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04/01/2011

A Saturday of Caltech Sports

Marcus Woo

Come cheer on your Caltech Beavers in track and field, tennis, water polo, and baseball while munching on hot dogs and nachos this Saturday.

03/28/2011

President Obama's Science Advisor to Speak on "Science, Technology and Innovation Policy"

Kathy Svitil

Dr. John P. Holdren, assistant to the president for science and technology, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), will be the speaker at the 2011 DuBridge Distinguished Lecture Series at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

03/27/2011

Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail to be Caltech Commencement Speaker

Kathy Svitil

Renowned chemist and Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail, Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry and professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), will be the speaker for Caltech's 117th annual commencement ceremony, which will take place at 10 a.m. on June 10 of this year.

03/23/2011

Caltech Gold-Medal Fencer Doubles Up on NCAAs

Michael Farquhar

Laura Decker, Caltech's nationally ranked sabreuse—the term of choice for a woman who fences with the saber—has notched two firsts within a week, including one for Caltech. On March 5 she automatically qualified for the 2011 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships by placing second at the NCAA Western Regional Championships.

03/22/2011

How an Idea Becomes a Business

Sure, that lab breakthrough has impressed your colleagues and won you a MacArthur; but how do you turn it into something people will queue up to buy? "it won't sell itself," insists visiting professor of mechanical engineering Ken Pickar. In his course Entrepreneurial Development, Caltech students learn what goes into starting up a start-up. "'If you build it, they will come'? Hardly. First you identify your markets, assess risks, and strategize. Begin to build a great company. Then maybe they'll come."

03/16/2011

Water, Water (Not) Everywhere: Pasadena's Upcoming Water Shortage

Lori Oliwenstein

A major seismic retrofit to a pipeline that delivers as much as 60 percent of Pasadena's water will require a citywide reduction in water use from Friday, March 18, through Sunday, March 27. To that end, the City of Pasadena has declared a Level 4 Water Shortage Emergency during that time, and will enforce a complete ban on outdoor watering. What steps will the campus take?

03/11/2011

Engineering Design Competition: "Extreme Recycling"

Kathy Svitil

Congratulations to Chris Hallacy, Brad Saund, and Janet Chen for their victory March 8 in the 26th annual ME 72 engineering design competition. This year's theme: "Extreme Recycling." The mission: Design, build, and deploy two vehicles and traverse difficult terrain (water, sand, rocks, and wood chips, with one type of terrain in each of four different 6' x 10' boxes) to collect plastic water bottles, aluminum cans, and steel cans.

03/07/2011

Freshman Violinist Mixes Music with Molecules

Katie Neith

Since birth, Misha Raffiee has stood out among her peers. By the age of two, she was reading. At 11 she was speaking five languages, and by 15, she had graduated from a progressive public school designed for profoundly gifted students. Now, at age 16, she is a freshman at Caltech studying chemistry and showcasing her talent as a violinist.

03/03/2011

Greening Caltech's Bottom Line

Lori Oliwenstein

Caltech's efforts to finance energy efficiency in ways that give back to the campus have been recognized by the Sustainable Endowments Institute in its recently-released report, Greening the Bottom Line: The Trend toward Green Revolving Funds on Campus.

02/24/2011

The Sword's the Point

Michael Farquhar

With onstage action fast and furious, and laughs aplenty, even rain couldn't keep audiences away from the opening weekend for Caltech's presentation of The Three Musketeers.

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