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Innovation Week
12/08/2016

Innovation Week

Robert Perkins
Caltech's Innovation Week speakers offered guidance, experience, and encouragement to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Speaker
Bill Gates Blogs about Visit to Caltech
11/30/2016

Bill Gates Blogs about Visit to Caltech

Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates blogged on November 30 about his recent visit to Caltech and his thoughts on the pioneering research being done here.
Image of Bill Gates speaking with Dean of Undergraduate Students Kevin Gilmartin
Amgen Scholars "Ten to Watch" Includes Two with Caltech Ties
11/23/2016

Amgen Scholars "Ten to Watch" Includes Two with Caltech Ties

Jon Nalick
The Amgen Foundation highlighted two program alumni with Caltech ties as "especially poised to impact the future of science and medicine."
logo for Amgen, white on blue
The Real-life Pride and Prejudices of Jane Austen
11/16/2016

The Real-life Pride and Prejudices of Jane Austen

Lori Oliwenstein
Caltech's partnership with The Huntington enriches students' studies.
photo of a first-edition volume of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
SURF 2016
11/09/2016

SURF 2016

Lorinda Dajose
Domestic violence in 19th-century England, teaching a computer to play an Atari game—a glimpse at undergraduate research at Caltech.
Jagriti Agrawal and Yisong Yue.
A Caltech Halloween Tradition Continues
11/02/2016

A Caltech Halloween Tradition Continues

Anybody can smash a pumpkin, but students at Caltech do it on a grand scale.
Photo of pumpkin falling
Visualization Brings Data to Life
10/28/2016

Visualization Brings Data to Life

Lorinda Dajose
Students from around the country use design and programming principles to solve data visualization challenges facing Caltech and JPL researchers.
comparison-rows-genome
Bill Gates at Caltech
10/24/2016

Bill Gates at Caltech

Robert Perkins
Legendary technologist and philanthropist Bill Gates offers wisdom and advice to the next generation of scientists and engineers at Caltech.
Gates Q&A
The Wikipedian Geobiologist
10/24/2016

The Wikipedian Geobiologist

Lorinda Dajose
A conversation with Alice Michel (BS '16), who spearheaded the effort to give geobiology a home on Wikipedia.
Stromatolites
Engelmann Oak Treated for Fungal Infection
10/15/2016

Engelmann Oak Treated for Fungal Infection

Caltech's historic 400-year-old Engelmann oak has been severely weakened by a fungal infection and the ongoing drought.
photo of Caltech's Engelmann oak tree