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Caltech Honors Basketball Players Who Recorded 500 or More Career Rebounds
On Saturday night, between the women's and men's basketball games, Caltech Athletics honored the former Caltech basketball players who recorded 500 or more career rebounds. Those who could attend are pictured above. The men on the complete list are Fred Anson ('54), Ken Hanson ('71), Tom Heinz ('71), George Papa ('94), John Parks ('94), Ben Turk ('98), Jonathan Bird ('03), Travis Haussler ('09), and Ryan Elmquist ('11); and the women are Shelby Montague ('06), Rene Davis ('08), Lindsay King ('08), Lise Yee ('10), Krissy Dahl ('12), and Teri Juarez ('12).
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The Red Cross BloodMobile will be on campus Wednesday, March 7 & 8 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
Held in the Winnett Lounge-upstairs above the Red Door Cafe Huntington Hospital Blood Drive
Huntington Hospital's Bloodmobile will be at Winnett quad from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7 and Wednesday, February 8. To schedule an appointment, call (626) 397-5796 or email jackie.baca-geary@huntingtonhospital.com.
Donate blood and get a $5 voucher For Ernie's Food Truck!!
Caltech's seventh annual exhibition featuring artwork by members of the Caltech community will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14, through Thursday, February 16, in Dabney Lounge.
 Caltech Store's Secret Valentine
Take part in The Caltech Store's Secret Valentine Raffle
For you chance to win one of three prizes: a beautiful heart-shaped box of See's chocolate, movie tickets for two, and a See's Candy gift certificate. Enter to win from February 1 through 1 p.m. on February 14. Winners will be announced February on 14 at 1 p.m.
No purchase necessary to win.
February 14th the Caltech store will be giving out chocolate candy hearts and heart lollipops.
Stop by and get a sweet treat!
Happy Valentines Day!
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Share CEFCU MembershipShare the benefits of CEFCU membership with your eligible co-workers, fellow Caltech students, and your entire immediate family members. Print out a 'Membership Invitation' for them online or request one from any CEFCU location! Boost Your Savings
Further your savings plan by setting up or increasing your Payroll Deduction. You can also automatically add to your saving each payday with Direct Deposit. For more details on these and all our loans and services, visit any CEFCU office or www.cefcu.org. 2012 CEFCU Calendars available. While supplies last. Presidents Day Closure: Monday, February 20 Campus Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The High Performance Computing (HPC) pay-as-you-go service is ideal for faculty and research groups that do not want to take on the considerable financial burden of purchasing and managing their own high-performance cluster or for groups that require supplemental computing power in order to satisfy imminent research deadlines.
Caltech General Announcements
 Emergency Information Hotline
Did you know that Caltech has phone numbers to call for information in time of emergency? These numbers provide recorded information about the impact of an emergency on the campus, including whether or not employees should come to work. From campus, dial ext. 3291; from off campus, dial (626) 395-3291 or toll-free 1 (888) 427-7465. Read about security resources and crisis resources at the security office website.
Suicide Prevention Interactive Video Now Online
The Caltech Safety Net working group announces the completion of a year-long project to strengthen the safety net at Caltech. "Between Friends: Conversations That Can Save a Life" is an interactive video that can help Caltech students and others know how to speak with a friend who may be at risk. Please take a moment to view this valuable suicide prevention tool. https://www.counseling.caltech.edu/BetweenFriends/
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Caltech Library Services
Safety Office
- Thursday, 02/9 10:30 AM - Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation
- Thursday, 02/9 2:00 PM - Radiation Safety Orientation
- Tuesday, 02/14 10:30 AM - Laser Safety Training
- Tuesday, 02/14 2:00 PM - X-Ray Diffraction Training
- Wednesday, 02/15 3:00 PM - Laboratory Safety 101
- Thursday, 02/16 10:30 AM - Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation
- Thursday, 02/16 2:00 PM - Radiation Safety Orientation
- Tuesday, 02/21 10:30 AM - Laser Safety Training
- Tuesday, 02/21 2:00 PM - X-Ray Diffraction Training
- Wednesday, 02/22 3:00 PM - Bloodborne Pathogens Training
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Jessica Macaluso has been appointed manager of advancement services in Development and Institute Relations (DIR), effective January 2. She had worked for Principal and Major Gifts and for Organizational Development during the previous 18 months and will be applying her DIR and project-management experience to expanding current training on alumni and development databases, as well as documenting and improving processes in the gift-processing and biographic-records group.
