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03/27/2006

Wouk Lecture Speaker to Focus on "Success Through Failure" March 30

Jill Perry

Henry Petroski, an engineer who has written for his peers and students as well as the lay public about the engineering of large (bridges) and small (the pencil) objects, will discuss "Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design" when he gives the Wouk Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 30 in Beckman Institute Auditorium at the California Institute of Technology. The lecture and parking are free.

03/20/2006

Nature-Deficit Disorder and the Effects on Children Discussed at Caltech

Deborah Williams-Hedges

"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth grader. Is there a direct link between the lack of nature in the lives of today's youthful wired generation and some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as obesity, depression, and attention deficit disorder?

02/24/2006

Caltech Wins Three MURI Awards for 2006

Robert Tindol

The California Institute of Technology has been awarded three of the 30 program awards from the federal Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program. The awards will bring in $3 million in funding each year for the next five years.

02/17/2006

Watson Lecture: The 10th Planet

Kathy Svitil

In 2005, after seven years scanning half the sky for planets in our solar system beyond Pluto and discovering dozens of large new objects, Michael E. Brown and his colleagues finally found 2003 UB313, aka "Xena," the first object larger than Pluto, and the first that might be called a new planet.

02/10/2006

The Athenaeum at Caltech Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary

Deborah Williams-Hedges

The Athenaeum, the faculty club at the California Institute of Technology, occupies a fascinating, but relatively little-known, corner of the intellectual and social history of Southern California.

02/06/2006

Noted Play The Vagina Monologues Returns to Caltech as Part of V-Day Celebration

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Once again, the Obie Award-winning play The Vagina Monologues will be performed at the California Institute of Technology, on Friday, February 10, at 8 p.m. in Beckman Auditorium.

02/02/2006

Caltech Launches Brain Study Program with $8.9 Million Gift from Eli Broad to Fund 24 Researchers and Six New Labs

For years, scientists have worked to study each of the 100 billion neurons in the human brain. But while they understand individual neurons, they've been stumped by how neurons work together, how they encode information, and how they generate thoughts, emotions, and actions.

01/27/2006

Three Elected to Caltech Board of Trustees

Robert Tindol

Robert T. Jenkins, a retired vice president of Intel; Jon B. Kutler, chairman, chief executive officer, and founder of the Quarterdeck family of companies; and Stewart A. Resnick, chairman and owner of Roll International Corporation, have been elected to the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology. The announcement was made by David Baltimore, president of Caltech.

01/18/2006

Caltech Bands to Jazz It Up on Campus Friday

Robert Tindol

The annual winter Caltech Jazz Band Concert this year will feature the swinging sounds of New Orleans and the big-band sounds of some of the Los Angeles area's finest composers. The free concert is open to the public and will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, January 20, in Beckman Auditorium on the campus of the California Institute of Technology.

01/13/2006

Poet Nikki Giovanni to Speak at Caltech

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Celebrated poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni will be the featured speaker at "An Evening with Nikki Giovanni," to be presented by the Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, in Beckman Auditorium on the California Institute of Technology campus. The event is free and open to the public. Giovanni will sign books immediately after the event, and copies of her work can be purchased inside the auditorium.

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