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, Nature, Ponds on Nov 7th, 2007
Under the lily pads
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Posted in Caltech, Nature, Ponds on Nov 4th, 2007
Posted in Caltech, Nature on Oct 10th, 2007
Growing in a tree across the street from Caltech
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Posted in Caltech on Aug 14th, 2007
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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Posted in Caltech, Nature, Ponds on Jul 2nd, 2007
Tadpole with feet
Frog with a tail
Little green frog
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Posted in Caltech, History, Neighbors on Jun 26th, 2007
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 Jun 26th, 2007
Planet in the sky over a Caltech parking garage
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Posted in Caltech on Jun 25th, 2007
Beckman Auditorium at dusk
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Posted in Caltech, Construction on Jun 13th, 2007
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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