The Caltech Alumni Association (CAA) was founded in 1920. Today, CAA serves a growing community of 25,500 Caltech alumni around the world, including some of the brightest minds in science, engineering, and business.

The Caltech Alumni Association (CAA) was founded in 1920. Today, CAA serves a growing community of 25,500 Caltech alumni around the world, including some of the brightest minds in science, engineering, and business.
I dove into the second quarter of my environmental justice project by delving into the history of the movement and examining the timelessness of environmental racism.
The Distinguished Alumni Award (DAA) is Caltech’s highest honor, presented each year to a small number of alumni in recognition of personal and professional accomplishments that have made a noteworthy impact in a field, on the community, or in society more broadly.
The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles. Confirmation of the successful touchdown was announced in mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech manages for NASA, at 3:55 p.m. EST (12:55 p.m. PST).
George Rossman (PhD ’71), professor of mineralogy, has been awarded the 2021 Roebling Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA).
Caltech alumnus Alistair Hayden (PhD ’20) has been named a Science Fellow by the California Council on Science and Technology for the program’s 2021 class.
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.”
Distinguished Alumna Sharon R. Long (BS ‘73), now at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2019 Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology.
As part of the Caltech Alumni Association’s continuing series of career webinars, Dr. Ken Pickar presented in July 2016 with advise on how to start a business. Dr. Pickar is a visiting professor of mechanical and medical engineering at Caltech where he teaches a...
In January 2016, the Caltech Alumni Association sponsored an online webinar titled "Innovate a Career You Love." More than 100 alumni attended online to hear from career counselor Samantha Sutton, who has worked with folks at a wide range of businesses and...
Caltech has announced that Eric Betzig (BS '83), Janet C. Campagna (MS '85), Neil Gehrels (PhD '82), Carl V. Larson (BS '52), Thomas J. "Tim" Litle IV (BS '62), and Ellen D. Williams (PhD '82) are this year's recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. First...