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05/04/2005

Caltech Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman Honored on 2005 U.S. Commemorative Stamp

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Widely regarded as one of the most influential physicists of the 20th Century, Nobel laureate and Caltech professor Richard P. Feynman will be honored on a 2005 U.S. postage commemorative stamp. The stamp will be unveiled locally at a celebration on Friday, May 20, at 5 p.m. in Ramo Auditorium on the California Institute of Technology campus. The public is invited to attend this free event. Caltech will offer a limited-edition special commemorative envelope bearing the four stamps that compose the American Scientists series, and a special cancellation stamp from the Feynman Station at Caltech. Stamps and cachets, as well as Feynman books and memorabilia, will be available for purchase.

04/28/2005

Caltech Chews up the Competition in Annual College Dining Services Contest

Robert Tindol

Students at the California Institute of Technology may be interested primarily in food for the mind, but the results of the 2005 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards contest suggest that they're doing okay in the food-for-the-body category as well.

04/19/2005

Campus Weather Station to Be Dedicated to the Late Caltech Nobel Laureate Ed Lewis

Robert Tindol

The famed geneticist Ed Lewis won his Nobel Prize for his breakthroughs in understanding how genes relate to embryonic development. But for four years in World War II, he served as a U.S. Army meteorologist.

04/14/2005

Bush Administration Critic Kurt Gottfried to Discuss Science, Politics at Caltech

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Cornell University professor of physics and noted science advisor Kurt Gottfried will present the third keynote address in the

04/14/2005

Former MIT President to Speak at Caltech

Robert Tindol

Charles M. Vest, president emeritus of MIT, will speak at the California Institute of Technology at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in Beckman Institute Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

04/11/2005

Art and Science: A Da Vinci Detective Story

In 1920, says the California Institute of Technology's John Brewer, the art dealer Joseph Duveen dismissed an alleged Leonardo da Vinci painting, "La Belle Ferronniere," as a copy or a fake. His opinion initiated a decade-long lawsuit and courtroom drama dubbed "the battle of the experts," in which the art connoisseur's eye and the tools of modern science were locked in conflict.

04/06/2005

Caltech wins Energy Star Award

Marcus Woo

The Caltech community can take comfort in knowing that the fuel used to generate electricity is spent wisely and is environmentally friendly.

That's what the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership, a division of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), concluded last month when it bestowed, on behalf of the EPA and the Department of Energy, the 2004 Energy Star CHP Award to Caltech.

04/04/2005

Sandra Tsing Loh to be Caltech Commencement Speaker

Jill Perry

Writer/performer/musician/humorist Sandra Tsing Loh will be the guest speaker at the 111th annual California Institute of Technology commencement ceremony at 10 a.m., June 10, on Beckman Mall on the Pasadena campus.

03/30/2005

Correction:The Effects of Media and Marketing on Children

Deborah Williams-Hedges

The presentation by Dr. Susan Linn, Ed.D., cofounder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and author of Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood, who will speak about the effects of media and commercial marketing on children, will take place on Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m., at the California Institute of Technology Ramo Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required.

03/24/2005

The Effects of Media and Marketing on Children

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Are children really negatively influenced by television, commercials, and the media? Dr. Susan Linn, Ed.D., cofounder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and author of Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood, will speak about the effects of media and commercial marketing on children. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 13, at 8 p.m., at the California Institute of Technology Ramo Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required.

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