Caltech In The News
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.
| November 15, 2009 | A Nov. 20 Laguna Beach Independent story profiled students participating in the Siemens Competition, which is being held this weekend at Caltech.... More |
| 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.... More |
| October 25, 2009 | On Oct. 30, Caltech opened the Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology. Covering the event were the Pasadena Weekly, THE Magazine, Pasadena Magazine, and the Pasadena Star-News. On Oct. 25, the Los Angeles Times mentioned the building in a story on the architect and on Oct. 30, the Pasadena Star-News ran a story on the newly formed department to be housed within the Annenberg Center.... More |
| October 18, 2009 | An Oct. 22 Science Daily story featured work by applied physicist Sandra Troian and postdoctoral scholar Mathias Dietzel explaining the formation of nanopillars.... More |
| October 11, 2009 | An Oct. 16 Pasadena Star-News story covered Caltech's participation in the Southern California ShakeOut drill and quoted outreach coordinator Margaret Vinci and seismologists Kate Hutton and Lucy Jones. Similar stories ran in Xinhua News, KFI AM, and the LA Daily News.... More |
| October 4, 2009 | On Oct. 8, CNN en Español interviewed IPAC astronomer Solange Ramirez for a story on NASA's lunar impact project.... More |
| September 27, 2009 | An Oct. 1 swarm of earthquakes in Central California received media coverage from outlets including KTLA-TV Channel 5, KBS-TV, KTTV-TV Channel 11, and Channel 18. Quoted were seismologists Sue Hough and Ken Hudnut.... More |
| September 20, 2009 | A Sept. 24 Science Daily story looked at work done by biologist Grant... More |
| September 13, 2009 | A Sept. 18 story on KTLA-TV Channel 5 featured the Palomar Observatory and included an interview with the facility's Scott Kardel.... More |
| 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.... More |
| August 30, 2009 | A Sept. 4 Technology Review story looked at the affect of water vapor on climate change and cited recent work by environmental scientist Tapio Schneider.... More |
| August 23, 2009 | The latest issue of Chemistry World magazine includes a discussion with chemist Robert Grubbs on life as a Nobel laureate.... More |
| August 16, 2009 | This week's release of US News & World Reports' annual America's Best Colleges list received significant media coverage. Caltech ranked #4 this year, up from #6 last year. Stories appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, KCBS-TV Channel 2, KABC-TV Channel 7, and dozens of other media outlets. Undergraduate admissions director Rick Bischoff did interviews with US News, KFWB-AM radio, the Pasadena Star-News and Chinese Daily News.... More |
| August 9, 2009 | An August 13 San Francisco Chronicle story covered work led by planetary astronomer Michael Brown that found weather on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The findings were covered extensively by other news media, including US News & World Report, Christian Science Monitor, New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, and many more.... More |
| August 2, 2009 | An August 4 PhysOrg.com story looked at scientific meetings taking place in virtual worlds such as Second Life. The story quoted astronomer George Djorgovski.... More |
| July 26, 2009 | A July 31 New York Times story looked at work by postdoc Kakani Katija and bioengineer John Dabiri showing how tiny organisms contribute to ocean mixing. Also covering the research were NPR, New Scientist, National Geographic, the BBC, Scientific American, and many other news outlets.... More |
| July 19, 2009 | A July 24 NPR "Talk of the Nation" story included an interview with neuroeconomist Colin Camerer on the process of decision-making.... More |
| July 17, 2009 | A July 17 New Scientist story looked at methane research by atmospheric chemist Paul Wennberg.... More |
| July 5, 2009 | On July 10, PhysOrg.com covered research by chemical engineer Jim Heath on the development of an antibody surrogate. Also covering the story were Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Laboratory Equipment.com, First Science, and many others.... More |
| June 27, 2009 | A July 1 Newsweek article highlighted the latest publication from the Einstein Papers Project, and quotes project director Diana Buchwald.... More |
| June 21, 2009 | A June 26 Los Angeles Times story mentioned a legal settlement between Sony and Caltech over digital camera technology. Bloomberg News and ZDNet.com also covered the story.... More |
| June 14, 2009 | A June 18 Popular Science story looked at the work of bioengineer Michael Dickinson into the flight of maple seeds. Similar stories appeared in several other publications.... More |
