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Distant Black Hole Wave Twists Like Giant Whip
07/09/2015

Distant Black Hole Wave Twists Like Giant Whip

Ker Than
Magnetic waves from a black hole are set in motion like whips being jerked from side to side.
JPL News: Searing Sun Seen in X-rays
07/08/2015

JPL News: Searing Sun Seen in X-rays

Ramanuj Basu
NASA's NuSTAR telescope has captured high-energy X-rays coming from active regions across the sun.
New VP for Student Affairs
07/07/2015

New VP for Student Affairs

Douglas Smith
After serving the last six years as the dean of graduate studies, Joseph Shepherd (PhD '81), the C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and professor of mechanical engineering, is taking on a new leadership role as the vice president for student affairs.
Katz Receives Prestigious Award for Mathematics
07/02/2015

Katz Receives Prestigious Award for Mathematics

Lorinda Dajose
Caltech professor of mathematics Nets Katz has received the 2015 Clay Research Award from the Clay Mathematics Institute. The award was given jointly to Katz and an MIT collaborator for their solution of the Erdős distance problem and for "other joint and separate contributions to combinatorial incidence geometry."
New Dean of Graduate Studies Named
06/26/2015

New Dean of Graduate Studies Named

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
Doug Rees has been named the new dean of graduate studies at Caltech.
Discovering a New Stage in the Galactic Lifecycle
06/24/2015

Discovering a New Stage in the Galactic Lifecycle

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
A Caltech-led team, using the powerful ALMA telescope in Chile, has analyzed the clouds of gas and dust from some of the earliest galaxies ever observed—1 billion years after the Big Bang.
PMA Announces a New Division Chair
06/22/2015

PMA Announces a New Division Chair

Kimm Fesenmaier
Fiona Harrison, the Benjamin M. Rosen Professor of Physics, has been named the new chair of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA). Her five-year term will begin on September 1.
Caltech, JPL Team Up to Take On Big-Data Projects
06/17/2015

Caltech, JPL Team Up to Take On Big-Data Projects

Kimm Fesenmaier
The new Joint Initiative on Data Science and Technology strives to boost intellectual infrastructure and expertise for data-driven discoveries.
Caltech Seniors Win Library Friends Thesis Prize
06/12/2015

Caltech Seniors Win Library Friends Thesis Prize

Lorinda Dajose
The annual award recognizes undergraduates for theses that "exemplify excellent research, writing and the effective use of library resources."
Diversity Retreat at Caltech
06/11/2015

Diversity Retreat at Caltech

Kathy Svitil
We recently spoke with Joseph E. Shepherd (PhD '81), dean of graduate studies and the C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and professor of mechanical engineering, about AGEP, the recent retreat, and Caltech's diversity initiatives.