Vol. 42, No. 2
2008		  

Mathic Bus Research Puts Techer in Driver’s Seat
A Caltech student looks at public transportation by the numbers.

A Cosmic Reunion
Three Techers go walking in space.

“There’s Only One.” And Now There’s $1.4 Billion
Caltech’s campaign reaches, then exceeds, its ambitious fundraising goal.

FX Man
Scott Townsend reaches well beyond smoke and mirrors to create Oscar–winning special effects for the film and television industry.
   
Vol. 42, No. 1
2008		  

A Book for the Curious Brain
Caltech Alum Sam Wang wants us to know our own minds.

Baker's Dozen with Anneila Sargent
Caltech's new vice president for student affairs talks about Scotland, stars, and serendipity, among other topics.

The Sun Also Catalyzes
Could laser printers rewrite the book on solar energy?

The Price is Wrong
A Caltech economist examines the high cost of taste.

America's First Lady of Rocketry
The Story of "Rocket Girl."

   
Vol. 41, No. 4
2007		  

Caltech’s Olive Garden
The Institute’s cup runneth over at the first campus-wide olive festival.

Greening the Classroom
A new teacher-enrichment program grows from a Caltech seed.

Pulled Through Time
A Caltech reporter traces the path of an elusive alumni artist.

Fire on the Mountain
Palomar Observatory turns from star-gazing to fire-fighting.

   
Vol. 41, No. 3
2007		  

New Beginnings
Caltech bids a festive farewell to its graduates and officially inaugurates its president.

Graduates Abroad
Caltech's Watson Fellows hit the road for a year of living adventurously.

Shower Power
In the gym, a Caltech scientist gets down to the nitty gritty.

Bacteria, Interrupted
With deadly infections on the rise, chemist Helen Blackwell looks beyond antibiotics.
   
Vol. 41, No. 2
2007		  

"A New Kind of World"
Caltech News interviews new president Jean-Lou Chameau.

From Psi to Poetry
A former mathematical economist follows her muse.

Black Gold, Techer Tea
The Institute strikes oil.
   
Vol. 41, No. 1
2007		  

The Life Aquatic with John Dabiri
A Caltech bioengineer finds buoyant new science in the jellyfish float.

The Writing’s in the Walls
In the wake of the South Houses remodel, one-time Dabney resident Dave Zobel looks at what it’s like to go home again.

Eight Uneasy Pieces
Caltech News talks with virologist Alice Huang about avian flu and influenza.

They Shoot Hoops, Don’t They?
Beavers chomp the thrill of victory

Solution to "A Rough Map of Caltech Undergraduate Houses" Crossword Puzzle.
   
Vol. 40, No. 3
2006		  

The Big Picture Show
Caltech's monumental mural is on display at Los Angeles' historic and newly renovated Griffith Observatory.

Space: the Final Fahrvergnügen
JPL’s Martin Lo meets cinema’s Werner Herzog.

The Proposal Principle
Dick Seligman and Sponsored Research help ensure that Caltech’s federal grant proposals make the grade.

Heavenly Mountains, Down-to-Earth Job
A journey of 9,000 miles brings Caltech geology students to a single steppe.
   
Vol. 40, No. 2
2006		  

Infrarednecks
Infrared astronomy was largely born and certainly bred on the Caltech campus.

Firing Off on the Cannon Caper
Caltech News looks at the improbable life and incendiary times of an obsolete piece of military hardware.

Baker’s Dozen, with Jenijoy La Belle
The literature professor answers 13 questions about her 37 years at Caltech.
   
Vol. 40, No. 1
2006		  

Telegenic Techers
Caltech invades Tinsel Town, sort of

Turning the Tide in the Everglades
Oregon State's Wayne Huber oversees the federal review of an unprecedented rescue plan

Baker's Dozen with Kip Thorne
Another side of the Scientist of the Year
   
Vol. 39, No. 3
2005		  

Polymer Chemist Bonds with Nobel Prize
Caltech's Robert Grubbs is awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

On Top of the Worlds
Caltech News interviews JPL director Charles Elachi.

The Astronomer Who Found the Light
How Eugene Epstein rescued an unknown artist from obscurity.

Humanitarian in Houston
Red Cross volunteer Stephanie Charles responds in the aftermath of Katrina.
   
Vol. 39, No. 2
2005		  

The Newtonian Moment Arrives for Caltech Historian
Nearly 3 centuries after his death, the world is still coming to terms with the remarkable life and legacy of Sir Isaac Newton.

Out of Manzanar
Interned six decades ago in a Japanese American relocation camp, biologist Gordon Sato has devoted the last 20 years to bringing about freedom from hunger.

Son of A Preacher Man
A new VP for business and finance takes stock of Caltech’s flock.

A Putter with a Purpose
Thanks to golf, a geology grad helps bring Institute inventions to market.
   
