Break Through: The Caltech Campaign will ensure the ability to explore and innovate for Caltech, its researchers, and the students who represent the future. For more information, read the stories below or use the drop-down menu to explore campaign priority areas.
A new endowed fellowship commemorates the life and contributions of Sinclair Smith (BS ʼ21, PhD ʼ24), a Caltech alumnus whose scientific and engineering expertise helped open a new window on the universe. Before his untimely death at 39 years of age, Smith was instrumental in building the drive for the 200-inch Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory.
Caltech 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 break out of traditional academic silos.
Caltech trustee David Pyott and his wife, Molly Pyott, have established a fellowship program to help bring diverse talents, new perspectives, and fresh insights to medical engineering.
Gift from alumnus and family offers flexible funding for multidisciplinary studies of planets familiar and far away.
A gift that allows for a new hybrid approach to a longstanding program will help the Institute connect with more students across Southern California and enhance graduate student engagement in educational endeavors.
A group that began as a student social support network has raised more than $1 million to endow a fellowship fund for graduate students at Caltech.
Members of the Space Innovation Council support astronomy and planetary science research at Caltech and JPL.
Caltech young alumni trustee Mason Smith (BS ’09) knows the value of a good question.
Mark Gurney (PhD ’80) has endowed a fellowship at Caltech to honor his former mentor Mark Konishi, who inspired him to explore the mechanisms of learning and memory.
