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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.
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).
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.
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’s 127th Commencement Ceremony
Caltech will hold a virtual degree conferral and graduation ceremony on Friday, June 11, 2021.
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
Von Kármán Lecture: “NASA@60: The Role of the Robots”
Spacecraft to Speed Through Sun’s Atmosphere
Circles of Thought
Linus Pauling (PhD 1925) had a simple idea: pictures
Why Caltech?
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There’s Waldo!
Celebrating 50 Years of Service
Moving Magnetic Fields Disrupt Ice Nucleation
The Milton (PhD ’69) and Rosalind Chang Career Exploration Prize
Our First Four Alumnae
Superfast Jet Observed Streaming Away from Stellar Collision
Dr. Carel Otte, Jr. (PhD ’54) 1922-2018
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Chang Career Exploration Prize
Moonshot
Last year, Caltech’s Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST)—an interdisciplinary research center that is developing the next generation of autonomous robots—announced five ambitious goals to guide its work.
Kai Chang (BS ’17) Joins the Los Angeles Dodgers
Seismometer Readings Could Offer Debris Flow Early Warning
How Social Isolation Transforms the Brain
Caltech Students and Alumni Receive 2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Caltech Mourns the Loss of Stephen Hawking
Satellite Data Shows SoCal “Breathing” Water
Celebrating Caltech Founder George Ellery Hale
Unhackable Rights
John Sarapata and Google’s Jigsaw project are using technology to defend free speech and fight terrorism.
