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01/28/2015

Charles H. Townes (1915-2015)

Kathy Svitil

Laser pioneer Charles H. Townes (PhD '39), a life member of the Caltech Board of Trustees and a recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics, died on Tuesday, January 27. He was 99 years old.

01/27/2015

Bold Space Projects Get Big Boost

Stacey Hong and Ann Motrunich

$7.8 million gift will support technological creativity and educational opportunities for advancing space exploration

01/23/2015

On the Leading Edge of Higher Education

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

From creating programs to increase diversity in STEM fields to pioneering the most effective methods for both reading and teaching their students, Caltech alumni leaders are changing the higher education landscape from the inside out.

01/23/2015

Remembering Fredric Raichlen

Douglas Smith

Fredric ("Fred") Raichlen, professor emeritus of civil and mechanical engineering in Caltech's Division of Engineering and Applied Science, passed away on December 13, 2014. He was an expert in coastal engineering whose pioneering studies of tsunami mechanics have led to standards for designing tsunami-resistant structures that have saved lives around the world.

01/21/2015

Size Matters: The Importance of Building Small Things

Douglas Smith

Caltech professor Julia Greer is showing that the relationship between strength and weight is not graven in stone by creating brand-new materials that are incredibly strong but weigh next to nothing.

A fractal nanotruss made in Greer's lab.

01/15/2015

Grotzinger Steps Down as Curiosity’s Project Scientist

Lorinda Dajose

Caltech geologist John Grotzinger, who was recently named chair of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, has stepped down as project scientist for NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity. He is succeeded by Ashwin Vasavada (PhD '98) of JPL.

01/08/2015

Learning While Leading

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

The leaders of Caltech's student organizations have the opportunity to both represent their peers and "peek behind the curtain" of academia.

01/06/2015

How Do You Make a Greasy Protein?

Douglas Smith

Professor of Biochemistry Bil Clemons is focused on working out the structures of and biological processes associated with membrane proteins—assemblies of protein molecules that act as transport channels through the greasy lipid membrane that encapsulates a cell.

Caltech Professor of Biochemistry Bil Clemons

12/17/2014

An App for the Teacher

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

Designed by two alums, the interactive SKIES app helps Caltech students and professors connect to take learning to the next level.

12/15/2014

Controlling Light at the Single-Photon Level

Douglas Smith

Integrating optics and electronics into systems such as fiber-optic data links has revolutionized how we transmit information. A second revolution awaits as researchers seek to develop chips in which individual atoms control the movement of light within the chip through optical "wires," and photons could replace electrons as the vehicle for performing computations. Andrei Faraon (BS '04), an assistant professor of applied physics and materials science in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science, presents a preview of this revolution at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Admission is free.

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