Sunlight to Everything: (Re)imagining a sustainable future Date: December 3, 2019Time: 6:00 PMVenue: The AthenaeumCost: $100 per personREGISTER HEREAs the director of the Resnick Sustainability Institute, Professor Jonas Peters is leveraging Caltech’s unique strengths to innovate solutions for a more sustainable planet.Join us as Professor Jonas Peters discusses how converting the sun’s energy into fuels and other chemicals will benefit our future. Professor Jonas Peters will also discuss his current research on the development of catalysts with applications in renewable solar fuel technologies, distributed nitrogen fixation for better fertilizers and fuels, and new bond constructions for organic chemists to develop pharmaceuticals.The Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech recently received a transformative $750 million dollar commitment from Stewart and Lynda Resnick to advance bold new solutions to the most pressing challenges in environmental sustainability.MENUFIRST COURSE Atheneum Caesar Salad Nueva Oven dried Roma tomato, Kalamata olives, shaved parmesanENTRÉE Pan Roasted Chicken Breast Sweet potato hash, asparagus, brandied cippolini sauceDESSERT Chocolate Molten Lava Cake Vanilla bean ice cream, fresh berries, berry coulisThe Friends are the primary supporters of the Caltech Y. It is through generous contributions of our Friends that the Y can continue its longstanding mission of reaching out to the Caltech community with fresh ideas, student programming, and active community service. Special thanks to the Caltech Federal Employees Credit Union, Nuveen/TIAA, and Enterprise for sponsoring this event.

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