Inspired by her firsthand experience of climate change and supported by the Peter and Melanie Cross Endowed Graduate Fellowship, Melanie Rodríguez Pabón is using electrochemistry to drive a more sustainable future—and helping others follow her path.

Gilchrist Johnson, a second-year graduate student in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science, turned a car accident into a research focus on autonomous vehicles.

The Warren and Katharine Schlinger Foundation has contributed $12 million to endow the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Scholarship Fund for undergraduate students studying chemical engineering, a discipline that had a consistent presence in the Schlingers' lives.

Just halfway through a bachelor's degree in physics, William Yang has presented his black hole research in Washington, D.C., and is studying abroad at Cambridge—demonstrating the international impact of Caltech scholarships.