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03/14/2016

Cvitanic Named Director of the Linde Institute

Kimm Fesenmaier

Cvitanic's goal in the role is to help the Institute continue to create an environment for interdisciplinary and creative research and education in business and economics.

03/08/2016

New CCE Leadership Chair Honors the Past

Marisa Demers

A new leadership chair in Caltech’s Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE) will amplify the Institute’s support of its scholars’ freedom to pursue the most interesting and challenging lines of inquiry.

03/03/2016

LIGO Panel - Our New Window on the Universe

Lorinda Dajose

Scientists reflect on the history, the detection, the science, and the future of the field of gravitational wave astronomy.

02/11/2016

LIGO's Beginnings

Douglas Smith

Built to look for gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space itself that were predicted by Einstein in 1915, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is the most ambitious project ever funded by the National Science Foundation. We talk to two Caltech researchers to learn about how LIGO came to be.

02/03/2016

White House Spotlights Quake Warning System

Katie Neith

On February 2, 2016, the White House held the Earthquake Resilience Summit, signaling a new focus on earthquake safety and EEW systems.

02/02/2016

Rosens Recharge Support for Bioengineering

Stacey Hong

Caltech board chair emeritus and longtime Compaq chairman Benjamin M. (Ben) Rosen (BS ’54) and his wife, Donna, have made a bequest commitment to advance scientific exploration at the intersection of biology and engineering.

01/26/2016

HSS Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Kimm Fesenmaier

The division will mark the anniversary with a lecture series, inviting distinguished HSS alumni and faculty members—both past and present—to speak about their work and the impact that Caltech has had on their careers. Historian and Caltech professor emeritus Daniel Kevles will deliver the first lecture on Thursday, January 28, at 5 p.m. in Caltech's Baxter Lecture Hall.

12/23/2015

Major Gift Furthers Legacy of Support

Wayne Lewis

A $10 million gift helps to create a fellowship fund for graduate students

12/23/2015

Hard Work Meets Hard Knocks

Rod Pyle

The Summer Undergraduate Startup Internship program (SUSI) places talented undergraduates in their first or second summer at Caltech into 10-week internships in real-world entrepreneurial environments.

12/10/2015

Repetto Elected as Caltech Trustee

Lorinda Dajose

Eduardo A. Repetto (PhD '98) has been elected to the Caltech Board of Trustees.

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