Oct 16, 2022 | Fall 2022, Featured, Opener
The Hole Picture The first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way EHT Collaboration The first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*, pronounced “sadge-ay-star”), was...
Oct 12, 2022 | Fall 2022, Featured, Pioneering
Ripple Effect How a revolutionary solar-powered water pump is transforming the lives of small-plot farmers in India How a revolutionary solar-powered water pump is transforming the lives of small-plot farmers in India by Dan Morrell For farmers in the tribal belts of...
Oct 4, 2022 | Enriching, Fall 2022, Opener
Great and Small Courtesy of Wellcome Leap, Caltech, and Merkin Institute A new type of vaccine provides protection against a variety of SARS-like betacoronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 variants, in mice and monkeys, according to a study led by researchers in the...
Sep 23, 2022 | 2022 Issue, Featured, Transforming
Sorting It Out How Tom Goreau’s, PhD (MS ’72) electrifying technology is helping local communities rebuild the world’s coral reefs by Marisa Demers Illustration by Michelle Thompson In 2013, Matanya Horowitz, PhD (PhD ’14), realized that he had a solution in search...
Sep 17, 2022 | 2022 Issue, Transforming
Distinguished Alumni Panel Ponders the New Normal Pondering the pandemic with 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients by Wayne Lewis 2021 DAA recipients Bob Behnken, Laurie Leshin, and Barbara Burger, share how they manage life and business through the pandemic...
