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G. Bradford Jones Elected as Caltech Trustee
03/27/2014

G. Bradford Jones Elected as Caltech Trustee

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
G. Bradford Jones, a founding partner of venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures, has been named a trustee of Caltech.
G. Bradford Jones, Caltech Trustee
Barbara McConnell Barrett Elected as New Trustee
03/20/2014

Barbara McConnell Barrett Elected as New Trustee

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
Barbara McConnell Barrett, chairman of the Aerospace Corporation and former U.S. ambassador to Finland, was recently elected to the Caltech Board of Trustees.
Barbara McConnell Barrett
Jamie Bock to Speak on BICEP2 Experiment
03/19/2014

Jamie Bock to Speak on BICEP2 Experiment

Cynthia Eller
On March 20, 2014, Jamie Bock will give a talk on the BICEP2 experiment and its recent detection of B-mode polarization indicating the effect of gravitational waves on the cosmic microwave background.
Caltech Appoints Diana Jergovic to Newly Created Position of Vice President for Strategy Implementation
03/13/2014

Caltech Appoints Diana Jergovic to Newly Created Position of Vice President for Strategy Implementation

Kathy Svitil
In the newly created position, Jergovic will collaborate closely with the president and provost, and with the division chairs, faculty, and senior leadership on campus and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Diana Jergovic
Resourceful Computing Advances Chemistry at Caltech
03/07/2014

Resourceful Computing Advances Chemistry at Caltech

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
In the 1970s, Caltech researcher Aron Kuppermann found additional computer resources in an unlikely place: a local religious organization. In the same spirit of creativity, Caltech researchers today have also found ways to practice resourceful computing.
Theoretical Physicist Wins Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching
02/28/2014

Theoretical Physicist Wins Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Cynthia Eller
Steven C. Frautschi, professor of theoretical physics, emeritus, at Caltech, has been awarded the Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching—Caltech's most prestigious teaching honor.
Caltech Joins Alliance to Boost Minority Representation in STEM Fields
02/14/2014

Caltech Joins Alliance to Boost Minority Representation in STEM Fields

Cynthia Eller
Four California universities have founded a new consortium to support underrepresented minority graduate students in the fields of mathematics, the physical sciences, computer science, and engineering.
John Bryson Elected as Caltech Trustee
01/07/2014

John Bryson Elected as Caltech Trustee

Cynthia Eller
John Bryson, former chairman and chief executive officer of Edison International (1990-2008), the parent company of Southern California Edison, has been reelected as a trustee of Caltech.
John H. Schwarz Wins the Fundamental Physics Prize
12/13/2013

John H. Schwarz Wins the Fundamental Physics Prize

Cynthia Eller
John H. Schwarz, the Harold Brown Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, and Michael B. Green of the University of Cambridge have been awarded the 2014 Fundamental Physics Prize.
Caltech Announces Open-Access Policy
12/11/2013

Caltech Announces Open-Access Policy

Cynthia Eller
According to the new policy, all faculty members will automatically grant nonexclusive rights to the Institute to disseminate their scholarly papers, making wider distribution of their work possible and eliminating confusion about copyright when posting research results on Caltech's websites.
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