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Pamela Aschbacher retired on October 24 after 12 years at Caltech; she was director of research for the Caltech Precollege Science Initiative (CAPSI).
J. Mikael Aronsson, a research engineer with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), retired on December 2 after 24 years at the Institute.
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Nicholas Tschoegl, professor of chemical engineering, emeritus, of Pasadena, on November 14; he was 93. He was an expert on polymers, and his The Phenomenological Theory of Linear Viscoelastic Behavior remains the authoritative text in its field. He grew up in Central Europe and served in the Hungarian army during World War II. Wounded by a Soviet soldier, he was cared for by a friend, Sofia, who became his wife in 1946. He and his family fled Communist rule in 1948. Tschoegl received his BSc in 1954 from the New South Wales University of Technology, renamed the University of New South Wales by the time he received his PhD there in 1958. After working for several research institutions, he joined Caltech in 1965 as an associate professor. He became professor in 1967 and emeritus in 1985. Predeceased by Sofia in 2008 and his son Christopher in 1995, Tschoegl is survived by his son Adrian and two grandchildren.
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Joel Burdick, professor of mechanical engineering and bioengineering, is part of a team that has received a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Innovator Award for creating "an electric therapy that stimulates spinal nerves, allowing the paralyzed to walk." The team implanted a stimulating electrode array near the spine of a paralyzed man to help him regain movement in his legs, and Burdick, a robotics expert, developed robotically guided physical-therapy equipment used by animal models in early studies of that array. He received his BS from Duke University in 1981 and his PhD from Stanford in 1988, the same year he came to Caltech as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. He became associate professor in 1994, professor in 2000, and professor of mechanical engineering and bioengineering in 2002. He served as executive officer for bioengineering from 2006 to 2007.
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Eric Davidson, Chandler Professor of Cell Biology, received the 2011 International Prize for Biology from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science during an award ceremony held on November 28 at the Japan Academy. The society's website notes that "Davidson proposed the theoretical concept of 'Gene Regulatory Networks' and experimentally validated this concept though research on molecular development mechanisms in living organisms. This research exerted a great impact on not only the field of developmental biology, but also on genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, neurobiology, immunology and other related fields, while helping to make significant advances across all domains of biology." The prize consists of a medal and 10 million yen. Davidson received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1958 and his PhD from Rockefeller University in 1963. He joined Caltech as an associate professor in 1971, becoming professor in 1974 and Chandler Professor in 1982.
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Joe Kirschvink, Van Wingen Professor of Geobiology, has been selected by the Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to receive its 2011 William Gilbert Award. The award—which "may be given annually to a candidate who exhibits excellence in at least one of the following categories: scientific rigor, originality, and the impact of research; leadership and service to the GP research community; development of new cross-disciplinary research areas and methods"—was presented at the AGU's December meeting. After graduating from Caltech with both his BS and his MS in 1975, Kirschvink went on to receive an MA from Princeton University in 1978 and his PhD in 1979. He came to Caltech as an assistant professor in 1981 and was appointed professor in 1992.
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Hirosi Ooguri, Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics and deputy chair of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, has been chosen to deliver a special lecture in Japan on February 9 at the annual assembly of RIKEN Laboratories. The lecture will be given on the company's main campus in the city of Wako and will be broadcast to the firm's other six campuses via video conferencing, reaching 3,000 scientists at the various labs. Ooguri received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Kyoto University, in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and his PhD from the University of Tokyo in 1989. A visiting associate at Caltech in 1999 and a professor since 2000, Ooguri was named Kavli Professor in 2007 and division deputy chair in 2010.
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Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, has been selected to receive the 2012 John David Jackson Excellence in Graduate Physics Education Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers. Named in honor of physicist and teacher John David Jackson, the award recognizes physicists and physics educators who have made outstanding contributions to curriculum development, mentorship, or classroom teaching in physics graduate education. Thorne received his BS from Caltech in 1962 and his PhD from Princeton in 1965. Returning to Caltech as a research fellow the following year, he was appointed associate professor in 1967, professor in 1970, Feynman Professor in 1991, and Feynman Professor Emeritus in 2009. He was William R. Kenan Professor from 1981 to 1991.
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