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Senior Spotlight: Megan Jackson
A curious chemist searches for cleaner catalystsNews Writer: Katie Neith Caltech's class of 2013 is a group of passionate, curious, and creative individuals who have spent their undergraduate years...
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Caltech Seniors Receive Fulbright Fellowships
News Writer: Kathy SvitilJoy Xie will travel to Switzerland to study bioengineering and protein chemistry at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Three graduating Caltech seniors, Alex Wang,...
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Scholarships Help Caltech Undergraduate Make a Difference
Mario Zubia Awarded for Research and Leadership AccomplishmentsNews Writer: Elizabeth HamiltonLike most Techers, Mario Zubia had his pick of the nation's top schools when he was applying to college. He...
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Otis Booth Leadership Chair Established at Caltech
$10 Million Will Accelerate InnovationNews Writer: Ann MotrunichCredit: Bill Youngblood With a $10 million gift, the Los Angeles–based Otis Booth Foundation has created and endowed the Otis Booth...
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India Establishes Caltech Aerospace Fellowship
News Writer: Brian BellSatish Dhawan and colleague Anatol Roshko at a celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, organized by Indian students on the Caltech campus in 1972.Credit: Virendra...
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A New Way to Replace Damaged or Missing Cells
News Writer: Ann MotrunichEric H. Davidson, Norman Chandler Professor of Cell BiologyWhen certain cells in our bodies are missing or nonfunctional, the only current options are to treat the symptoms...
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Convocation 2013 Welcomes New Students
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradCredit: Bob PazOn Sunday, September 22, Caltech extended a formal welcome to new undergraduate students, graduate students, parents of new students, and postdoctoral...
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Cause and Effect: An Interview with Frederick Eberhardt
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCredit: Lance HayashidaDetermining cause and effect is complex and fraught with difficulty, from our intuitive—but often mistaken—sense of the causes of events in our daily...
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Welcome Caltech Class of 2017
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCredit: Lance HayashidaThis year, September 30 brings 249 undergraduates to Caltech to begin their careers of study, research, extracurricular activities, and, of course, the...
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Minding the Gaps in the Genome: An Interview with Mitch Guttman
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierMitchell Guttman is a new assistant professor of biology on campus. He just arrived last month, having recently completed a fellowship at the Broad Institute of MIT and...
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Reducing Coincidence with Mathematics: An Interview with Nets Katz
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradRaised in Grand Prairie, Texas, Nets Katz began pursuing mathematics at an early age, earning a bachelor's degree at the age of 17 and a doctorate at 20. He joined...
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Programming DNA for Molecular Robots: An Interview with Lulu Qian
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradLulu Qian, assistant professor of bioengineeringCredit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Marketing and CommunicationsNew Caltech faculty member Lulu Qian performs research in...
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Building the World's Most Sensitive Detectors: A Conversation with Rana Adhikari
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCredit: Lance HayashidaCaltech professor of physics Rana Adhikari has been on a singular quest for 15 years: to detect gravitational waves.
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Interactions in Space: An Interview with Philip Hopkins
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradPhilip Hopkins, Assistant Professor of Theoretical AstrophysicsCredit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Marketing and CommunicationsPhilip Hopkins, Caltech's newest assistant...
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A Mathematical Approach to Physical Problems: An Interview with Rupert Frank
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierRupert Frank, professor of mathematicsCredit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Marketing and CommunicationsRupert Frank joined the Caltech faculty this spring as a professor of...
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Chemical Transformations for Food and Fuel: An Interview with Jonas Peters
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradJonas Peters, Bren Professor of ChemistryCredit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Marketing and Communications"Our group is interested in the chemical transformations that are...
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Moneyball Comes to Caltech
News Writer: Cynthia EllerThe winter 2014 quarter at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is premiering a unique course, The Theory and Practice of Moneyball, taught by Caltech professor of...
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Nanoscale Materials and Big Solar Energy: An Interview with Harry Atwater
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradAs a high school student during the oil crisis of the 1970s, Harry Atwater recognized firsthand the impact of energy supply issues. Inspired to contribute to...
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Caltech Joins Alliance to Boost Minority Representation in STEM Fields
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech is one of four California universities that have founded a new consortium—the California Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate—to support...
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Raiders of the Lost Can
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech junior, Erin Evans, playing for team Avengers, makes last-minute repairs to Iron Man and The Hulk.Credit: Lance HayashidaThere is more than one way to get an empty...
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