Alumni News

It’s On Us

As artificial intelligence becomes mainstream, who will guide it? Nigel BuchananArtificial intelligence is a trending topic, but few have the bona fides of Fei-Fei Li (PhD ’05). The former A.I. leader and chief scientist for Google Cloud—where she oversaw research in...

The Hunt for Extreme Life

Jeffrey Marlow searches the ends of the earth for the limits of life. by April WhiteIllustrated by Valerie ChiangWhen Jeffrey Marlow (PhD ’16) was 10 years old, he stood at the edge of a gurgling hot spring that smelled of rotten eggs. “It was such a foreign, alien...

Distinguished Alumna Sharon Long (BS ’73) Wins Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology

Distinguished Alumna Sharon R. Long (BS ‘73), now at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2019 Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology. Long is a pioneering molecular biologist whose research on the symbiosis between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria explains...
Remembering Richard P. Feynman

Remembering Richard P. Feynman

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A Passion for Stats

A Passion for Stats

Dean Oliver (BS ’90) Director of Player Personnel and Analytics, Sacramento Kingsfrom E&S+ Unusual for Caltech, what started for me was a career in sports, one that now has me in the front office of the Sacramento Kings. In the last years of high school, the...

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Intro to Negotiation Strategy and Tactics

Intro to Negotiation Strategy and Tactics

Presented on Feb. 5, 2015 Did you know that the salary of your very first job after graduation determines your salaries for the rest of your life? Learn how to create a win-win situation and negotiate right from start to finish in the job decision process. Clarifying...

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Seven Alumni Awarded 2015 Sloan Fellowships

Seven Alumni Awarded 2015 Sloan Fellowships

Congratulations to seven Caltech alumni and five Caltech professors who have been awarded 2015 Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships, awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, honor "early-career scientists whose achievements and potential identify them as...

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