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VOLUME LXXV, NUMBER 4, WINTER 2012<br />
2 www.caltech.edu<br />
Stay connected to campus, wherever you are.<br />
3 From the President<br />
4 Random Walk<br />
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14 Crossing Boundaries<br />
16 The Ties that Find<br />
18 Beyond Rocks: John Eiler<br />
BY MARCUS Y. WOO<br />
20 The Molecular Geomicrobiologist:<br />
Dianne Newman<br />
BY KATIE NEITH<br />
22 How to Become a Snowflake Physicist:<br />
Ken Libbrecht<br />
BY KIMM FESENMAIER<br />
24 Hunting for Surprises: Rob Phillips<br />
BY KIMM FESENMAIER<br />
26 Searching for Memories: Shuki Bruck<br />
BY MARCUS Y. WOO<br />
28 The Path to Scientific Freedom:<br />
Alexander Varshavsky<br />
BY KATIE NEITH<br />
30 Alumni Impact<br />
BY KATHARINE GAMMON<br />
32 Endnotes<br />
We asked alumni . . .<br />
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<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=15"> With financial services coming in 101 flav</a>
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<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=17"> physical and psychological, boundaries that lie b</a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=18"> THE TIES THAT FIND BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY & CHEMIC</a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=19"> Beckman Institute Biological Imaging Center Biolo</a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=20"> BEYOND ROCKS By Marcus Y. Woo As relics of a l</a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=21"> he says, the field has advanced enough that instru</a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=22"> THE MOLECULAR GEOMICROBI O By Katie Neith “I </a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=23"> BIOLOGI ST activities are crucial in shaping the</a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=24"> HOW TO BECOME A SNOWFLAK E By Kimm Fesenmaier </a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=25"> PHYSICIST at different temperatures. “It just bl</a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=26"> HUNTING FOR SURPRISES By Kimm Fesenmaier In 2001</a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=27"> of Biology, and has recently coauthored a second </a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=28"> SEARCHING FOR MEMORIES By Marcus Y. Woo We're </a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=29"> however, the computer can access the data in any </a>
<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=30"> THE PATH TO SCIENTIFIC FRE E By Katie Neith “</a>
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<a title="E&S Winter 2012 v75 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dc6285ef?page=32"> ALUMNI IMPACT Whether processing radar sign</a>
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