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Caltech Faculty Honored with New Horizons Prizes
04/20/2026

Caltech Faculty Honored with New Horizons Prizes

Whitney Clavin

Vesselin Dimitrov and Kimmy Wu honored for physics and math research

Vesselin and Kimmy headshots
Four Caltech Undergraduates Named Goldwater Scholars in 2026
04/16/2026

Four Caltech Undergraduates Named Goldwater Scholars in 2026

Sharon W. Tran

Third-years Avni Bansal, Aarya Riasati, Evan Zhang, and Rayhan Zirvi have been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.

Four headshots of students overlaying a colorful abstract background
John Dabiri and Joseph Lazio Named 2025 AAAS Fellows
03/26/2026

John Dabiri and Joseph Lazio Named 2025 AAAS Fellows

Katie Neith

Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are honored for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.

Portraits of John Dabiri and Joseph Lazio
Three Professors Named 2026 Sloan Fellows
02/17/2026

Three Professors Named 2026 Sloan Fellows

Elias Most, Huy Tuan Pham, and Lingfu Zhang have been selected to receive the 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship.

Three professors in a collage of images.
Undergraduate Akshar Ramkumar Selected as 2026–27 Churchill Scholar
01/28/2026

Undergraduate Akshar Ramkumar Selected as 2026–27 Churchill Scholar

Sharon W. Tran

Caltech fourth-year undergraduate Akshar Ramkumar, who studies mathematics, is one of this year's 16 recipients of the Churchill Scholarship, which provides funding for a one-year master's degree at the University of Cambridge.

A student smiles with the Caltech campus in the background
Caltech Physicist Honored with Watson Medal
01/22/2026

Caltech Physicist Honored with Watson Medal

Whitney Clavin

National Academy of Sciences honors Jonas Zmuidzinas for novel detector technologies.

Jonas Zmuidzinas in a white shirt and tan pants.
Caltech Astronomer Receives Gold Medal from Royal Astronomical Society
01/09/2026

Caltech Astronomer Receives Gold Medal from Royal Astronomical Society

Whitney Clavin

Shri Kulkarni is honored for his ground-breaking contributions to astrophysics.

Shri Kulkarni in a mauve shirt in front of a fountain.
Kareem El-Badry Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow
10/08/2025

Kareem El-Badry Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow

Whitney Clavin

Kareem El-Badry Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow

Kareem wears a tie-dye shirt outside.
Tom Hutchcroft Honored by London Mathematical Society
07/22/2025

Tom Hutchcroft Honored by London Mathematical Society

Whitney Clavin

Tom Hutchcroft, the Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Mathematics at Caltech, has received the 2025 Whitehead Prize from the London Mathematical Society.

Tom Hutchcroft
Caltech Graduate Student and Alumna Win DOE Fellowship for Computational Science
05/16/2025

Caltech Graduate Student and Alumna Win DOE Fellowship for Computational Science

Kimm Fesenmaier

Cheyanne E. Shariat and Laura Lewis (BS '23) use high-performance computing in their research on astrophysics and quantum information, respectively

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