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Lance Taylor

REMEMBERING LANCE TAYLOR, 1940-2022 The following message was sent to the NSSR community today from Dean Will Milberg: "I am writing to share that Lance Taylor, NSSR Professor Emeritus of Economics and the former Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and...

Funding Female Founders

by Marisa Demers Monica Hellström Nancy Hong, PhD (BS ‘92), Ann Johnson, MS (BS ‘99, MS ‘00), and JJ Kang, PhD (PhD ‘15), faced a moment when they knew working in startup and venture capital (VC) spaces would be different for them. Kang, a venture partner at The...

Juris Hartmanis, DAA

Distinguished Caltech alumnus Juris Hartmanis (PhD ’55), founding chair of Cornell University’s Department of Computer Science, passed away on July 29, 2022. Hartmanis was widely recognized for establishing the field of computational complexity theory. He was 94 years...

Wiliam Wright

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Quantum Leaps

Quantum Leaps

Eric Ostby, PhD (MS ’04, PhD ’09) on the current state of quantum computing—and the shape of things to come

The Right Fit

The Right Fit

Raquel Vélez, BS (BS ’07) on her pivot from tech to fashion, the stereotypes that affect the apparel industry, and how sustainability is still possible in a world of fast fashion

Martin Mendelson

Martin Mendelson

PhD ’62

Tackling California’s Housing Crisis: The Initial Blitz

Tackling California’s Housing Crisis: The Initial Blitz

It’s been two months since I started my project “Exploring Ways to Tackle California’s Housing Crisis,” which is made possible through the Milton and Rosalind Chang Career Exploration Prize from Caltech.

Alva F. Yano

BS ’55

Neighborhoods for Neurons: A community approach for early childhood development in San Francisco

Neighborhoods for Neurons: A community approach for early childhood development in San Francisco

Hello all, this is my first update regarding the progress of my ongoing work related to expanding the early childhood development services in San Francisco.

Apply Now for the 2019 Chang Prize

Apply Now for the 2019 Chang Prize

James H. Leonard

MS ’43

Touching the Sun

Touching the Sun

2019 Issue, Pioneering, Space

On August 12 at 3:31 a.m., NASA’s Parker Solar Probe left Earth on a mission to touch the sun.

Ralph C. Greenough

PhD ’62

James E. Broadwell

MS ’44

Ali Hajimiri Awarded 2019 Feynman Teaching Prize

Ali Hajimiri Awarded 2019 Feynman Teaching Prize

On Caltech News

Caltech’s 2019 Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching has been awarded to Ali Hajimiri, Bren Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science.