Caltech in the News for the week of September 6, 2009

A Sept. 11 Los Angeles Times story reported on new developments in the arson case against former graduate student William Cottrell. LA Weekly, Associated Press, KPCC-FM, and the Pasadena Star-News were among many others that covered the story.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-suv-bomber11-2009sep11,0,3824113.story

http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/09/10/court-says-judge-should-have-allowed-aspergers-def/

http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/crime/hummer-burners-conviction-over/

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13313686

A Sept. 11 Popular Science story looked at research led by neuroeconomist Antonio Rangel and graduate student Ian Krajbich showing how the use of brain scans may help solve a classic economic problem. Stories also appeared in Science Daily, Reason, and several other publications.

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/cal-tech-scientists-solve-social-problems-mris

http://reason.com/blog/show/136022.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090910142358.htm

http://io9.com/5356920/economists-suggest-mind+reading-as-a-way-to-determine-public-good

A Sept. 10 story on Symmetry Magazine online featured a music video about LIGO created by several summer program students.

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/09/10/forget-it-rhonda-help-help-me-einstein/

A Sept. 9 Chemistry World article featured research by Nobel chemist Robert Grubbs.

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/September/09090902.asp

A Discover Magazine story online this week covered work by bioengineer Michael Dickinson and his use of robotic flies.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/09/09/building-a-better-housefly%E2%80%94or-at-least-a-better-flying-microrobot/

The current CBS TV reality show Big Brother included Caltech postdoc Michelle Noonan, who was voted off the show this week. Of the original 13 contestants, she made it to the final four.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/09/big-brother-interview-with-evicted-house-guest-michele.html

Last weekend's Disneyland half-marathon women's race was won by graduate student Mandy Grantz and was covered by KTTV-TV Channel 11.

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Disneyland_Race_20090906