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01/28/2015

Charles H. Townes (1915-2015)

Kathy Svitil

Laser pioneer Charles H. Townes (PhD '39), a life member of the Caltech Board of Trustees and a recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics, died on Tuesday, January 27. He was 99 years old.

01/27/2015

Bold Space Projects Get Big Boost

Stacey Hong and Ann Motrunich

$7.8 million gift will support technological creativity and educational opportunities for advancing space exploration

01/23/2015

On the Leading Edge of Higher Education

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

From creating programs to increase diversity in STEM fields to pioneering the most effective methods for both reading and teaching their students, Caltech alumni leaders are changing the higher education landscape from the inside out.

01/23/2015

Remembering Fredric Raichlen

Douglas Smith

Fredric ("Fred") Raichlen, professor emeritus of civil and mechanical engineering in Caltech's Division of Engineering and Applied Science, passed away on December 13, 2014. He was an expert in coastal engineering whose pioneering studies of tsunami mechanics have led to standards for designing tsunami-resistant structures that have saved lives around the world.

01/15/2015

Grotzinger Steps Down as Curiosity’s Project Scientist

Lorinda Dajose

Caltech geologist John Grotzinger, who was recently named chair of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, has stepped down as project scientist for NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity. He is succeeded by Ashwin Vasavada (PhD '98) of JPL.

12/05/2014

Einstein Online: An Interview with Diana Kormos-Buchwald

Kimm Fesenmaier

The Einstein Papers Project at Caltech, the Princeton University Press, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have launched a digital edition of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. We recently spoke with Diana Kormos-Buchwald, director and general editor of the Einstein Papers Project, about the new, free resource.

12/03/2014

India Becomes TMT Partner

Shayna Chabner McKinney

Leaders of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project announced on Tuesday that the government of India has signed on as a full partner in the construction of what will be the world's largest ground-based telescope.

11/24/2014

Caltech to Host Prestigious International Conference on Space Research

Shayna Chabner McKinney

In July 2018, Caltech, with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will host the 42nd biennial scientific assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) in Pasadena, California.

11/20/2014

New Center Supports Data-Driven Research

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

The new Center for Data-Driven Discovery makes advanced computational tools available to researchers from all six Caltech divisions, plus JPL researchers.

11/12/2014

Caltech Receives Amgen Scholars Program Grant

Kathy Svitil

Caltech has been named as a host institution for the next phase of the Amgen Scholars Program. Funding from the Amgen Foundation will allow Caltech to provide hands-on laboratory experience to 20 undergraduate students each summer for the next four years.

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