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David Dreier Elected to Caltech Board of Trustees
12/02/2013

David Dreier Elected to Caltech Board of Trustees

Kimm Fesenmaier
David Dreier, chairman of the Annenberg-Dreier Commission at Sunnylands, has been elected to the Caltech Board of Trustees.
A New View into Cardiovascular Disease
11/11/2013

A New View into Cardiovascular Disease

Ann Motrunich
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John H. Schwarz Wins Physics Frontiers Prize
11/08/2013

John H. Schwarz Wins Physics Frontiers Prize

Cynthia Eller
Schwarz and Michael B. Green of the University of Cambridge were honored for developing superstring theory during their collaboration between 1979 and 1986. The prize comes with a $300,000 award and eligibility for the 2014 Fundamental Physics Prize, which, at $3 million, is one of the largest academic prizes in the world.
Einstein: On the Beach and at Caltech
11/08/2013

Einstein: On the Beach and at Caltech

Cynthia Eller
A revival of the opera "Einstein on the Beach" afforded an opportunity for the Einstein Papers Project to display some of its treasures: prized portraits, plus texts and images from Einstein's life.
Materials that Change on Demand
11/04/2013

Materials that Change on Demand

Ann Motrunich
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Watson Lecture: The Role of Nanotechnology in the Miniaturization of Medical Diagnostic To
11/01/2013

Watson Lecture: The Role of Nanotechnology in the Miniaturization of Medical Diagnostic To

Douglas Smith
Caltech's Axel Schere is miniaturizing medical equipment (without benefit of a shrink ray). He'll tell us how to make a sensor small enough to be injected into an artery.
qCraft Introduces Gaming Kids to Quantum Principles
10/30/2013

qCraft Introduces Gaming Kids to Quantum Principles

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
Finding common ground between schoolchildren and quantum-mechanics researchers is no easy task. After all, understanding quantum mechanics—the physics that governs the behavior of matter and light at the atomic (and subatomic) scale—can be daunting even for some physicists. However, through a recent collaboration with Google, researchers at Caltech have created a new space for this unlikely interaction—in the world of Minecraft, a popular video game.
A New Device to Advance Glaucoma Research and Treatment
10/28/2013

A New Device to Advance Glaucoma Research and Treatment

Ann Motrunich
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Caltech Names Thomas F. Rosenbaum as New President
10/24/2013

Caltech Names Thomas F. Rosenbaum as New President

Today Caltech announced the appointment of Thomas F. Rosenbaum as the Institute's ninth president. Dr. Rosenbaum is currently the John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor of Physics and provost at the University of Chicago.
Watson Lecture: Let There Be Light: Finding the Earliest Galaxies
10/15/2013

Watson Lecture: Let There Be Light: Finding the Earliest Galaxies

Douglas Smith
Richard S. Ellis, the Steele Family Professor of Astronomy, is on the verge of seeing as far back as it is possible to see—not quite back to the dawn of time itself but to the dawn of the first galaxies. He describes the journey at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16, in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Admission is free.