The Caltech Associates

For nearly a century, Caltech scientists and engineers have led the world in earthquake measurement and monitoring. Visit the Caltech Science Exchange to learn what happens during an earthquake, how an early warning system works, and how to make buildings more earthquake resistant.

Tonight on 60 Minutes, virologist and Caltech alumnus and trustee David Ho (BS '74) will discuss developing a #coronavirus treatment, and the need to test such treatments including those taken by President Trump. 7 PM PT/7:30 PM ET on CBS. #CaltechAlumni

Congratulations to alumna Andrea Ghez (MS ’89, PhD ’93) on winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics! Ghez, who shares half of this year’s prize with Reinhard Genzel, is credited with providing the most convincing evidence yet of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Congratulations to Caltech alumnus Charles Rice (PhD '81) who was honored with this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Charles, along with two other researchers, are being recognized for their discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.

Where is Perseverance? Follow the rover's journey to Mars with this new interactive tool from JPL. #CaltechAssociates #Caltech #pasadena

Congratulations to Caltech Assistant Professor Urmila Mahadev and Caltech alumnus Eric Adelberger (BS '60, PhD '67) who were honored by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. The Breakthrough Prize is known as the "Oscars of Science" and recognizes the world's top scientists. #caltech #caltechassociates #pasadena

Many thanks to JPL's Sarah, Roger, and Leon for talking with Associates members tonight about the VITAL ventilator.

What happens when sparks of innovation have the chance to become popular science? Listen to Caltech‘s podcast The Lonely Idea. Link in profile.

Join us for this free online event! This Thursday (8/27), meet the JPL engineers who created a prototype ventilator for COVID-19 patients in just 37 days. Learn more and register at https://mailchi.mp/caltech/jplventilator_rem1

Congratulations to Associate Bill Gross for making Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business list. https://www.fastcompany.com//most-creative-people-2020-bil

In February 2020, NASA’s Perseverance Rover began its long journey to Mars by first traveling across the United States. The rover was built at NASA’s Jet Propul...sion Laboratory in Pasadena, California and then carefully packed and flown to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. There, engineers integrated the rover with the spacecraft that carries it to Mars, and the Atlas V rocket chosen to send it on its way. The launch period for the Perseverance rover opens July 30, 2020. Learn more: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Explore the research and data behind voting and elections and how Caltech researchers across the disciplines are looking into issues of election security.

Caltech Professor Maria Spiropulu is involved in a new quantum science initiative. See the live announcement today at 11 a.m. PDT from the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Chicago. https://youtu.be/cR0wVCs9DxI