Caltech in the News for the week of November 1, 2009

The December issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranks Caltech as number one on its list of best values in private colleges. This is the fourth straight year that Caltech has held the top spot.

http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/best-values-in-private-colleges.html

On Nov. 4, the Pasadena Star-News ran an obituary for mechanical engineer James Knowles. The La Canada Valley Sun ran a similar tribute.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13713662

http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/2009/11/05/obituaries/lnws-obits1105.txt

A Nov. 4 Discovery Channel piece profiled planetary astronomer Mike Brown.

http://dsc.discovery.com/space/im/mike-brown-pluto-planet-x-2012.html

A Nov. 2 Chemical & Engineering News story talked about the Welch Award given to chemist Harry Gray during a symposium organized by fellow chemist Peter Dervan.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/editor/87/8744editor.html

A global ranking of universities released Nov. 2 listed Caltech as number six in the world.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/03/world-best-universities-leadership-thought-leaders-jiaotong_slide_21.html

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2009/11/02/Worlds-top-100-universities-named/UPI-76071257176083/

A Nov. 1 Los Angeles Times story covered a tour of the Cahill Center by the Caltech Associates. The story quoted astrophysicist Andrew Lange and Associates president Elizabeth Tito.

http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-scene1-2009nov01,0,3650492.story

A Nov. 1 Yahoo News story cited work by biologist Paul Patterson using gene therapy to control Huntington's Disease. The story appeared in numerous other publications.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20091101/981/tsc-scientists-using-gene-therapy-to-sta.html

http://www.obbec.com/news/1218-bioresearch/2853-researchers-show-efficacy-of-gene-therapy-in-mouse-models-of-huntingtons-disease

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169441.php

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1778307/caltech_researchers_show_efficacy_of_gene_therapy_in_mouse_models/index.html

The Oct. 31 death of prominent rocket scientist and alumnus, Qian Xue-sen, led to dozens of stories about his time at Caltech. Stories appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the New Yorker, Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Shanghai Daily, the Associated Press, and the Washington Post, among others. Emeritus professor Frank Marble, who knew Qian, did interviews with Hong Kong television, China Daily, Sing Tao Daily, and BBC radio.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-qian-xuesen1-2009nov01,0,2865408.story

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2009/11/the-daily-goodbye-105.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1935112,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/asia/04qian.html?_r=1

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125721495250424443.html

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091104/article_418363.htm

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/11/the-two-lives-of-qian-xuesen.html

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/04/content_8908379.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nlxzt#synopsis

The Oct. 30 opening of the new Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology received coverage in the Oct. 31 Pasadena Star-News, Whittier Daily News, and San Gabriel Valley Tribune. The Star-News also posted an online slideshow. Also covering the event were Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena Magazine, THE Magazine, and Pasadena cable channel 56.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_13680203

http://sgvtribune.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=26485749&event=877743&CategoryID=27239