Last week Caltech harvested its campus olives and sent them off to be pressed into olive oil.
Olive harvesting
Trees in the lineup
More links:
Caltech Olive Harvest Festival website
Cook and Nifty Wench: Olive Harvest
Tableau Vivante: EVENT: CalTech Olive Harvest Redux…phew
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Posted in Caltech, Ponds on November 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Under the lily pads
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Posted in Caltech, Frogs, Ponds on November 4, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Posted in Caltech, Mushrooms, Nature on October 10, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Growing in a tree across the street from Caltech
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Posted in Caltech on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
John Borland, Wired: See Who’s Editing Wikipedia – Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign (via)
Here’s a link to the search tool.
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Tadpole with feet
Frog with a tail
Little green frog
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Former Caltech mathematics professor John Todd died last week. His wife, Olga Taussky-Todd was the first woman professor at Caltech. Olga Taussky-Todd’s autobiography is available on the Caltech Archives website, and an oral history interview with John Todd is posted on the Center for Advanced Computing Research site.
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Posted in Caltech on June 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Planet in the sky over a Caltech parking garage
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Posted in Caltech on June 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Beckman Auditorium at dusk
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Cahill Center construction in progress
The Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics is being built at Caltech on California just east of Wilson. The Caltech Astronomy department has a Cahill Center construction webcam here.
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