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Making Stem-Cell Band-Aids for the Retina
09/06/2011

Making Stem-Cell Band-Aids for the Retina

Kimm Fesenmaier

Caltech senior Wilson Ho spent his summer completing a SURF project in the lab of Robert Grubbs, one of the winners of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Ho tells his nonscientist friends and family that the goal of his project is to develop "stem-cell Band-Aids" that might one day help restore vision in those suffering from macular degeneration.

Red Door Gets a New Look
08/30/2011

Red Door Gets a New Look

Marcus Woo

The Red Door Café looks a bit different these days. The door's still red, but over the summer, its interior received a fresh coast of paint—a lighter shade to brighten up the space. There's new furniture and even a few new menu items, such as strawberry lemonade, fresh-brewed iced tea, and homemade pastries. If you haven't already, come check it out.

Young Amgen Scholar Thrives in Summer Research Program
08/25/2011

Young Amgen Scholar Thrives in Summer Research Program

Katie Neith

For many 17-year-old students, the summer before senior year represents a last hurrah before the reality of planning for life after high school sets in. But for Angela Guerrero, the summer before senior year represents an important step in an already flourishing research career. She may be 17, but she's prepping for her final year in college, with plans to pursue an MD/PhD upon graduation.

The Caltech Y Gets a New Home
08/24/2011

The Caltech Y Gets a New Home

Kimm Fesenmaier

The Caltech Y will begin moving into the Tyson House (505 S. Wilson) on Thursday, August 25, and will reopen in the new location on September 6.

Techer Representing the United States at International Youth Bridge Competition
08/23/2011

Techer Representing the United States at International Youth Bridge Competition

Kimm Fesenmaier

Ruddock House junior Dan Emmons is representing the United States in the under-21 age division at the second World Youth Bridge Congress in Croatia. The computer science major describes bridge as a giant logic puzzle played out with cards. Alumnus Roger Lee ('09) is also competing, as a member of the under-26 U.S. team. 

 

A Fan of Caltech
08/16/2011

A Fan of Caltech

Marcus Woo

When summer started, Caltech senior Yuyang Fan was handed a picture taken with a cell phone. The image showed a large box with an array of small fans covering one side. It was a wind tunnel—a simple one, but a wind tunnel nevertheless. Fan's mission? To build one himself as part of his SURF project. And the catch? Other than the picture, he was given nothing. "That's all the information I got," he says.

A Stellar Admirer
08/09/2011

A Stellar Admirer

Marcus Woo

Like so many things in life, it all started with a girl. In fifth grade, the girl who sat next to Keith Hawkins every day in class would check out encyclopedias and look up subjects in astronomy, admiring pictures of swirling galaxies and colorful nebulae. Hawkins would join her, and the two of them would sit together and gaze at the heavens, one page at a time.

SURFers Develop Cell-Phone Medical Devices
08/08/2011

SURFers Develop Cell-Phone Medical Devices

Kimm Fesenmaier

One looks like little more than a stethoscope head attached to a wire; the other seems to be an oven mitt with three metal disks sewn on. Simple, yes, but these prototype medical devices—developed by young Caltech researchers working on a SURF project—could one day save lives.

Metamorphose Now!
08/03/2011

Metamorphose Now!

Michael Farquhar

On Friday, August 5, at 7:30 p.m., and weekend nights thereafter through Saturday the 13th, the courtyard of the Lloyd House undergraduate residence at Caltech will transform into a theater with a pool of water for center stage. That pool will become by turns primal chaos, a washing basin, a swimming pool, the sea, and the Underworld's River Styx. 

Linde + Robinson Lab Making Headlines for Extraordinary Renovations
07/12/2011

Linde + Robinson Lab Making Headlines for Extraordinary Renovations

Katie Neith

The world is taking note of the innovative work being done at Caltech—not just in the labs, but also in the unique renovations of our research spaces. The spring issue of Solutions Journal, a magazine of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), features an in-depth profile of the Linde + Robinson Laboratory, an astronomy facility built in 1932 that has undergone extensive renovations and will be the nation's first LEED Platinum laboratory.