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06/29/2007

Caltech Students Receive Academic Merit Awards

Deborah Williams-Hedges

The California Institute of Technology has presented 48 undergraduate students with merit awards, which are based exclusively on a student's outstanding scholastic achievement, faculty recommendations, and demonstrated research productivity.

06/28/2007

Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to Caltech for New Research Laboratory

Robert Tindol

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation has pledged $1 million to the California Institute of Technology toward construction of a new building for chemistry and chemical engineering positioned to be the centerpiece of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering's plan for the future.

06/20/2007

Richard Merkin of Heritage Provider Network Elected to Caltech Board of Trustees

Robert Tindol

Richard Merkin, M.D., founder and chief executive officer of Heritage Provider Network, has been elected to the California Institute of Technology Board of Trustees. The announcement was made today by Caltech president Jean-Lou Chameau.

06/18/2007

Ooguri Appointed Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics

John Avery

Like many Japanese schoolchildren, Hirosi Ooguri read about the physicist Hideki Yukawa, who became Japan's first Nobel laureate in 1949 for predicting the existence of mesons, elementary particles that hold atomic nuclei together. Ooguri says, "I was very impressed by the power of mathematics in discovering how the universe works."

06/06/2007

Biotech Executive Kathleen Wiltsey Named New Board of Associates President

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Businesswoman Kathleen M. Wiltsey has been named president of the Board of the Associates of the California Institute of Technology. Her term will begin on October 1.

05/31/2007

New Caltech Prank Book Released

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Pranks are a part of life on most college campuses, but some of the most clever and comical have been created by the students at the California Institute of Technology.

05/24/2007

Caltech Graduate Wins Prestigious Award for the Best Astronomy Thesis

Robert Tindol

Edo Berger, currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, has won the 2007 Trumpler Award for his Caltech PhD thesis, "Cosmic Explosions: The Beasts and Their Lair." The award is given annually by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific to a recent recipient of the PhD degree in North America whose research is considered unusually important to astronomy.

05/24/2007

Six Caltech Female Graduate Students Win Educational Scholarships

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Six Caltech graduate students are the recipients of Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar Awards. The women are Cynthia Chiang, concentrating in physics; Ann Marie Cody, in astrophysics; Adrienne Erickcek, physics; Dennice Gayme, control and dynamical systems; Neena Kadaba, chemistry; and Margarita Marinova, planetary science. The women are part of the 85 award recipients, selected from over 700 applicants. This is the first time Caltech has garnered six awards from this competition.

05/15/2007

Ditch Day Is Today!

Jill Perry

Ditch Day, the annual end-of-school day of pranks and games at the California Institute of Technology, is today.

05/08/2007

Wintrob Elected to Caltech Board of Trustees

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Businessman and philanthropist Jay S. Wintrob has been elected to the California Institute of Technology Board of Trustees.

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