Caltech in the News for the week of May 17, 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.
The June issue of Smithsonian magazine includes a look at work by neurobiologist John Allman on elephant brain cells.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/44733342.html
A May 22 Canadian News Service story examined energy issues and quoted chemist Nate Lewis.
http://www.canada.com/Energy+Needs+Getting+From+Here+There/1619891/story.html
A May 21 UPI wire story covered research by biologist David Anderson on pain receptors. Medical News Today as well as several other publications also covered the story.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/05/21/Study-explores-the-bodys-pain-reactions/UPI-90011242921739/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150806.php
A May 20 New York Times story covered the confirmation of former Caltech provost Steve Koonin to a post at the Department of Energy.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/20/20greenwire-senate-confirms-3-nominees-for-doe-1-for-inter-19116.html
A May 20 Chemical & Engineering News story covered chemist Harry Gray's receipt of the Welch Award in Chemistry.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i21/8721news3.html
A May 19 quake measuring 4.0 received significant media coverage, including the Los Angeles Times, KCBS-TV Channel 2, KNBC-TV Channel 4, KABC-TV Channel 7, KTLA-TV Channel 5, KTTV-TV Channel 11, KFWB-AM, KNX-AM and NPR radio, among others. Quoted were seismologists Egill Hauksson, Lucy Jones, Bob Dollar, Pablo Ampuero, Morgan Page, Ken Hudnut, Susan Hough, Tom Heaton, and structural engineer Swami Krishnan.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/40-earthquake-hits-south-bay-.html
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/19/Light-quake-hits-Los-Angeles/UPI-23021242780690/
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Latest_Quake_Highlights_Seismic_Danger_20090518
A 4.7 magnitude quake on May 17 was covered extensively by local and national media including KABC-TV, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and many others.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6818295
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/18/4-7-quake-shakes-s-california/
The May 18 issue of the Los Angeles Business Journal noted that Peter Hero has become the new vice president for development and alumni relations at Caltech.
A May 17 Pasadena Star-News story profiled the work of structural engineer Swami Krishnan. The story also appeared in the Whittier Daily News.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12390405
