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03/28/2019

NSF Director France Córdova to Speak at Caltech's 125th Commencement Ceremony

Davin Malasarn

The distinguished astrophysicist, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and Caltech alumna (PhD '79), will give the keynote speech at Caltech's 2019 Commencement ceremony on June 14.

02/20/2019

Kip Thorne Looks Back...and Ahead

In his February 27 Watson Lecture, Thorne will discuss the "warped side of our universe," and speculate on future discoveries about the birth of our universe and of the laws that govern it.

06/19/2017

Commencement 2017

Lorinda Dajose

Caltech's 123rd annual commencement

photo of Mae Jemison speaking at Caltech's 2017 Commencement

04/18/2017

Program Brings H.S. Students to Campus

Jon Nalick

For nearly two decades, the program has provided top science students with first-hand exposure to Caltech faculty and their research.

04/17/2017

Deciphering the Glass Universe

Lorinda Dajose

On April 4, author Dava Sobel visited Caltech to discuss her latest book, on women in astronomy.

An image of Dava Sobel speaking behind a podium.

03/23/2017

Seeing Other Worlds: Watson Lecture Preview

Lorinda Dajose

Astronomer Dimitri Mawet will give the April Watson Lecture about directly imaging planets outside of our solar system.

06/08/2016

The Next Big Thing

Nehaly Shah

We talked to a handful of undergraduate and graduate students prior to commencement to find out what they think will be the next big thing in science and engineering and how their plans after graduation reflect those ideas.

03/04/2016

The Thunder of Gravity in the Cosmos

Lorinda Dajose

Caltech professor of physics Rana Adhikari will describe how our understanding of the quantum physics of the very, very small has allowed us to explore the gravitational physics of the very, very large.