute Auditorium
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: Web of Knowledge

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Reception for Off the Clock: Art on Your Own Time

Dabney Hall, Garden of the Associates
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Local Responses to Regional Climate Change in East Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene: The Isotopic Record of Pedogenic Carbonates from the Turkana and Awash Basins
Naomi Levin, fellow, department of geology and geophysics, University of Utah,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Men's Soccer vs. Pomona Pitzer

North Athletic Field
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
A Quantum Computer Can Determine Who Wins a Game Faster than a Classical Computer
Edward Farhi, professor of physics and director of the Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Y Friends Dinner with Ken Libbrecht

Athenaeum
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Amnesty International Monthly Meeting

8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Wendy Northcutt: The Darwin Awards: Giving Their All to Improve the Gene Pool

Beckman Auditorium
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Hip Hop Dance Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Friday, October 26th, 2007
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
A Cascading Quiver and the MSSM
John Heckman, Harvard University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Firestone 306
Simple and Two-Phase Supersonic Jets Impinging on Plates
Martin Rein, German Aerospace Center (DLR),
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
What Is Delocalization? The Creutz-Taube Ion as Delphic Oracle
Noel S. Hush, professor of chemistry, emeritus, The University of Sydney, Australia,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Stable Boron and Phosphorus-Based Diradicals
Jean-Baptiste Bourg, postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Special Seminar

East Bridge 114
Rotating Photons
Steven van Enk, associate professor of physics, University of Oregon,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar

Lauritsen Library
Particle Physics with a Torsion Pendulum: A New Axion Search
Seth Hoedl, postdoctoral fellow, Center for Experimental Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar

Moore B270
Making Better Use of Time in Mixed-Signal Circuits
Michael H. Perrott, associate professor of electrical and computer science, MIT,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Family Night: Dinner and Movie

Beckman Auditorium, Exterior Promenade
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
7:30pm – 10:00pm
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Film Screening: In July

Baxter Lecture Hall
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Volleyball Match at Pomona-Pitzer College

away game
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Men's and Women's Cross Country Meet: SCIAC Championships

away game
10:00am – 6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Davoody/Karakesisoglu Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
11:00am – 5:00pm
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Aero Association of Caltech/JPL Fall Picnic

Off Campus
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Men's Soccer vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

North Athletic Field
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Majich Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Shaw/Doucette Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:15pm – 5:15pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ruiz Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:15pm – 5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Maspero Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Volleyball vs. West Coast Baptist

Braun Gym
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
12:30pm – 2:00pm
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Ballroom Dance Class (Beginner I)

Winnett Lounge
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Ballroom Dance Class (Intermediate)

Winnett Lounge
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Luma: Theater of Light

Beckman Auditorium