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05/18/2015

Caltech Students Named Goldwater Scholars

Lorinda Dajose

Two Caltech students, Saaket Agrawal and Paul Dieterle, have been awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for the 2015–16 academic year. The program, established by Congress in 1986, provides financial support to college students who intend to pursue research careers in science, mathematics, and engineering.

05/18/2015

Watching Paint Dry and Colors Fade

Douglas Smith

Conservation scientists and materials scientists use the same methods to work toward very different ends: conservation scientists study the treasures of the past, whereas materials scientists create the everyday stock of the future. Professor Faber does both.

Scanning an oil painting with an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer.

05/11/2015

Pennies for Ditch Day

Dave Zobel

When Caltech's class of 2014 chose to donate a penny press as their senior class gift, they added one stipulation: profits from the press can only be used to help students offset the cost of one the Institute's most famed traditions.

05/06/2015

Caltech's 2015 Watson Fellows

Douglas Smith

Caltech seniors Janani Mandayam Comar and Aaron Krupp have been named 2015 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship winners. Fifty fellows were selected from a pool of nearly 700 candidates.

Caltech's 2015 Watson Fellows, Janani Mandayam Comar and Aaron Krupp.

05/05/2015

Searching for Vibrations from the Big Bang

Douglas Smith

For a brief instant after the Big Bang, the universe flew apart at speeds faster than light; the gravitational waves from this expansion sowed the seeds of galaxies. Caltech professor Jamie Bock is hunting for an echo of these waves in the cosmic microwave background.

04/29/2015

Caltech Dining Recognized for Midnight Madness Breakfast

Shayna Chabner McKinney

Caltech's Dining Services team was recently honored with a 2015 Loyal E. Horton Dining Award from the National Association of College and University Food Services, taking home a bronze award for its Midnight Madness event.

04/28/2015

Bronner and Three Others Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

Marianne Bronner, the Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology, and three Caltech alumni have been elected to join the National Academy of Sciences.

04/23/2015

American Academy Elects Five from Caltech

Lorinda Dajose

Three Caltech faculty and two trustees were named to the 2015 class of fellows for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest honorary societies.

04/22/2015

Boeing Honors Caltech for Exceptional Performance

Brian Bell

Caltech leaders received a Supplier of the Year award from Boeing.

04/16/2015

English Professor Awarded Feynman Teaching Prize

Cynthia Eller

Professor of English Kevin Gilmartin, who has taught at Caltech for the past 24 years, was honored with the prize that recognizes a Caltech professor annually for demonstrating an "unusual ability, creativity, and innovation" in teaching.

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