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09/30/2015

Summer Interns Return with a World of Experiences

Shayna Chabner McKinney

Caltech undergraduate students returned to campus this week, many after spending the summer working at companies in biotechnology, technology, and finance, among other fields. These students have had the opportunity to learn firsthand about the career opportunities and paths that may be available to them after graduation.

09/21/2015

Getting the Lead Out

Douglas Smith

Caltech geochemist Clair Patterson (1922–1995) helped galvanize the environmental movement 50 years ago when he announced that highly toxic lead could be found essentially everywhere on Earth, including in our own bodies—and that very little of it was due to natural causes.

Clair Patterson and distillation apparatus.

09/10/2015

A New Partnership to Support Translational Medicine Research

Marisa Demers

Thanks to a three-year gift commitment from the Heritage Medical Research Institute (HMRI), Caltech and HMRI have established a new partnership that will provide nine Caltech faculty members with funding support to advance research that relates to medicine and patient care.

08/27/2015

Gharib Addresses Youths at U.S. Citizenship Ceremony

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

On Wednesday, August 26, Caltech Vice Provost Mory Gharib welcomed 80 mostly high school-age young people who were at Caltech for a U.S. Citizenship ceremony. The ceremony, which was organized by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and hosted by Caltech, recognizes young people who obtained citizenship through their parents.

08/19/2015

A Permanent Home for the Rath Al Fresco

Lorinda Dajose

This fall, construction will begin on a permanent home for the Al Fresco on the north side of the Athenaeum.

08/07/2015

CaltechAUTHORS Reaches 50,000 Entries

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

This week, the digital repository that stores research publications authored by Caltech faculty and other researchers marked a milestone.

08/03/2015

Preparing for Earthquakes with ShakeAlert

Lorinda Dajose

On July 30, the U.S. Geological Survey announced approximately $4 million in awards to Caltech, UC Berkeley, the University of Washington and the University of Oregon, for the expansion and improvement of the ShakeAlert system.

08/03/2015

New EAS Division Chair Announced

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

On September 1, Guruswami Ravichandran, the John E. Goode, Jr., Professor of Aerospace and professor of mechanical engineering, will become the new chair of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science.

07/29/2015

Caltech Awards Innovators of Carbon-Reducing Technologies

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

Five emerging leaders in green innovation received Resonate Awards from Caltech's Resnick Sustainability Institute.

07/27/2015

$100 Million Gift from Gordon and Betty Moore Will Bolster Graduate Fellowships

Alyce Nicolo and Wayne Lewis

The Moores describe Caltech as a one-of-a-kind institution in its ability to train budding scientists and engineers and conduct high-risk research with world-changing results—and they are committed to helping the Institute maintain that ability far into the future.

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