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  Thursday February 9, 2012

    Free Sunrise POWER Vinyasa FLOW Yoga Class, 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM, Braun Athletic Center, aerobics room
    Flow into your day with a power vinyasa workout!

    Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP), 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 234 S. Catalina

    Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Keith Spalding Building
    This course is part of the certification process required for employees and researchers to become authorized radiation workers at the Institute. Registration (required): 395-6727 or safety.training@caltech.edu.

    ESE & Society Discussion Group, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 162 Mudd Laboratory, South
    "Tracking anthropogenic emissions in megacities: ground-based network design and space-based observations" Eric Kort, Postdoctoral Fellow, W.M. Keck Institute for Space Studies, JPL/Caltech.

    Radiation Safety Orientation, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Keith Spalding Building
    This course is part of the certification process required for employees and researchers to become authorized radiation workers at the Institute.

    Physics Research Conference, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 201 E. Bridge
    "Black Holes Get Loud. And Bright." Janna Levin, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College, Columbia University.

    Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 206 Thomas
    "Using High-Order CFD Methods to Predict and Understand Complex Unsteady Flows" Antony Jameson, Thomas V. Jones Professor in the School of Engineering, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University.

    Chemical Engineering Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room
    "Single-walled aluminosilicate nanotubes: emerging materials for separations and renewable energy technology" Dun-Yen Kang, PhD candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.

    William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Treasure Room, Dabney Hall
    "Hollywood's First Wave of "Holocaust" Films: From Frank Sinatra to Anne Frank" Lawrence Baron, Nasatir Chair in Modern Jewish History, Department of History, San Diego State University.

    Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar Series, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 080 Moore
    "On the diversity equivalence theorem" Joseph Boutros, Professor, Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar.

    Caltech Y Friends Dinner with Dr. David Baltimore, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Athenaeum
    Dr. David Baltimore, winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize for his work in virology, will be presenting on "Preventing Transmission of HIV" at the Caltech Y annual Winter Friends Dinner.

    AltC-PhD Q&A: Careers in Quantitative Finance, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, 300 Broad Center for the Biological Sciences
    Caltech Physics PhD alum, Ian Swanson, will answer questions about careers in quantitative finance.

    San Gabriel Valley Linux Users Group Monthly Meeting , 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Downs 107
    Drupal

    Vicki Kirschenbaum from the Sierra Club , 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Beckman Institute auditorium
    Vicki Kirschenbaum has been a volunteer with the Sierra Club Beyond Coal campaign for about two years. She will talk about how and why she got involved in the campaign, the good news on the Beyond Coal front across the country, and highlights of the local efforts to get the City of Los Angeles to phase out all coal-fired power by 2020. Burning coal to make electricity is devastating in so many ways. Pasadena gets over 60% of its power from coal.

  Friday February 10, 2012

    Operation Deep Sea: Shedding Light in the Darkness, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Beckman Auditorium
    Operation Deep Sea reveals the latest developments in deep sea science, exploring the still largely unknown abysses of the ocean.

    High Energy Theory Seminar, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 469 Lauritsen
    "OPE of Wilson-'t Hooft loop operators" Natalia Saulina, Perimeter Institute.

    Lester Lees Lecture in Aerospace, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall
    This lecture is given in honor and memory of Lester Lees, Professor of Aeronautics and Environmental Engineering. The speaker will be Hans G. Hornung, C. L. “Kelly” Johnson Professor of Aeronautics, Emeritus.

    Special Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 153 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall
    "Observing Ways Nature Overcame Elemental Austerity" Kyle M. Lancaster, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University.

    Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 151 Crellin
    "Z-Selective Olefin Metathesis with Ruthenium Catalysts" Keith Keitz, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech.

    Wedding Photography on Campus: Malkchyan Wedding Party, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography

    Caltech Tai Chi Club, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Winnett Lounge
    The Caltech Tai Chi Club meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and every Friday at 7 p.m. to learn and practice Hao-style tai chi chuan. Additional practice includes Yang-style tai chi, kung fu, and other bare-hand and weapon forms. There is no membership charge. Instruction is open to everyone in the Caltech community. Beginners are always welcome.

