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COVID-19 Health and Safety Precautions – 2021
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Fall Commencement Celebration – 2021
All 2020 and 2021 graduates, along with their friends and family, are invited back to campus for an in-person...
Hotel, Restaurant, & Parking Specials – 2021
The Westin Pasadena (+1 626-792-2727) will be headquarters for Alumni Reunion. Book online or call the Westin's...
Archiving Communities of Resilience and Resistance in Caltech’s Present & Past
This panel marked the end of the first quarter of my 2020 Chang Prize project, “Intersections” – a project that I imagined would explore the ways that recording and remembering community histories could inform, ground, and inspire new forms of solidarity building.
Ritchie B. Coryell
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Geophysics
Dr. Luis P. Bernal
PhD
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Richard Mikio Tsuyuki
MS
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ENG
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Stephen G. Sawochka
MS
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Chemical Engineering
San-Chiun Shen
PhD
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Caltech Mourns the Passing of Professor Clarence Allen (MS ’51, PhD ’54)
Clarence Allen (MS ’51, PhD ’54), professor of geology and geophysics, emeritus, and a prominent seismologist, passed away on January 21, 2021. He was 96 years old.
A New Mission
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.
Fueling Research
Ernie Mercado dished out good food at low prices for 34 years at Caltech. Upon his retirement, alumni and students showed their appreciation by raising more than $35,000 as a final tip.