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Panda Express Co-founders Give $30 Million to Caltech for Medical

WebAndrew and Peggy Cherng saw opportunity to invest in their community and in the future of health care. For the Cherngs, making a $30 million gift to name and …

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Caltech to Study How the Brain Responds to Virtual Environments

WebAlumnus and senior trustee William "Bill" Davidow (MS '59) is providing $1.5 million to fund research into social media and mental health.

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Decade of Discovery

WebJPL, which Caltech manages for NASA, launched a series of successful missions this decade, even as older missions wound down. In 2012, the Mars Science …

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Viviana Gradinaru (BS '05) Named Director of the Merkin Institute

WebViviana Gradinaru (BS '05), Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Neuroscience and Biological Engineering and director of the Center for Molecular and Cellular …

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New Fellowships and New Perspectives for Medical Engineering

WebDiverse Perspectives. The couple established the David and Molly Pyott Fellowships in Medical Engineering to help make sure that Caltech can continue to …

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Engineering Better Health Through Philanthropy

WebA ribbon-cutting capped the public dedication of the Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering. “For Andrew and Peggy Cherng to step forward, to acknowledge …

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Accelerating Mental Health Research

WebThe philanthropic legacy of Della Martin, who was institutionalized much of her adult life, lives on through postdoctoral fellowships. In 1993, the Della Martin …

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Barbara Wold Appointed Director of the Merkin Institute for

WebBarbara Wold (PhD '78), Bren Professor of Molecular Biology, has been appointed as the director of the Richard N. Merkin Institute for Translational Research at …

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Caltech Launches Merkin Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics

WebCaltech Launches Merkin Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics. April 25, 2022. Caltech trustee Richard Merkin, MD, founder and chief executive officer of the …

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What's in a Name

WebCaltech scientist Tapio Schneider, the current Theodore Y. Wu Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, …

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Watson Lecture: Wei Gao Shares His Advances in Wearable …

WebIn this Watson Lecture, Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical engineering, Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, and Ronald and JoAnne Willens …

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Growing a Community of Scholars to Chart New Paths Forward

WebCaltech distinguished alumnus and senior trustee Narendra (Naren) K. Gupta (MS ’70) and his wife, Vinita Gupta, endowed a fellowship program to support and inspire students to …

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Freedom to Explore

WebNow, the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award winner and his wife, JoAnne, want to amplify Caltech's ability to give other researchers the same chance to explore …

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Mikhail Shapiro Receives Grant From Chan Zuckerberg Initiative …

WebThe $1 million grant will fund continued research into acoustic reporter genes and biosensors

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Ultrasound Can Selectively Kill Cancer Cells

WebFebruary 04, 2020. A new technique could offer a targeted approach to fighting cancer: low-intensity pulses of ultrasound have been shown to selectively kill cancer cells while …

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Caltech Pays Tribute to Alumnus, Electronic and Technology …

WebAlumnus, Caltech Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus, and visionary philanthropist Gordon Earle Moore (PhD '54), a pioneer of the modern electronics …

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Caltech Mourns the Loss of Art Riggs (PhD '66)

WebDistinguished Alumnus Arthur D. (Art) Riggs (PhD '66), a pioneering geneticist, world-renowned expert in diabetes, and dedicated friend of Caltech, died …

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$1 Million Gift Establishes the Wanda Celine deVlaminck …

WebA lot of the other freshmen were upset because they didn't have plush beds and their mothers weren't there to cook their favorite foods. But for me, it was a big …

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Caltech Mourns the Passing of Betty I. Moore, Honorary Life …

WebBetty Irene Moore—co-founder of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and honorary life member of the Caltech community—passed away on December 12, …

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