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Wiliam Wright
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Mechanical Engineering
Shifting Approaches to a Timeless Injustice
I dove into the second quarter of my environmental justice project by delving into the history of the movement and examining the timelessness of environmental racism.
Commencement 2017
Caltech's 123rd annual commencement On Friday, June 16, David Lee (PhD '74), chair of the Caltech Board of Trustees, opened the Institute's 123rd annual commencement ceremony with a reminder that discovery is a never-ending process. "Accomplishment and discovery never...
David Tirrell Named Caltech Provost
David Tirrell, the Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the director of the Beckman Institute, will become Caltech’s tenth provost, President Thomas F. Rosenbaum announced today.
Antonmaria Minzoni
PhD ’76)
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Why I Ate a Bug
Neuroscientist Sam Wang (BS ’86) became famous for his hobby—-analyzing elections. Like many others, he predicted Hillary Clinton would win. Wang was so confident in the data, he then made a promise he would have to fulfill…
The Manifold Man
How Ian Agol (BS ’92) put the finishing stroke on a three-decades-old grand vision of mathematics—for which he won the 2016 Breakthrough Prize.
From Earworms to Ebola
As a reporter for NPR’s science desk, Michaeleen Doucleff (BS ’98) is quickly gaining a reputation for journalism that ranges from quirky to daring.