  Saturday February 11, 2012

  Sunday February 12, 2012

  Monday February 13, 2012

    Due Date for Midterm Deficiency Notices, 9:00 AM - 9:01 AM, no location

    Special Biochemistry Seminar, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall
    "Functional integration of large ncRNAs in the molecular circuitry controlling cell state" Mitchell Guttman, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Biophysics Lecture Series, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Beckman Institute auditorium
    "Evolutionary Principles of Protein Structure and Function" Rama Ranganathan, Professor of Systems Biology, Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center.

    James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lecture in Geological and Planetary Sciences, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
    "Environments of Human Evolution: The Isotope Evidence" Thure E. Cerling, Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics and Dept. of Biology, University of Utah.

    Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall
    "Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Some Recent Results" Gerhard Erker, Professor, Organic Chemical Institute, Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster.

    High Energy Physics Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 469 Lauritsen
    "Rapidity Singularities in Quantum Field Theory" Ira Rothstein.

    Applied Mathematics Colloquium, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, 105 Annenberg
    "Topic to be announced." William A. Goddard, Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor, Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics, Caltech.

    Beginning Modern Jive Dance Class, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Winnett Lounge

    This is the fifth class of an 8-week series.

    Learn the basics of Modern Jive, one of the easiest dances you will ever learn! No experience or partner required.

    Taught by Bao Ha and Samantha Myers. Free for Caltech students. (Bring your student ID!)

  Tuesday February 14, 2012

    FREE Power Vinyasa Flow Yoga and Chocolate, 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM, Braun Athletic Center, aerobics room
    Flow into your Hearts' Day with power vinyasa flow and a class ending with chocolate!

    Preschool Playgroup, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Tournament Park

    Laser Safety Training, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Keith Spalding Building
    This course is designed for laser users and provides material on laser classification, appropriate signage, proper personal protective equipment, and safe operation procedures for Class 3b and 4 lasers.

    Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 213 Annenberg
    "Random Matrices and Dyson Brownian Motion" Horng-Tzer Yau, Mathematics, Harvard University.

    IST Lunch Bunch, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 105 Annenberg
    "Who, Where and When - Targeting for Display Advertising" Vanja Josifovski, Yahoo! Research.

    X-Ray Diffraction Training, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 25 Keith Spalding Building

    Institute for Quantum Information Seminar, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 107 Annenberg
    "Unforgeable noise-tolerant quantum tokens" Fernando Pastawski, Max-Planck Institute.

    Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, William T. Golden Auditorium, 813 Santa Barbara Street
    TBD

    W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room
    "Catalytic conversion of hemi-cellulose and cellulose to fuels and chemicals (technical lecture)" James A. Dumesic, Steenbock Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

    Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
    "Two new approaches to the Early Mars climate problem" Edwin Kite, Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology.

    Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar Series, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 080 Moore
    "Channel Coding in Wireless" Martin Bossert, Channel Coding in Wireless, Communications Engineering, University of Ulm, Germany.

    Information Science and Technology Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 105 Annenberg
    "A Complementary Pivot Algorithm for Market Equilibrium under Separable, Piecewise-Linear Concave Utilities" Vijay Vazirani, College of Computing, Georgia Tech.

    Caltech Tai Chi Club, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Winnett Lounge
    The Caltech Tai Chi Club meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and every Friday at 7 p.m. to learn and practice Hao-style tai chi chuan. Additional practice includes Yang-style tai chi, kung fu, and other bare-hand and weapon forms. There is no membership charge. Instruction is open to everyone in the Caltech community. Beginners are always welcome.

    Amnesty International Letter-Writing Meeting, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Athenaeum Rathskeller
    Caltech/Pasadena AI Group 22 will host an informal meeting to write letters on human-rights actions. A list of actions with descriptions and addresses will be available, as well as paper, envelopes, and stamps. The meeting will also include discussion about current business of the local Amnesty group. Information: www.its.caltech.edu/~aigp22.

