Caltech in the News for the week of October 25, 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.
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.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-notebook25-2009oct25,0,1336185.story
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13677286
An Oct. 30 New Scientist story on dead stars quoted postdoctoral scholar Eran Ofek.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427324.500-voices-of-longdead-stars-haunt-the-galaxy.html
An Oct. 29 Current Tech story on the potential for robotic systems to one day explore celestial bodies quoted robotic engineer Wolfgang Fink. Similar stories appeared in the London Telegraph, Wired, and Discover magazine.
http://current.com/items/91324023_robot-armies-will-explore-alien-worlds.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6452022/Robot-armies-will-explore-alien-worlds.html
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/robotarmada/
An Oct. 26 PhysOrg.com story looked at work on an optomechanical crystal by applied physicists Oskar Painter and Kerry Vahala, and graduate student Matt Eichenfield. The story also appeared on Slashdot.com.
http://www.physorg.com/news175766229.html
An Oct. 24 column in the Pasadena Star-News covered a recent Chair's Council meeting in the division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_13637082
