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Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Decoding the Bacterial Lanthanome for Scalable Rare Earth Element Recovery from Complex Feedstocks
Cecilia Martinez-Gomez, UC Berkeley,
Thursday, May 14th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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MedE Special Seminar

Broad 100
Aptamer Biosensors for Mapping Brain Chemistry Across Scales
Prof. Nako Nakatsuka, Assistant Professor of Neurotechnology, EPFL,
Friday, May 15th, 2026
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Scheduling Examinations for the Degress of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer

8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Seniors to Remove Conditions and Incompletes

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections

9:00am – 10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

South Mudd 365
Generative Modeling of Earthquake Ground Motion
Yaozhong Shi, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Antarctic Sea Ice: Structural Change, Future Projections and Uncertainties
Marilyn Raphael, Department of Geography and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA,
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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POSTPONED: Watson Lecture - Kirby Nielsen

Beckman Auditorium
Kirby Nielsen, professor of economics; William H. Hurt Scholar,
Thursday, May 21st, 2026
8:00am – 6/5 11:59pm
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Registration for Fall Term and Registration for Summer Graduate Research

11:00am – 12:24pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
X-ray Based Full Field Stress-Strain Measurements in Metals
Angkur Shaikeea, Assistant Professor of Aerospace; Bren Scholar, The Lynn Booth & Kent Kresa Department of Aerospace, California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Microbial Niches Govern N₂O Cycling in Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones
Daniel McCoy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biosphere Sciences & Engineering Global Ecology, Carnegie Science,
Friday, May 29th, 2026
12:00am – 5/30 12:00am
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Last Day of Classes for Seniors and Graduate Students

8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Presenting Theses for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer

Saturday, May 30th, 2026
8:00am – 6/2 11:59pm
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Study Period for Seniors and Graduate Students

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
8:00am – 6/5 11:59pm
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Final Examinations for Seniors and Graduate Students for Spring Term

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Despite Drastic SO2 Emission Reductions, SO2 Point Sources Continue to be Important For New-Particle Formation in the US
Jeffrey Pierce, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University,
Friday, June 5th, 2026
12:00am – 6/6 12:00am
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Last Day of Classes for Undergraduates

Saturday, June 6th, 2026
8:00am – 6/9 11:59pm
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Study Period for Undergraduates

Monday, June 8th, 2026
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports for Seniors and Graduate Students

Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
8:00am – 6/12 11:59pm
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Final Examinations for Undergraduates for Spring Term

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Drivers of Vertical Exchange: Near-Inertial Waves and Fronts on the Texas-Louisiana Shelf
Jamie Hilditch, Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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No ESE Seminar

South Mudd 365
Friday, June 12th, 2026
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Commencement

Monday, June 15th, 2026
12:00am – 6/16 12:00am
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Summer Term begins

Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports for Undergraduates

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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No ESE Seminar

South Mudd 365
Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting

Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
12:00am – 9/2 12:00am
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End of summer term

Thursday, September 17th, 2026
8:00am – 9/19 5:00pm
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International Student Orientation: iBegin@Caltech

Sunday, September 20th, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
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New Student Check-In for Undergraduates

10:00am – 9/27 4:00pm
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New Student Orientation for Undergraduates

Monday, September 21st, 2026
9:00am – 4:00pm
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New Student Check-in for Graduates

12:00pm – 9/25 5:00pm
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New Student Orientation for Graduates

Thursday, September 24th, 2026
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting

Monday, September 28th, 2026
12:00am – 9/29 12:00am
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Beginning of Instruction of Fall Term