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Biology, With a Beat
06/10/2015

Biology, With a Beat

Cynthia Eller
This term, students in Biology 1—Principles of Biology—were offered a novel alternative to the traditional final exam: the opportunity to create a two-to-four-minute video explaining some aspect of biology in an interesting, entertaining and, yes, musical way.
Caltech Water Conservation and the "New Normal"
06/09/2015

Caltech Water Conservation and the "New Normal"

Shayna Chabner McKinney
A conversation with Caltech's sustainability programs director about how the Institute has and will continue to enhance its water saving efforts.
photo of Jorgensen Laboratory
Screening Cells for a Cure
06/08/2015

Screening Cells for a Cure

Alyce Nicolo
Leadership from Caltech and City of Hope and members of the public celebrated Caltech-City of Hope Biomedical Research Initiative, which provides seed grants to accelerate the development of basic scientific research and its translation into applications ranging from new pharmaceuticals to medical devices to treatment methods, at a special event on May 13.
Seniors Give to Support Caltech
06/08/2015

Seniors Give to Support Caltech

Dave Zobel
Each year as Commencement Day approaches, Caltech's senior class traditionally makes a single combined gift to the Institute. But the class of 2015 has given that plan an unusual twist.
Modernized "Open" Space for MCE
06/04/2015

Modernized "Open" Space for MCE

Shayna Chabner McKinney
The Gates-Thomas Laboratory, a renovated building that will house Caltech's Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, will provide generations of students and researchers access to state-of-the-art laboratories and experimental and computational facilities, as well as to areas for interdisciplinary work.
Mike Brown's "Living Textbook"
06/03/2015

Mike Brown's "Living Textbook"

Douglas Smith
Feynman Teaching Award winner Mike Brown ventures into new fields of instruction: the Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, and the "flipped" classroom, which inverts the traditional arrangement of listening to lectures in class and doing assignments at home.
Caltech planetary science professor Mike Brown
Spotlight on Graduate Research
06/01/2015

Spotlight on Graduate Research

Shayna Chabner McKinney
The annual Everhart Lecture Series provides three students a stage on which to talk about their research into energy efficiency, imaging, and polymers.
Three Caltech Fulbrights
05/28/2015

Three Caltech Fulbrights

Douglas Smith
Caltech seniors Jonathan Liu, Charles Tschirhart, and Caroline Werlang will be engaging in research abroad as Fulbright Scholars this fall.
Gravitational Waves—Sooner Than Later?
05/26/2015

Gravitational Waves—Sooner Than Later?

Douglas Smith
Built to look for gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space itself that were predicted by Einstein in 1916, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is the most ambitious project ever funded by the National Science Foundation. We talk to two Caltech researchers to learn about how LIGO came to be.
Ditch Day 2015
05/22/2015

Ditch Day 2015

On May 22, students celebrated Ditch Day, one of Caltech's oldest traditions.
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