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Campus Sustainability Month: Give Surplus Equipment to Schools
10/05/2023

Campus Sustainability Month: Give Surplus Equipment to Schools

Marisa Demers
The Lab Equipment Access Program seeks equipment donations from the campus community.
A group of people stand behind a digital banner that reads: Campus Sustainability Month
Caltech Program Empowers SoCal Students
10/05/2023

Caltech Program Empowers SoCal Students

Ann Motrunich
A three-year-old program has brought Caltech experiences to students and teachers across Southern California, helped address inequities, and connected future scientists with each other.
Six people stand smiling in front of a screen that says "Lyman Alpha Emiting Galaxies Analysis"
Physicists Find Evidence for Magnetically Bound Excitons
10/05/2023

Physicists Find Evidence for Magnetically Bound Excitons

Whitney Clavin
"Hubbard excitons" could lead to novel technologies
Artist's concept of Hubbard excitons.
Roukes Wins NIH Director's Transformative Research Award
10/03/2023

Roukes Wins NIH Director's Transformative Research Award

Cynthia Eller
Michael Roukes, Caltech's Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering, has been awarded the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Director's Transformative Research Award.
Michael Roukes giving TED talk
New Merkin Center Takes in AIM
10/02/2023

New Merkin Center Takes in AIM

Cynthia Eller
The Richard N. Merkin Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics has now taken up residence on the 8th floor of Caltech Hall and is hosting the American Institute for Mathematics.
students in classroom with professor at whiteboard
Incoming Caltech Undergrad Is Published in Physical Review Letters
10/02/2023

Incoming Caltech Undergrad Is Published in Physical Review Letters

Cynthia Eller
Amith Varambally of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, comes to Caltech as a first-year undergraduate student in fall 2023 already a co-author of a journal article related to his work as a high school intern at MIT in summer 2022.
Amith Varambally on Caltech campus
Cosmic Web Lights Up in the Darkness of Space
09/28/2023

Cosmic Web Lights Up in the Darkness of Space

Whitney Clavin
Keck Cosmic Web Imager offers best glimpse yet of the filamentous network that connects galaxies
3-D picture of the cosmic web.
Announcing the 2023-24 Watson Lecture Season
09/26/2023

Announcing the 2023-24 Watson Lecture Season

Katie Neith
The 101st season of Caltech's Watson Lectures will feature new engagement activities in addition to the stimulating talks on research and innovation for which the series is known.
Exterior Beckman Auditorium with Caltech logo block letter sign
SPHEREx Space Telescope Stays Cool in Basement at Caltech
09/21/2023

SPHEREx Space Telescope Stays Cool in Basement at Caltech

Whitney Clavin
The infrared-seeking space telescope is undergoing tests inside a customized chamber
SPHEREx team members can be seen here in a reflection from the chamber's gold-coated, sapphire window.
The Joy of Discovery: Convocation Welcomes New Students to Campus
09/20/2023

The Joy of Discovery: Convocation Welcomes New Students to Campus

Julia Ehlert
Laurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD '95), director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, delivered a keynote address to new undergraduate and graduate students about the passionate pursuit of discovery.
Students walk under a balloon arch into Convocation
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