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Two Decades of Discoveries
03/15/2013

Two Decades of Discoveries

Marcus Woo
This Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of inaugural observations of the 10-meter telescope at W. M. Keck Observatory.
USC and Caltech Announce International Scholarship Focused on Engineering Global Challenges
03/14/2013

USC and Caltech Announce International Scholarship Focused on Engineering Global Challenges

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Francis Clauser
03/07/2013

Francis Clauser

Douglas Smith
Francis H. Clauser (BS '34, MS '35, PhD '37), the Clark Blanchard Millikan Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, passed away on March 3, 2013, at age 99. Born in the decade following the Wright Brothers' first powered flight, he was a founder of modern aeronautics and helped usher in the Space Age.
Biochemist and Educational Leader Mary Sue Coleman to Deliver Caltech Commencement Address
03/06/2013

Biochemist and Educational Leader Mary Sue Coleman to Deliver Caltech Commencement Address

Katie Neith
University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman will be the speaker for the 119th annual commencement ceremony at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. on June 14, 2013, on Caltech's campus in Pasadena, California.
Planetary Astronomer Wins Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching
02/28/2013

Planetary Astronomer Wins Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Marcus Woo
John A. Johnson, assistant professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), has been awarded the Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
Chameau to Step Down as Caltech President
02/19/2013

Chameau to Step Down as Caltech President

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Watson Lecture: "Under the Hood of the Earthquake Machine"
02/11/2013

Watson Lecture: "Under the Hood of the Earthquake Machine"

Douglas Smith
What makes an earthquake go off? Why are earthquakes so difficult to forecast? Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics Nadia Lapusta gives us a close-up look at the moving parts, as it were, at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Admission is free.
Caltech Senior Wins Churchill Scholarship
02/04/2013

Caltech Senior Wins Churchill Scholarship

Kimm Fesenmaier
Caltech senior Andrew Meng has been selected to receive a Churchill Scholarship, which will fund his graduate studies at the University of Cambridge for the next academic year. Meng, a chemistry and physics major, was one of only 14 students nationwide who were chosen to receive the fellowship this year.
Watson Lecture: "For Love or Money: Marriage and Economic Development in the Past"
01/26/2013

Watson Lecture: "For Love or Money: Marriage and Economic Development in the Past"

Douglas Smith
Getting married and moving out of your parents' house may be key to your personal economic development, but are marriage patterns key to an entire society's development as well? Professor of Social Science History Tracy Dennison tells us what love's got to do with it at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 30, 2013, in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Admission is free.
Notes from the Back Row: "Engineering with Impact"
01/22/2013

Notes from the Back Row: "Engineering with Impact"

Douglas Smith
At Caltech, Guruswami "Ravi" Ravichandran studies impacts that pack a wallop of up to a million times the pressure of Earth's atmosphere.