Commencement Set for June 16
Caltech's 129th Commencement exercises will take place on Friday, June 16, at 10 a.m. on Beckman Mall. Updates and additional information for graduating students and event guests can be found on the Commencement website: commencement.caltech.edu.
First-Year Student Isabella Pagano Will Appear in Jeopardy! Tournament
Over the 14-day special event, Pagano and 26 other former teen contestants will face off for a chance to win a $100,000 grand prize and a spot in the 2023 Tournament of Champions.
Tips for Lab Safety Awareness Week, February 13–17
Environmental Health and Safety is offering online resources and printable posters to help maintain a positive safety culture and to help prepare for and respond to unplanned events and emergencies.
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Upcoming
All events Pacific Time unless otherwise specified.
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Introduction to Machine Learning
This series of three workshops introduces the main concepts and techniques of machine learning.
Monday, February 13–Wednesday, February 15, noon (online event)
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Caltech Athletics Schedule
Come out and support Caltech track and field, baseball, water polo, and tennis in their upcoming games.
Various times and locations
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Blood Pressure Screening
Because February is American Heart Month, Caltech and Kaiser Permanente are teaming up to offer blood pressure screenings to staff, faculty, and postdocs.
Tuesday, February 14, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., Hameetman Center Patio
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Mentoring High School Students in Summer Research
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach coordinates six-week summer research opportunities for area high school students. Attend this informational in-person session for faculty members, postdocs, staff members, and graduate students to learn about being a lab mentor for a small group of students in one of these programs.
Wednesday, February 15, noon, Center for Student Services 360
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Spinning the Globe: A Dialogue of Current Events with CCID
The Caltech Center for Inclusion and Diversity hosts this new series that provides a standing biweekly space to dialogue and process current events around the world.
February 15, 4:30 p.m., and every other Wednesday, Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, common space
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Stretching Fundamentals
This class explores flexibility and mobility through stretching fundamentals.
Wednesday, February 15, 5:30 p.m., Braun Athletic Center Multipurpose Room
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Taking Care of Your Heart
Caltech and Kaiser Permanente will host this webinar on heart health.
Thursday, February 16, 11:30 a.m. (online event)
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Charge Up! Entrepreneurship Series
Hanna Breunig of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will present the "Valuing Technology Workshop."
Thursday, February 16, 4 p.m. (online event)
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ZAP Lunch & Learn
Learn about the National Science Foundation's ZAP Program Lean Start-up Workshop Series, and learn how to turn an idea into a business.
Thursday, February 16, noon, Jorgensen 224
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STEMinar: Black Girl Magic in Engineering
Sponsored by the Caltech Center for Inclusion and Diversity as part of Black Heritage Month, this event will feature Karsten and Kristen Bush of Black Girls Do Engineer.
Thursday, February 16, noon, Center for Student Services, second floor, common area
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Visual Culture Seminar: "Almost Inhuman"
Caitlin Berrigan, winter 2023 artist in residence, will present research behind recent videos, sculptures, and texts that reimagine relations among human and more-than-human life-forms.
Tuesday, February 21, 4 p.m., Dabney Hall 110
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Wiersma Visiting Professor Lecture
Christof Koch of the Allen Institute will present "Building and Operating Brain Observatories–What Have We Learned?"
Tuesday, February 21, 4 p.m., Chen 100
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Cardio Core
This interval-style class gets the heart going with high-intensity bursts followed by a period of active recovery and core strengthening exercises.
Wednesday, February 22, 5:30 p.m., Braun Athletic Center multipurpose room
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A Taste of Teaching
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach will present a series of five mini workshops on evidence-proven teaching strategies.
Thursdays, February 23 and March 9, noon, various locations
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Artist Talk with Erin Johnson
Filmmaker and visual artist Erin Johnson will join in conversation with Caltech's current artist in residence, Caitlin Berrigan, to discuss Johnson's short films and immersive installations.
Thursday, February 23, 2:30 p.m., 115 Dabney Hall
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The "New Heroes" of Caltech and JPL
Christopher Michel, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine artist in residence, created portraits of a number of Institute researchers as part of an ongoing series.
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In Case You Missed It
View recent lectures, events, and videos on Caltech's YouTube channel.
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In the Media
USA Today, February 9: Mathematician Gary Lorden was quoted in "What are the Odds of Brothers Meeting in a Super Bowl? Not as High as You Might Think."
The Los Angeles Times, February 8: Seismologist Lucy Jones was interviewed in "California faces threat from the type of back-to-back mega-earthquakes that devastated Turkey."
The Wall Street Journal, February 6: Seismologist Allen Husker was quoted in "Is This the Deadliest Earthquake of the Decade?"
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