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Caltech Receives $10 Million Grant fromSherman Fairchild Foundation
02/08/2001

Caltech Receives $10 Million Grant fromSherman Fairchild Foundation

Deborah Williams-Hedges
The California Institute of Technology has received a $10 million grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation to establish an endowment for the existing Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholars Program in theoretical physics, theoretical astrophysics, and mathematics.
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Caltech Receives Funding to Establish Network of Cosmic-Ray Detectors in High Schools
02/08/2001

Caltech Receives Funding to Establish Network of Cosmic-Ray Detectors in High Schools

Los Angeles-area high school students will team up with California Institute of Technology researchers to study ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays on their own campuses, thanks to a recent grant from the Weingart Foundation.
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World Trade Organization Protest Organizer to Speak at Caltech's Social Activism Series
01/20/2001

World Trade Organization Protest Organizer to Speak at Caltech's Social Activism Series

Deborah Williams-Hedges
Mike Dolan, activist and west coast director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, will be the featured speaker in the California Institute of Technology's Social Activism Speaker Series in Pasadena. The presentation, "The Mobilization Against Globalization: Fair Trade Politics in the New Millennium," will take place on Friday, January 26, at 8 p.m. in the Beckman Institute auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
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Caltech receives $2.2 million grantto enhance diversity programs
01/05/2001

Caltech receives $2.2 million grantto enhance diversity programs

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Caltech women's basketball team to take on MIT for first time
01/02/2001

Caltech women's basketball team to take on MIT for first time

Robert Tindol
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Sally Ride, David Lee Named Caltech Trustees, Ben Rosen Named Trustee Chair
12/04/2000

Sally Ride, David Lee Named Caltech Trustees, Ben Rosen Named Trustee Chair

Jill Perry
Caltech names Sally Ride and David Lee as new trustees. Ben Rosen becomes new chair of the Board.
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Caltech's annual machine competition to be held Nov. 30
11/22/2000

Caltech's annual machine competition to be held Nov. 30

Jill Perry
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Grant Received for Beckman Fellows Programat Caltech
11/20/2000

Grant Received for Beckman Fellows Programat Caltech

Deborah Williams-Hedges
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Mock Trial Explores Legal Dilemmas Arising from Technology
11/20/2000

Mock Trial Explores Legal Dilemmas Arising from Technology

Jill Perry
Mock trial presented by Caltech and Loyola Law School addresses whether a group of Internet users should be able to freely distribute an operating system that imitates one made by a major software corporation.
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Media Activist and Human Rights Advocate to Speak at Caltech
10/25/2000

Media Activist and Human Rights Advocate to Speak at Caltech

Deborah Williams-Hedges
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