http://www.hss.caltech.edu/news_releases/rss News releases from the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Caltech en-us Caltech Professor of Economics Leeat Yariv and her colleagues found a decentralized matching process in which all the information available to each participant was recorded every step of the way, along with every decision that each participant made. Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://features.caltech.edu/features/369 http://features.caltech.edu/features/369 What's it like to build an entire research program from scratch? It's all about becoming part of a community, according to three brand-new professors. Read "From the Ground Up" featuring Katrina Ligett, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Economics. Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://features.caltech.edu/features/366 http://features.caltech.edu/features/366 Congratulations to Tracy Dennison, Professor of Social Science History, on her two recent awards for her book. Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hss.caltech.edu/news_releases/show/58303 http://www.hss.caltech.edu/news_releases/show/58303 This fellowship supports research in American bibliography and projects in the history of the book in America. Reese Fellows are selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the scholarly significance or importance of the project, and the appropriateness of the proposed study to the Society's collections. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hss.caltech.edu/news_releases/show/57944 http://www.hss.caltech.edu/news_releases/show/57944 The archive is the result of more than two decades of collecting and researching. Einstein left a collection of 40,000 personal papers when he died in 1955; since 1986, 40,000 more documents have been collected--most of them by the EPP staff--says Diana Kormos-Buchwald, professor of history at Caltech and director of the EPP. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://features.caltech.edu/features/345 http://features.caltech.edu/features/345 After the financial crisis of 2008, many of the world's financial markets shut down--a response that surprised experts. "This was something that most theoretical models would not have predicted," says Chris Shannon, the Richard Merkin Professor of Economics and Mathematics. Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://features.caltech.edu/features/341 http://features.caltech.edu/features/341 Christina Shannon, will join the faculty of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences as the Richard N. Merkin Professor of Economics and Mathematics effective January 2012. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hss.caltech.edu/news_releases/show/56402 http://www.hss.caltech.edu/news_releases/show/56402 It is with pleasure that we announce that Jonathan N. Katz, Chair of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, has been named the Kay Sugahara Professor of Social Sciences and Statistics, effective January 1, 2012. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://features.caltech.edu/features/334 http://features.caltech.edu/features/334 Named after the late Kathryn T. Preyer, a distinguished historian of the law of early America known for her generosity to young legal historians, the program of Kathryn T. Preyer Scholars is designed to help legal historians at the beginning of their careers. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/preyer-prizes-to-fleming-schoeppner.html http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/preyer-prizes-to-fleming-schoeppner.html Katrina Ligett, new assistant professor of economics and computer science at Caltech. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://features.caltech.edu/features/263 http://features.caltech.edu/features/263 Kota Saito joins Caltech as an assistant professor and the newest faculty member of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://features.caltech.edu/features/224 http://features.caltech.edu/features/224 Congratulations to Kristine Haugen for receiving the Bodleian Library Research Grant by the Renaissance Society of America. The grant will support research in Oxford for her book project, "'Intellectuals in Prison from Marco Polo to Nelson Mandela". Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hss.caltech.edu/news_releases/show/53543 http://www.hss.caltech.edu/news_releases/show/53543