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Estate Gift of $3.9 Million Will Help Caltech Chemists Focus on Innovative Research
02/10/2010

Estate Gift of $3.9 Million Will Help Caltech Chemists Focus on Innovative Research

Jon Weiner

A gift of $3.9 million from the estate of Edward and Ruth Hughes to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) wll support graduate research fellowships in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE).

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to Be Caltech Commencement Speaker
02/08/2010

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to Be Caltech Commencement Speaker

Jon Weiner

NASA administrator Charles Bolden has been named Caltech's commencement speaker for 2010.

The Book of Bruck
12/16/2009

The Book of Bruck

Heidi Aspaturian

How would Jehoshua “Shuki” Bruck sum up his success as a teacher in just three words? “I love ignorance,” declares the exuberant winner of Caltech’s 2008 Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

Caltech, UCLA Launch Joint Center for Translational Medicine
12/16/2009

Caltech, UCLA Launch Joint Center for Translational Medicine

Jon Weiner

Caltech and UCLA have announced the establishment of the Joint Center for Translational Medicine (JCTM), which will advance experimental research into clinical applications, including the diagnosis and therapy of diseases such as cancer.

David Baltimore
Caltech Opens "Green" Building Offering New Opportunities in Information Science
10/30/2009

Caltech Opens "Green" Building Offering New Opportunities in Information Science

Jon Weiner

New ideas in architecture will foster new ideas in information science as the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) opens its groundbreaking "green" building, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology.

Elizabeth Tito Named President of the Associates of Caltech
08/17/2009

Elizabeth Tito Named President of the Associates of Caltech

Ann Motrunich

Start-up company investor and former financial economist Elizabeth Tito will take the helm of the Associates of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Shang-Li and Betty Huang create endowment to support Caltech graduate students
08/04/2009

Shang-Li and Betty Huang create endowment to support Caltech graduate students

Jon Weiner

Caltech alumnus Shang-Li “S.L.” Huang and his wife have pledged $1 million to Caltech to endow the Shang-Li and Betty Huang Endowed Graduate Fellowship Fund in Mechanical Engineering.

Kent and Joyce Kresa Endow Professorial Chair at Caltech
07/01/2009

Kent and Joyce Kresa Endow Professorial Chair at Caltech

Jon Weiner

Kent and Joyce Kresa have pledged $2 million to endow the Joyce and Kent Kresa Professorship in Engineering and Applied Science at Caltech.

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Caltech Announces Initiative for a New $90 Million Sustainability Institute
06/12/2009

Caltech Announces Initiative for a New $90 Million Sustainability Institute

Jon Weiner

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) president Jean-Lou Chameau began today's commencement ceremony by announcing $30 million in gifts as the first phase of a proposed $90 million initiative for a new institute. The funds will go towards the creation of the Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech.

Jean-Lou Chameau
DOE Names Caltech Professor as Director of EFRC Focusing on Light-Material Interactions
05/11/2009

DOE Names Caltech Professor as Director of EFRC Focusing on Light-Material Interactions

Lori Oliwenstein

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has announced that it will fund the creation of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years, including one that will be housed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). That EFRC will be headed by Harry Atwater, the Howard Hughes Professor and professor of applied physics and materials science.