Vol. 39, No. 1
2005		  

After the Tsunami
Caltechers confront an earth-shattering catastrophe.

Paper-Hack Writer
Dave Zobel '84 explains how even a Caltech education couldn't stop him from becoming an award-winning Awful Author.

Crime and Computation
A new, Caltech-inspired network television series fights crime by the Numb3rs.

Caltech Campaign Reaches Major Milestone
"There's Only One" Crosses $1 Billion Mark
   
Vol. 38, No. 3/4
2004		  

Oh Asymptotic Freedom!
Theoretical physicist David Politzer becomes Caltech’s 30th Nobel laureate

When Art and Science Collude
Three Caltech-connected art projects put science in the picture.

The Numbers Man and the Magic Kingdom
But for Harrison “Buzz” Price, Anaheim might be famous mostly for its proximity to the Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament theatre.

Doctors in the House
A special report looks at the Institute’s MD-PhD program.

• Science, Medicine, and a Gift of Gab

• From Patients to Proteins
   
Vol. 38, No. 2
2004		  

Man on a Mission
JPL's Rob Manning goes 3 for 3 on Mars.

Rings Around Cassini
The Cassini spacecraft slipped through the F and G rings of Saturn on June 30.

The End of the Age of Oil
In a new book, a Caltech physicist warns that fossil fuels and time are running out.

• The Sage of the End of Oil

• Too Hot to Handle?
   

Article Archive

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• Our Man on the Manhattan Project
Fifteen years before he won the 2004 Nobel Prize for physics, Caltech's David Politzer was cast in a movie about the making of the atomic bomb.
   
Vol. 38, No.1
2004		  

Here She Goes Loop de Loop
How Cecilia Aragon learned to stop worrying and love aerobatics.

Running with Genomics
Can DNA profiling help ID the next Smarty Jones or Secretariat?

The Little Old Chevy from Pasadena
Caltech cars compete in the DARPA autonomous vehicle race.

   
Vol. 37, No. 4
2003		  

Flights! Cameras! Mars!
Six years after Pathfinder, JPL and a crew of Caltech alumni return to the Red Planet.

Seismic Simulator
New director of Caltech's Seismo Lab adds a new dimension to earthquake science.

Wild Things (and Trial By Fire)
This Ventura-county ranch makes a vivid case for wildlife preservation.

The Tao of Strings
An engineer brings harmony, and scientific discipline to the world of music.
   
Vol. 37, No. 3
2003		  

Have Signatures, Will Run
Two California alumni go running with the recall

Mississippi Calling
A five-year teaching commitment at an HBCU becomes a lifetime career.

Air Adelman
High-flying conservationists encounter some turbulence in their drive to preserve California's coast.
   
Vol. 37, No. 2
2003		  
Comic Relief
How a trio of Techers concocted a Caltech comic strip.

Sounding the Alarm for Anthrax
A JPL inventor develops an early-warning biodetection device.

Welcome to Catch 9/11
U.S. visa restrictions designed to fight terrorism ensnare foreign students.

 

"The Science Communication Issue"
Vol. 37, No. 1
2003		  

About This Special Issue
Some thoughts on the craft of science communication.

Doin' the Write Thing
The Institute's alumni science scribes explore science through journalism.

• Grok jocks
• A Man for All Mediums

Art for Science's Sake
The Institute and Pasadena's Art Center team up in the new NEURO exhibit.

Remember Your Untransformed Self
The public has a right to know, but do scientists know the right way to tell?

Tackling Physics
Fans of Tim Gay will never again view a scrimmage in quite the same way.

   

Vol. 36, No. 4
2002		  

There's Only One
The Institute's five-year campaign to raise $1.4 billion takes off.

José Cabezón's Unexpected Discovery
How a Caltech physics student became a renowned Buddhist scholar.

"Space Travel is Utter Bilge"
The ideas of yesterday's futurists only seemed farfetched.

Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm
Institute alum is awarded Nobel Prize in economics.
   

Vol. 36, No.3
2002		  

From Smart Bombs to Reading Machines
Jim Fruchterman's Bookshare.org illuminates new uses for technology.

A Life in the Theater
Performer/playwright Noemî de la Puente has her act together in the Big Apple.

Up, Up and Away
On a wing and a NASA grant, Alexey Pankine hopes to send balloons into space.

Fantastic Voyager
Twenty-five years into its amazing mission, Voyager has yet to leave the building.
   

Vol. 36, No.2
2002		  

Afghanistan Examined
Caltech students take a closer look at the troubled nation.

Calibrating Gordon Moore
"I look at the world as it exists."

Hartwell Rising
Yeast researcher Lee Hartwell has a Nobel Prize and plenty on his mind.

Barbara Wold: 30,000 Questions and Counting
Beckman Institute's new director considers the shape of things to come.
   

