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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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Dianne Newman and Barry Barish Elected to the American Philosophical Society
05/12/2025

Dianne Newman and Barry Barish Elected to the American Philosophical Society

Cynthia Eller

Two Caltech professors, Dianne Newman and Barry Barish, are among 38 new members of the oldest learned society in America.

Two portraits, Barry Barish on the left and Dianne Newman on the right. Barish wears a navy blue shirt and has a white mustache and beard; Newman has long dark hair and glasses and wears a flowered shirt.
Caltech Students Receive NSF Research Fellowships
04/23/2025

Caltech Students Receive NSF Research Fellowships

Cynthia Eller

Thirty-five Caltech students have received NSF graduate research fellowships.

Aerial photograph of Caltech campus from just south of California Boulevard showing campus buildings and San Gabriel mountains in the background.
Caltech Particle Physicists Part of Team Awarded Breakthrough Prize
04/14/2025

Caltech Particle Physicists Part of Team Awarded Breakthrough Prize

Whitney Clavin

Members of Large Hadron Collider collaborations honored with prestigious prize.

A picture of the CMS experiment
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