Big-data-driven health employs the tools of genomics and phenomics (blood analyses, gut microbiome, and digital health of body and brain, genome sequence) on individuals to follow and optimize their health trajectory
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Transmission 2024
From the Board Chair of the Caltech Alumni Association
Meet the New Leader of Alumni Engagement
Following a national search, Mario Peraza, MEd, was named assistant vice president for alumni relations by Caltech, effective June 12,2024.
Americans in Paris
Travel is more than a destination. And despite the cliché, it’s more than the journey. The right travel companions can make a good trip into a great experience.
Mining the Skies
Have Joel Sercel, PhD (MS ’87, PhD ’93) and TransAstra finally figured out how to unlock the promise of asteroid mining?
William Helman
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The Price of Pixels
NFT platform founder Matt Lim, BS (BS ’17) on the future of the form
My Own Devices
Google privacy engineer Jeremy Gillula, PhD (BS ’06) on how protecting personal data became a priority—and what will shape the future of digital freedom
Donald Furst
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The Sustainable City
The United Nations predicts that 70% of the world’s population will live in urban centers in the next 30 years. The city of the future will need to function differently than it does today, and the change over the next three decades will be rapid.
The Lesson Plan {For AI}
How Advances in Edtech Can Help Ensure Educational Equity
The Hole Picture
The first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way








