In the American West, water is a sacred and scarce resource plagued by pollution, shortages, and contentious fights over legal rights, often between Indigenous peoples and business groups. At Caltech, Laura Taylor, a postdoctoral instructor in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, conducts data-driven research that combines satellite imagery with historical and economic analysis to point to policy solutions for fairer resource allocation and cleaner water.

As part of the Watson Lecture Series, Rob Phillips will explore efforts to interpret the symbols that make up a genome, which is the entire set of DNA for an organism.

Nivedita Mahesh, the David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Astronomy, is a volunteer dance instructor for the Los Angeles-based dance group Bollypop.