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06/18/2014

A Taste of Weightlessness

Kimm Fesenmaier

Recently, senior physics major Lisa Lee had an opportunity to conduct a medical technology experiment aboard NASA's reduced gravity aircraft at Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston, Texas.We asked Lee to fill us in on her unique experience.

05/30/2014

Caltech Awards Millikan Medal to Robert A. Day

Ann Motrunich

Chairman of the W. M. Keck Foundation and the grandson of its founder, William Myron Keck, Day is one of a select few to be recognized with this honor over the last 30 years, joining a roster of past recipients that includes Si Ramo, Gordon Moore, and Arnold Beckman.

05/19/2014

Awards Honor Global Champions of Sustainability

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

New awards granted by the Resnick Sustainability Institute recognize emerging global innovators in energy science and environmental policy.

05/14/2014

Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics Established

Building on Caltech's leading position in fields such as general relativity, astrophysics, quantum computation, superstring theory, elementary particle theory, and condensed matter theory, the new institute will train generations of theoretical physicists.

05/07/2014

50 Years Ago: The First Look at a Dry Mars

Douglas Smith

In 1964, Caltech astronomy professor Guido Münch and Jet Propulsion Laboratory space scientists Lewis Kaplan and Hyron Spinrad pushed the world's second-largest telescope to its limits and dashed—at least for the next few decades—any hopes of finding liquid water on Mars.

05/06/2014

New Gift Helps Caltech Address Global Challenges in Clean Energy and Sustainability

A new $15 million gift by Lynda and Stewart Resnick in support of the Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech will help scientists and engineers advance research aimed at helping humanity sustainably meet its needs.

04/30/2014

Fu, Harrison, and Preskill Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Cynthia Eller

Three professors at Caltech—Gregory Fu, Fiona Harrison, and John Preskill—have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.

04/23/2014

Allen E. Puckett

Douglas Smith

Allen E. Puckett (PhD '49), the engineer who helped father the delta-winged airplane, the guided missile, and the communications satellite, and who turned Hughes Aircraft into the nation's top provider of radar systems and other defense-related electronics, passed away at age 94.

04/17/2014

John Dabiri Named Dean of Undergraduate Students

Katie Neith

Starting on July 1, 2014, John Dabiri (MS '03, PhD '05), professor of aeronautics and bioengineering, will serve as Caltech's dean of undergraduate students.

04/09/2014

Pulitzer Prize Winner Named Commencement Speaker

Cynthia Eller

"As an expert on the geopolitics of energy, Dan Yergin has examined the interface of science and public policy in depth," says Ed Stolper, interim president of Caltech. "We are excited to bring him to campus for commencement in June."

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