  Wednesday February 15, 2012

    Wednesdays in the park, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Tournament Park

    Mathematical Physics Seminar, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 351 Sloan

    MONTHLY CAREGIVERS' GROUP MEETING, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, SFCC Office, 315 S Hill, rear building (MC 5-71)

    High Energy Theory Seminar, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM, 469 Lauritsen
    Vasliy Pestun, Institute for Advanced Study.

    Caltech Library System Workshop: "You and Your Thesis", 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Sherman Fairchild Library, multimedia conference room
    Are you working on your thesis? Did you know that electronic copies of theses must be submitted? Are you aware of the formatting requirements for theses? You are encouraged to attend a brief overview of techniques useful in the production and publication of Caltech electronic theses. The session will include tips on formatting and submitting, and will touch on intellectual property considerations and access.

    Laboratory Safety 101, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 118 Keith Spalding Building
    This course is designed to prepare incoming researchers to work in a laboratory at the Institute. Issues that will be addressed include laboratory organization, emergencies, injuries, general laboratory safety, and more. Registration: 395-6727 or safety.training@caltech.edu.

    John D. Roberts Lecture, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 22 Gates Annex
    "Selective Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions in Water-Soluable Host-Guest Supramolecular Systems," Robert G. Bergman, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley.

    Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
    "The salinity, temperature, and δ18O of the Glacial Deep Ocean: 10 years after the Science paper" Jake Gebbie, Assistant Scientist, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

    Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar Series, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 080 Moore
    "Group-testing meets compressive sensing: Novel LP-based decoding algorithms for non-linear (disjunctive) measurements" Sidharth Jaggi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Information Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    Astronomy Colloquium, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Cahill Center, Hameetman Auditorium
    "The First Stars and Galaxies" Volker Bromm, University of Texas.

    L.A. Ruby Study Group Meeting, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, 120 IMSS Building, 263 S. Chester
    We are currently reading "The RSpec Book: Behaviour-Driven Development with RSpec, Cucumber, and Friends" by David Chelimsky, et al.

    SALSA DANCE CLASS (BEGINNER), 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Winnett Lounge

    Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Beckman Auditorium
    Leeat Yariv, professor of economics, will give a lecture entitled "What Parents Want: Evidence From Child Adoption."

    SALSA DANCE CLASS (INTERMEDIATE), 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Winnett Lounge

  Thursday February 16, 2012

    POWER Vinyasa FLOW Yoga Class, 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM, Braun Athletic Center, aerobics room
    EMPOWER your body and your mind with power vinyasa flow yoga.

    Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP), 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 234 S. Catalina

    Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Keith Spalding Building
    This course is part of the certification process required for employees and researchers to become authorized radiation workers at the Institute. Registration (required): 395-6727 or safety.training@caltech.edu.

    Radiation Safety Orientation, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Keith Spalding Building
    This course is part of the certification process required for employees and researchers to become authorized radiation workers at the Institute.

    Special Biochemistry Seminar, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall
    "Protein folding on the ribosome: Pulling on single nascent chains with optical tweezers" Christian Kaiser, Postdoctoral Fellow, QB3 Institute and Department of Physics, UC Berkeley.

    W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room
    "Strategies for catalytic conversion of biomass to hydrogen and liquid hydrocarbon fuels (general lecture)" James A. Dumesic, Steenbock Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

    Physics Research Conference, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 201 E. Bridge
    "Bose-metals of frustrated spins and bosons and towards non-Fermi-liquids of electrons" Lesik Motrunich, Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Caltech.

    Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 206 Thomas
    "Simulating Atomization" Marcus Herrman, Assistant Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University.

    eClub Speaker: Mark Long - Zynx Health, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Cahill Center, Hameetman Auditorium
    The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is happy to invite you to a Q&A session with Dr. Mark Long.

    Von Karman Lecture Series, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, JPL, von Karman Auditorium
    "Climate Sciences and the Climate Center of JPL" Dr. Graeme Stephens, JPL Center for Climate Science Director; CloudSat Principal Investigator, JPL.

    Tango Workshops, 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM, Winnett Lounge
    Argentine Tango Workshops with Laila and Leandro Oliver at Caltech

  Friday February 17, 2012

    High Energy Theory Seminar, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 469 Lauritsen
    Chris Hull, Imperial College.

