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Friday, October 23rd, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Quantum Breakdown Model: from Disorder-free Glass to SPT
Biao Lian, Princeton,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mudd Geology Library Open House

North Mudd 201 (Geology Library)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Quasi-periodic eruptions: new transient probes of stars near supermassive black holes
Joheen Chakraborty, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, MIT,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminars

Linde Hall 387
Relating the Colored Jones Polynomial to Hyperbolic Volume Through Categorification
Christine Ruey Shan Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Texas State University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Bridging rigorous methods with machine learning to build safe and intelligent autonomy
Chuchu Fan, School of Engineering Leonardo Career Development Chair, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Quantitative chemical imaging with vibrational microscopy
Philip Kocheril, Graduate Student (Wei Group),
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Arab Student Union "Sip 'N Play"

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
How Do You Find a Planet You Can't See?
Anjali Tripathi, Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Saturday, October 24th, 2026
11:00am – 12:30pm
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Men's Water Polo vs. Occidental

Braun Athletic Center, Pool
Sunday, October 25th, 2026
9:00am – 10/26 5:00pm
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ChE Symposium

Monday, October 26th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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2027 Open Enrollment "What's New" Webinar for Postdoctoral Scholars

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Study Abroad Danish Technical University info session

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

Online and In-Person Event
Moduli-Space Laplacians, Asymptotic Geometry, and the Emergent String Conjecture
Alex Stewart, UC Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Distinguished Lecture Series

Gates-Thomas 135
Computer Architecture in the Age of Agentic AI
William J. Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research at NVIDIA Corporation and an Adjunct Professor and former chair of Computer Science at Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Where did life begin?
Benjamin Tutolo, Professor of Earth, Energy, and Environment, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
TBD
Kewen Wu, Assistant Professor, Department of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Crystal electric-field effect in rare-earth insulating magnets and its implications for thermal transport under magnetic field
Minhyea Lee, Professor of Physics, CU Boulder,
Tuesday, October 27th, 2026
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Caltech Connect Suicide Prevention Training for Staff, Faculty, and Postdocs

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Hardware, Electronics, Aerospace, and Robotics (HEAR) Industry Day 2026

Olive Walk
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Baxter B125
Multi-Text Representation Learning for Patent Validity Prediction
Nghia Tran Pham, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Safety Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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An evening with Blue Origin: CEO Dave Limp and technical leaders share their vision for building the road to space

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
David Limp, CEO, Blue Origin,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Simulation-driven Robot Learning for the Lazy Researcher
Abhishek Gupta, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CNS/NB Seminar - Cliff Ragsdale

Chen 100
"Patterning and proprioception in the octopus arm"
Cliff Ragsdale, Professor of Neurobiology, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Designing Lessons for K-12 Classrooms: Session 2

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
New Directions in Modular Representation Theory
Claus Sorensen, Professor of Mathematics, UCSD,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Emily Sellars, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University,
5:00pm – 6:30pm
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Ghoulish Gay Gathering

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Connect Suicide Prevention Training for Students

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
12:00am – Ongoing
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Midterm Examination Period

10:00am – 11:00am
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Deans & Donuts - Mid-terms study break for undergraduate students

Center for Student Services, Large Tent
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Linde Institute 15th Anniversary Seminar Series

Baxter B125
Topic to be announced
Ulrike Malmendier, Cora Jane Flood Professor of Finance, UC Berkeley,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 254
Haipeng Li, Stanford,
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Aidan Herderschee, Institute for Advanced Study,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Finding U.S. Maps Online

Online Event
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
Tuan Do,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
The Fate of Subducted Waters: Examples of Transport and Transformation Below the Mixed Layer
Leah Johnson, Principle Oceanographer, Applied Physics Laboratory, (APL), University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Ni-catalyzed functionalization of sp3 C-H bonds
Ruben Martin, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Physics and Materials Science Seminar Series

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Information-theoretic entropy imaging of quantum matter
Monica Allen, Assistant Professor, Physics, UC San Diego,
5:30pm – 10/29 4:00pm
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Special Preview Days: Caltech JPL Archival Exhibition

Beckman Institute 131
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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First Light: The Brave New Space Age

Beckman Auditorium
Thursday, October 29th, 2026
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Inauguration of Caltech's 10th President: Inauguration Ceremony

Beckman Mall
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Inauguration of Caltech's 10th President: Campus Celebration Lunch

Olive Walk
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar

Cahill 370
First Maps from the Canadian Galactic Emission Mapper - An 8-10 GHz Northern Sky Polarization Survey
Pedro Villalba González, Graduate Student, University of British Columbia,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra, Geometry, & Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
An Euler System for the Triple Product
Fernando Trejos, Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra, Geometry, & Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
An Euler System for the Triple Product
Fernando Trejos, Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Ge Wang

Moore B270
Ge Wang, PhD, Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,