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01/24/2005

The Rose Hills Foundation grants $315,000 to Caltech for undergraduate scholarships

Robert Tindol

The Rose Hills Foundation of Los Angeles has awarded $315,000 to the California Institute of Technology to fund scholarships for the current and coming academic years. The scholarships will be awarded to juniors and seniors from the San Gabriel Valley who are majoring in the life sciences, natural sciences, or engineering.

01/13/2005

Caltech students to get down and dirty in second annual Mudeo competition of the modern era

Robert Tindol

A mud fight that would make the Three Stooges look like well-scrubbed ballerinas is set to take place on the California Institute of Technology campus at 2:30 p.m. Monday, January 17. The event, which is described as "a lot of random mayhem with tons of mud," will attract the participation of scores of otherwise dignified college students at one of the otherwise more dignified and staid science institutions in America.

12/03/2004

Fellowship Program Receives $1 Million Gift

Jill Perry

A 1952 Caltech alumnus, Carl Larson, and his wife, Shirley, have contributed $1 million to Caltech's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program. The income from the endowment will be used for students' annual stipends.

09/16/2004

Caltech Dining Services Wins Grand Prize in National Dining Competition

Deborah Williams-Hedges

California Institute of Technology's Dining Services has won the Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards gold medal and grand prize at the annual National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) convention in Las Vegas. Employing rigorous standards, the NACUFS Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards recognizes excellence in university food services across six categories.

08/30/2004

Science by the Seat of the Pants

Caltech Communications

Sliding down a sand dune on your derriere might at first take seem a bit undignified for a professor from the California Institute of Technology. But for mechanical engineering professor Melany Hunt, it's all in the name of science.

07/15/2004

Fifty Caltech Undergraduate Students Receive Merit Awards for 2004

Deborah Williams-Hedges

The California Institute of Technology has presented 50 undergraduate students with the 2004 merit awards, which are based exclusively on students' academic performance, faculty recommendations, and demonstrated research productivity.

07/13/2004

International Group of High School Science Students Intern at Caltech This Summer

Jill Perry

An international group of high-achieving high school students has converged on the campus of the California Institute of Technology this summer. Students from the United States as well as China, Germany, Greece, Kuwait, Pakistan, Singapore, and Turkey are participating in the Research Science Institute (RSI)--a highly competitive science program sponsored by Caltech and Virginia-based Center for Excellence in Education (CEE).

07/09/2004

Students at Caltech Summer Camp Explore Future Types of Computers

Robert Tindol

Rob Figueiredo has a standing $1,000 bet with a classmate back at MIT about when a certain milestone in quantum computation will be achieved. Considering that there is no such thing as a practical quantum computer—or at least not yet—Figueiredo's enthusiasm may seem overly optimistic.

06/16/2004

Caltech Graduate Receives Scholarship to Research the Language of Dance

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Whether it's an exhilarating and intense rhythmic tribal movement or a demure, ceremonious minuet, almost all cultures around the world are compelled to dance.

06/14/2004

Two Caltech Students Receive Fulbright Fellowships to Study Abroad

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Two students from the California Institute of Technology, Rachel Medwood and Suzana Sburlan, have received Fulbright Fellowships to pursue their graduate studies abroad for one year.

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