Magazine
How the Chang Prize Helped Four Alumni Pursue New Passions
How four recent grads used their Prize to step away from established careers and into filmmaking, science journalism, immunotherapy, and energy policy.
Her PhD Advisor Died of a Heart Attack. Now She’s Teaching Hearts to Heal Themselves.
How the death of Miao Cui’s mentor, Caltech professor Eric Davidson, led her to a research pivot that is yielding promising results.
The Olives of Caltech
In an excerpt from a 2022 oral history, former president Jean-Lou Chameau recalls how a chance encounter with students grew into a campus-wide harvest, and eventually, a $5 million bottle of olive oil.
Ray Jayawardhana Begins His Term as Caltech’s 10th President
Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana began his term as Caltech’s 10th president on July 1. Read his letter to the community, watch his message, and see his Q&A.
News
Athanassios Fokas Profiled in New Short Film Based on His Book, Ways of Comprehending
The documentary follows Fokas from his 1975 arrival at Caltech through his case against specialization and his work on the brain
Caroline Paules Is Manufacturing Affordable Cottages That Install in a Day
The mechanical engineer (BS ’19) spent eight years volunteering with unhoused neighbors before turning her mass-manufacturing training on the housing shortage.
Three Caltech Alumni Named to Scientific American’s Inaugural Young American Scientists List
Chee-Huat Linus Eng, Anna Ho, and Christina V. Theodoris are among 28 early-career researchers recognized.
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A new series designed to bring timely, thought-provoking conversations to Caltech alumni worldwide.
Techer Live
Future Prospects for American Science
Thomas F. Rosenbaum and Holden Thorp joined Sandra Tsing
Loh to tackle trust, funding, and the future of the research
enterprise.
Einstein: beyond the Myth
APRIL 15, 2026 | ALUMNI NEWS, TECHER LIVE
A conversation with Caltech’s Diana Kormos-Buchwald and the LA Times’ Patt Morrison on Einstein’s Pasadena years and what his example might offer scientists today.
AI in the Wild: What Actually Works
FEB 12, 2026 | ALUMNI NEWS, TECHER LIVE
Caltech alumni cut through the hype to share which tools are delivering real results, and where human expertise remains irreplaceable.