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07/13/2005

Caltech Graduate Receives Fulbright Grant to Study Abroad

Deborah Williams-Hedges

California Institute of Technology graduate David Powers has received a 2005-06 Fulbright grant to pursue graduate studies abroad, joining the prestigious ranks of other Fulbright recipients that include Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners, governors and senators, prime ministers and heads of state, professors and scholars, scientists, artists, Supreme Court justices, and CEOs. Powers, who graduated with honors in June with a BS in chemistry, will undertake a research project in environmental biochemistry at Nagasaki University in Japan this coming academic year. Powers will investigate the effects of pollution on the human body at the molecular and biochemical level.

06/30/2005

Baltimore Offered $13.9 Million from Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative for AIDS Research

Jill Perry

The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, a major effort to achieve scientific breakthroughs against diseases that kill millions of people each year in the world's poorest countries, today offered 43 grants totaling $436.6 million for a broad range of innovative research projects involving scientists in 33 countries, including David Baltimore, president of the California Institute of Technology. The ultimate goal of the initiative is to create "deliverable technologies"--health tools that are not only effective, but also inexpensive to produce, easy to distribute, and simple to use in developing countries.

06/10/2005

All-Female Chemical Engineering Graduating Class at Caltech This Year

Deborah Williams-Hedges

"I am not a novelty. . . It is not amazing that girls are engineers-it's normal," says Victoria Loewer, a member of the class of 2005 at the California Institute of Technology. Loewer is referring to the fact that she is a member of the first all-female chemical engineering graduating class at Caltech, a significant milestone in the history of the Institute.

05/26/2005

Kristen Zortman to Compete for CaltechIn Javelin Throw at NCAA Nationals

Robert Tindol

Speeding down a track runway with a javelin in her hand, Kristen Zortman probably doesn't fit many people's mental image of a rocket scientist.

05/24/2005

Autonomous Racing: Bob, Meet Alice

Enter Alice. It's the new driverless vehicle being built by Team Caltech 2005--a group of undergrads (more than 50 in the last nine months), graduate students, and faculty advisers--that will compete in this year's race on October 8.

05/17/2005

Ditch Day is today!

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

05/17/2005

Caltech Neuroscientist Receives Grant to Study How Autistic Patients Process Facial Information

Robert Tindol

Ralph Adolphs, a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology, has been awarded a $120,000 grant from the Cure Autism Now foundation to study the way that autistic patients process information about other people's facial expressions.

05/11/2005

Urban Development Expert to Discuss Los Angeles's Social Challenges

Deborah Williams-Hedges

Occidental College professor of political science Peter Dreier will present the final keynote address in the 2004-2005 season of the Social Activism Speaker Series at the California Institute of Technology. Dreier is the director of the Urban and Environmental Policy program at Occidental College and a commentator on social and civic issues facing Los Angeles. This event will take place on Thursday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m., in the Beckman Institute Auditorium at Caltech. It is free and open to the public.

05/10/2005

Three Elected to Caltech Board of Trustees

John E. Bryson, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Edison International; A. Michael Lipper, founder and chief executive officer of Lipper Advisory Services Inc.; and Donald W. Tang, vice chairman of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., have been elected to the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology. The announcement was made by David Baltimore, president of Caltech.

05/10/2005

24-Hour Run at Caltech Track to Begin Friday

Robert Tindol

If you think marathons take a long time to complete, there's an event this weekend at the California Institute of Technology that can change your idea of endurance.

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