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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.
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.
Caltech’s 127th Commencement Ceremony
Caltech will hold a virtual degree conferral and graduation ceremony on Friday, June 11, 2021.
Touchdown! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet
The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles. Confirmation of the successful touchdown was announced in mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech manages for NASA, at 3:55 p.m. EST (12:55 p.m. PST).
Rossman Awarded Roebling Medal
George Rossman (PhD ’71), professor of mineralogy, has been awarded the 2021 Roebling Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA).
Caltech Alumnus Embeds with the California Office of Emergency Services
Caltech alumnus Alistair Hayden (PhD ’20) has been named a Science Fellow by the California Council on Science and Technology for the program’s 2021 class.
Past Articles
Caltech Mourns the Passing of Fiona Cowie
Read the Caltech Effect, Nov. 2018 Issue
Two Recent Alumni Win the Inaugural Milton and Rosalind Chang Career Exploration Prize
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Learning from Mistakes
Watson Lecture: Lihong Wang
Wilton Wells Webster, Jr. (BS ’49), 1928–2018
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A Celebration of Caltech Alumnus Frank Capra
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Is Science In Trouble?
Fei-Fei Li (PhD ’05) and her Quest to make AI Better for Humanity
Caltech Fund Launches New Texting Platform
Watson Lecture: Sergio Pellegrino
Two Alumni Selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 2019
Caltech Awards Millikan Medal to Ben Rosen (BS ’54)
The Caltech Board of Trustees has presented the Institute’s highest honor, the Robert A. Millikan Medal, to Board of Trustees Life Member Ben Rosen (BS ’54). Rosen is the chairman emeritus of the board for Compaq Computer Corporation.
Dying Star Emits a Whisper
Doris Tsao (BS ’96) Named MacArthur Fellow
Sarah Stewart (PhD ’02) Named MacArthur Fellow
A Conversation with Alumnus Bill Hutchinson (MS ’57, PhD ’60)
When Congressman John Lewis visited Caltech last spring to speak at the Institute’s 124th commencement exercises, the words of the renowned civil rights leader had special resonance for one audience member.
Frances Arnold Wins 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Caltech Mourns the Passing of Wilhelmus A. J. Luxemburg
Film screening: “The Most Unknown”
Scientists Uncover Why You Can’t Decide What to Order for Lunch
If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a lengthy restaurant menu and been completely unable to decide what to order for lunch, you have experienced what psychologists call choice overload. The brain, faced with an overwhelming number of similar options, struggles to make a decision.
Von Kármán Lecture: “NASA@60: The Role of the Robots”
Superfast Jet Observed Streaming Away from Stellar Collision
Satellite Data Shows SoCal “Breathing” Water
Spacecraft to Speed Through Sun’s Atmosphere
Dr. Carel Otte, Jr. (PhD ’54) 1922-2018
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