Caltech in the News for the week of August 2, 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.
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.
http://www.physorg.com/news168608901.html
On August 6, Forbes magazine published a list of America's Best Colleges. Caltech was ranked #3 this year behind Princeton and West Point. The story was covered by dozens of other media outlets, including the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, New York Times, and others.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jF0awt_qsddDrnbIubj5CjAOIXoQD99TH4900
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=8268745&page=1
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/westpoint/?apage=2
An August 6 ScienceNews story featured hydrocarbon research by atmospheric chemist Paul Wennberg and graduate student Fabien Paulot.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46200/title/A_source_of_haze
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/August/06080902.asp
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141518.htm
An August 6 story in Product Design and Development highlighted robotic simulation work by bioengineer Michael Dickinson.
http://www.pddnet.com/news-robotics-roboflies-outperform-the-real-thing-080709/
On August 5, Time magazine covered research by bioengineer John Dabiri and graduate student Kakani Katija showing how jellyfish and similar animals can affect ocean mixing. The work was also covered by the Epoch Times, Environmental Research, and EcoWorldly, among others.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1914547,00.html
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20441/
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/research/40004
http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/03/is-gaia-geo-engineering-with-jellyfish-to-slow-climate-change/
An August 5 Pasadena Star-News story mentioned a recent $1 million gift to Caltech from alumnus S.L. Huang and his wife, Betty. The Chinese Daily News and City News Service also covered the gift.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12998436
An August 3 earthquake in the Gulf of California led to multiple stories quoting seismologists Joann Stock and Morgan Page, including by the Associated Press, Seattle Press-Intelligencer, KABC-TV Channel 7, and KNBC-TV Channel 4.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_ca_mexico_quake_us.html
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_12991949
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=6945974
An August 3 Discovery News story looked at research by evolutionary biology post doc Rob Eagle showing a link between shark teeth and ocean temperature.
http://blogs.discovery.com/news_sustainable/2009/08/shark_teeth.html
