What to Expect at the Inauguration of President Rosenbaum
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradCredit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Marketing and CommunicationsHere is a summary of the events that will take place on October 23 and 24, 2014, in honor of President...
View ArticleThe Inauguration: New Leadership and Old Traditions
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradThe inauguration of President Thomas F. Rosenbaum marks the beginning of a new era of leadership at Caltech. And yet, many of the traditional events associated with...
View ArticleFuture of Science and Innovation
A Panel Discussion about the Direction of Academic Science and Its Evolving PartnershipsNews Writer: Kathy SvitilScience and the University-Government Partnership - Oct. 23, 2014View the Event...
View ArticleThe Inauguration of President Rosenbaum: A Recap
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradCaltech President Thomas Rosenbaum receives Robert A. Millikan's hood at the presidential inauguration ceremony on October 24, 2014.Credit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech...
View ArticleStock Receives KINGDOM Educational Software Grant
News Writer: Kathy SvitilSeismological Laboratory professor Joann Stock has been awarded a three-year KINGDOM Software educational user license from Seismic Micro-Technology Inc.
View ArticleRichard H. Scheller Elected as Caltech Trustee
News Writer: Kathy SvitilRichard H. Scheller (PhD '80) has been named a trustee of Caltech. He is executive vice president and head of research and early development at Genentech, a member of the Roche...
View ArticleCaltech Receives Amgen Scholars Program Grant
News Writer: Kathy SvitilCaltech senior Jacqueline Masehi-Lano, an alumnus of the Amgen Scholars Program, performs research on growth factors involved in corneal wound healing in the laboratory of...
View ArticleNew Center Supports Data-Driven Research
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradVisualization of multi-dimensional data is a general challenge for all data-intensive fields. Scientists at the CD3 are exploring novel methods for data visualization...
View ArticleCaltech to Host Prestigious International Conference on Space Research
News Writer: Shayna Chabner McKinneyIn July 2018, Caltech, with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will host the 42nd biennial scientific assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) in...
View ArticleMarvin L. "Murph" Goldberger
1922–2014News Writer: Kathy SvitilMarvin L. GoldbergerMarvin L. "Murph" Goldberger, Caltech president and professor of theoretical physics, emeritus, passed away on November 26, 2014. He was 92.
View ArticleIndia Becomes TMT Partner
News Writer: Shayna Chabner McKinneyAn artist's rendering of the Thirty Meter Telescope at sunset.Credit: Courtesy TMT Observatory CorporationLeaders of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project...
View ArticleDon L. Anderson
1933–2014News Writer: Kathy SvitilDon L. Anderson, the Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus, passed away on December 2, 2014. He was 81 years old.
View ArticleFred Raichlen (1932–2014)
News Writer: Douglas SmithFred Raichlen, professor of civil and mechanical engineering at Caltech, in an undated photo.Credit: Caltech ArchivesFredric ("Fred") Raichlen, professor emeritus of civil and...
View ArticleRemembering Don L. Anderson
1933–2014News Writer: Katie NeithProfessor of Geophysics and Director of the Caltech Seismological Laboratory Don Anderson studies Earth's deep interior (1988 photo).Credit: Caltech ArchivesDon L....
View ArticleGrotzinger Steps Down as Curiosity’s Project Scientist
News Writer: Lori DajoseJohn Grotzinger, Caltech's Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology and former Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) project scientist, on the left; Ashwin Vasavada (PhD '98), the new MSL...
View ArticleRemembering Fredric Raichlen
1932 – 2014News Writer: Douglas SmithFred Raichlen, professor of civil and mechanical engineering at Caltech, in an undated photo.Credit: Caltech ArchivesFredric ("Fred") Raichlen, professor emeritus...
View ArticleOn the Leading Edge of Higher Education
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradLaurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD '95), president of Worcester Polytechnic InstituteCredit: Courtesy of Worcester Polytechnic InstituteCaltech's new president, Thomas F....
View ArticleCharles H. Townes
1915–2015News Writer: Kathy SvitilCharles H. TownesCredit: From the Caltech Archives image collection.Laser pioneer Charles H. "Charlie" Townes (PhD '39), a life member of the Caltech Board of Trustees...
View ArticleSonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair Provides Vital Unrestricted...
$15 million endowment ensures “a no-red-tape process … for getting inspirational ideas off the ground”News Writer: Stacey HongWilliam Davidow (MS '59)Credit: Courtesy Mohr Davidow VenturesThanks to the...
View ArticleCaltech Names Four Distinguished Alumni
News Writer: Ben TomlinCaltech has announced that Kip S. Thorne (BS '62), David D. Ho (BS '74), Quynh-Thu Xuan Le (BS '89), and Stanislav Smirnov (MS '95, PhD '96) are this year's recipients of the...
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