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01/29/2008

Caltech Joins National Global-Warming Teach-In

elisabeth nadin

Did you know that it takes about the energy found in 1.4 liters of gasoline to make a cheese pizza? The energy cost of producing food is one focus the California Institute of Technology will take as it participates in a nationwide effort to engage schools in global-warming solutions.

01/23/2008

Keck Gives Caltech $24 Million for Space Institute

Jill Perry

The California Institute of Technology has received an eight-year $24 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to establish the W. M. Keck Institute for Space Studies, which will bring together scientists and engineers to develop new space-mission concepts and technology.

01/22/2008

Caltech Student Wins Churchill Scholarship

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California Institute of Technology student Vivek Narsimhan has been awarded a Churchill Scholarship for the academic year 2008–09. The chemical engineering major plans to complete the Certificate in Advanced Mathematics (Maths Part III) at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

01/07/2008

Caltech Faces Whittier in Rematch

elisabeth nadin

The women basketball players of the California Institute of Technology--the Beavers--feel a bit overlooked, and they're hoping to change that. Last year the men's team stole the spotlight when the documentary Quantum Hoops hit the big screen. On January 10, the women play Whittier College, whom they beat last year by two points. Another win may just help them capture a bit of the limelight.

12/13/2007

McWhinney Elected as New Trustee

Jacqueline Scahill

Deborah Doyle McWhinney, an expert in financial services and former president of Schwab Institutional, has been named as a trustee of the California Institute of Technology.

12/11/2007

Caltech Helps Students Afford College

Jill Perry

The California Institute of Technology will eliminate loans for its neediest undergraduate students by replacing loans with additional gift aid, such as scholarships and grants. Beginning with undergraduates entering in the fall of 2008, most domestic students whose total family incomes are $60,000 per year or less will be offered a financial-aid package that substitutes scholarship gift aid for loans.

12/05/2007

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Commits $200 Million Support for Thirty-Meter Telescope

Jill Perry

The California Institute of Technology and the University of California have received a $200 million commitment over nine years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation toward the further development and construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT). Funding under this commitment will be shared equally between the two universities, with matching gifts from the two institutions expected to bring the total to $300 million. When built, TMT will be the largest telescope in the world.

12/05/2007

Caltech Breaks Ground on Annenberg Center

Jill Perry

The California Institute of Technology will break ground on the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology at 11 a.m. December 7 at Caltech.

11/21/2007

Student Selected as Rhodes Scholar

Jacqueline Scahill

The Rhodes Trust has announced that Todd Gingrich, a California Institute of Technology senior chemistry major, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. The scholarship covers all expenses at Oxford University in England, where he plans to earn a master's degree in theoretical chemistry.

11/14/2007

Where Music Meets Science

elisabeth nadin

If you've ever imagined being attacked by your office supplies, then you won't want to miss the world premiere of an orchestral interpretation of this scenario on Friday, November 16, at 8 p.m. in Ramo Auditorium at the California Institute of Technology.

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