Caltech in the News for the week of January 11, 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.
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.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/17/america/AS-Australia-New-Marine-Life.php
http://www.smh.com.au/news/
A Jan. 16 Popular Science story on magic and science quoted neuroscientist Christof Koch.
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-01/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont
On Jan. 15, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed geologist Jean-Phillipe Avouac for an upcoming story on his work on the Sumatra Fault.
http://www.cbc.ca/
On Jan. 15, an Agence France-Presse news story quoted David Baltimore on the science agenda of the new Obama administration.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jAEk93ism5kL_C5iEL7cbxSNTu6A
A Jan. 15 News & Observer story quoted energy expert Nathan Lewis in a story on solar energy.
http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/1368390.html
A Jan. 15 Time magazine article on economics and humor quoted economist R. Preston McAfee.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1871911,00.html
On Jan. 15, Fox News covered work by astrophysicists Sean Carroll and Marc Kamionkowski, and graduate student Adrienne Erickcek, who showed that our universe is lopsided. MSNBC and Space.com ran similar stories.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479911,00.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28638720/
A Jan. 13 Pasadena Star-News column looked at the profile of the new freshmen class. The story quoted admissions director Rick Bischoff.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_11445598
A Jan. 11 Time magazine article on ways to understand the national deficit quoted economist Colin Camerer.
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1870699,00.html
