Caltech names new president, an astrophysicist who vows to empower 'brilliant minds'

Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana will become Caltech's next president. He joins the campus from Johns Hopkins University, where he is provost.

Who Is Ray Jayawardhana? Caltech’s Incoming President And Renowned Astrophysicist

Caltech President Ray Jayawardhana, current Johns Hopkins provost and acclaimed astrophysicist, will lead the California Institute of Technology starting July 1, 2026.
The Atlantic

Caltech Still the Best Research University; Is Coffee Making You Blind?

Discovered: Caltech tops research university ranking again; coffee's connection to glaucoma; Curiosity scoops Martian sand; methadone reduces needle transmission of HIV. How Curiosity plans to analyze ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

$400 Million Gift to Caltech Will Fund Science Research at Other Universities

As CEO of Cryogenic Industries, Ross Brown saw firsthand how scientific research shaped the technology that made his company a success in providing equipment and services to the industrial gas and ...