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Features:

Aims and Goals—What Ever Happened?
In June 1967 the chairman of the Caltech faculty appointed a committee of faculty members to study the question of the long-range goals and objectives of the Institute. In May 1969 the committee issued a nine-volume report. Then what happened?
by C. J. Pings

A Treatise on Doing Good
It's not so hard for biologists to do societal good if the problems selected are simple enough.
by James Bonner

John R. Pierce / J. J. Coupling
J. J. Coupling, otherwise known as John R. Pierce, is back at Caltech. To stay.

Research Notes
Learning about Learning
Extragalactic Chemistry—the quest for OH in space

Words Fail Them

Campus News:

The Summer at Caltech