    Thesis Seminar, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, 106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room
    "Reshaping Elastomers with Light: First Principles Model of Diffusion-Induced Deformation" Ryan Turner, graduate student, chemical engineering, california institute of technology.

    Thesis Seminar, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 100 Broad Center
    "Grueneberg ganglion olfactory neurons" Cambrian Yangshao Liu, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech.

    Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 151 Crellin
    "Carbon-Oxygen Bond Activation in Nickel-Diphosphine-Ether Complexes" Paul Kelley, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech.

    Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 080 Moore
    "From Implantable Microelectronic Devices to Modern Assistive Technologies" Maysam Ghovanloo, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.

    Caltech Tai Chi Club, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Winnett Lounge
    The Caltech Tai Chi Club meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and every Friday at 7 p.m. to learn and practice Hao-style tai chi chuan. Additional practice includes Yang-style tai chi, kung fu, and other bare-hand and weapon forms. There is no membership charge. Instruction is open to everyone in the Caltech community. Beginners are always welcome.

    Von Karman Lecture Series, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
    "Climate Sciences and the Climate Center of JPL" Dr. Graeme Stephens, JPL Center for Climate Science Director; CloudSat Principal Investigator.

    Il Voce: , 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Beckman Auditorium
    Il Voce features four voices performing "Classical Crossover" or "Popera."

    Tango Workshops, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Winnett Lounge
    Argentine Tango Workshops with Laila and Leandro Oliver at Caltech

    All-Night Milonga hosted by Caltech Tango Club, 10:00 PM - Saturday February 18, 2012 3:00 AM, Dabney Lounge

    CALTECH ALL-NIGHT MILONGA;
    Special Performance by Laila & Leandro Oliver
    Music by DJ Brett Hershey
    http://tango.caltechdance.org

  Saturday February 18, 2012

  Sunday February 19, 2012

    Pasadena's Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon, 4:00 AM - 11:15 AM, See event detail for location
    Pasadena's Rock 'n' Roll half marathon is scheduled for Sunday, February 19, and the halfway point in the course is at the Caltech campus! Runners will come down Wilson and turn around at San Pasqual before heading back up to Green Street towards the finish line at the Rose Bowl. There should be no impact to the majority of campus, but Wilson will be closed from 4 a.m. through 11:15 a.m.

    Beginning Ballet Class, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Braun Gym, multipurpose room
    Details: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~ballet/.

    Intermediate/Advanced Ballet Class, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Braun Gym, multipurpose room
    Details: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~ballet.

    Beginner International Ballroom II Dance Class, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Winnett Lounge
    This is the fifth week of an eight-week introduction to competitive international ballroom and latin dancing. We are switching to four weeks of International Tango (1st hour) and Samba (2nd hour), so if you missed the previous four classes, now is a great time to start. No experience or partner required!

    BikeLab/CICLE basic safety class, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Caltech Y lounge
    The BikeLab and CICLE are teaming up to host a class on basic bicycle safety on Sunday, Feb 19th from 1-2:30 PM at the Caltech Y. After the class, we'll go out for a ride (make sure you bring your bike in good working order and a helmet) to put our skills to practice. This event is free and open to everyone, but you must reserve a spot at bike@cicle.org. Donations to CICLE are welcome.

    Wedding Photography on Campus: Adzhemyan Wedding Party, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography

    Intermediate International Standard Dance Class, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Winnett Lounge

    US Champion Lorena Bravo will be teaching a two-hour class on Sundays from 3 to 5pm on International foxtrot and quickstep, focusing on both choreography and technique.

    This is the fourth of six classes.

    Argentine Tango Dance Class (Beginner II), 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Winnett Lounge
    Beginner II Argentine Tango Class Series with professional instructor Mitra Martin

    Amnesty International Book Discussion Group, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, See event detail for location
    Caltech/Pasadena AI Group 22 will meet on the second floor of Vroman's Bookstore (695 E. Colorado Boulevard) to discuss A Person of Interest, by Susan Choi. All are welcome.

    Tango Workshops, 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM, Winnett Lounge
    Argentine Tango Workshops with Laila and Leandro Oliver at Caltech

 

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