On February 12, CDS celebrated Black History Month in Browne Dining Hall with a wide-ranging menu featuring soyrizo mac ‘n’ cheese, chicken and sausage gumbo (with a tofu option), BBQ jackfruit riblets, fried okra, jerk chicken and yams, shrimp grits (or tofu), chicken and waffles (with a vegetarian option), banana pudding, and biscuits. Themed décor added to the celebratory atmosphere.
Dr. Jordan Shlain, who presented to the Caltech Longevity Club on January 28, framed his work as a form of moral friction: a refusal, throughout his career, to accept incentives that reward sickness over health. A physician-entrepreneur and civic leader in San Francisco, Shlain has built his companies and philosophy around a single organizing principle: trust.
Parker Thompson, a second-year undergraduate studying applied and computational mathematics, Secretary of ASCIT, and a peer advocate, passed away on February 3, 2026. He was 19.
There is a chill passing through Caltech. Over the past year, the foundations of U.S. education, research, and democracy have been systematically targeted by the Trump administration.
A particular kind of love emerges when choice is suddenly revoked. Not violently, as if someone stormed in and took your options away, but politely — through circumstance.
I was somewhere on the edge of that “museum” when the spam musubi began to take hold. It hit like contraband adrenaline, that sugar-slick rice and salt-fat meat.
Ricketts Hovse hosted a Norse-themed interhouse party Saturday night, transforming the space with decorated columns, runic wall designs, and DJ booth styled in Ricketts’ signature gothic aesthetic.
Oscar Wilde subtitled The Importance of Being Earnest “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” but the Theater Arts at Caltech (TACIT) cast made clear in their recent production that the inverse is equally applicable: a serious comedy for people who can appreciate some well-placed triviality.