Vol. 36, No.1
2002		  

Whole-Earth Professor
Biogeologist and Feynman Prize winner Joe Kirschvink rocks on.

Democracy and the Desktop Computer
Stephen Hsu is in the business of protecting cyber privacy while fighting state censorship.

Revisiting Tsien
A Caltech professor talks about his long friendship with the Caltech-trained scientist who became "the father of Chinese rocketry."

Einstein's Editors
 Caltech researchers track Einstein’s evolution from private physicist to public persona.
   

The
Entrepreneurial Issue

Vol. 35, No. 4
2001

  

Caltech's Adventures in Entrepreneurism
This overview sets the stage for a trilogy of entrepreneurial tales.
     • Ortel, in Three Acts
     • RAINFINITY: From Outer Space to Interspace
     • Clinical Micro Sensors: Star Trek Meets the Human Genome

Battling Bioterrorism

A Grad Student Road-Tests Business Basics
Jessica Stumpfel explores the intersection of business and computer graphics.

The Early Days at Intel

   

Vol. 35, No. 2,3
2001

  

Seeking Diversity
Caltech's graduate office sees progress in efforts to increase diversity. The perspectives of minority students students and faculty are as varied as their backgrounds.

Countering Airline Terrorism
In a special interview, Caltech News talks to an alum who dealt with airline security issues long before September 11.

Jorgensen's Scholarship Program is Enduring Legacy
How the trustee who never went to college saw to it that many others did.

How Many Techers Does It Take to Raise an Obelisk?
Is the use of brainpower and windpower novel, or did Egyptians do it this way?
   
Vol. 34, No. 4
2000		   Baldeschwieler and Fung Go to Washington
A faculty member and an alum took very different routes to the National Medal of Science .
   
Vol. 34, No. 3
2000		  

21st Century Provost
A Q and A with Caltech Provost Steve Koonin '72.
   
Vol. 34, No. 2
2000		  

Olympics, Ho!
Gary Bodie '78 sets sail for Sydney.

From High Tech to the Loh Road
Writer and performance artist Sandra Tsing Loh '83 forges her own path.

   
Vol. 34, No. 1
2000		  

Science Through the Ages: An Archival Odyssey
Embark on a visual voyage of discovery.

Earthly Passions
For conservationist Steve Green, encounters with gators and apes and snakes are all in a day's workWhile he did a lot of exploring in his own early years, the aptly named Green did not always aspire to be a conservationist. In fact, when he came to Caltech, he had every intention of being a chemical engineer. But two things made him switch. First, Green, a native Californian, realized he had always been a "SoCal would-be naturalist."
   
Vol. 33, No. 4
2000		  

Science on the Rocks
The search for a buried meteorite is far from easy. Just ask Harold Connolly, staff scientist in geology and planetary science. From November 1994 to January 1995 (Antarctica’s summer season), Connolly served as a field volunteer for the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET), an ongoing expedition established in 1976 by the National Science Foundation to collect and preserve meteorites for scientific study.

Memories of Arther Amos Noyes
Caltech students called him "the King"; some of his closest friends called him Arturo; but most people knew him only as "Dr. Noyes," the scholarly, quiet-spoken, and very reserved head of Caltech’s chemistry department (and later division) from 1919 until his death in 1936.
   
Vol. 33, No. 3
1999		  

"A Little Science on the Moon" - On July 20, 1969, while millions of Americans thrilled to the televised sight of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon, Caltech Professor of Geology Lee Silver, watching TV at home with his family, had his eyes trained on the dust the two men were kicking up.

Especially Well Suited for the Job
Ask Dick Van Kirk ’58 to talk about one of his most memorable experiences, and he only needs to cast his mind as far back as July 4, when he found himself in Raleigh, North Carolina for the 1999 Special Olympics World Games competition.

The Reel Thing
When he isn’t guiding his students through the convoluted byways of German syntax, or drilling them on the declensions that can drive native English speakers to distraction, Andreas Aebi enjoys confronting another kind of cross-cultural challenge.

The Objects of His Affection
Unlike many of his peers Micheal Brown–assistant professor of astronomy–is not relying on the latest technology to look back far into the reaches of space and time. Instead, he’s curious about what’s in our own solar backyard.

Restoration Renders the Athenaeum Dusted off, Shined up, and more Authentic
The jewel in Caltech’s architectural crown is sparkling brighter than ever, thanks to a $60,000 restoration this summer that refreshed the surfaces of three elaborate Athenaeum ceilings and uncovered decorative elements hidden for decades.
   
Vol. 33, No. 2
1999		  

Life by chocolate
You've heard about the workaholic and the chocoholic. Thomas Büttgenbach, PhD '93, succeeds by being a bit of both.

An interview with Michelin lecturer Jonathan Miller
This spring, Miller came to campus to present the Institute’s eighth James Michelin Distinguished Visitor Lecture.
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