Institute Announcements

05/07/2013

Master's Exchange Program Agreement Signed with École Polytechnique

École Polytechnique and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) signed an agreement to establish a master's education exchange program on March 5, 2013.

05/06/2013

Donald Coles

Douglas Smith

Donald Earl Coles (MS '48, PhD '53), professor of aeronautics, emeritus, passed away on May 2 at age 89. Coles was a master instrument builder famed for his ingeniously designed and precisely executed experiments. His doctoral dissertation provided the first comprehensive set of data on supersonic boundary layers. A few years later, he made an important addition to the theory of turbulent boundary layers that he christened "the law of the wake."

03/26/2013

Stolper Interim President Beginning July 1

This morning the Caltech Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to appoint Edward Stolper to the role of interim president, effective July 1, 2013. He will assume the post from Jean-Lou Chameau, whose last day as president of Caltech will be June 30, 2013.

03/14/2013

USC and Caltech Announce International Scholarship Focused on Engineering Global Challenges

The USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are establishing V

03/07/2013

Francis Clauser

Douglas Smith

Francis H. Clauser (BS '34, MS '35, PhD '37), the Clark Blanchard Millikan Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, passed away on March 3, 2013, at age 99. Born in the decade following the Wright Brothers' first powered flight, he was a founder of modern aeronautics and helped usher in the Space Age.

03/06/2013

Biochemist and Educational Leader Mary Sue Coleman to Deliver Caltech Commencement Address

Katie Neith

University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman will be the speaker for the 119th annual commencement ceremony at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. on June 14, 2013, on Caltech's campus in Pasadena, California.

02/19/2013

Chameau to Step Down as Caltech President

Jean-Lou Chameau, the eighth president of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), announced his intent to step down from the position in a

12/05/2012

Caltech Elects New Member to Board of Trustees

Ann Motrunich

Former venture capitalist B. Kipling (Kip) Hagopian has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

11/19/2012

Caltech Elects New Member to Board of Trustees

Ann Motrunich

Aerospace leader David W. Thompson (MS '78) has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology. A National Medal of Technology–winner, Thompson founded Orbital Sciences Corporation four years after he graduated from Caltech with a degree in aeronautics.

11/19/2012

Caltech Elects New Member to Board of Trustees

Ann Motrunich

Entrepreneur Kevin M. Taweel has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Taweel is cofounder and chairman of Asurion, the world's largest provider of technology protection services.

11/16/2012

David Lee Named Chair of Caltech Board of Trustees

Ann Motrunich

David L. Lee (PhD '74) has been named the new chair of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). A Caltech trustee since 2000, Lee began his term as chair October 27, 2012. As chair, Lee will foster communication with Caltech faculty, administration, and students and represent the Board with the Caltech community and the public. He will preside at board meetings and offer advice and support to the president of Caltech. Lee succeeds Kent Kresa, who has served as chair since 2005.