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12/02/2013

David Dreier Elected to Caltech Board of Trustees

Kimm Fesenmaier

David Dreier, chairman of the Annenberg-Dreier Commission at Sunnylands, has been elected to the Caltech Board of Trustees.

11/11/2013

A New View into Cardiovascular Disease

Ann Motrunich

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11/08/2013

John H. Schwarz Wins Physics Frontiers Prize

Cynthia Eller

Schwarz and Michael B. Green of the University of Cambridge were honored for developing superstring theory during their collaboration between 1979 and 1986. The prize comes with a $300,000 award and eligibility for the 2014 Fundamental Physics Prize, which, at $3 million, is one of the largest academic prizes in the world.

11/08/2013

Einstein: On the Beach and at Caltech

Cynthia Eller

A revival of the opera "Einstein on the Beach" afforded an opportunity for the Einstein Papers Project to display some of its treasures: prized portraits, plus texts and images from Einstein's life.

11/04/2013

Materials that Change on Demand

Ann Motrunich

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10/28/2013

A New Device to Advance Glaucoma Research and Treatment

Ann Motrunich

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10/24/2013

Caltech Names Thomas F. Rosenbaum as New President

Today Caltech announced the appointment of Thomas F. Rosenbaum as the Institute's ninth president. Dr. Rosenbaum is currently the John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor of Physics and provost at the University of Chicago.

10/04/2013

Albert D. "Bud" Wheelon, 1929 – 2013

Douglas Smith

Albert D. "Bud" Wheelon, a life member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), passed away at his home in Montecito, California, on September 27. He was 84 years old.

10/02/2013

Caltech Named World's Top University in Times Higher Education Global Ranking

Kathy Svitil

For the third year in a row, the California Institute of Technology has been rated the world's number one university in the Times Higher Education global ranking of the top 200 universities.

09/16/2013

Bruce Murray

Douglas Smith

Bruce Churchill Murray, Caltech Professor of Planetary Science, Emeritus, and former head of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), succumbed to complications of Alzheimer's disease on August 29, 2013. He was 81.

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