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Nanoscale Materials and Big Solar Energy: An Interview with Harry Atwater
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradHarry Atwater, Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials ScienceCredit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Marketing and CommunicationsAs a high school student...
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Caltech Joins Alliance to Boost Minority Representation in STEM Fields
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech is one of four California universities that have founded a new consortium—the California Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate—to support...
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Caltech Names Six Distinguished Alumni
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierCaltech has recognized six of its graduates with the Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest honor the Institute bestows upon its alumni. This year's recipients are James...
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Resourceful Computing Advances Chemistry at Caltech
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradA 1974 photo of Aron Kuppermann standing in his lab with a piece of equipment called a molecular beam machine—used to study the same reaction that was being...
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Raiders of the Lost Can
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech junior, Erin Evans, playing for team Avengers, makes last-minute repairs to Iron Man and The Hulk.Credit: Lance HayashidaThere is more than one way to get an empty...
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Building BICEP2: A Conversation with Jamie Bock
News Writer: Cynthia EllerProfessor of Physics Jamie Bock.Credit: Seth HansenCaltech Professor of Physics Jamie Bock and his collaborators announced on March 17, 2014 that they have successfully...
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Caltech Alum Córdova Confirmed as NSF Director
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradThe U.S. Senate has approved astrophysicist and Caltech alumna France A. Córdova (PhD '79) as the new director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Currently the...
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Watching the Brain Do Its Thing: An Interview with Mikhail Shapiro
News Writer: Cynthia EllerMikhail ShapiroCredit: Lance HayashidaTo a large extent, the brain remains a black box. Taking it out of its case inside the skull and examining it—as in an autopsy—reveals...
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Watching the Brain Do Its Thing: An Interview with Mikhail Shapiro
News Writer: Cynthia EllerMikhail ShapiroCredit: Lance HayashidaTo a large extent, the brain remains a black box. Taking it out of its case inside the skull and examining it—as in an autopsy—reveals...
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John Dabiri Named Dean of Undergraduate Students
News Writer: Katie NeithCredit: Verity SmithStarting on July 1, 2014, John Dabiri, professor of aeronautics and bioengineering, will serve as Caltech's dean of undergraduate students.
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Allen E. Puckett
1919–2014News Writer: Douglas SmithAllen E. Puckett with JPL's 12" supersonic wind tunnel in an undated photo.Allen E. Puckett (PhD '49), the engineer who helped father the delta-winged airplane, the...
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Spring Break in the Galápagos
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierPart of the group explores a mangrove lagoon in Elizabeth Bay on Isla Isabela. [View the slideshow]Credit: Aleena PatelAs the final element of Evolution, Caltech's new Bi/Ge...
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Simulating Milliseconds of Stellar Collapse: A Conversation with Christian Ott
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics Christian OttCredit: Lance HayashidaChristian Ott, professor of theoretical astrophysics at Caltech, formulates scenarios for...
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The Life of a Caltech "Lifer"
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCarver Mead prepares an experiment in which a magnet levitates over a high-temperature superconductor.Credit: Lance HayashidaA National Medal of Technology recipient in 2003,...
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Ditch Day? It’s Today, Frosh!
News Writer: Andrew AllanDuring this annual spring rite seniors ditch their classes and vanish from campus, leaving behind complex, carefully planned out puzzles and challenges—known as...
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Facilities Assistant Honored for 45 Years of Service
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradJennifer DanielsCredit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Marketing and CommunicationsJennifer Daniels from the Central Utilities Plant to be honored at Caltech's 59th Annual...
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40-Year Service Awardees
Caltech Staff Service Awards 2014News Writer: Douglas SmithFrom left: Susi Martin, Steve Vass, and Eugene Akutagawa.Credit: Lance HayashidaThe 59th Annual Staff Service Awards will be presented in...
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Maria I. Lopez Wins Schmitt Staff Prize
News Writer: Cynthia EllerFrom left to right: Ted Jenkins (Caltech Board of Trustees), Thomas Schmitt (founder of the Schmitt Prize), Joseph Shepherd (Dean of Graduate Studies), Maria I. Lopez, and...
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Science & Engineering Policy at Caltech
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech graduate students and SEPAC officers Katherine (Kat) Saad and Thomas Catanach in Washington D.C. for Congressional Visit Day.For proof that Caltech students are indeed...
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Friends of the Caltech Library Award Prize to Two Senior Theses
News Writer: Cynthia EllerEric Mukherjee and Stephanie LagaThe Senior Thesis Prize is intended to encourage undergraduates to complete a formal work of scholarship as a capstone project for their...
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