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.

Tanmay Gupta (BS ’24) on why computing with light could let satellites process data in orbit instead of beaming terabytes back to Earth.

How four recent grads used their Prize to step away from established careers and into filmmaking, science journalism, immunotherapy, and energy policy.

Patt Morrison talks Einstein at Caltech with Diana Kormos-Buchwald, the Robert M. Abbey Professor of History who has run the Einstein Papers Project for 25 years.

How the death of Miao Cui’s mentor, Caltech professor Eric Davidson, led her to a research pivot that is yielding promising results.

The new Palomar Observatory director on commissioning next-generation instruments, hunting for the next Earth, and why there’s no place like the mountain.

Caltech alumni cut through the hype to share which tools are delivering real results, and where human expertise remains irreplaceable.

Volunteer-led alumni gatherings get a boost from a new CAA initiative designed to ease logistics and strengthen community.

How David Crocker (BS ’77) revolutionized drumstick manufacturing at Vic Firth.

Meet four Techers whose breakthroughs in materials, mathematics, chemistry, and biophysics are shaping science, medicine, and technology—and inspiring the next generation of Distinguished Alumni.

Thomas F. Rosenbaum and Holden Thorp joined Sandra Tsing Loh to tackle trust, funding, and the future of the research enterprise.

Alums Grace Peng and Ryan Casey leverage their computer science backgrounds to help the storied franchise make winning decisions