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Building BICEP2: A Conversation with Jamie Bock
News Writer: Cynthia EllerProfessor of Physics Jamie Bock.Credit: Seth HansenCaltech Professor of Physics Jamie Bock and his collaborators announced on March 17, 2014 that they have successfully...
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Watching the Brain Do Its Thing: An Interview with Mikhail Shapiro
News Writer: Cynthia EllerMikhail ShapiroCredit: Lance HayashidaTo a large extent, the brain remains a black box. Taking it out of its case inside the skull and examining it—as in an autopsy—reveals...
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John Dabiri Named Dean of Undergraduate Students
News Writer: Katie NeithCredit: Verity SmithStarting on July 1, 2014, John Dabiri, professor of aeronautics and bioengineering, will serve as Caltech's dean of undergraduate students.
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Spring Break in the Galápagos
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierPart of the group explores a mangrove lagoon in Elizabeth Bay on Isla Isabela. [View the slideshow]Credit: Aleena PatelAs the final element of Evolution, Caltech's new Bi/Ge...
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Simulating Milliseconds of Stellar Collapse: A Conversation with Christian Ott
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics Christian OttCredit: Lance HayashidaChristian Ott, professor of theoretical astrophysics at Caltech, formulates scenarios for...
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The Life of a Caltech "Lifer"
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCarver Mead prepares an experiment in which a magnet levitates over a high-temperature superconductor.Credit: Lance HayashidaA National Medal of Technology recipient in 2003,...
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New Gift Helps Caltech Address Global Challenges in Clean Energy and...
A new $15 million gift by Lynda and Stewart Resnick in support of the Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech will help scientists and engineers advance research aimed at helping humanity...
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Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics Established at Caltech
Sherman Fairchild Foundation’s $20 million gift will support pioneering fundamental researchWalter Burke"This is a significant milestone for theoretical physics at Caltech," says Tom Soifer, the Kent...
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Ditch Day? It’s Today, Frosh!
News Writer: Andrew AllanDuring this annual spring rite seniors ditch their classes and vanish from campus. Before they go, however, they leave behind complex, carefully planned out puzzles and...
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Facilities Assistant Honored for 45 Years of Service
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradJennifer DanielsCredit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Marketing and CommunicationsJennifer Daniels from the Central Utilities Plant to be honored at Caltech's 59th Annual...
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Caltech Awards Millikan Medal to Robert A. Day
News Writer: Ann MotrunichInterim President Edward Stolper, Board of Trustees Chair David Lee, Millikan Medal recipient Robert Day, incoming president Thomas Rosenbaum.Credit: Bill YoungbloodThe...
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40-Year Service Awardees
Caltech Staff Service Awards 2014News Writer: Douglas SmithFrom left: Susi Martin, Steve Vass, and Eugene Akutagawa.Credit: Lance HayashidaThe 59th Annual Staff Service Awards will be presented in...
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Maria I. Lopez Wins Schmitt Staff Prize
News Writer: Cynthia EllerFrom left to right: Ted Jenkins (Caltech Board of Trustees), Thomas Schmitt (founder of the Schmitt Prize), Joseph Shepherd (Dean of Graduate Studies), Maria I. Lopez, and...
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Science & Engineering Policy at Caltech
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech graduate students and SEPAC officers Katherine (Kat) Saad and Thomas Catanach in Washington D.C. for Congressional Visit Day.For proof that Caltech students are indeed...
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Friends of the Caltech Library Award Prize to Two Senior Theses
News Writer: Cynthia EllerEric Mukherjee and Stephanie LagaThe Senior Thesis Prize is intended to encourage undergraduates to complete a formal work of scholarship as a capstone project for their...
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Seniors Named Fulbright Scholars
News Writer: Kathy SvitilKaja Luxem and Stephanie LagaTwo graduating Caltech seniors, Stephanie Laga and Katja Luxem, have been selected to receive 2014–2015 Fulbright scholarships to pursue graduate...
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Students Win National and International Prizes
News Writer: Kathy SvitilCaltech students have collected an array of awards this spring, including two Fulbright grants, a Watson Fellowship, three Goldwater Scholarships, an American-Scandinavian...
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Caltech’s Student Leaders
News Writer: Cynthia EllerMichael Post, Connor Coley, and Zach RivkinCredit: Jenny SomervilleIn keeping with Caltech’s long tradition of student self-governance, student leaders are elected by their...
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A Taste of Weightlessness
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierCredit: NASA/Bill StaffordRecently, senior physics major Lisa Lee had an opportunity to conduct a medical technology experiment aboard NASA's reduced gravity aircraft at...
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DOE Awards $15 Million to Caltech's Solar Energy Research
News Writer: Cynthia EllerLarge-area nanostructured plasmonic solar cells designed and fabricated by the LMI-EFRC.The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced yesterday that it will be...
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