January 27, 2026

The Caltech Longevity Club is hosting a meeting with the CEO and founder of the largest concierge clinic in the U.S., Private Medical. Meet Dr. Jordan Shlain and discuss the future of medicine, longevity and health tech. If you… Are interested in entrepreneurship and building companies Want to optimize your health for performance and sport Are interested in a career in health, med-tech, AI Wish to connect with a leading tech innovator and decision maker in the country Sign

My name is Areeg Al-Dayni, and I am a rising sophomore majoring in bioengineering. I was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and lived in Bolu, Turkey for two years before eventually settling in Fort Worth, Texas. From an early age, my life across cultures taught me that the world is vast, diverse, and deeply interconnected. This upbringing sparked my passion for languages and global learning, making studying abroad an essential part of my college journey. That passion came to life through the Bishop Fellow

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. The unearthly intimacy of plastic wrap torn too fast. And suddenly there was a terrible roar, neural-networked boundaries announcing themselves and vanishing at once in the very same neoned bang: how I am tortured for my hauteur, my gall, as a

I am currently sitting in front of my computer, definitely too late considering that I have to wake up at 6…and it is already AM, staring at a problem set that I intuitively understand is unsolvable, much like the broader equation of my life. There is a specific kind of silence that settles over Pasadena in the early morning. It is heavy, dense with the unvoiced anxieties of a thousand overachievers wondering if they are frauds. I feel this silence not just around me, but inside me. It echoes a

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. Through geography. Through an institution that

On Wednesday evening, the Watson Lecture opened not with fire but with air. Professor François Tissot began by recalling a Los Angeles where smog once pressed so thick against the city that children were excused from school and pedestrians wore gas masks on Hollyw

WINTER TERM GREETINGS FROM HOUSING AND DINING SERVICES Welcome to the first installment of our new collaborative column from Housing and Dining Services! While the term is already in full swing, we wanted to take a moment to officially welcome everyone back to campus. As part of the Student Affairs team, we are excited to launch this space in the Tech to keep you connected with the community, whether that means updates on life in the houses or the latest culinary experiences we’re cooki

Hello Tech readers! This is my first round of reviews as I explore the San Gabriel Valley food scene with the 2025 MySGV Food Passport. This passport is valid from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, so I will spend the first half of 2026 exploring as many restaurants and bakeries featured here that I can! Lee’s Hoagie House Passport description: “Shahan Der Ohannesian

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. The theme was introduced through a written narrative emailed to the student body, drawing on Norse mythology and framing the event as a journey from Múspellsheimr and Hel to Asgard and Valhalla. Stylized runes and signatures reinforced the visual motif. Inside, low lighting and backlit runic artwork

The Paradox: Stop Chasing Happiness Here’s something that’s going to blow your mind: you can’t become happy by chasing happiness. It’s like trying to fall asleep by trying really hard to fall asleep — the trying IS the problem. Philosophers call this “the paradox of hedonism,” and John Stuart Mill learned it the hard way. Mill was this child genius who was educated to be the perfect rational h

This was the question that Prof. Dianne Newman asked during the first lecture in Microbial Genetics. Initially, I was very confused about this question because they seem to be used in completely different scenarios. However, soon I started to see what she meant. Strikingly, each has served as a key tool in major scientific advances. Scientists often exploit everyday objects – or simple biological systems – to probe deep questions. Each of these examples highlights how far we can go with very lit

It has come to our attention that there is wrong information going around about Mailbox assignments. Here are the rules: Mailboxes are assigned at check-in and you keep them while you are an active student. If you withdraw for whatever reason the box is pulled and re-assigned. It is not held. Any correspondence/packages that come in with your old MSC is returned. Mailboxes should be checked daily. In addition, Alice would like to stress that packages must be picked up ASAP.

The Paradox: Stop Chasing Happiness Here’s something that’s going to blow your mind: you can’t become happy by chasing happiness. It’s like trying to fall asleep by trying really hard to fall asleep — the trying IS the problem. Philosophers call this “the paradox of hedonism,” and John Stuart Mill learned it the hard way. Mill was this child genius who was educated to be the p

Tools of Discovery: From Blenders to CRISPR “What do a Waring blender, a wooden toothpick, and CRISPR have in common?” This was the question that Prof. Dianne Newman asked during the first lecture in Microbial Genetics. Initially, I was very confused about this qu

On Wednesday evening, the Watson Lecture opened not with fire but with air. Professor François Tissot began by recalling a Los Angeles where smog once pressed so thick against the city that children were excused from school and pedestrians wore gas masks on Hollywood Boulevard. You could see it in the photographs: the sky collapsed into a yellow-gray ceiling, visibility reduced to a block, eyes burning. (Tissot recalled how someone, seeing in these photos gas-masked men of the 1950s, asked if th

In 2005, the first “Ace Attorney” game reached Western audiences on the Nintendo DS. Despite Capcom’s hesitation to release it globally, it was a success. The visual novel franchise grew beyond simple courtroom drama into a phenomenon. The story centers on new defense attorney Phoenix Wright and his countless wrongfully accused clients. As he navigates a cast of wacky and often suspicious characters, it becomes clear that the combination of complicated murders and unique personalities has given