Erika Ye
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Michael Alvarez
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Ellen Rothenberg
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An artist’s depiction of a bacterial cell
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Emilia Ellegaard and Amy Wang, from Mesa Verde Middle School, prepare to launch their rubber-band-powered airplane; their goal was to have the airplane stay aloft as long as possible.
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Students from Pacific Trails Middle School check their vehicle in the Battery Buggy event—which challenged teams to build a vehicle that uses electrical energy as its sole means of propulsion in order to quickly travel a specified distance and stop as close as possible to the finish point. At left, Timothy Liu, a Caltech undergrad volunteer, examines their entry.
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Under the supervision of event supervisor Henry Zamora (right), Carin Dang and Michelle Lim, from Oak Ave Intermediate School, prepare to test their balsa wood tower. Their challenge was to build the lightest tower that can still hold up to 15 kg of sand.
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In Texas, junior Meera Krishnamoorthy installs drywall in partnership with All Hands All Hearts, an organization that rebuilds homes after natural disasters.
In Costa Rica, students take pictures of baby green sea turtles making their way to the ocean.
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In San Francisco, students join a roundtable discussion with Dario Amodei (EX ’05) from Open AI.
Prefrosh Weekend will feature dozens of academic and student-life panels and tours of the new Bechtel Residence.
TeachWeek focuses on Caltech’s recent efforts to create an innovative learning environment that changes the world through unique teaching techniques.
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Marina Agranov
Shri Kulkarni
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Erik Conway
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