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June 29, 2022
Bryan Vejar has been Caltech’s arborist for three years, having previously run a private tree service and worked as a tree climber at Disneyland.
June 29, 2022
Developed in the 1880s by British inventor James Wimshurst, this spinning contraption generates the same kind of static electricity that makes your hair stand on end.
June 29, 2022
Patapoutian, who is a professor in the department of neuroscience at Scripps Research, won the Nobel for his research on how cells sense touch and pressure. In this conversation with Lori Dajose (BS '15), Patapoutian discusses his upbringing in Lebanon, his support for immigrants in science, and how his time at Caltech spent living in a building once inhabited by famous biologists influenced the trajectory of his life and career.
June 24, 2022
On Wednesday, June 29, at 5 p.m. PDT, Josh Willis, climate scientist at JPL, which Caltech manages for NASA, will conclude the 2021–22 Watson Lecture season with "Tackling Sea Level Rise from Above and Below."
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