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Caltech's Battle of the Bots Returns for 38th Year
03/15/2023

Caltech's Battle of the Bots Returns for 38th Year

Julia Ehlert
The 38th annual ME72 Engineering Design Competition put Caltech students' skills to the test, featuring ball-launching, self-driving, all-terrain robots.
Team MechE Wednesdays with the ME72 trophy
Caltech Names New Executive Director for the Office of Planning, Design, and Construction
03/13/2023

Caltech Names New Executive Director for the Office of Planning, Design, and Construction

Leandra Davis, an established professional in higher education capital and master planning, has been named the new executive director for the Office of Planning, Design, and Construction within Caltech Facilities.
Leandra Davis smiles at the camera
Students Innovate Sustainability Solutions in 36-Hour Hackathon
03/10/2023

Students Innovate Sustainability Solutions in 36-Hour Hackathon

Julia Ehlert
Hacktech, Caltech’s annual intercollegiate coding competition, returned for a ninth year from March 3–5, 2023. More than 400 participating students conceived and developed projects to address issues in sustainability.
Aaron Zhao speaks in front of a screen that reads
First-Year Parents and Families Attend Caltech Family Weekend
03/01/2023

First-Year Parents and Families Attend Caltech Family Weekend

Julia Ehlert
More than 70 families joined the annual event to get a taste of the student academic experience.
Parents in the first two rows of an auditorium look to the stage, where a panel of students sit in front of a screen that says
Watson Lecture on March 1: Mory Gharib (PhD '83) on Harnessing the Waves of the Heart to Help Measure Health
02/27/2023

Watson Lecture on March 1: Mory Gharib (PhD '83) on Harnessing the Waves of the Heart to Help Measure Health

Katie Neith
On Wednesday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. PT in Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus, Morteza (Mory) Gharib (PhD ’83), the Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Medical Engineering, will continue the 100th anniversary season of the Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series with “Enigma of the Heart.”
"Green Comet" Viewing Event Brings Community Together
02/09/2023

"Green Comet" Viewing Event Brings Community Together

Julia Ehlert
Caltech’s astronomy outreach group hosted an event for community members to see and learn about the “green comet” discovered by Caltech-led Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at Palomar Observatory.
A cluster of stars as seen through a telescope's eyepiece, with a glowing green blob in the middle
Sustainable Renovation at Caltech
01/19/2023

Sustainable Renovation at Caltech

Ann Motrunich
A conversation on how the trailblazing Linde Laboratory renovation influenced the future of green construction on campus
A cream-colored, three-story building with ornate sculptures including a bas relief of the sun behind the broad, third-story balcony. An open, white telescope dome rises from the flat roof of the building, with a bright blue sky above. In the foreground is a decomposed-granite landscape and a few tree branches, and on the left a slightly taller concrete buiding.
Caltech Replaces Cooling Towers, Increasing Sustainability
01/19/2023

Caltech Replaces Cooling Towers, Increasing Sustainability

Brian Smith
Modernization of the Central Utility Plant’s four-decade-old cooling towers mean they can do their work--providing chilled water to cool classrooms and keep research equipment from overheating--more sustainably, efficiently, and quietly.
Aerial view shows a baseball diamond adjacent to four buildings with equipment or solar panels on their rooftops. Six cylindrical towers jut out of the central building, each with a metal fan visible inside it. In the foreground, trees, a few cars, and orange construction barriers line a paved, two-lane street.
The New Class of Caltech Coaches
01/17/2023

The New Class of Caltech Coaches

Andrew Moseman
Several new head coaches have joined Caltech Athletics over the last two years, igniting a culture change within these teams and injecting new technical know-how.
Women's Basketball Coach Annie Tarakchian with her team
Watson Lecture on January 18: Claire Bucholz on the Fascinating Story of Earth's Oxygen
01/11/2023

Watson Lecture on January 18: Claire Bucholz on the Fascinating Story of Earth's Oxygen

Katie Neith
On Wednesday, January 18, at 7:30 p.m. PT in Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus, Claire E. Bucholz, Caltech assistant professor of geology and this year’s Biedebach Memorial Lecturer, will continue the 100th anniversary season of the Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series with "When Earth Breathed Deeply."
Photo of Claire Bucholz