Caltech in the News for the week of March 27, 2009
Caltech In the News is our weekly review of Caltech faculty, staff and students who have appeared in the news media this past week. This is but a sampling of our coverage. Please note that some links may expire after some time.
A March 27 Science News story looked at the discovery of two small moons located at the fringes of our solar system. Planetary scientist Mike Brown and postdoctoral student Wesley Fraser made the discovery.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/42280/title/Ice_cubes_in_space
A March 26 Science magazine story covered a study on arctic ice by environmental researcher Ian Eisenman.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/323/5922/1655
A swarm of earthquakes in the Salton Sea led to an extensive amount of media coverage this week. Those quoted included Caltech and USGS seismologists Kate Hutton, Lucy Jones, Ken Hudnut, Susan Hough, Egill Hauksson and Doug Given. Covering the story were the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, ABC's Good Morning America, CBS's The Early Show, NBC Nightly News, local TV channels 2, 4, 5, 7 and 11 and radio stations KFWB-AM, KABC-AM and KFI-AM, among others.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/03/salton-quakes.html
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=6731057
http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/
A March 25 BioFuel Review story covered work by chemist Frances Arnold. Also covering her work were The Chemical Engineer, the Malaysia Sun, ANI News service, Energy Efficient News and nearly two dozen other media outlets.
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1875/1/
http://www.tcetoday.com/tcetoday/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=11588
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/1958/
On March 25, NPR's On Point radio program on volcanic activity in Alaska included a live interview with geophysicist Mark Simons.
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2009/03/volcanic-planet/
On March 24, NPR radio interviewed undergraduate admissions director Rick Bischoff for an upcoming story on the challenges universities face in difficult economic times.
A March 23 New York Times story covered the nomination of former Caltech provost Steve Koonin for a post at the Department of Energy. Also covering the nomination were the Associated Press, Washington Post, Technology Review, Nature and many other news outlets.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/23224/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/
A March 23 Pasadena Star-News story looked at a new stem cell grant that will allow Pasadena City College students an opportunity to conduct research at Caltech.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_11979199
