ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Caltech President Thomas F. Rosenbaum 8/22/2014

Caltech president Thomas F. Rosenbaum accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from MIT president Rafael Reif. Dr. Rosenbaum gets doused in the flume in the Earth Surface Dynamics Laboratory (http://geomorph.caltech.edu/earth-surface-dynamics-laboratory) of Michael Lamb, Caltech professor of geology. Dr. Rosenbaum challenges Worcester Polytechnic Institute president and Caltech alumna Laurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD 95) and University of Chicago provost Eric Isaacs.

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Announcement of Caltech's 9th President - October 24, 2013

Announcement of Caltech's 9th President - October 24, 2013 On October 24, 2013, Thomas F. Rosenbaum was named Caltech's 9th President at an announcement ceremony held at the Athenaeum for the Caltech community.

Read the announcement: http://www.caltech.edu/content/caltech-names-ninth-president

Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies.
2013 California Institute of Technology.

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President Obama Plays Soccer With Japanese Robot Asimo | Kicks around football ball 2014

President Obama Plays Soccer With A Japanese Robot | Kicks around Soccer ball 2014

President Obama plays soccer with a Japanese robot President Obama is in Japan on a state visit right now, and he's been making some high-tech new friends. Honda's humanoid robot Asimo was on hand at Tokyo's Miraikan science museum previously host to the colossal Kuratas mech to demonstrate its soccer abilities.

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