Dr. Ray Jayawardhana, a distinguished astrophysicist and academic leader, has been named the next president of Caltech, the institution's 10th in its history. B ...

Incoming students and others are seen at the Caltech campus in Pasadena on Aug. 8. (Ringo Chiu / For The Times) To the editor: When I arrived at Caltech in Pasadena as a graduate student in chemistry ...

Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana will become Caltech's next president. He joins the campus from Johns Hopkins University, where he is provost.

The S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation has pledged $25-million to improve student facilities and outreach programs at the California Institute of Technology, the university announced last week. The five-year ...