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Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Take Your 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
TBD
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
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
Thursday, November 12th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
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
Professor Bin He, Trustee Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University,
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

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

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
Monday, November 16th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Zachary Bogorad, Fermilb,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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SURF 2027 Information Session | Off-Campus SURFs

Tuesday, November 17th, 2026
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

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

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
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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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,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
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,
Tuesday, November 24th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Safety Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Emma Pierson, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Wednesday, November 25th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 254
Axel Periollat, UC Riverside,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
Thursday, November 26th, 2026
12:00am – 11/27 11:59pm
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Thanksgiving (Institute holiday)

7:00am – 11/27 5:00pm
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information