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10/14/2012

Institute of Medicine Elects Barton

Brian Bell

Jacqueline K. Barton, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor and professor of chemistry and chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech, has been elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM), one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. As the health arm of the National Academies, the IOM is recognized as "a national resource for independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on human health issues."

10/10/2012

A "Gifted" Professor

Shayna Chabner McKinney

Gifted teacher. Inspired researcher. Knowledgeable adviser. Personal friend. These are a few of the ways in which professor emeritus Frank Marble's former students describe him. Not too surprisingly, these sentiments also capture some of the many reasons why 20 of Marble's former PhD and graduate student advisees have joined together to honor and thank their mentor by creating an endowed professorship in his and his wife's names.

10/10/2012

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Douglas Smith

Last summer, Caltech junior Julie Jester worked on a project that might one day partially counteract blindness caused by a deteriorating retina. Her job: to help Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Azita Emami and her graduate students create the communications link between a tiny camera and a novel wireless neural stimulator that can be surgically inserted into the eye.

10/09/2012

A Swift Windfall: Students Benefit from Online Contest

Kimm Fesenmaier

Despite the best efforts of a group of students, Taylor Swift will not be performing at Caltech. The upside? The Institute's music program will soon receive a $10,000 boost.

10/08/2012

Wenchi Chen Elected New Caltech Trustee

Michael Rogers

Semiconductor-industry leader, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Wenchi Chen has been elected to Caltech's Board of Trustees.

10/04/2012

Caltech Welcomes New Students

Kimm Fesenmaier

This year, the first week of October marks the first week of instruction for the fall term at Caltech. With the school year’s beginning, the Institute has welcomed some of the most accomplished and outstanding new undergraduate and graduate students who will become an active part of campus through their research, coursework and student activities.

10/02/2012

Houses that Build People

Ann Motrunich

For the second time, a SCI-Arc–Caltech team has won a spot in the Solar Decathlon, a biennial Department of Energy–sponsored competition to design and build a solar-powered house with the ideal blend of affordability, market appeal, design excellence, energy production, and efficiency.

09/26/2012

13th Volume of Einstein's Papers Published

Kimm Fesenmaier

A new volume in the Einstein Papers Project is scheduled to be released on September 25. This volume covers a turbulent 15 months in the physicist's life and includes several hundred previously unpublished and unknown articles and letters, some of which express his desire for "a normal life."

09/22/2012

A Worthy Endeavor

Douglas Smith

The space shuttle Endeavour's final flight ended Friday, September 21, when it landed at Los Angeles International Airport en route to its new life as an exhibit at the California Science Center. But without Caltech professors Christopher Brennen and Allan Acosta and alumnus Sheldon Rubin, the entire endeavor might not have been possible.

09/13/2012

Whatever Happened to the Mars Global Surveyor?

Douglas Smith

On September 11, 1997, the Mars Global Surveyor slipped into orbit around the Red Planet. Like JPL's Mariner and Viking missions before it, MGS (as it was affectionately known) fundamentally changed our view of Mars.

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