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News & Events
News and Events
Stewart and Lynda Resnick Pledge $750 Million to Caltech to Support Environmental Sustainability Research
Commitment will bring together experts across campus, and provide shared facilities with unparalleled instrumentation, to advance bold new solutions to energy and sustainability challenges
Amgen Foundation Honors David Baltimore with Gift to Caltech
The Amgen Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the biotechnology company, has committed $7.5 million for a suite of graduate fellowships in biochemistry and molecular biophysics that will provide Caltech students exceptional latitude in their studies of the molecular basis of life. The fellowship program is in the name of Caltech president emeritus and Nobel laureate David Baltimore.
Scholarship Gift Affirms the Power of Education
When Max J. Kay (BS ’73) and Naida Shaw created the Dr. Stanley E. Whitcomb Scholarship at Caltech, they fulfilled two personal goals.
Philanthropy Accelerates Research into the Microbiome
Behind almost every discovery, there is a team. Breakthroughs grow out of scientific collaborations among extraordinary investigators. And another type of partnership can drive new knowledge: backing from generous supporters. Such is the case for Sarkis Mazmanian, the Luis B. and Nelly Soux Professor of Microbiology and a Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator at Caltech.
Carver Mead New Adventures Fund Empowers Early-Stage Research
Wearable biosensors to monitor depression. Algorithms to accelerate directed evolution. More accurate climate predictions. These are just a few of the advances Caltech’s Carver Mead New Adventures Fund has helped launch.
Dexter A. Bailey, Jr., Appointed Vice President for Advancement and Alumni Relations
A nationally recognized leader, Bailey brings more than two decades of development experience to the campus.
Caltech Faculty Receive Named Professorships
During the 2018–19 academic year, Caltech recognized three faculty members with the Institute’s most distinguished award for individual faculty—a named professorship.
New Fellowship Honors Robbie Vogt, Who Shaped World-Leading Observatories
Devoted educator deepened campus–JPL ties and helped bring about Voyager, the W. M. Keck Observatory, LIGO
For Caltech Scholarship Recipients, Opportunities Abound
Scholarships can change students’ lives, and they play an essential role in Caltech’s ability to attract talented, creative undergraduates.