Drew Miles, a research assistant professor of physics, is working on the next FIREBall (the Faint Intergalactic-medium Redshifted Emission Balloon) suborbital mission to map ultraviolet light from the faint medium around nearby galaxies.

A NASA DC-8 aircraft used to train many Caltech student-scientists has taken its final flight.

Avi Leibovici, senior counselor at the Staff/Faculty Consultation Center, will retire on December 11 after 33 years of service to the Institute. During his tenure, he has helped hundreds of Caltech employees and their families, providing counseling in several languages he speaks fluently.