[FPSPACE] FW: Caltech Today Alerts for April 25, 2007

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: today at caltech.edu
>To: ljk4 at msn.com
>Subject: Caltech Today Alerts for April 25, 2007
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:25:23 GMT
>
>Caltech Today Alerts for April 25, 2007
>
>News and Information from Caltech Today - http://today.caltech.edu
>
>
>EARNEST C. WATSON LECTURE SERIES: "CASSINI-HUYGENS AT SATURN" (TOP
>STORIES)
>
>     At 8 p.m. on April 25, Dennis Matson, project scientist for NASA's
>     Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan, will present a Watson
>     Lecture in Beckman Auditorium. The Cassini spacecraft is in orbit
>     around Saturn, and the Huygens atmospheric probe descended by
>     parachute to the surface of Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons and
>     the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere. Matson will
>     discuss how the surface of Titan may at first seem familiar to a
>     geologist--with stream beds, lakes, and shore lines--but the
>     materials are exotic. Rock-hard ice plays the role of sand and
>     gravel, and methane takes the role of liquid water. This event is
>     free, and no tickets or reservations are required.
>   Details: http://events.caltech.edu/events/event-3903.html
>
>TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO WORK DAY (FEATURED EVENTS)
>
>     Take Our Children to Work Day, on Thursday, April 26, is a unique
>     opportunity to introduce our children to the exciting things that go
>     on at Caltech and to interest them in careers that will be important
>     to their future and that of our nation. Activities will include lab
>     tours, lunch, games, give-aways, sports, fun-and-facts activities,
>     and a film screening. Click here[1] for details on the program.
>     (Registration forms for this event were due by April 19.)
>
>[1] http://cit.hr.caltech.edu/HRForms/TOC2WD.pdf
>
>AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY MEETING (FEATURED EVENTS)
>
>     Caltech/Pasadena Amnesty International Group 22 will hold its
>     monthly meeting at 7:30 to 9 p.m. on April 26, in the Caltech Y
>     lounge. The group will discuss current activities and plans. All are
>     welcome to attend, and refreshments will be served. For information,
>     call (818) 354-4461, e-mail lkamp at lively.jpl.nasa.gov[1], or visit
>     the group's website at www.its.caltech.edu/~aigp22[2].
>
>[1] mailto:lkamp at lively.jpl.nasa.gov
>[2] http://www.its.caltech.edu/~aigp22
>   Details: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~aigp22
>
>HOW CALTECH OUT-PRANKED MIT (ON CAMPUS)
>
>     "MIT Invents the Interweb" and "Architects Deem Campus
>     'Unfortunate'" blared the headlines of the Friday, April 13, issue
>     of "The Tech", the student newspaper of the Massachusetts Institute
>     of Technology. The respective articles described a marvelous new way
>     of linking computers together in order to exchange something called
>     "computer-mail," and decried MIT's campus as a "gray, soulless
>     thing" that was depressing local property values as well as the
>     students. A belated April Fools issue? Not exactly. Appearing on the
>     eve of Campus Preview Weekend, when nearly 1,000 prospective frosh
>     and their parents sampled MIT life, this was "The California Tech",
>     Caltech's student newspaper, in disguise.
>   Details: http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display?story_id=20784
>
>PASSING THE SURF TORCH (ON CAMPUS)
>
>     Retired SURF director and honoree Carolyn Ash passed the torch to
>     Candace Rypisi, the new director of student-faculty programs, at the
>     Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships kickoff dinner recently
>     held at the Athenaeum. SURFers new and old, donors, mentors, and
>     others joined to launch the 2007 program and to wish a fond farewell
>     to Ash, who has played an integral role in the highly successful
>     program since its inception in 1979. Named SURF director in 1989,
>     Ash assisted more than 4,000 SURF students throughout the years.
>
>THE CALTECH-ST. LUKE PROPERTY (ON CAMPUS)
>
>     Caltech is now offering the former St. Luke Medical Center for
>     ground lease or outright sale. The commercial real estate firm of
>     Cushman & Wakefield has been selected to represent Caltech in this
>     transaction.
>   Details: http://today.caltech.edu/today/story-display?story_id=20788
>
>CALTECH STUDENTS RECEIVE CHURCHILL, HERTZ AWARDS (PHYSICS)
>
>     Caltech students were recently notified that they will receive
>     prestigious honors from the Churchill Foundation and the Hertz
>     Foundation.
>   Details: http://mr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12974.html
>
>************************************************************************
>You are receiving this email because you have signed up for alerts from
>the Caltech Today system. If you would like to adjust what topics are
>emailed to you, please go to
>     http://today.caltech.edu/today/alerts
>If you want to stop receiving these alerts, permanently or just while
>you are on vacation, please visit
>     http://today.caltech.edu/pvt/unsubscribe
>
>