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Gradinaru and Benardini Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
News Writer: Lori DajoseViviana GradinaruViviana Gradinaru (BS '05), an assistant professor of biology and biological engineering, and James Benardini, a planetary protection engineer at JPL, have been...
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A Bold Enterprise
News Writer: Tom WaldmanGrant Remmen, a graduate student in theoretical physics at Caltech, and his younger brother, Cole, who majors in theater arts at the University of Minnesota, have long shared a...
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Seeking a Balanced Equation
In the most recent issue of E&S magazine we feature a handful of the more than 1,200 graduate students at Caltech who are creating and discovering new knowledge as they train to become scientific...
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Caltech Publications Earn Regional CASE Awards
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierThe regional district of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has recognized publications and posters made by Caltech with six Awards of...
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Caltech Names Six Distinguished Alumni
News Writer: Ben TomlinCaltech has announced that Eric Betzig (BS '83), Janet C. Campagna (MS '85), Neil A. Gehrels (PhD '82), Carl V. Larson (BS '52), Thomas J. "Tim" Litle IV (BS '62), and Ellen D....
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New CCE Leadership Chair Honors the Past and Supports the Future
News Writer: Marisa DemersCredit: Lance Hayashida/CaltechA new leadership chair in Caltech's Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE) will amplify the Institute's support of its scholars'...
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Ten Years of DNA Origami
News Writer: Lori DajoseDNA origami smiley faces, each 1/1000 the width of a human hair, demonstrate that virtually any shape can be folded from DNA. (Scale bar: 100 nanometers)Credit: Paul W.K....
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Celebrating Pi Day 2016
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradStudents line up on March 14 at 1:59 a.m. to get their slices of Pi Day pie. Credit: CaltechToday's the day to grab a big piece of π.In celebration of International...
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Caltech Athletics Announces Hall of Honor Inductees
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-Conrad1953-1954 Basketball Team: Coach: Carl L. Shy; Players: Fred Anson '54, William "Bill" Chambers '55, Dan Chilton, Chin-Kuang Jack Chow, Phil Conley, James "Jim"...
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Knowing the Vote
Credit: Matthew MahonThe pollsters are back.With the 2016 presidential race fully underway, candidates are crisscrossing the country to take their case to the American public. Just where they stump,...
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Caltech Athletics Welcomes Women's Soccer
News Writer: Lori DajoseUndergraduate Monica Li plays in a game against Whittier College on October 14, 2015. At Caltech, female undergraduates have traditionally had the opportunity to play on the...
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Living—and Giving—the Caltech Dream
News Writer: Alyce NicoloCredit: Lance Hayashida/CaltechGrowing up in Tehran, Iran, Mory Gharib (PhD '83) attended large, crowded schools. He was the kid who always raised his hand in class and asked...
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April Fools, The Caltech Way
At Caltech, pranks are an integral part of student life. Over the years students pranked their comrades, student Houses pranked other Houses, and their witty machinations often spread outside...
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Kannan Receives Fulbright Fellowship
News Writer: Lori DajoseSoumya KannanCredit: Photo courtesy of Soumya KannanSoumya Kannan, a senior bioengineering major, has been selected to receive a Fulbright Fellowship to pursue research and...
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Caltech Students and Alumni Receive 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradThis year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected 20 current Caltech students and 13 alumni to receive its Graduate Research Fellowships. The awards...
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STEM Olympians Come to Campus
News Writer: Dave ZobelParticipants from Canyon Crest Academy setting up the robotic arm they build to try to move as many items on the playing field into specific slots in the egg cartons.Credit: Bob...
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New Chen Professorship Supports Research in Sustainability and Energy
News Writer: Marisa DemersJohn S. and Sherry ChenCredit: Courtesy of John S. ChenCaltech trustee John S. Chen (MS '79) and his wife, Sherry, have pledged $1.5 million to support Institute scholars who...
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Gift to Spark Powerful New Projects
Ron (MS ’62, PhD ’64) and Maxine LindeCredit: Bob Paz for CaltechCaltech leaders announced today two new funds that will provide flexible resources to support top priorities and launch bold academic...
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Two Caltech Seniors Win Hertz Fellowships
News Writer: Lori DajoseKurtis CarschCredit: CaltechThe Fannie and John Hertz Foundation has selected two Caltech seniors, Kurtis Carsch and Paul Dieterle, to receive 2016 Hertz Fellowships. A total of...
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Why We Do What We Do: A Conversation with Omer Tamuz
News Writer: Lori DajoseOmer TamuzCredit: CaltechOmer Tamuz, a newly arrived assistant professor of economics and mathematics, studies how people make decisions based on what they know and what they...
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