President Chameau announced on April 18 that geologist Edward M. Stolper will step up as Caltechs new provost on Aug 1, 2007, replacing three-year provost Paul Jennings.

Unicyclists, video game programmers, and fruit fly enthusiasts were among the handful of undergrads honored at the 2007 Undergraduate Academic Awards last week.

Yesterday morning, a Directory memo arrived by e-mail with the unexceptional headline "Two New Committees for Student Affairs".

For the rest of the term, I'd like to address the Caltech Myth, which several students over past decades have examined. For each of them, the Myth is something different. It is based on popular, external perception, as well as how we perceive ourselves to be seen by the rest of the world.