Alumni News

Support the Caltech and JPL Disaster Relief Fund

In times of hardship, loss, and uncertainty, we depend on the collegiality, caring, and resilience of our community. The Caltech and JPL communities—our dedicated staff, faculty, and students—have been greatly impacted by this week’s devastating fires in Southern...

Resources and Response for the Caltech Community from President Thomas F. Rosenbaum

To: The Caltech Community From: Thomas F. Rosenbaum Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair and Professor of Physics We end a devastating week sustained by the care and resolve of the Caltech community, yet sobered by the scale of loss and the long recovery...

A Message to the Caltech Community from President Thomas F. Rosenbaum

To: The Caltech Community From: Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair and Professor of Physics Date: January 8, 2025 Re: Fires The Eaton, Palisades, and Hurst fires are impacting members of our community to devastating effect as they...

New Caltech Alumni Association Board of Directors Members and Officers Elected

  Five new members have been elected to the Caltech Alumni Association's (CAA) Board of Directors. John S. Abbott III (BS ’74), Rebecca Adler Miserendino (BS ’06), Edgardo Garcia Berrios (PhD ’11), Zachary A. Rivkin (BS '14), and Jay Turner (BS '01) will serve...
Write Your Health

Write Your Health

There’s an introspection that occurs when you write and discover things about your past that start to combine into a complex tapestry of trauma, pain, but also humor and light. This is not what I set out to do initially when I began the MFA in Bilingual Creative Writing at UTEP, but it’s something that has emerged through my first two years in the program. I have more insight into my thought process, and the memories that are welling up don’t plague me as much.

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Greening the Golden State

Greening the Golden State

In the first quarter of my project, “Understanding and Alleviating Environmental Inequality in Underprivileged Communities,” I was able to explore different facets of the fight for environmental justice while contributing to the efforts in my local community.

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Two Recent Alumnae Win the Second Annual Chang Career Exploration Prize

Two Recent Alumnae Win the Second Annual Chang Career Exploration Prize

Caltech has awarded the second annual Milton and Rosalind Chang Career Exploration Prize to one undergraduate alumna, Preethi Periyakoil (BS ’18, Computer Science) and one graduate alumna, Nicole Tetreault (PhD ’13, Biology). Periyakoil received the Chang Prize for her proposed project “University Support Text Line,” and Tetreault received the prize to work on her project “Beyond the Cell.”

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