Short Takes
Caltech Effect
Image/Joel Caswell
The latest issue of The Caltech Effect, an e-magazine featuring stories from the Break Through campaign, is now available online at breakthrough.caltech.edu. This issue features researchers who redirected technologies for vital new uses, two graduate students who joined forces to fight cancer, a host of initiatives made possible through leadership chair funding, and five members of the Caltech community on the moments that transformed their careers.
Convocation 2020
Convocation 2020 video (with a welcome from the International Space Station Station at the 6:24 mark).
Caltech Together
Image/Keith & Co.
Sandwich board signs in high-traffic areas remind those on campus of the steps to follow to protect themselves and the community.
The signs are part of Caltech Together, a new campuswide initiative designed to help community members support one another and take responsibility for their collective health and well-being during the pandemic. As well as communicating clear guidelines, Caltech Together aims to bolster a sense of connection and provide wellness support during this time of change and isolation.
New Quantum Amazon Center
Photo/Brooks and Scarpa Architects
Preparations are underway for the new Amazon Web Services Center for Quantum Computing, scheduled to open in spring 2021.
The two-story, 21,000-square-foot facility, which will be located on South Holliston Avenue, will bring together leading researchers and engineers from Amazon, Caltech, and other academic institutions to accelerate advances in quantum computing technology.
Led by Oskar Painter (MS ’95, PhD ’01), the John G Braun Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, and Fernando Brandão, Bren Professor of Theoretical Physics, the researchers already involved inthe work of the center are aiming to develop more powerful quantum computing hardware and software, and to identify new applications for quantum technologies. Such technologies have the potential to drive transformative advances in areas such as data security, machine learning, medicine development, and sustainability.