Fun Facts About Caltech
Nobel Laureates & Crafoord | Caltech Today | The Loh Down on Science | Curious | Caltech Streaming Theatre | Social Clubs & Associations | Music, Art, Theatre | Public Events | Caltech Women's Club | International Spouses Club | English as a Second Language | Visitors Guide
Start to be connected with Caltech before you move to Pasadena.
Nobel Laureates and Crafoord
Caltech is one of the most famous universities in the world. There is almost not one day without any invention. Here is a full list of Caltech Nobel and Crafoord laureates. You can also read the bios of Nobel Laureates
As in February 2009:
Nobel Prize: 35
Crafoord Prize: 5
National Medal of Science: 49
National Medal of Technology: 10
California Scientist of the Year: 15
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 84 faculties
Member, National Academy of Sciences: 74 faculties
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine: 4 faculties
Member, National Academy of Engineering: 30 facultiesCaltech Today is the daily web newsletter of the various events happening on the campus and around the town (seminars, social events, athletics competitions, academic awards, outings, theatres, etc...).
To view Caltech Today
To view the daily calendar of all the events
To view the daily calendar of social events“The Loh Down on Science”
Two times a day, Sandra Tsing Loh, a Caltech alumnus, presents for 6 minutes the various Caltech discoveries. Some of them are really surprising and out of the ordinary.
To listenCurious
You can watch on TV the Curious shows. There are comprehensive documentaries on science led at Caltech.
To viewCaltech Streaming Theatre
You can download the free public speaking evening conferences and lectures given at Caltech. To downloadSocial Clubs and Associations
Check out the various social clubs and associations
Find and meet your “new family” once here. There are various ethnic clubs at Caltech which organize events and leisure according to their native traditions. You can find also a club that matches with your favorite hobby or sport. If this club would not be active any more, maybe it would be an opportunity for you to make it live again.
Music, Art, Theatre at Caltech
For those of you who want to be involved in art, Caltech offers a special club of Music and TheatreCaltech Public Events
The Caltech Public Events is very active in organizing circus, musical, dance, theatre, singers events, seminars, conferences, documentaries and movies for all kind of publics (from family public to qualified and experts) for a nominal fee when it’s not free for the Caltech community.The Caltech Women’s Club
The Caltech Women’s club is the club of women faculty, postdoctoral scholars, grad students and undergrads as well as well as spouses of faculty, postdoctoral scholars, grad students, and undergrads. Nevertheless, males are accepted too! This club organizes different activities like tennis, reading group, field trips to Los Angeles and beyond, baby sitting….The Caltech International Spouses Club
As it is written in its title, the Caltech International Spouses Club. mostly addresses his goals to international spouses (means non-native US fellows). Quotation: “We are from different cultures. We speak different languages. But, we share the similar experiences of working to make Pasadena our new home. In the CISC, we share our interests, cultures, life experiences, adventures, and even our grandmothers’ recipes! We help each other with information and nurture our friendships to overcome the difficulties of living in a foreign country, and to make this new life fulfilling and fun. If you find yourself alone while your spouse is busy studying or working in his lab, you are warmly welcomed to join the fun we have here at CISC.” CISC currently hosts two interest groups that meet regularly, every other week: the Reading Group and the Movie Group. Please contact us at internationalspousesclub@caltech.eduEnglish as Second Language (ESL)
There are two ways to learn ESL:
Caltech offers free ESL conversations classes a few times a week to anybody part of the Caltech community (faculty, scholars and spouses/partners).The Pasadena City College offers an ESL class for free as well, please visit the Community Education Center web site and check the current class schedule.
There is a conversation club for postdoctoral scholars and their families run by a local area church. It’s a very good way to socialize and make new friends. For those interested in more information, we invite you to contact Andy Pearce to be given more details.