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Happy 35th Birthday, Voyager!
09/05/2012

Happy 35th Birthday, Voyager!

Kimm Fesenmaier

Today, September 5, marks the 35th anniversary of the launch of Voyager 1, which lifted off in 1977 on a Titan III–Centaur launch system just 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. Now 11 billion and 9 billion miles from the sun, respectively, the spacecraft are the farthest-flung man-made objects, traveling every 100 days a distance equal to that between sun and Earth.

"X" Marks the Spot
08/31/2012

"X" Marks the Spot

Andrew Allan

Mark your calendars: The next TEDxCaltech will take place on Friday, January 18, 2013.

 

Caltech Recognized for Commitment to Sustainability
08/30/2012

Caltech Recognized for Commitment to Sustainability

Katie Neith

The Princeton Review has named Caltech to its "2013 Green Honor Roll." Caltech is among 21 schools that received the highest possible score—99—in an analysis that looked at 806 institutions and rated them on environmentally related practices, policies, and academic offerings. These "Green Rating" scores will be published on each school's profile in the new 2013 Princeton Review guidebooks. 

 

Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology, Caltech
Beverley McKeon Lectures on "Taming Turbulence"
08/28/2012

Beverley McKeon Lectures on "Taming Turbulence"

Douglas Smith

"Turbulence is everywhere," says Beverley McKeon—from continent-spanning weather systems down to the swirls of air your car leaves behind itself as you drive. "I think about things like ships, planes, and pipelines," she explains, noting that about half of the energy consumed by each of those three transportation systems goes to counteract turbulence-induced drag.

 

photo of Beverly McKeon
InnoWorks: Fun Science for Middle Schoolers
08/22/2012

InnoWorks: Fun Science for Middle Schoolers

Kimm Fesenmaier

During the inaugural Caltech InnoWorks Summer Science Camp at Pasadena City College, Caltech undergraduates led 22 middle school students through a week of hands-on science and engineering projects. With the slogan "By Students, For Students," InnoWorks aims to get underserved middle school students more interested in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine.

Geologists in the Field
08/14/2012

Geologists in the Field

Marcus Woo

Sometimes risking life and limb, Caltech field geologists travel to some of the most remote corners of the globe—all in the name of science

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Sally Ride
07/24/2012

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Sally Ride

Katie Neith

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space and a former Caltech trustee, passed away Monday, July 23, 2012. She was 61.

Caltech Elects New Member to Board of Trustees
07/16/2012

Caltech Elects New Member to Board of Trustees

Ann Motrunich
Attorney and civic leader Maria Hummer-Tuttle has been elected to Caltech's Board of Trustees. Hummer-Tuttle practiced law for more than two decades with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a Los Angeles–based firm currently of more than 350 attorneys. A former chair of the Management Committee and co-managing partner, she is now retired.

Peering Into the Heart of a Supernova
07/12/2012

Peering Into the Heart of a Supernova

Kimm Fesenmaier

Using computer simulations, Caltech researchers have determined that if the interior of a dying star is spinning rapidly just before it explodes in a magnificent supernova, two different types of signals emanating from that stellar core will oscillate together at the same frequency.

Caltech Receives Gift from Sackler Foundation to Advance Biomedical Science Research
07/12/2012

Caltech Receives Gift from Sackler Foundation to Advance Biomedical Science Research

Michael Rogers

. Now, an endowment established by the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation will strengthen the Caltech-UCLA partnership and advance the Baltimore lab’s interdisciplinary research into areas where mathematics and engineering converge with biology.