Caltech in the News for the week of November 15, 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 Nov. 20 Laguna Beach Independent story profiled students participating in the Siemens Competition, which is being held this weekend at Caltech.
A Nov. 17 Seattle Times story on earthquakes quoted seismic engineer Tom Heaton. A similar story appeared in the Juneau Empire and on KOMO TV.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010284740_megaquake17m.html
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/111909/reg_524668669.shtml
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70335122.html
The Nov. 17 announcement of Chinese participation in the Thirty Meter Telescope project received significant media attention including stories by the Associated Press and in Wired, the San Francisco Chronicle, and dozens of other news outlets.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/thirty-meter-telescope/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/18/financial/f074304S72.DTL&type=science
A Nov. 16 Pasadena Star-News story covered a recent decision in the case of former student William Cottrell. The Associated Press, UPI wire, New York Times, and dozens of other news outlets also covered the story.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_13802006
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdRXQmC7hDBmmw1-A4OGcn3nd45wD9C0T2QO1
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/17/business/AP-US-SUV-Arson.html?_r=1
Forbes magazine has named biologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore to its list of the "Seven Most Powerful People in Medicine." Baltimore was also mentioned, along with electrical engineer Axel Scherer, in a Forbes story on the biotech firm Helixis.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/09/nih-health-care-leadership-power-09-medicine_slide_5.html
A Nov. 14 Los Angeles Times op-ed looked at the debate over a security policy governing JPL employees.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rutten14-2009nov14,0,5302859.column
NetworkWorld has posted a podcast with high-energy physicist Harvey Newman discussing recent data transfer records.
http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/panorama/2009/040609-pan-100G.html
A Physics Today story profiled theoretical physicist Hirosi Ooguri, who was awarded Japan's prestigious Nishina Memorial Prize.
http://blogs.physicstoday.org/wht/2009/11/hirosi-ooguri-wins-nishina-mem.html
