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SURF Students Present Research
On Thursday, students participating in Caltech's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program will share their research results from the last 10 weeks.News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradSURF...
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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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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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Moneyball Comes to Caltech
News Writer: Cynthia EllerThe new course, The Theory and Practice of Moneyball, is taught by Caltech professor of political science and dean of undergraduate students Rod Kiewiet, and Fred Claire,...
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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 to support underrepresented minority graduate students in the fields of mathematics, the...
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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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John Dabiri Named Dean of Undergraduate Students
News Writer: Katie NeithCredit: Verity SmithStarting on July 1, 2014, John Dabiri, professor of aeronautics and bioengineering, will serve as Caltech's dean of undergraduate students.
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Spring Break in the Galápagos
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierPart of the group explores a mangrove lagoon in Elizabeth Bay on Isla Isabela. [View the slideshow]Credit: Aleena PatelAs the final element of Evolution, Caltech's new Bi/Ge...
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Ditch Day? It’s Today, Frosh!
News Writer: Andrew AllanDuring this annual spring rite seniors ditch their classes and vanish from campus, leaving behind complex, carefully planned out puzzles and challenges—known as...
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Science & Engineering Policy at Caltech
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech graduate students and SEPAC officers Katherine (Kat) Saad and Thomas Catanach in Washington D.C. for Congressional Visit Day.For proof that Caltech students are indeed...
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Friends of the Caltech Library Award Prize to Two Senior Theses
News Writer: Cynthia EllerEric Mukherjee and Stephanie LagaThe Senior Thesis Prize is intended to encourage undergraduates to complete a formal work of scholarship as a capstone project for their...
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Seniors Named Fulbright Scholars
News Writer: Kathy SvitilKaja Luxem and Stephanie LagaTwo graduating Caltech seniors, Stephanie Laga and Katja Luxem, have been selected to receive 2014–2015 Fulbright scholarships to pursue graduate...
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Students Win National and International Prizes
News Writer: Kathy SvitilCaltech students have collected an array of awards this spring, including two Fulbright grants, a Watson Fellowship, three Goldwater Scholarships, an American-Scandinavian...
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Caltech’s Student Leaders
News Writer: Cynthia EllerMichael Post, Connor Coley, and Zach RivkinCredit: Jenny SomervilleIn keeping with Caltech’s long tradition of student self-governance, student leaders are elected by their...
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A Taste of Weightlessness
News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierCredit: NASA/Bill StaffordRecently, senior physics major Lisa Lee had an opportunity to conduct a medical technology experiment aboard NASA's reduced gravity aircraft at...
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Sink or Swim: Students Prep for RoboSub Competition
News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradBruce practicing in the pool at Caltech.Credit: Caltech Robotics TeamStudents on the Caltech Robotics Team have created a robotic submarine that will compete in the...
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SURF Students Present Research
News Writer: Kathy SvitilThe SURF program supports students from Caltech and other universities while they participate in real laboratory research on campus. Since the program's inception in 1979, more...
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Measuring Earthquake Shaking with the Community Seismic Network
News Writer: Cynthia EllerCaltech junior Kevin Li spent his 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) working with mentor Julian Bunn, the principal computational scientist for Caltech's...
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New Master of Student Houses Appointed
News Writer: Kathy SvitilFollowing Caltech tradition, the MOSH is a professorial faculty member who focuses on promoting a positive overall experience for Caltech undergraduates and acts as a liaison...
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Honored Student Scientists Return for their Senior Year
News Writer: Kathy SvitilGoldwater Scholars Adam Jermyn (left) and Charles Tschirhart (right).Among this year's cadre of returning Caltech students are four seniors—Adam Jermyn, Ann Miao Wang, Charles...
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