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New Courses for the 2015–16 School Year
09/28/2015

New Courses for the 2015–16 School Year

Lorinda Dajose
The start of the 2015–2016 school year brings not only new freshmen and faculty, but also new courses.
Freshmen and Faculty Participate in Book Discussion
09/24/2015

Freshmen and Faculty Participate in Book Discussion

Lorinda Dajose
Caltech faculty and staff members led roundtable discussion groups with the incoming freshman class of 2019 about this year's freshman summer reading.
Caltech Interns Summer in Japan
09/18/2015

Caltech Interns Summer in Japan

Cynthia Eller
The Caltech–Japan Internship Program was started in 1994. As interns, students collaborate on industrial projects with Japanese companies, usually living in company-owned dormitory housing. They are immersed in Japanese business culture while simultaneously honing their language skills.
Women in STEM Preview Day
08/12/2015

Women in STEM Preview Day

Lorinda Dajose
More than 100 high school seniors and their families got an inside look at the impact Caltech women are making in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
$100 Million Gift from Gordon and Betty Moore Will Bolster Graduate Fellowships
07/27/2015

$100 Million Gift from Gordon and Betty Moore Will Bolster Graduate Fellowships

Alyce Nicolo and Wayne Lewis
The Moores describe Caltech as a one-of-a-kind institution in its ability to train budding scientists and engineers and conduct high-risk research with world-changing results—and they are committed to helping the Institute maintain that ability far into the future.
Clean Water For Nepal
07/22/2015

Clean Water For Nepal

Dave Zobel
As members of Caltech's Engineering Without Borders chapter, a group of Caltech undergraduates are working together this summer to build and implement a gravity flow and slow-sand water filtration system that could provide a reliable supply of clean water for about 100 households.
New VP for Student Affairs
07/07/2015

New VP for Student Affairs

Douglas Smith
After serving the last six years as the dean of graduate studies, Joseph Shepherd (PhD '81), the C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and professor of mechanical engineering, is taking on a new leadership role as the vice president for student affairs.
InnoWorks 2015
07/01/2015

InnoWorks 2015

Douglas Smith
Caltech's InnoWorks team hosted 57 middle-school students from the Pasadena area for a week of hands-on science and engineering projects in Caltech's Scott Brown Gymnasium.
New Dean of Graduate Studies Named
06/26/2015

New Dean of Graduate Studies Named

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
Doug Rees has been named the new dean of graduate studies at Caltech.
Students in Bioengineering Course Take Inspiration from Nature
06/19/2015

Students in Bioengineering Course Take Inspiration from Nature

Cynthia Eller
A new class in bioengineering debuted this term at Caltech: "Exploring Biological Principles Through Bio-Inspired Design." On June 4, teams of two to three students presented their bioinspired creations to each other and to the professors, postdocs, and TAs who worked with them over the course of the term.