Caltech Convocation 2023

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Caltech's annual convocation ceremony was held on Monday, September 18, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in Beckman Auditorium. Convocation is the Institute's official and formal welcome for all incoming undergraduate students and graduate students. This year's program, hosted by Vice President for Student Affairs Kevin M. Gilmartin, included greetings from President Thomas F. Rosenbaum and a keynote address by JPL Director and Caltech Vice President Laurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD '95). Dr. Laurie Leshin, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dr. Laurie Leshin, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since May 2022, is a distinguished geochemist and space scientist with extensive leadership experience in academia and government, including senior NASA positions. Leshin is the first woman to serve as JPL director, a role that also includes serving as Vice President at Caltech, which manages JPL for NASA. Leshin, a Caltech distinguished alumna, is also a Bren Professor of Geochemistry and Planetary Science at Caltech and will continue as co-investigator for two instruments on NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. Leshin holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Arizona State University, and master's and doctoral degrees in geochemistry from Caltech. Leshin was president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2014 to 2022 and previously served as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Science dean. At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center from 2005 to 2008, she served as director of science,

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