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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—which occasionally burst into flames.

A crowd of people watch the ME72 competition in front of the Beckman Auditorium, a round white building with columns

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

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

12/22/2022

Undergraduate Majoring in Math and Computer Science Named Marshall Scholar

Emily Velasco

Laura Lewis has received one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious scholarships and will study at both Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh.

12/19/2022

Caltech Partners to Launch the Global Student Haven Initiative

The initiative, which includes eight higher education institutions, aims to provide greater access to qualified student refugees who hope to pursue education in the United States.

09/20/2022

New Online Bookstore for Course Materials Available to Caltech Community

Omar Shamout

The Caltech Library has partnered with eCampus.com to open an online bookstore for course textbooks and materials. The store launched on September 12.

09/01/2022

High School Students Conduct Research with Caltech Mentors

Ann Motrunich

In one laboratory, a graduate student and three local high school students study ancient oceans.

Four people in K95-style masks and short-sleeved shirts stand at a tall table in a narrow, white-painted laboratory room, discussing and look at a gray rock in Bednarick's hands.

08/11/2022

Caltech Connections in Rose Bowl History

Ann Motrunich

Rose Bowl history and Caltech football history connect. The first Rose Bowl games were played on what became Caltech's athletic fields. Later, the Rose Bowl stadium was the site of many Beaver games and two legendary Caltech pranks.

A black and white photo shows a vast crowd seated around the empty field for the New Year's Day ,1921, University of California vs. Ohio State University bowl game, held at Tournament Park. Caltech's Throop Hall and other early campus buildings are visible in the background, in front of the hazy peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains.

07/13/2022

CCE Charts Path in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Emily Velasco

The Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering invests in ensuring it is welcoming to students from underrepresented backgrounds.

aerial view of Caltech looking northwest from the southeast corner of campus

06/13/2022

Summer Research Begins on Campus

After a two-year absence during the pandemic, undergraduate summer research fully returns to campus.

A collage showing undergraduate students participating in various kinds of research.

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