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05/22/2015

Ditch Day 2015

On May 22, students celebrated Ditch Day, one of Caltech's oldest traditions.

05/18/2015

Caltech Students Named Goldwater Scholars

Lorinda Dajose

Two Caltech students, Saaket Agrawal and Paul Dieterle, have been awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for the 2015–16 academic year. The program, established by Congress in 1986, provides financial support to college students who intend to pursue research careers in science, mathematics, and engineering.

05/11/2015

Pennies for Ditch Day

Dave Zobel

When Caltech's class of 2014 chose to donate a penny press as their senior class gift, they added one stipulation: profits from the press can only be used to help students offset the cost of one the Institute's most famed traditions.

05/06/2015

Caltech's 2015 Watson Fellows

Douglas Smith

Caltech seniors Janani Mandayam Comar and Aaron Krupp have been named 2015 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship winners. Fifty fellows were selected from a pool of nearly 700 candidates.

Caltech's 2015 Watson Fellows, Janani Mandayam Comar and Aaron Krupp.

04/29/2015

Caltech Dining Recognized for Midnight Madness Breakfast

Shayna Chabner McKinney

Caltech's Dining Services team was recently honored with a 2015 Loyal E. Horton Dining Award from the National Association of College and University Food Services, taking home a bronze award for its Midnight Madness event.

04/16/2015

English Professor Awarded Feynman Teaching Prize

Cynthia Eller

Professor of English Kevin Gilmartin, who has taught at Caltech for the past 24 years, was honored with the prize that recognizes a Caltech professor annually for demonstrating an "unusual ability, creativity, and innovation" in teaching.

04/08/2015

Techers Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Kimm Fesenmaier

Thirty-one current Caltech students and 12 alumni to receive support for research-based master's or doctoral programs in science or engineering.

04/06/2015

Two Caltech Seniors Win Hertz Fellowships

Douglas Smith

Caltech seniors Adam Jermyn and Charles Tschirhart have been named 2015 Hertz Fellowship winners. Selected from a pool of approximately 800 applicants, the awardees will receive up to five years of support for their graduate studies.

2015 Hertz Foundation Fellows Charles Tschirhart (left) and Adam Jermyn (right)

04/02/2015

Caltech Space Challenge: Mission to an Asteroid in Lunar Orbit

Kimm Fesenmaier

Thirty two students from around the world converged on campus to test their space mission design skills. Their task? To design the best manned mission to an asteroid placed in orbit around the moon . . . in just five days.

03/25/2015

Caltech Athlete Wins Prestigious Community Service Award

Lorinda Dajose

Rob Anderson Selected for the 2015 Allstate National Association of Basketball Coaches Good Works Team for his extensive work on sustainable energy projects.

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