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.
The final components of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) have been removed from a valley atop Maunakea in Hawai‘i, and the land at the site has been restored.
Caltech community members embodied queer joy and a passion for STEM with Caltech’s first-ever float in the LA Pride Parade.
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