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Caltech Students Receive NSF Research Fellowships
04/23/2025

Caltech Students Receive NSF Research Fellowships

Cynthia Eller

Thirty-five Caltech students have received NSF graduate research fellowships.

Aerial photograph of Caltech campus from just south of California Boulevard showing campus buildings and San Gabriel mountains in the background.
Caltech Particle Physicists Part of Team Awarded Breakthrough Prize
04/14/2025

Caltech Particle Physicists Part of Team Awarded Breakthrough Prize

Whitney Clavin

Members of Large Hadron Collider collaborations honored with prestigious prize.

A picture of the CMS experiment
Pamela Björkman and Jim Eisenstein are named Wolf Prize laureates for 2025
03/14/2025

Pamela Björkman and Jim Eisenstein are named Wolf Prize laureates for 2025

Cynthia Eller

The biologist and physicist have each been awarded the Wolf Prize in their respective fields.

A collage of portraits of Caltech professors Pamela Bjorkman and Jim Eisenstein
Trio of Caltech Professors Named Sloan Fellows
02/18/2025

Trio of Caltech Professors Named Sloan Fellows

Whitney Clavin
Scott Cushing, Ryan Hadt, and Kareem El-Badry awarded with Sloan fellowships.
The 2025 Sloan Fellows Scott Cushing, Kareem El Badry, and Ryan Hadt
Three Caltech Scientists Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
01/21/2025

Three Caltech Scientists Receive Presidential Early Career Awards

Cynthia Eller
Katie Bouman, Katerina Chatziioannou, and Nick Hutzler receive Presidential Early Career awards.
Winners of the PECASE award in 2025, from left to right, Katie Bouman, Katerina Chatziioannou, and Nick Hutzler
Caltech Alumnus Jin Ming Koh Wins LeRoy Apker Award from the American Physical Society
10/16/2024

Caltech Alumnus Jin Ming Koh Wins LeRoy Apker Award from the American Physical Society

Cynthia Eller
Jin Ming Koh (BS '23) has won the prestigious LeRoy Apker Award for his undergraduate work on quantum simulation using superconducting quantum processors in the lab of Austin Minnich, professor of mechanical engineering and applied physics.
Headshot of Jin Ming Koh with dark glasses and dark sports jacket
Math Professor Tom Hutchcroft Receives Packard Fellowship
10/15/2024

Math Professor Tom Hutchcroft Receives Packard Fellowship

Whitney Clavin
Thomas Hutchcroft, who studies percolation theory, has been awarded a 2024 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
Tom Hutchcroft
Graduate Students Present Everhart Lectures on Gravitational Memory and Genome Defense
07/18/2024

Graduate Students Present Everhart Lectures on Gravitational Memory and Genome Defense

Julia Ehlert
Two recent PhD graduates, Keefe Mitman and Peiwei Chen, delivered Everhart Lectures about their research on gravitational memory and evolutionary innovations in genome defense, respectively.
Peiwei Chen and Keefe Mitman
Caltech Honors Graduates at 130th Commencement Ceremony
06/14/2024

Caltech Honors Graduates at 130th Commencement Ceremony

Julia Ehlert
Computing pioneer Jensen Huang, the founder and CEO of NVIDIA, delivers keynote speech
Confetti falls on the graduating class of 2024 at Commencement
Peiwei Chen Wins Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award
05/23/2024

Peiwei Chen Wins Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award

Cynthia Eller
Caltech graduate student in biology receives the prestigious Weintraub Award.
Peiwei Chen stands before the Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus.