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  "id": 17273234,
  "title": "\"What Could We Not Do?\": The Inauguration of Ray Jayawardhana as Caltech's 10th President",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/what-could-we-not-do-the-inauguration-of-ray-jayawardhana-as-caltechs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T18:56:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Caltech News",
    "slug": "caltech-news",
    "url": "https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/the-inauguration-of-ray-jayawardhana-as-caltechs-10th-president"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "On a November evening more than a century ago, George Ellery Hale, one of Caltech's three founders, and his guests gathered atop Mount Wilson to witness the first light of the 100-inch Hooker Telescope, the world's most powerful at the time. Ray Jayawardhana, who took office in July, began his inaugural address on Thursday, October 29, recounting that moment after he was formally installed as…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}