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Alumni News

Shifting Approaches to a Timeless Injustice

by Angelica ZhouI dove into the second quarter of my environmental justice project by delving into the history of the movement and examining the timelessness of environmental racism. To begin, I read, From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the...

Write Your Health

by Pauline KuThere’s an introspection that occurs when you write and discover things about your past that start to combine into a complex tapestry of trauma, pain, but also humor and light. This is not what I set out to do initially when I began the MFA in Bilingual...

Greening the Golden State

by Angelica ZhouIn the first quarter of my project, “Understanding and Alleviating Environmental Inequality in Underprivileged Communities,” I was able to explore different facets of the fight for environmental justice while contributing to the efforts in my local...

Tara Gomez-Hampton (PhD ’11) Joins CAA Board

In late 2020, the Caltech Alumni Association Board proudly welcomed Tara Gomez-Hampton (PhD '11) as its newest member. The 15-member volunteer board, charged with setting strategy and direction for CAA and representing alumni at Caltech, currently comprises graduates...
Caltech by the Numbers

Caltech by the Numbers

The Caltech Alumni Association (CAA) was founded in 1920. Today, CAA serves a growing community of 25,500 Caltech alumni around the world, including some of the brightest minds in science, engineering, and business.

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We’re Here For You

We’re Here For You

To our alumni community, At the Caltech Alumni Association, we believe nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of you — our alumni. We’re here to assist you in every way we can to help you connect with Techers around the world and leverage your...

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Two Recent Alumnae Win the Second Annual Chang Career Exploration Prize

Two Recent Alumnae Win the Second Annual Chang Career Exploration Prize

Caltech has awarded the second annual Milton and Rosalind Chang Career Exploration Prize to one undergraduate alumna, Preethi Periyakoil (BS ’18, Computer Science) and one graduate alumna, Nicole Tetreault (PhD ’13, Biology). Periyakoil received the Chang Prize for her proposed project “University Support Text Line,” and Tetreault received the prize to work on her project “Beyond the Cell.”

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