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Four presidents discuss the role of institutions of higher education in times of political change and social turmoil.

For the handful of students in Caltech's legendary Physics 11 seminar, jumping over hurdles is just the beginning.

On October 15, students will present their research at the annual SURF Seminar Day.

Caltech's partnership in the Pulsar Search Collaboratory offers local high school students the opportunity to conduct astronomy research.

Senior Laura Shou has received a Graduate Study Scholarship to pursue a master's degree in Germany.

Today students celebrate Ditch Day, one of Caltech's oldest traditions.

On July 1, 2016, Kevin Gilmartin, professor of English, will begin serving as Caltech's dean of undergraduate students.

Fifty years ago on October 21, 1965, Caltech's Richard Feynman shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. The three independently brokered workable marriages between 20th-century quantum mechanics and 19th-century electromagnetic field theory.

During last summer's SURF program at Caltech, undergraduate Patrick Rall worked in quantum information science. This is his second consecutive SURF summer.

As the Advanced LIGO Project geared up last summer, 27 undergraduates from around the world became full partners in one of the biggest, most complex physics experiment ever. Their contributions ranged from creating hardware and software for current use to helping design next-generation detectors.