Thank you very much, David, and what a gorgeous day. Wow.And good morning, everyone! It is really my great honor to be here today for Caltech's 131st Commencement Ceremony. First, I'd like to acknowledge the faculty and trustees, and to thank Caltech's professional staff, the people who really do all the work to make these […]

On Friday, June 13th, Caltech honored its 614 graduates with 619 degrees: 250 bachelor's degrees, 148 master's degrees, and 221 doctoral degrees.The graduates, joined by hundreds of family members, friends, and community members as well as the Institute's trustees and faculty, were honored in a ceremony on Beckman Mall. It was a bright, warm day, […]

All humans who have ever lived were once each an individual cell, which then divided countless times to produce a body made up of around 10 trillion cells. These cells have busy lives, executing all kinds of dynamic movement: contracting every time we flex a muscle, migrating toward the site of an injury, and rhythmically […]

The future of yellow dwarf stars, like our Sun, is determined almost entirely by their mass. The most massive stars, about eight to 12 times heftier than the Sun, can explode as supernovae, leading to the most extreme objects in the universe—neutron stars and black holes. But low-mass stars, a group that includes our Sun, […]

Caltech scientists are actively studying how to seamlessly integrate technology—things like sensors, actuators, and microprocessors, but also novel materials—into things that we wear. And the social media and technology company Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), has spent the past 10 years pushing forward the development of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technologies, while also investigating the […]

This summer, six Caltech students will enjoy international experiences courtesy of two summer travel awards funded by Caltech alumni. The Amasa Bishop Summer Study Abroad Fellowship will support Camilla Power, a third-year chemistry major, while she takes a French intensive course through Alliance Française in Nice Côte d'Azur, France, and Areeg Al-Dayni, a first-year bioengineering […]

Dr. Walter Massey, president emeritus of Morehouse College and of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, former director of the National Science Foundation, and former director of Argonne National Laboratory, will deliver the keynote address at Caltech's 131st Commencement Ceremony on June 13, 2025.Here, he reflects on his remarkable career; the lessons he […]

Across the cosmos, many stars can be found in pairs, gracefully circling one another. Yet one of the most dramatic pairings occurs between two orbiting black holes, formed after their massive progenitor stars exploded in supernova blasts. If these black holes lie close enough together, they will ultimately collide and form an even more massive […]

Each year, the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation offers awards to undergraduate students in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Among the 441 students receiving this award for the 2025–26 academic year are two Caltech students: Kyle Chen and Indeever Madireddy.Chen hails from Columbia, Missouri, and is studying mechanical engineering with an advanced […]

Sunney Chan, Caltech's George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry, Emeritus, died on May 5. He was 88 years old.Chan rose from humble beginnings to become an eminent biophysical chemist at Caltech and later in Taiwan. He pushed the boundaries of investigating biological molecules with a technique known as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Chan was […]