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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…

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…

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…

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…

On Saturday, March 11, Caltech released the last of its undergraduate admissions letters. In total, the admissions office notified 412 students, including those from earlier admissions rounds, of their acceptance to the Institute.The…

Sometimes it seems as though scientific advancement occurs at such a rapid pace that its effects on society are barely considered until they have already happened. A new center established at Caltech seeks to examine this intersection of…

Caltech has joined with 15 of the nation's most prominent universities and colleges in a new effort to help students from small-town and rural America enroll in, succeed at, and graduate from the undergraduate program of their choice.The…

The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) America has announced that it is awarding its highest honor, the Perkin Medal, to Frances Arnold, Caltech's Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry and…

A planet-spanning online image of Mars created at a scale of 5 meters per pixel was unveiled today. The image is freely available to the public and can be accessed online through Caltech's Bruce Murray Laboratory for Planetary…

Simulating solar flares on a scale the size of a banana, researchers at Caltech have parsed out the process by which these massive explosions blast potentially harmful energetic particles and X-rays into the cosmos.Corona loops are arches…