Institute Calendar
January 2026
Wednesday, January 28th, 2026
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Galaxy Evolution in the Resolved Universe
Daniel Weisz,
Associate Professor of Astronomy; Head Graduate Advisor,
Astronomy Department,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A World Tour of Nitrite: Revealing the Ocean's Invisible Chemistry
Mariana Bif,
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science,
University of Miami,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Caltech Longevity Club Speaker Series
Remember the Future' Strategies for a Meaningful Life in Medicine
Jordan Shlain,
Founder and CEO of Private Medical,
Thursday, January 29th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Homogenizing Origami and Kirigami Metamaterials
Paul Plucinsky,
Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Southern California,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
Most regular graphs are Ramanujan
Theo McKenzie,
Stanford Science Fellow,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geoclub Seminar Series
Insights into catalysts of environmental methane oxidation across landscapes
John Magyar,
Research Scientist in Geobiology,
Geological and Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions & Visual Culture Program Seminar
From Text to Media
Anna Shechtman,
Assistant Professor of Literatures in English,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Rachel Rosen,
Associate Professor of Quantum Field Theory and Gravity,
Department of Physics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Friday, January 30th, 2026
9:00am
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Ongoing
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Exploring Entropy-Positivity Bounds
Rachel Rosen,
Carnegie Mellon University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Entanglement oscillations and many-body quantum scars
Nicholas O'Dea,
Princeton,
1:15pm
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2:15pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar - POSTPONED
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Null Ray: Localized gauge invariant observables and covariant quantization
Laurent Freidel,
Perimeter Institute,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium
The Separation Aerodynamics of Idealized Fragmenting Meteoroids
Stuart Laurence,
Professor,
Aerospace Engineering,
University of Maryland, College Park,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar
Smoothly knotted surfaces in small closed 4-manifolds
Dave Auckly,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Kansas State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Earthquake-Cycle Modality Revealed by Paleoseismic Inter-Event Time Distributions
Michael Oskin,
Professor of Geology,
University of California, Davis,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, January 31st, 2026
1:00pm
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2:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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