Community College Students Thrive at Caltech
Through a program run by the nonprofit Base 11, community college students can come work with researchers at Caltech.
Announcements
Announcements
Neuroscience Initiative Turns Two
An update on the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience, two years after the Chens announced their historic gift to Caltech
New Visual Culture Program Coming to Campus
A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow Caltech to create a new program in visual culture that will involve students, researchers, and artists.
New Climate Model to Be Built from the Ground Up
Researchers from across the country team up to re-engineer climate modeling.
Symposium Marks 10 Years of Caltech-City of Hope Partnership
Caltech and City of Hope’s Biomedical Research Initiative has reached its 10th anniversary and has funded 53 projects.
Caltech’s Alumni Veterans
They built bridges. Defused explosives. Defended freedom. For generations, Caltech alumni have served the United States. To commemorate Veterans Day, we share a few stories of alumni veterans’ military service, their years on campus, and their Caltech philanthropy.
Space Is the Place: Couple’s Generosity Launches New Graduate Fellowships
Since he saw Sputnik 1 as a child, Caltech trustee and Distinguished Alumni Award winner David W. Thompson (MS ’78) has been reaching for the stars.
Gradinaru Receives NIH Director’s Award
The NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, given to “exceptionally creative scientists,” is part of its High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
Caltech Mentor’s Legacy Lives on through a New Graduate Fellowship
Anneila Sargent (MS ’67, PhD ’78), Caltech’s Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus, has made a gift to establish the Wallace L. W. Sargent Fellowship. With this fellowship, she is supporting tomorrow’s scientists and engineers while also honoring her late husband. Wallace “Wal” Sargent, former Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy, served on the Caltech faculty from 1966 until his death in 2012.
Caltech Unveils New Major and Minor in Information and Data Sciences
Caltech has created a new interdisciplinary major that teaches students to process, communicate, and analyze big data