Ray Jayawardhana, the incoming president, is an astrophysicist, but leaders at the California Institute of Technology also ...

Ray Jayawardhana, an astrophysicist and provost of Johns Hopkins University, will become the next president of Caltech — one of the nation's wealthiest and most elite universities — as it enters a ...

An accomplished astrophysicist and academic leader, Jayawardhana has served as provost at Johns Hopkins since 2023 ...

Current provost of Johns Hopkins University, who has an asteroid named for him, will lead the prestigious Pasadena ...

Why now: In April, current Caltech President Thomas F. Rosenbaum announced he'd retire after the 2025-26 academic year.

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Caltech, one of the nation's premier institutions for scientific research and education, has appointed Ray Jayawardhana as its new president, effective July 1. This transition comes at a critical time ...

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Dr. Ray Jayawardhana, an accomplished academic leader and renowned astrophysicist who currently serves as provost of Johns ...

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