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12/11/2007

Caltech Helps Students Afford College

Jill Perry

The California Institute of Technology will eliminate loans for its neediest undergraduate students by replacing loans with additional gift aid, such as scholarships and grants. Beginning with undergraduates entering in the fall of 2008, most domestic students whose total family incomes are $60,000 per year or less will be offered a financial-aid package that substitutes scholarship gift aid for loans.

11/21/2007

Student Selected as Rhodes Scholar

Jacqueline Scahill

The Rhodes Trust has announced that Todd Gingrich, a California Institute of Technology senior chemistry major, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. The scholarship covers all expenses at Oxford University in England, where he plans to earn a master's degree in theoretical chemistry.

11/14/2007

Where Music Meets Science

elisabeth nadin

If you've ever imagined being attacked by your office supplies, then you won't want to miss the world premiere of an orchestral interpretation of this scenario on Friday, November 16, at 8 p.m. in Ramo Auditorium at the California Institute of Technology.

11/06/2007

Caltech Scientists Discover Fashion: Transforming Students from Geek to Chic

Jacqueline Scahill

Cable television started making people over in shows like Fashion Emergency, MTV Made, What Not to Wear, and Beauty and the Geek--all showing young Americans the importance of looking professional and fashionable for a variety of occasions. If one visits the California Institute of Technology campus during recruiting season, it will be obvious that many students don't watch enough cable TV.

10/30/2007

Team to Compete in Project Enterprise Ideas Contest on PBS

Jacqueline Scahill

It all started last fall, in a classroom at Caltech. A team of students in Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ken Pickar's course, Product Design for the Developing World, decided to create wheelchairs for people in developing countries that could tackle the rugged terrain. With two bicycles and three creative brains contributing, the project took off.

10/25/2007

Alice on Trial, Redux

elisabeth nadin

When Alice revs her engine at the start of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge qualifying rounds on October 27, multitudes of cameras will be pointing at her. But she'll only care about the eight cameras that will be facing away.

10/22/2007

Caltech Celebrates All Things Olive at November Olive Harvest Festival

Deborah Williams-Hedges

It is one of the oldest known cultivated trees in the world--the olive tree--dating back at least 6,000 years. And throughout the ages, olives have had a ubiquitous presence in world cultures--as nutrition, as a medicinal and health elixir, and as a beauty aid. In today's times, olives will play a novel role as part of an environmental sustainability initiative at the California Institute of Technology.

07/12/2007

Caltech's YESS Program Helps to Increase Diversity Among Young Science Students

Deborah Williams-Hedges

This summer 30 of the brightest high school students in the country are attending the California Institute of Technology's Young Engineering and Science Scholars (YESS) program. The program brings together some of the most talented students who have a passion for science and engineering and exposes them to scientific research and methodology.

06/29/2007

Caltech Students Receive Academic Merit Awards

Deborah Williams-Hedges

The California Institute of Technology has presented 48 undergraduate students with merit awards, which are based exclusively on a student's outstanding scholastic achievement, faculty recommendations, and demonstrated research productivity.

05/31/2007

New Caltech Prank Book Released

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Pranks are a part of life on most college campuses, but some of the most clever and comical have been created by the students at the California Institute of Technology.

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