Caltech Fund

04/22/2025

Lunchtime Giving Day Challenge! If 100 donors make a gift by 2 PM today, an additional $10,000 will be unlocked to the Caltech Fund for . Make your gift now! Visit givingday.caltech.edu 🎉

04/22/2025

04/22/2025

.The Turtle Pond Livestream is LIVE! Tune in to catch the turtles in action with .turtle.club and join the Giving Day fun. There’s still time to make your gift and be part of the excitement. Learn more at givingday.caltech.edu.

04/22/2025

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04/21/2025

Tomorrow is ! Be part of the Caltech community supporting the brilliant minds and groundbreaking research that make Caltech extraordinary. Every gift counts—give today.

04/16/2025

The 2025 Senior Class Gift t-shirts are for sale outside the Red Door Cafe today from 10-3 pm. Make a gift today and learn more at seniorclassgift.caltech edu!

04/16/2025

What if the next big breakthrough in planetary science came from postdocs empowered to follow their curiosity? Thanks to a generous gift from the Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation, a three-year postdoctoral fellowship will be awarded annually for the next decade, supporting the Caltech Center for Comparative Planetary Evolution (3CPE). The fellowships give early-career researchers the freedom to explore bold, cross-disciplinary questions about how planets form, evolve, and possibly harbor life. Read how this gift continues a legacy of investing in people, possibility, and planetary discovery. Pictured: Ted, Melza, and Terence Barr.

Read more: https://shorturl.at/uX0eJ

04/15/2025

Give early for and double your impact! Early gifts to the Caltech Fund will be matched, up to $15,000. Don’t miss this chance to make a difference—give today: givingday.caltech.edu.

Launched as the Alumni Fund in 1947, the Caltech Fund has served as a way for community members to come together to offer their financial assistance to the Institute. Each and every year, generous alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff, and friends support talented undergraduate and graduate stud...

04/08/2025

As a student, Alan Marumoto (BS ’86) worked alongside three Nobel laureates—an experience that shaped his career and opened unexpected doors. Now, he’s giving back to ensure future Caltech students have the same opportunity to explore, discover, and grow. By endowing a SURF fellowship, Marumoto is creating a lasting impact for the next generation of researchers. Their journeys begin with a single summer.

Read the full story: https://shorturl.at/eQNG6

04/05/2025

Save the date for Caltech Giving Day 2025! Show your commitment to our future by supporting Caltech on Tuesday, April 22. Learn more about you can get involved or make a gift early by visiting fund.caltech.edu/givingday2025.

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04/04/2025

"Investing in one person can change the whole world," says Everett Howe (BS ’86), "especially if that person has not been given much support or encouragement before." This guiding sentiment has led Howe and his wife, Isabella Furth, to establish the Rev. Dr. Everett Howe and Dr. Isabella Furth WAVE Fellowship—the first endowment for the WAVE Fellows program at Caltech.

Read the full story: https://shorturl.at/EuxJb

04/02/2025

Welcome, Beavers! Last week, Caltech released its final round of undergraduate admissions decisions, offering admission to a total of 426 exceptional students.

The Institute released its final round of undergraduate admissions decisions, offering admission to 427 exceptional students.

03/24/2025

More than 580 Caltech students, including nine in the current academic year, have been named ARCS Scholars since the program’s founding in 1958. Read about the start of ARCS Foundation and the four women from Los Angeles who approached then-Caltech President Lee A. DuBridge about ensuring the country’s scientific and technological competitiveness by supporting student scholars. Image: current ARCS Scholars; Credit: John Solano.

Read the full story: https://shorturl.at/Wai8W

03/21/2025

Happy spring break, Beavers! 🦫

03/04/2025

Alumni have come together to honor Professor K. Mani Chandy for his longtime support of students. The Professor K. Mani Chandy Innovations in Education Fund will support excellence in teaching in Computing and Mathematical Sciences. "His wisdom has been a rare gift to his students, the happy recipients of his thoughtfulness, patience, and encouragement," says Eve Schooler (MS '96, PhD '01), who helped spearhead the idea for the fund.

Read more: https://shorturl.at/LGzJE