This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana, currently Johns Hopkins provost, will become Caltech’s next president on July 1.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Universities nationwide, including Caltech, are debuting artificial intelligence tools to evaluate applicants.

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On a December day, Richard Feynman gave a fun little lecture at Caltech — and dreamed up an entirely new field of physics. During the talk, entitled "Plenty of room at the bottom," he described the ...