Most of the time, when someone gets a cut, scrape, burn, or other wound, the body takes care of itself and heals on its own. But this is not always the case. Diabetes can interfere with the healing process and create wounds that will not go away and that could become infected and fester.These kinds […]

Nick Nichols, an administrator and honorary alumnus who worked at Caltech for 53 years, passed away on January 14, 2023.Known for his leadership on campus and at JPL, Nichols brought an entrepreneurial spirit to his post as director of the Industrial Relations Center (IRC) and formed lasting bonds between the Caltech community and the technology […]

Caltech has joined eight other member colleges and universities in the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) to launch a new initiative that aims to enhance outreach efforts to inform families and prospective students across the state, particularly low-income and first-generation students, of the resources and support services available to students on each […]

As with many of Caltech's time-honored traditions, the annual ME72 Engineering Design Competition pushes students to the limits of possibility. Unlike other Caltech traditions, ME72 involves ball-launching, self-driving, all-terrain robots—which occasionally burst into flames.Every year from September to March, third-year mechanical engineering undergraduates take ME 72, a two-term, hands-on lab course. Advised by instructor Michael […]

Leandra Davis, an established professional in higher education capital and master planning, has been named the new executive director for the Office of Planning, Design, and Construction within Caltech Facilities. She will begin her tenure at the Institute on April 10.Davis joins Caltech after spending more than 15 years at the University of Pennsylvania, where […]

A web app that connects users with local tailors to extend the lifespan of their clothes. A sustainability-focused news aggregator that uses AI to summarize articles. A machine learning model that predicts the most efficient locations to place solar panels. These are just a few of the projects students created in 36 hours for Hacktech, […]

On August 17, 2017, around 70 telescopes collectively turned their gaze to a fiery collision between two dead stars that took place millions of light-years away. The telescopes watched the event unfold in a rainbow of wavelengths, from radio waves to visible light to the highest-energy gamma rays. As the pair of ultra-dense neutron stars […]

In the latest advance in nano- and micro-architected materials, engineers at Caltech have developed a new material made from numerous interconnected microscale knots.The knots make the material far tougher than identically structured but unknotted materials: they absorb more energy and are able to deform more while still being able to return to their original shape […]

Richard Rosenberg, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of America, and a life member of the Caltech community, passed away on March 3, 2023. He was 92 years old.Rosenberg was first appointed to the Caltech Board of Trustees in 1989. While he was an active member of the board, he served as chair […]

From February 24-26, Caltech welcomed over 70 families of first-year students to campus for Family Weekend, a three-day annual event that offers an in-person sampling of the undergraduate student experience.On Saturday morning, the "Life at Caltech" panel featured six upper-level undergraduate students and moderator Kristin Weyman, associate dean of undergraduate students. Each student spoke about […]