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10/19/2020

Caltech Joins Lawsuit to Block New Visa Rules

Caltech and five other research institutions and public universities, along with the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, and business, manufacturing, trade, and labor organizations, have filed suit in federal court to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing and enforcing interim final rules that were announced October 8.

photo of Parsons-Gates Hall of Administration

10/09/2020

Caltech Faculty Receive Named Professorships

During the 2019–20 academic year, Caltech recognized 11 faculty members with the Institute's most distinguished award for individual faculty, a named professorship, and four faculty members with leadership chairs.

09/26/2020

Caltech Launches Caltech Together, Providing Information on COVID-19 Preventative Health Measures and Community Support

Janna Gould

Faced with the new realities and challenges regarding how best to teach, learn, and conduct research during the COVID-19 pandemic, Caltech has launched Caltech Together: a risk-prevention and community-support campaign.

Moore Walk on the Caltech campus with a Caltech Together sign

09/17/2020

New Dean of Graduate Studies Named

Professor of Biology David Chan's appointment is effective October 1

09/17/2020

Caltech Suspends GRE Requirement for One Year

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Caltech graduate admissions in each division will not require applicants to submit GRE scores.

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09/11/2020

The Warrior-Scholar Project Brings Caltech STEM Education to Soldiers and Veterans

Andrew Moseman

Seventeen veterans and active-duty members of the military participated this summer in Caltech's first year as part of the Warrior-Scholar Project.

08/31/2020

Michelle Rosenthal Clark Appointed Caltech's Associate VP for Development

Ramanuj Basu

Clark, currently assistant vice chancellor at the University of California, San Francisco, assumes her Caltech position effective September 21, 2020.

08/13/2020

Caltech Announces Fully Remote Undergraduate Program for Fall 2020

Measures taken in response to new LA County protocols for higher education

San Pasqual walk during the coronavirus pandemic

07/13/2020

Caltech Joins in Lawsuit Challenging Order to Revoke Foreign Student Visas

The coalition of 20 research institutions, liberal arts colleges, and public universities in the West took action on behalf of more than 50,000 international students.

06/09/2020

France Córdova Elected as New Caltech Trustee

Davin Malasarn

The alumna (PhD '79), distinguished astrophysicist, and former director of the National Science Foundation, has been elected to Caltech’s Board of Trustees.

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