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My Own Devices

Google privacy engineer Jeremy Gillula, PhD (BS ’06) on how protecting personal data became a priority—and what will shape the future of digital freedom by Alexander GelfandIllustration by Stuart BradfordJeremy Gillula, PhD (BS ’06) was halfway through a PhD in...
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Donald Furst

Donald Guy Furst, 96, born April 8, 1926 to Guy and Erma Furst in Whittier, California.   He went into the arms of Jesus on October 21, 2022.He was a proud, patriotic American who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.  He got his Masters Degree in Mechanical...
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The Sustainable City

The United Nations predicts that 70% of the world’s population will live in urban centers in the next 30 years. The city of the future will need to function differently than it does today, and the change over the next three decades will be rapid. by Marisa...
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The Lesson Plan {For AI}

by Maureen Harmon Photography by Amanda Friedman Before the pandemic, there was optimism that AI-powered edtech could help find and address learning disparities that disproportionately affect lower-income students—but the remote-learning pivot was a stark reminder of...
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Wilton Wells Webster, Jr. (BS ’49), 1928–2018

Wilton Wells (“Will”) Webster, Jr. (BS ’49), a pioneering inventor of cardiac catheters, passed away on November 10. He was 90. Curing patients with heart arrhythmias by radio-frequency ablation using catheters was a novel approach until Will Webster, together with...

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A Celebration of Caltech Alumnus Frank Capra

A Celebration of Caltech Alumnus Frank Capra and Screening of It’s a Wonderful Life Join CaltechLive! for a free, holiday screening of It’s a Wonderful Life on Saturday, December 1 in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium. The screening is part of a broader tribute to Caltech...

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