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06/09/2006

Baltimore to Give Address, TV Show Recognized at Caltech Commencement Today

Jill Perry

David Baltimore, the president of the California Institute of Technology, will be the keynote speaker at the 112th annual Caltech commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. today, June 9, on Beckman Mall on the Pasadena campus. The topic of his address will be "Passing Through the Hourglass."

06/08/2006

Two Caltech Students Awarded Goldwater Scholarships

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Two students from the California Institute of Technology have been awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for the 2006-07 academic year.

06/06/2006

Outstanding Caltech Graduating Senior Headed for Harvard Medical School

Robert Tindol

Fifteen years ago, Corinna Zygourakis decided at the tender age of seven that she wanted to be a brain surgeon. Now that she's graduating from the California Institute of Technology and heading for the Health Sciences and Technology (HST) M.D. program of the Harvard Medical School, she still intends to devote her career to the grey matter, although she's not quite sure yet whether she'll go into surgery.

05/26/2006

Caltech Names New President:Georgia Tech Provost Jean-Lou Chameau

Jill Perry

Jean-Lou Chameau, the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named the new president of the California Institute of Technology. He will take office on or before September 1.

05/23/2006

Caltech Has Formula for Gold-Medal Dining

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Remember when awful college dining-hall food was a rite of passage? Well, the students at the California Institute of Technology are being spared that fate, and the staff who run the Caltech dining halls have now earned several national awards to prove it.

05/17/2006

Ditch Day Is Today!!!!

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

05/09/2006

Watson Lecture: Modeling Mental Illness

Kathy Svitil

Several landmark discoveries over the past two years have linked the immune system with schizophrenia and also with autism. These findings provide support for a new mouse model of mental illness in which the activation of a pregnant mother's immune system alters the brain development and behavior of her offspring.

05/05/2006

Poet Harryette Mullen to Appear at Caltech

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Noted poet Harryette Mullen will read and discuss her writings on Thursday, May 11, at 8 p.m., in Dabney Lounge on the California Institute of Technology campus. The reading will be followed by a book signing and reception. This free event is open to the public and is part of Caltech's Words Matter Program.

05/04/2006

CARMA Radio Telescope Array in the Inyo Mountains Dedicated May 5

Robert Tindol

The official dedication of the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-Wave Astronomy (CARMA) facility was held Friday, May 5, at Cedar Flat in the Inyo Mountains near Bishop.

05/01/2006

Producer and Political Activist Jack DuVall to Speak at Caltech

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Jack DuVall, president and founding director of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, will give a presentation, "The Right of Resistance: The Legitimacy of Civic Force and Its Support," at the California Institute of Technology on Thursday, May 11, at 8 p.m., in the Beckman Institute auditorium. This presentation will be the final event of the 2005-06 season of the Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series. It is free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets are required.

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