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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 125
Gene Therapy for Red-Green Color Blindness
Jay Neitz, professor of ophthalmology, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy

Baxter B125
Equilibrium Checks and Balances
James Robinson, David Florence Professor of Government, Harvard University,
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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Amnesty International Book Discussion Group

See event detail for location
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
9:00pm – 11:00pm
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Free Salsa Dance Social

Off Campus
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections for Spring Term

10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the Park

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Cantor Blowup
Rowan Killip, professor of mathematics, UCLA,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers Group Meeting

Gates Annex 126 (Library)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: "CODA: If You Publish, You Need CaltechAUTHORS"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TIAA-CREF Workshop: "Self Directed Brokerage Services"

Beckman Institute Auditorium
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Bloodborne Pathogens Training

Keith Spalding 118
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Adaptive Optics Imaging of Circumstellar Debris Disks
Mike Fitzgerald, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125
Rational and Naive Herding
Matthew Rabin, professor of economics, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar

Moore B280
Bounding the Rate Distortion Performance of Voice and Video Codecs
Jerry Gibson, professor and chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Mechanisms of Long-term Survival and Evolution in Bacteria
Steven Finkel, USC,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Materials Science on a Single Defect Level: Mapping Bias-induced Transformation in Ferroelectric and Electrochemical Systems
Sergei Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Development and Application of Carbon–Carbon Bond Forming Reactions
Regan J. Thomson, professor of chemistry, Northwestern University,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Broad 100
Lensfree On-Chip Microscopy and Tomography Toward Telemedicine Applications
Aydogan Ozcan, professor of electrical engineering, California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Everhart Lecture

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Individual Particle Motion at the Microscale: A Brownian Ballet
Roseanna Zia, graduate student in mechanical engineering, Caltech,
5:30pm – 6:30pm
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CPET Seminar: "The Dos and Don'ts of Teaching Statements"

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Andrea Armani, professor of chemical engineering and materials science, USC,
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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L.A.-Style Salsa Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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L.A. Ruby Study Group Meeting

IMSS 120
7:15pm – 9:30pm
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Losing Control

Ramo Auditorium
7:45pm – 8:45pm
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L.A.-Style Salsa Dance Class (Intermediate)

Winnett Lounge
9:00pm – 10:00pm
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Free Salsa Rueda Dance Class (Beginner)

Winnett Lounge
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
7:30am – 1:00pm
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Bike to Work Day

Student Activities Center
8:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for Fall Term and Registration for Summer Graduate Research

9:00am – 11:00am
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Caltech Women's Club Hiking and Walking Group

Off Campus
9:00am – 10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
The Burden of Proof—Weighing the Costs of Cheap Energy
Aaron Wolf, graduate student in geology and planetary sciences, Caltech,
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Development of Plant Manufacturing Processes of Key Intermediates for HCV Drug Candidate Telaprevir
Gerald J. Tanoury, Chemical Development, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
11:30am – 1:30pm
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Information Session: University of Redlands Evening Degree Programs

Winnett Quad
11:50am – 1:20pm
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2nd Annual Caltech Student Health Fair

San Pasqual Walk
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Firestone 306
Particles in Turbulence
Federico Toschi, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar

Baxter B125
Social Pain and Pleasure: Exploring the Neural Systems Underlying Social Rejection and Connection
Naomi Eisenberger, assistant professor of psychology, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar - CANCELED

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Directional Detection: Searching for the Dark Matter Wind
Jocelyn Monroe, assistant professor of physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, MIT,
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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CPA Group Trip: Wine Tasting

Off Campus
8:00pm – 11:00pm
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Tango and Milonga Workshop

Winnett Lounge
Friday, May 20th, 2011
10:00am – 11:00am
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Electrocatalysis in Solid Acid Fuel Cells
Mary Louie, graduate student in chemical engineering, Caltech,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
The Binomial Geometry of SU(5) GUTs in F-theory
Mboyo Esole, Harvard University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 237
Exploiting Network Effects in the Provisioning of Large Scale Systems
Jayakrishnan Nair, graduate student in electrical engineering, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Modulated Interface Lithography {MIL}: The Nanoworld Beyond BĂ©nard Instability
Sandra M. Troian, professor of applied physics, aeronautics, and mechanical engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Multimetallic Manganese and Manganese-Calcium Complexes Relevant to the Oxygen Evolving Center of Photosystem II
Jacob S. Kanady, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Poetry Club Meeting

Red Door Cafe
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Speaker

Broad 100
China and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Gerard Jensen, director of development and technical services, Gilead Sciences, San Dimas, CA,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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The Vicarious Brain: The Neural Basis of Empathy, Learning by Observation, and Sociopathy

Beckman Auditorium
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Glee Club and Orchestra

Ramo Auditorium