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10/01/2014

Science and the University-Government Partnership

Join us as a distinguished panel drawn from science, academia, government, and private philanthropy seeks to address some of the questions raised by the shifting models of support for research science.

09/16/2014

Remembering Frank Marble

Douglas Smith

Frank Earl Marble (Eng '47, PhD '48), Caltech's Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Jet Propulsion, Emeritus, was one of the fathers of modern jet engines.

09/12/2014

New Master of Student Houses Appointed

Kathy Svitil

Following Caltech tradition, the MOSH is a professorial faculty member who focuses on promoting a positive overall experience for Caltech undergraduates and acts as a liaison between students and faculty.

09/02/2014

GPS Names a New Division Chair

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

On September 1, John Grotzinger, the Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology, became the new chair of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences (GPS).

09/02/2014

New Vice Provost Begins Duties

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

Professor of English Cindy Weinstein became the newest vice provost at Caltech on September 1.

08/28/2014

Caltech's Green Revolving Fund: Financing Energy Efficiency

Kimm Fesenmaier

For the last six years, Caltech Facilities has managed an innovative, green revolving fund that has enabled the Institute to finance new energy efficiency projects around campus with the cost savings from previous energy efficiency improvements and upgrades.

08/25/2014

Improving Access to Data Across the Board: An Interview with Caltech's New Librarian

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

The new university librarian at Caltech sat down with us to talk about her new position, the changing needs of a library in the 21st century, and her past life as a competitive chess player

07/24/2014

New Division Chair for HSS

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, the Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics, has been named the new chair of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

07/22/2014

50 Years of Quarks

Douglas Smith

Caltech's Murray Gell-Mann simplified the world of particle physics in 1964 by standing it on its head. He theorized that protons—subatomic particles as solid as billiard balls and as stable as the universe—were actually cobbled together from bizarre entities, dubbed "quarks," whose properties are unlike anything seen in our world. Unlike protons, quarks cannot be separated from their fellows and studied in isolation; despite this, our understanding of the universe is built on their amply documented existence.

Yuval Ne'eman and Murray Gell-Mann in 1964.

06/20/2014

DOE Awards $15 Million to Caltech's Solar Energy Research

Cynthia Eller

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced yesterday that it will be awarding $15.2 million to Caltech's Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI) program.

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