A message from the president

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Caltech 336, the new biweekly campus paper. (If you’re mystified by the name, think about the number of hours in two weeks.) Caltech 336 replaces the monthly staff–faculty newspaper On Campus, and also incorporates two weeks’ worth of The Week @Caltech (formerly the Weekly Calendar).

I’m delighted with this new publication, which is not only attractive and reader-friendly, but provides a timely means of making the campus community aware of important events. We at Caltech are part of a small but premier center of learning and research, whose discoveries and innovations regularly impact science, medicine, and technology to a degree that’s far disproportionate to our size. The Institute is also the venue for a surprisingly varied array of social and cultural events. Caltech 336 will help you keep up on the full scope of news—whether it’s prize-winning research, a new building project, or an upcoming chamber music concert. It will be especially effective when read in conjunction with the @Caltech Web site, where up-to-the minute Institute news is most quickly posted.

I encourage you to take the time to make Caltech 336 part of your newsreading routine. I also hope you’ll take advantage of the editorial staff’s invitation to submit story ideas and calendar items. Our enthusiastic support of this new venture will help 336 become a truly useful source of information about Institute life for the entire Caltech community.

Best wishes,

David Baltimore
President