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Parker Thompson, a second-year undergraduate studying applied and computational mathematics, Secretary of ASCIT, and a peer advocate, passed away on February 3, 2026. He was 19.

In January 2011, several academics attended the “Mindshift Conference,” organized by Al Seckel (who has been accused of misrepresenting his credentials) and hosted by a financier and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. The Nobel laureates include Professor Frances Arnold of Caltech and the late Murray Gell-Mann.

Tomodachi Life was released in Japan in 2013. A year later, it hit Western markets a month after being promoted by the Tomodachi Life Direct.

In 2005, the first “Ace Attorney” game reached Western audiences on the Nintendo DS. Despite Capcom’s hesitation to release it globally, it was a success.

On Wednesday evening, the Watson Lecture opened not with fire but with air. Professor François Tissot began by recalling a Los Angeles where smog once pressed so thick against the city that children were excused from school and pedestrians wore gas masks on Hollywood Boulevard.

My name is Areeg Al-Dayni, and I am a rising sophomore majoring in bioengineering. I was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and lived in Bolu, Turkey for two years before eventually settling in Fort Worth, Texas. From an early age, my life across cultures taught me that the world is vast, diverse, and deeply interconnected.

“This past summer I was fortunate enough to have been awarded a San Pietro travel prize. This enabled me to travel to Germany, Austria and Switzerland – countries I’ve wanted to travel to ever since I took my first high school German class seven years ago.”

Last term, Caltech cosplayed as Stanford for a week. Fortunately (or unfortunately), it was not a prank, but instead a large filming operation for the upcoming film “The Love Hypothesis,” an adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s novel of the same name.

Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening was first released in 2005 for the Playstation 2. I bought the game in 2024 for the Nintendo Switch. Still, I feel that I can give an accurate enough critique despite not playing on the intended hardware.

I met Kenny a few months ago, shortly after I arrived at Caltech. He was the first person to welcome me to the Observational Cosmology group. When he started mentoring me, I had not yet committed to the group, so I expected him to give me some readings and maybe meet with me weekly.