A New Mission

Mar 19, 2021 | 2021 Issue, Enriching

A New Mission NASA/JPL-Caltech On February 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on Mars. The team identified Jezero Crater as an ancient lakebed, illustrated here—as it may have been billions of years ago—filled with water. “The crater is one of...

Fueling Research

Mar 15, 2021 | 2021 Issue, Enriching

Fueling Research by Marisa Demers Illustrations by Craigio Hopson Ernie Mercado spent 34 years serving flavorful Mexican street fare to a crew of Caltech customers. Yet the 71-year-old proprietor of Ernie’s Al Fresco food truck needed only a day to decide that he...

Memory Bank

Mar 14, 2021 | 2021 Issue, Featured, Transforming

Memory Bank The Milton and Rosalind Chang Career Exploration Prize empowers alumna to bring tales of social justice back to the collective consciousness. by Marisa Demers Photography by Webb Chappell Nivetha Karthikeyan’s (BS ’20) time at Caltech was spent following...

David A. Lee

Mar 11, 2021 | Obituary

David A. Lee David Lee, engineer and physicist extraordinaire, passed away at his home in Santa Monica on March 11, 2021.  As many SEAOSC members will know, David was the West Coast representative for Taylor Devices, Inc., since the 1970s through to his “retirement” a...

Cathy Shapiro Gates

Mar 10, 2021 | Obituary

Cathy Shapiro Gates [PROLOGUE] It is my sad duty to inform you that Cathy Gates, beloved Wife, Mother, and Daughter, entered immortality at 7:35 the morning of March 10th, 2021.Requiem aeternum dona Caterina, Requiem aeternum dona Caterina, Requiem Caterina, Requiem...