When I took over the Tech Editorship in April 2023, I only knew one thing about journalism: it was going to stop happening at Caltech unless somebody stepped up to lead it. With a dream of remedying the post-pandemic admin-student animosity but zero reporting experience, I was in for a daunting task. Then Richard Kipling emailed me and offered to buy me a coffee.
Richard Kipling, former director of the Los Angeles Times’ Minority Editorial Training Program and longtime adviser to The California Tech, died this November 10 at age 81.
How can clay from the Appalachian Mountains, Kilkenny stone from Ireland, and porcelain made in the Song Dynasty come together cohesively? In “the eight directions of the wind” at The Huntington, lauded author and artist Edmund de Waal explores how art made from these materials, among many pieces of porcelain and poetry, connects histories across borders and through time.
The California Tech is at once delighted and horrified to announce that we have, as of October 2nd of this year, been cited in another publication. Namely, by the National Association of Scholars (NAS), a conservative 501(c)(3) founded in 1987 for the preservation of “Western intellectual heritage.”
Today, with honor and great enthusiasm, we share the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prizes, announced between October 6 and 13 in Oslo, Norway, and Stockholm, Sweden. The prize is divided into six categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics.
Time to review another four coffee shops featured in the 2025 Pasadena Coffee Passport! Last issue, I reviewed Rosebud Coffee, Copa Vida, Republik Coffee, and Jones Coffee Roasters. Since then, I have gone to another four coffee shops of the fourteen shops in the passport.
At the heart of Caltech’s accessibility initiatives are Jocelyn Vargas and Chris Barragan, who work side by side at the Center for Student Success. I sat down with them last week to discuss how they help ensure access and equity for all members of the community.
If you don’t know yet, Caltech’s sex discrimination policy includes a specific clause (Article 15.5) prohibiting any relationship between employees—meaning faculty, postdocs, and staff—and undergraduate students. It also advises caution and professionalism in any relationship where a power imbalance exists.
