The Value of a Good Question
Caltech young alumni trustee Mason Smith (BS ’09) knows the value of a good question.
Student Experience
Complementing and enhancing Caltech’s challenging academic and research curriculum is an array of programs that ensure a healthy, supportive, and inspiring learning environment. Your investment in the student experience fosters Caltech students’ intellectual as well as personal growth, emboldens them to think creatively, and encourages them to reach their full potential.
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Caltech’s Center for Teaching, Learning, & Outreach (CTLO) helps faculty and students hone their skills in creatively teaching and learning complex material in the classroom and in the lab. The center also supports STEM education more broadly by fostering partnerships with local K-12 schools. Your investment in CTLO will inspire new generations of leaders in science and engineering.
Mathematician in Motion
For as long as he can remember, David Ignacio Fager has adored mathematics. In high school, he lived for Mu Alpha Theta competitions and skipped ahead in math textbooks the way impatient readers sometimes peek at the last page of a mystery novel.
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.
Covering All His Bases
Thanks to scholarships, Alex Wuschner can play baseball and try the dozen other things that make his Caltech experience fulfilling.
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.
In Situ and Out of Context
In search of inspiration for a senior research project on the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Caltech junior and biology major Jade Livingston assembled an ad hoc think tank of physics and engineering students.
Caltech Dedicates Hameetman Center, New Campus Hub for Entire Community
The Caltech community formally dedicated the long-awaited Hameetman Center on Thursday, February 28.
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The Synthesist
Like many who come to Caltech to learn and explore, undergraduate Damien Bérubé dreams of changing the world with science and engineering. But his personal vision—the force that drives him in the classroom, the lab, and beyond—is an uncommon one.