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04/06/2018

Caltech Senior Awarded Hertz Fellowship

Emily Velasco

Gabby Tender, a senior majoring in chemistry, will receive five years of financial support to pursue a PhD and conduct research of her choice in science, math, or engineering.

04/05/2018

Campus Hosts First-Ever Science for March Event

Jon Nalick

Family-friendly educational booths and lectures draw large crowds.

Participating groups, including several from campus and JPL as well as the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Pasadena City College, and the Los Angeles Zoo, hosted dozens of booths.

03/23/2018

Event to Celebrate Science Comes to Campus March 31

Jon Nalick

The inaugural Science for March will feature family-friendly interactive booths and lectures.

collection of science images and symbols

03/23/2018

New Watson Fellow

Robert Perkins

A Thomas J. Watson Fellowship has been awarded to Caltech senior Michelle Wang.

03/13/2018

33rd Annual ME 72 Competition

Robert Perkins

Robot tanks designed and built by undergraduate students battled one another on Beckman Mall at the 33rd annual ME 72 Engineering Design Competition.

03/13/2018

2018 ME 72: Tank Wars

Robert Perkins

At this year's Engineering Design Competition, six teams squared off with robot tanks. Get the play by play.

03/08/2018

New Class Explores the Humanity of Animals

Emily Velasco

Professor of Comparative Literature Jocelyn Holland is teaching a new class at Caltech this term, The Human Animal, which uses literature from the 16th through 18th centuries to discuss questions about animal intelligence, whether animals have souls, and what makes a human.

Image of a 19th-century engraving depicting animals dressed in Victorian garb and acting as humans

03/02/2018

Q&A: The Importance of Science Outreach

Whitney Clavin

Evan Kirby discusses his work with high school students and his recent Cottrell Scholarship.

02/13/2018

Caltech Students Win Prestigious Churchill Scholarship

Whitney Clavin

Two Caltech students have been awarded the Churchill Scholarship to pursue graduate studies at the University of Cambridge.

02/12/2018

Networking with Tech Leaders

Students meet with science and tech luminaries from Chicago.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Caltech President Thomas F. Rosenbaum discuss the role of science and technology in government at a lunch with students and faculty on Monday. Emanuel, along with a delegation of Chicago business leaders, visited Caltech as

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