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Caltech Program Fosters Scientific Curiosity in Kids
06/01/2017

Caltech Program Fosters Scientific Curiosity in Kids

Jon Nalick
Caltech volunteers bring eye-popping, hands-on science demonstrations to local schools.
First-year geophysics graduate student Celeste Labedz shows off the results of her comet-making demonstration at a May 18 Science Night event at Field Elementary School in Pasadena.
Alumni Return for GPS 90th
05/30/2017

Alumni Return for GPS 90th

Robert Perkins
At the Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences 90th Anniversary symposium, alumni from throughout the division's history shared their stories.
Walter Munk
Lessons in the Lab
05/30/2017

Lessons in the Lab

Nobel laureate Robert H. Grubbs shapes fields of science, but his door is always open to students.
Caltech senior Andrew Romine
Class Act: Chemistry 101
05/30/2017

Class Act: Chemistry 101

A newly reinvented class gives undergrads a low-stakes way to explore topics in chemistry.
Graduate student Kelsey Boyle, who is co-teaching (with Rebekah Silva), a tutorial course on DNA and cancer for the newly reinvented Chemistry 101. Photo/Caltech
Time to Crack Some Stacks—It's Ditch Day!
05/26/2017

Time to Crack Some Stacks—It's Ditch Day!

Ditch Day, one of Caltech's oldest traditions, took place on May 26.
Caltech’s Keck Center Rededicated
05/25/2017

Caltech’s Keck Center Rededicated

Center renamed in honor of former Trustee W. M. Keck Jr.
Caltech President Thomas Rosenbaum (left) and members of the Keck family at rededication ceremony.
Chemistry Student Receives Fulbright Fellowship
05/25/2017

Chemistry Student Receives Fulbright Fellowship

Emily Velasco
Gerri Roberts, a chemistry student, has received a Fulbright fellowship to study new anti-cancer drugs in Germany.
Gerri Roberts
Inside Look: the Chen Institute at Caltech
05/22/2017

Inside Look: the Chen Institute at Caltech

Lori Oliwenstein
Philanthropists Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo support brain research that promotes and improves the well-being of humanity.
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Fool Me Twice
05/22/2017

Fool Me Twice

Julie Jester (BS ’14) wanted to make Caltech history—specifically the history of Caltech pranks.
Julie Jester
Inside Look: the Chen Institute at Caltech
05/22/2017

Inside Look: the Chen Institute at Caltech

Lori Oliwenstein
Philanthropists Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo support brain research that promotes and improves the well-being of humanity
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