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Senior Spotlight: Justin Koch
News Writer: Kathy SvitilJustin KochCredit: Lance Hayashida/CaltechCaltech's class of 2015 is group of smart, creative, and curious individuals. They are analytical thinkers, performers, researchers,...
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Caltech Seniors Win Library Friends Thesis Prize
News Writer: Lori DajoseAdam JermynCredit: Lance Hayashida/CaltechTwo Caltech seniors, Adam Jermyn and Kerry Betz, were named as winners of this year's Library Friends' Senior Thesis Prize. The Thesis...
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New Dean of Graduate Studies Named
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradCredit: Bob PazOn July 1, 2015, Doug Rees, the Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson Professor of Chemistry, will begin serving as the new dean of graduate studies at...
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New VP for Student Affairs Named
News Writer: Douglas SmithCredit: Lance Hayashida/CaltechJoseph Shepherd (PhD '81), the C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and professor of mechanical engineering, is leaving his post as...
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Clean Water For Nepal
News Writer: Dave ZobelGordon Treweek and Webster Guan collecting topographical data at the Bimal Dhara spring site.Credit: EWB-CaltechOn the steep, tea-covered hillsides of Ilam in eastern Nepal,...
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$100 Million Gift from Gordon and Betty Moore Will Bolster Graduate Fellowships
News Writer: Alyce Nicolo and Wayne LewisGordon (PhD ’54) and Betty MooreCredit: Courtesy of the Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationTrustees Gordon (PhD '54) and Betty Moore have pledged $100 million to...
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Preparing for Earthquakes with ShakeAlert
News Writer: Lori DajoseA ShakeMap for the 1994 M6.7 Northridge earthquake with a typical seismogram recorded in Pasadena superimposed.Credit: CaltechA few seconds may not seem like long, but it is...
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CaltechAUTHORS Reaches 50,000 Entries
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradCredit: Courtesy CaltechAUTHORSThis week, CaltechAUTHORS—the Institute's repository for research publications authored by Caltech faculty and other...
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Partnership with Heritage Medical Research Institute Will Augment...
News Writer: Marisa Demers Caltech's newly named Heritage Principal Investigators pose with Caltech trustee Richard N. Merkin and President Thomas F. Rosenbaum. From left to right: Andre Hoelz, Mikhail...
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Caltech Interns Summer in Japan
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech's 2015 program interns pose for a photo with their hosts during a luncheon in Japan. From left to right, junior Victor Han, senior Dryden Bouamalay, senior William...
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Getting the Lead Out
News Writer: Douglas SmithIn his sleuthing for trace amounts of lead, Caltech geochemist Clair Patterson redistills a reagent in this 1957 photograph. He didn’t trust the purity of commercial...
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Freshmen and Faculty Participate in Book Discussion
News Writer: Lori DajoseResidential Life Coordinator Erica Crawford leads a freshman discussion group.Credit: Lance Hayashida/CaltechOn September 23, fourteen Caltech faculty and staff members led...
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Summer Interns Return with a World of Experiences
News Writer: Shayna Chabner McKinneyView full-size versionCredit: Lance Hayashida/CaltechCaltech undergraduate students returned to campus this week, many after spending the summer working at companies...
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Dow Foundation Grants Add New Chapter to Fruitful Collaboration with Caltech
News Writer: Wayne LewisCaltech's Altair Professor of Chemistry Greg Fu and postdoctoral scholar Jens Schmidt work with a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. Shared resources such as the...
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LIGO's SURF Students Look for the Perfect Wave
News Writer: Douglas SmithLIGO SURF students, class of 2015, on a bridge over the beam pipe at the LIGO facility in Livingston, Louisiana.Credit: LIGO/LLO/CaltechAs the Advanced LIGO Project geared up...
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Understanding Olfaction: An Interview with Elizabeth Hong
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradElizabeth Hong, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, works on the two-photon laser scanning microscope in her lab. Credit: Lance Hayashida/CaltechYou walk by a...
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Patrick Rall: A Passion for Entanglement
SURF participant Patrick Rall and a summer of quantum information science. News Writer: Rod PyleCaltech undergraduate Patrick Rall worked on quantum information science during last summer's SURF...
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Students Present Summer Research
News Writer: Lori Dajose(From left to right): 2015 SURF student Sandra Ning discusses her summer research project with her mentors, Einstein Postdoctoral Scholar, Luke Roberts and Graduate student...
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Feynman's Nobel Year
A Milestone in PhysicsNews Writer: Douglas SmithCaltech physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman in an undated photograph.Credit: Richard Hartt/Caltech ArchivesFifty years ago on October 21, 1965,...
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Senior Spotlight: Running with Aditya Bhagavathi
News Writer: Lori DajoseSenior Aditya BhagavathiBouncing from the Midwest, to the East Coast, to California, plus running 60 miles per week, senior Aditya Bhagavathi is often on the go—and swiftly. He...
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