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12/02/2024

❄️ ⛄️ Take a break from holiday festivities to expand your mind with discussions about art and science at Caltech this month.

11/26/2024

Go beyond the binary. Explore the intersection of queerness, storytelling, and AI with a conversation and performance about the life and work of the father of artificial intelligence, Alan Turing. This performance by the Invertigo Dance Theatre is specially designed for the Caltech stage in collaboration with Getty’s PST ART (). Buy tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36761/production/1198841

11/25/2024

Last week, Katerina Chatziioannou described the challenges, realities, and opportunities of recording black hole and neutron star collisions in her Watson Lecture. And at the preshow, hundreds came to stargaze with Caltech Astronomy, learn about warped spacetime, dine with The Tropic Truck, and more.

Join a community of curiosity with the Caltech Watson Lectures: https://mailchi.mp/caltech/watson-lectures-24-25

11/13/2024

Last month, hundreds of local students came to hear Pasadena native and postdoctoral scholar Melissa Ramirez’s Science Journey. Melissa explained how she uses computers to build new molecules and how organic chemistry affects our world. After sparking their curiosity, students had the opportunity to ask Melissa questions to dive deeper into organic chemistry. Watch her talk on Caltech’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/BlWtb5pwSpw

11/11/2024

Discover Pasadena’s unique military heritage on Thursday, November 14 in the beautiful Chen 100 Lecture Hall at Caltech.

Led by Pasadena City College professor, Dr. Harold ‘Doc’ Martin and featuring a panel of veterans, this is an opportunity to learn more about our local history and veterans’ leadership journeys. A reception to connect with alumni, civic leaders, and the greater community will conclude the evening.

RSVPs are not required but kindly requested. Limited seating. Go to leadershippasadena.org/getinvolved to learn more.

11/11/2024

This Saturday only, hear the choral call by vocal group Tonality, in collaboration with Getty’s PST ART. At their concert titled HomeCare, the group is focused on educating the public on climate change beyond our emotional response.

After the concert, stick around for a thought-provoking conversation with seismologist Lucy Jones and Tonality director/founder Alexander Lloyd Blake.

Buy tickets: https://pst.caltech.edu/events/opening-doors?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=pst&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=&utm_term= -by-tonality

11/11/2024

This Saturday only, hear the choral call by vocal group Tonality, in collaboration with Getty’s PST ART. At their concert titled HomeCare, the group is focused on educating the public on climate change beyond our emotional response.

After the concert, stick around for a thought-provoking conversation with seismologist Lucy Jones and Tonality director/founder Alexander Lloyd Blake.

Buy tickets: https://pst.caltech.edu/events/opening-doors?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=pst&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=&utm_term= -by-tonality

11/08/2024

👩‍🔬 Happy National STEM/STEAM day! Every day, Caltech is committed to supporting outreach to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Are you a student or educator living locally? Consider Science Journeys, free science lectures with our graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Visit our website for recordings, classroom activities, and more. Spark your curiosity: https://events.caltech.edu/series/science-journeys?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=science-journeys&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=&utm_term=

11/08/2024

11/07/2024

Growing up visiting his grandfather’s dairy farm, postdoctoral scholar David Delgadillo gave antibiotics to sickly livestock. His desire to understand the synergy between chemistry and life soon led him to Caltech where he uses a technique called electron diffraction to reveal new compounds.

Registration is full, but stay tuned for David’s Science Journey on Caltech’s YouTube channel. More: https://events.caltech.edu/series/science-journeys/david-delgadillo-seeing-is-believing-powerful-microscope-help-up-discover-medicines-in-nature?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=science-journeys&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=&utm_term=

11/06/2024

Last month, biochemistry professor Bil Clemons delivered the first Watson Lecture of the season! With the return of the preshow, the local community enjoyed mingling before hearing Clemons’s talk on combating future pandemics using viruses known as phages. Watch his lecture on Caltech’s YouTube: https://youtu.be/wOQXIeG8oy8

11/01/2024

This November, consider performing arts events that invite thought-provoking conversations and wonder around science and culture at Caltech.

Focus on climate change with EARTH DATA/THE MUSICAL or HomeCare by advocacy group Tonality. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with performances by Caltech students and guests. Explore the entrepreneurial journey of fashion giant Stuart Weitzman and his red carpet–dominating company.

Learn more: https://events.caltech.edu/calendar/month/2024-11?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=events-other&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=&utm_term=

10/31/2024

On Nov 16, vocal group Tonality urges conversations around climate change through choral music. Presented by Caltech's Opening Doors in collaboration with Getty's PST ART, consider the future of our planet with HomeCare. And stick around for a conversation with Tonality founder/director Alexander Lloyd Blake and Caltech's Lucy Jones.

Buy tickets: https://pst.caltech.edu/events/opening-doors?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=pst&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=&utm_term= -by-tonality

10/14/2024

Don't miss this modern dance performance featuring KUKA the robot, live at Caltech October 18 & 19, part of a three-stop U.S. tour. CaltechLive followers get $5 off tickets using the code PSTCIT. Buy tickets: https://pst.caltech.edu/events/opening-doors?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=pst&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=&utm_term= -yi-kuka

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10/02/2024

Behind the scenes: The cast of Tesla, A Radio Play for the Stage rehearses at Ramo Auditorium for Getty's (). Don't miss these live sound fx and actors you know and love in the play this weekend! Buy tickets today: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36761/production/1199409

Photo credit: Bob Paz

10/01/2024

For three tours only, Caltech’s Historical & Architectural Tour Service will extend their tours to include the exciting new campus-wide exhibition by the Caltech Library, Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide. Spots are limited. Register and get more details: https://evite.me/mdUjY1c6yJ

10/01/2024

Reimagine California’s green energy grid with the CEO of Edison International. Learn how scientists build new molecules with computers. Understand how phages, a type of virus, could combat future pandemics.

Spark your curiosity this October with Caltech Public Events: https://events.caltech.edu/calendar/month/2024-10?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=events-other&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=&utm_term=

09/26/2024

Are you free the weekend of October 4? Head to campus to see a radio drama about the inventor of the radio, Nikola Tesla. Tickets are $40, and only $10 with a student ID. Buy tickets: https://pst.caltech.edu/events/opening-doors?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=pst&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=&utm_term= -a-radio-play-for-the-stage