| June 7, 2009 | A June 13 Los Angeles Times story profiled Caltech president Jean-Lou Chameau.... More |
| May 31, 2009 | On June 4, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving JPL and Caltech employees was covered by the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Pasadena Star-News and others.... More |
| May 24, 2009 | The latest issue of Air and Space magazine includes a story on the Kuiper Belt and quotes planetary astronomer Michael Brown. ... More |
| May 17, 2009 | The June issue of Smithsonian magazine includes a look at work by neurobiologist John Allman on elephant brain cells.... More |
| May 10, 2009 | The launch of the Herschel and Planck space missions-–both of which have Caltech-led elements–was covered extensively by news media including the UPI, iTWire.com, and SpaceflightNow, among others.... More |
| May 3, 2009 | A May 7 U.S. News & World Report story reported on the search for gravitational waves and quoted astrophysicist Tom Prince.... More |
| April 26, 2009 | A May 1 Hawaii Tribune-Herald story covered the decommissioning announcement for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO). Making the announcement were astrophysicists Tom Phillips and Tom Soifer. The Associated Press, KITV-TV, KGMB-TV and several other outlets covered the decision.... More |
| April 19, 2009 | An April 24 Nature story covered the Senate confirmation hearing of former provost Steven Koonin for Undersecretary for Science.... More |
| April 12, 2009 | The latest issue of Discover magazine includes coverage of a recent symposium held at Caltech discussing the next big questions in astronomy. The story includes an interview, and photographs, with planetary scientist Michael Brown.... More |
| April 5, 2009 | On April 10, ALN online magazine, ScienceDaily.com, Softpedia, and other media outlets covered work by electrical engineer Pietro Perona and biologist David J. Anderson to train computers to analyze fruit-fly behavior.... More |
| March 27, 2009 | 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.... More |
| March 20, 2009 | A March 19 UPI wire story looked at research by biologist David Anderson on how fruit flies respond to wind. The story also appeared prominently on the NSF website, along with videos of Anderson.... More |
| March 13, 2009 | Tonight's episode of the CBS TV show, Numb3rs, will include a story line about a fictional school's basketball team that resembles Caltech's. Two Los Angeles Lakers appear in the episode with various members of the Caltech men's basketball team and its coach, Oliver Eslinger.... More |
| March 1, 2009 | An upcoming story in Forbes Asia highlights a $10 microscope created by bioengineer Changhuei Yang.... More |
| February 22, 2009 | A Feb. 27 Wall Street Journal story highlighted the work of computation and neural systems graduate student Virgil Griffith.... More |
| February 15, 2009 | A Feb. 20 Pasadena Star-News story reported on Andrew Lange being honored with the Dan David Prize for astrophysics. Also covering the award were the Associated Press, Chronicle of Higher Ed, Jerusalem Post, UPI, and several other publications.... More |
| February 8, 2009 | On Feb. 13, the Washington Post Web site posted an interview with biologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore following his being named one of America's best leaders.... More |
| February 1, 2009 | A Feb. 6 Science Daily story covered the creation of a prototype rover robot that might one day help explore other planets. The robot was created with help from Caltech roboticist Joel Burdick and JPL's Issa Nesnas. Stories also appeared on the UPI wire, MSNBC.com, the London Register and many others.... More |
| January 25, 2009 | On Jan. 29, planetary astronomer Michael Brown appeared on KPCC-FM's Patt Morrison show to discuss an upcoming astronomy program to be held at Caltech.... More |
| January 19, 2009 | The latest issue of Popular Mechanics highlights powerful telescopes and some that will define the future of astronomy. Included are the Spitzer Space Telescope, Keck observatories and the Thirty Meter Telescope, among others.... More |
| January 11, 2009 | A Jan. 17 International Herald Tribune story highlighted recent deep-sea discoveries by chemical oceanographer Jess Adkins. The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian broadcasting, Honolulu Advertiser, Der Speigel and many other publications also covered the work.... More |
| January 4, 2009 | The February issue of Kiplinger's ranks Caltech #1 in Best Value in Private Colleges. The story was also covered by Reuters, MSN and many other publications. ... More |
