Caltech Home > Home > News
Search open search form

News RSS Icon Subscribe via RSS

From Techer: Technology For All
04/06/2022

From Techer: Technology For All

Andrew Moseman
Google’s Eve Andersson, MS (BS ’96), on how accessible design can foster both inclusion and innovation
Eve Andersson wearing a green shirt in front of a soft-focus background
Caltech Names David Kang Associate Vice President for Facilities
04/06/2022

Caltech Names David Kang Associate Vice President for Facilities

Lori Oliwenstein-Kluger
David Kang, a seasoned facilities and emergency management professional and public safety leader, has been appointed Caltech’s associate vice president for facilities. He will start at Caltech on June 1.
Portrait of David Kang wearing glasses and a dark suit and tie.
Watson Lecture on April 13: Jennifer Jahner on How COVID Changed the Way People Think and Talk about Risk
04/06/2022

Watson Lecture on April 13: Jennifer Jahner on How COVID Changed the Way People Think and Talk about Risk

Andrew Moseman
On Wednesday, April 13, at 5 p.m. PDT, Jennifer Jahner, Caltech professor of English, will continue the 2021–22 Watson Lecture season with "The Rhetoric of Chance in Times of Pandemic."
Photograph of Jennifer Jahner
Instagram Account Created by Caltech Alumna Continues to Highlight Women in STEM
03/29/2022

Instagram Account Created by Caltech Alumna Continues to Highlight Women in STEM

Jon Nalick
“Women.Doing.Science” has been serving up photos and brief bios of hundreds of researchers—including many from Caltech—over the past four years.
Alex Phillips
Match Madness: Caltech Alumni Take on MIT in Virtual Chess Tourney
03/24/2022

Match Madness: Caltech Alumni Take on MIT in Virtual Chess Tourney

Andrew Moseman
On March 20, 2021, Caltech Alumni faced off against MIT graduates for Match Madness, the Institutes’ first ever virtual chess tournament.
A wooden chessboard featuring the black and white chess pieces in their starting positions.
Caltech Hosts Largest Quantum Information Conference
03/14/2022

Caltech Hosts Largest Quantum Information Conference

Whitney Clavin
Scientists from around the globe gathered in Pasadena to talk about quantum computers and more.
stock artwork of abstract computer workings
Organizing Aid to His Native Ukraine
03/04/2022

Organizing Aid to His Native Ukraine

Kathy Svitil
Caltech graduate student mobilizes effort to support his homeland and offers reflections on the experience at a distance
Caltech graduate student Roman Korol loads boxes of humanitarian aid for Ukraine into his car
Great Minds Think Together
03/02/2022

Great Minds Think Together

Andrew Moseman
Cohorts that unite scholars and researchers from a wide variety of backgrounds are crucial to Caltech’s culture of interdisciplinary collaboration. Donors to Break Through: The Caltech Campaign amplified existing cohorts and established new ones.
A four-photo collage of Caltech cohorts
Tinkering with Physics
02/11/2022

Tinkering with Physics

Whitney Clavin
Zach Tobin has made a career out of having fun with gadgets.
Zach Tobin in front of the Rubens' tube demo.
Caltech Names Laurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD '95) Director of JPL
01/27/2022

Caltech Names Laurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD '95) Director of JPL

Distinguished geochemist and space scientist brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in academic and government service to JPL
Laurie Leshin