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Politics and American Higher Education
01/31/2017

Politics and American Higher Education

Judy Hill
Four presidents discuss the role of institutions of higher education in times of political change and social turmoil.
photo of panelists
Problem Solving, One Avocado at a Time
01/24/2017

Problem Solving, One Avocado at a Time

Judy Hill
For the handful of students in Caltech's legendary Physics 11 seminar, jumping over hurdles is just the beginning.
photo of Daniel Mark at a white board
Remembering Larry Gilbert
01/12/2017

Remembering Larry Gilbert

Robert Perkins
With the passing of Larry Gilbert, the founding father of tech transfer at Caltech, colleagues and friends look back at the creative forces that have helped turn pioneering research into practical applications and commercial products over the last two decades.
Gilbert
TeachWeek to Highlight Innovative Education
01/11/2017

TeachWeek to Highlight Innovative Education

Sharon Kaplan
Caltech's Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach (CTLO) will host its second annual TeachWeek program from January 17–23.
Teachers points to chalkboard
Caltech Mourns the Passing of Jewel Plummer Cobb, 1924-2017
01/05/2017

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Jewel Plummer Cobb, 1924-2017

Andrew Mishin
Jewel Plummer Cobb, a life member of the Caltech Board of Trustees and president and professor of biology, emerita, of California State University, Fullerton, passed away on January 1, 2017. She was 92 years old.
Jewel Plummer Cobb
Interacting With History
01/05/2017

Interacting With History

Lori Oliwenstein
The history of Caltech is one of intriguing people, significant places, and some very unique things … all of which can be explored in the Institute’s new interactive history map.
archive photo of the GALCIT wind tunnel
A Gift of History, a Gift for the Future
01/03/2017

A Gift of History, a Gift for the Future

The path that the late Nobel laureate Donald Glaser (PhD ’50) cut in the scientific world was distinctively Caltech.
photo of Donald Glaser
The Gift of an Education
12/19/2016

The Gift of an Education

Svetlana Kryukova (BS ’95, MS ’95) and Anatoly Baumstein (PhD ’97) have established the Baumstein-Kryukova Student Grant Endowment Fund to help future generations of exceptional scholars pursue their studies at Caltech.
baumstein kryukova
The Mechanical Universe Now on YouTube
12/16/2016

The Mechanical Universe Now on YouTube

Jon Nalick
The critically acclaimed television series The Mechanical Universe… And Beyond, created at Caltech and broadcast on PBS from 1985-86, is now available in its entirety on YouTube.
Image of spaceships and vector math symbols
Class of 2016's Gift Offers Power to the People
12/12/2016

Class of 2016's Gift Offers Power to the People

Jon Nalick
There are now charging stations at nine strategic locations on campus where users can plug in their phones and laptops.
Map indicates locations of charging stations.