Caltech Student-Faculty Programs

At @Caltech, we offer numerous undergraduate research programs, while advancing equity and diversity through recruitment and professional development endeavors.

[Caltech Student-Faculty Programs @CaltechSFP]

The Student-Faculty Programs Office is back on Twitter! Follow us to stay updated on the exciting undergraduate research projects being conducted here at @Caltech and globally.

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

Congrats to @NASARoman on a successful launch!
We look forward to pushing the boundaries of exoplanet direct imaging together. 🤝

[Caltech Student-Faculty Programs @CaltechSFP]

Last week, our SURF-the-WAVE and QuantumSURF Fellows presented at @Caltech's KNI x IQIM Summer Poster Session. Congrats to Yiting Zhao, People's Choice winner, and thanks to all who cheered the fellows on. Science is always more fun as a community!

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NASA has selected Caltech to operate the Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions (OCO-2 and OCO-3)
beginning this fall.

Read more: https://t.co/HeTQ4OaZG2

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Congratulations to the three winners of the 2026 Vodopia-Hasson SURF Summer Poster Competition: Gabriella Giampietro (WAVE Fellows, @BrownUniversity), Adam Janik (SURF, @UCLA), and Nikhita Penugonda (SURF, @Caltech)! What a great way to close out another summer of research.

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More than two decades before NASA was created, Caltech students and researchers worked side-by-side on daring rocketry experiments in the Arroyo Seco.

Today, Caltech students continue that legacy at JPL.

https://t.co/OjWpvTn0YO

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@Caltech and @NASAJPL are linked by history and by current collaboration. This summer, three Caltech undergraduates carried that forward—researching extreme weather, atmospheric carcinogens, and how clouds form on other worlds.

Read their stories here:
https://t.co/9B2MONQ45h

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Jonas C. Peters, Bren Professor of Chemistry and director of the Resnick Sustainability Institute (RSI) at Caltech, has been elected one of 42 new members of the American Philosophical Society (APS) this year.

https://t.co/I43mpjxUFb

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In a recently published paper in Nature, the team shows that neurons in the IT cortex rapidly switch from a neural code that supports face detection to one optimized for face identification—all within roughly 20 milliseconds after a face is viewed.

https://t.co/JiFbVdy9uy

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Shu-ou Shan, Caltech's Altair Professor of Chemistry, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest honorary societies. She joins 251 other new members this year.

https://t.co/l70K1vbyx3

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In late March, the Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship to 454 third- and fourth-year university students, including four third-year scholars from Caltech.
https://t.co/ln6Il5AWQI

[Caltech Student-Faculty Programs @CaltechSFP]

SFP mourns the passing of Yuk Yung, @Caltech professor of planetary science and @NASAJPL senior research scientist — a founding figure in planetary atmospheric chemistry and a beloved mentor to scores of SURF & WAVE Fellows since 1982.

https://t.co/mMLH7BwdgJ

[Prof. Anima Anandkumar @AnimaAnandkumar]

My interview with @Caltech news after being selected for UN scientific advisory board https://t.co/eBVnWPp95E

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A new study presents a roadmap for simultaneously combining data on the abundance of greenhouses gases with data on winds to better pinpoint emission sources.

https://t.co/Bn4w9Si95K

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Brian Stoltz, the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, has been awarded this year's Shirley M. Malcom Prize for Excellence in Mentoring.

https://t.co/FTlppUyLz0

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A trio of Caltech faculty members have been selected to receive the 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship: Elias Most, Huy Tuan Pham, and Lingfu Zhang.

https://t.co/ekQvcWZTY5

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Congratulations to Brian Stoltz on winning the @Caltech Shirley M. Malcom Prize for Excellence in Mentoring! For decades, he’s championed undergraduate research and built a lab culture rooted in curiosity, respect & collaboration. https://t.co/zdpXY6fAoL

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Congratulations to Adam Wierman, Carl F Braun Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, on being named a 2025 ACM Fellow.

https://t.co/Mf117I0CMF

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Jonas Zmuidzinas (BS '81), the Merle Kingsley Professor of Physics at Caltech, will receive the 2026 James Craig Watson Medal, a National Academy of Sciences honor presented every two years for "outstanding contributions to the science of astronomy."

https://t.co/t26ELbSK8W

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Meet Caltech's tenth president, Ray Jayawardhana!

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As our community grappled with loss and uncertainty after the 2025 Los Angeles fires, researchers jumped into action, collecting data as soon as flames erupted. In this podcast series, scientists and engineers lend their expertise and answer questions.
https://t.co/sGIltO4zKg