A (Very) Warm Welcome to Caltech
The email stated the air conditioning system in the South Houses was down due to a broken chilled waterline. This by nature was already grim.
Caltech Faces Backlash for Outsourced Online Bootcamps; Community Reacts
Many who paid for these courses were extremely dissatisfied with both their poor quality and lack of transparency about Caltech’s involvement.
Caltech Spinoff Virtualitics Gives Back with $100,000 Pledge for AI Research
In a heartwarming story of alumni giving back, Caltech spinoff company Virtualitics has pledged $100,000 over five years to support cutting-edge artificial intelligence research at its alma mater.
Dean’s Corner: Academic Year Welcome
Welcome to the beginning of a new academic year! I hope it brings discovery, friendship, joy, and the right kinds of challenges—the ones that help you grow into your talents and feel a sense of pride upon accomplishment.
Lamentation of A Sandwich
There’s a good sandwich, nay, a great sandwich at Broad Café. Quite honestly, this sandwich is glorious.
Local Happenings in Pasadena: Week of October 7
New students, welcome to Caltech! There’s a lot of great places in and around Pasadena, ranging from flea markets, art stores, boba arcades, and free museums.
Man vs. Mannion (Man Edition)
Settebello is decorated in a very hipster-like industrial manner with hints of modernism. Every wall is lined with exposed brick, and ductwork peeks through the open ceiling, which, in the year 2024, are signs that this place is meant for twenty-seven year old software engineers on a date night…
Man vs. Mannion (Mannion Edition)
I chose this restaurant because I wanted to see if their food transported me back to some fantastic memories of Naples, as well as to see if this was a restaurant that students could escape to for a quick break from their academic rigors.
Microwaves in Modern Society
What happened to the days when a man could simply enter 15 or 45 seconds, saying nothing of more creative inputs, like 0:42 or 6:09?
P/F P/F Hooray! Side Quests Galore!
Unlike many other college institutions, Caltech gives us all the chance to take our first two terms of college on pass/fail, meaning that this is the perfect time to go out, explore, and have new experiences.
PSA from the Mailing Office
It has come to our attention that there is wrong information going around about Mailbox assignments.
Shape the Future of Space Exploration: Join the KISS Affiliates Program
The Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) at Caltech offers an incredible opportunity for graduate students and postdocs through its renowned KISS Affiliates program…
Sign-Ups for Undergraduates to participate in the SFC and SLEC
Sign-ups for undergraduate students to participate in the 2025 Student Faculty Conference (SFC) and Student Life and Experience Conference (SLEC) are now open.
We Are Not Immune to the Scourge of Leaky Sprinklers
I don’t know if I’m just (un)lucky, but it feels quite often that I come across a broken sprinkler head gushing concerning amounts of water onto the adjacent sidewalk…
Why the Weight of Athletics Was Reduced for Undergraduate Admissions
In an email to the Caltech community on September 5, 2024, professors announced two changes to the Institute’s undergraduate admissions process—reinstating standardized testing and reducing the weight of athletics.
Women’s Soccer Highlight – September 28
Caltech Women’s Soccer team had their second home game of the season this past Saturday in the Caltech North Field against La Verne.
Club Spotlight: Caltech Rugby Club
I’ve always said that playing rugby in America is like being a humanities student at Caltech (we’d know, our interim club Treasurer is an Economist).
Edan Lepucki: A Perspective on Writing, Motherhood, and Teaching at Caltech.
Edan Lepucki is the rare member of the Caltech community who is better known off-campus than on. Off-campus, she is a New York Times bestselling author who has published five books and counting.
Guiding the world’s students through Caltech with Laura Flower Kim.
When Laura Flower Kim, now Associate Director at International Student Programs at Caltech, took over the office on the second floor of the Center for Student Services sixteen years ago, most of it was occupied by one giant red file-cabinet filled to the brim with immigration paperwork for international undergraduate and graduate students.
In Pasadena, A New Way Of Flipping Burgers.
Embedded in the story of food is the story of people: in modern society, the people who grow and harvest it, the people who distribute it, the people who cook it, and if we are at a restaurant, the people who serve it.
Lamentation of A Sandwich.
There’s a good sandwich, nay, a great sandwich at Broad Café. Quite honestly, this sandwich is glorious. This sandwich is there to pick you up when you are down. It fills you up when you are empty.
Man Vs Mannion (Man edition)
TL;DR: Gus’s is a fantastic BBQ restaurant not far from campus.
Man Vs Mannion (Mannion edition)
Gus’s Barbecue has been in South Pasadena since 1946. The menu offers a broad choice of classic southern favorites. Parking is available adjacent to the restaurant as well as on nearby streets…