Acronyms
| AAR | Advancement and Alumni Relations |
| ACC | access.caltech.edu - portal to online profile (paystubs, benefits, timekeeping, parking, etc.) |
| ADR | Academic Divisions & Regions - Fundraising Unit in DIR |
| AECC | Alumni Engagement Coordinating Council |
| AEW | Alumni Engagement Workgroup |
| AIChE | American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| AIS | Advancement Information Services |
| AMT | Academic Media Technologies - AV Rental for campus events |
| ASCIT | Associated Students of Caltech, Incorporated (undergrad) |
| ASI | Annual Salary Increase |
| ASIC | Audit Services & Institute Compliance |
| Ath | The Athenaeum, including Hayman Lounge, Rath, Rathskellar, Main Lounge, Hall of Associates |
| BBE | Biology and Biological Engineering |
| BBSO | Big Bear Solar Observatory (Big Bear City, CA) |
| BE | Biological Engineering / Bioengineering |
| Bechtel Mall | Walk between Wilson Avenue and east of Caltech Hall Library |
| BI | Beckman Institute |
| Big T | Caltech yearbook published by students |
| BMB | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics |
| Board Room | Ground Floor meeting room in Caltech Hall |
| BOT | Board of Trustees |
| Broad Café | Food service at Broad |
| Broad Walk | Walkway on northwest corner of campus, north of Broad Center |
| C Store | Convenience store on campus |
| CAA | Caltech Alumni Association |
| CACR | Caltech Center for Advanced Computing Reseasrch |
| Caltech Wired | Computer store on campus |
| Caltech Y | Caltech affiliate organization, originally formed by students |
| CASE | Council for Advancement and Support of Education |
| CAST | Center for Autonomous Systems and Technology |
| CATS | Caltech Architectural Tour Service |
| CBIC | Caltech Brain Imaging Center |
| CBIPP | Caltech Bioscience Industrial Partners Program |
| CCAP | Caltech Childcare Assistance Program |
| CCC | Children's Center at Caltech (on campus) |
| CCE | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering |
| CCCS | Center for Catalysis and Chemical Synthesis |
| CEC | Child Educational Center (La Canada, near JPL) |
| CEFCU | Caltech Employees Federal Credit Union |
| CFE | Center for Financial Economics |
| CGSC | Chemistry Graduate Student Committee |
| ChE | Chemical Engineering |
| CM2 | Center for Molecular Medicine (M squared) |
| CMA | Caltech Management Association |
| CNS | Computation and Neural Systems |
| COGNOS | Data warehouse |
| COO | Caltech Optical Observatories |
| Court of Man | Lawn south of Beckman Auditorium, used for graudation and big events |
| CPA | Caltech Postdoc Association |
| CRR | Catalina Recreation Rooms |
| CSIS | Center for Social and Information Sciences |
| CSN | Community Seismic Network |
| CSR | Constituent Summery Report |
| CSS | Center for Student Services |
| CTLO | Center for Teaching, Learning and Outreach |
| DC | Division Chairs |
| DCAA | Defense Control Audit Agency |
| DEI | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DICI | Diversity in Chemistry Initiative |
| DIR | Development & Institute Relations |
| Ditch Day | Annual student event |
| DLAU | Disability & Leave Administration Unit |
| DO | Development Officer |
| DOO | Division Operations Officer |
| DPN | Division Personnel Management |
| EAB | Education Advisory Board |
| EAP | Engagement and Annual Programs |
| EAS | Engineering & Applied Science |
| EDA | Employee Data Administration |
| EOD | Employee & Organizational Development |
| EPR | Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Facility |
| ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act |
| E-Verify | DHS system for employers to verify employment eligibility info |
| FARE | Faculty Advisors Recognition Endowment |
| FRO | Faculty Records Office |
| GPS | Geological & Planetary Sciences |
| GSC | Graudate Student Council |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| HSS | Humanities & Social Sciences |
| I-9 | Form I9 - Employment Eligibility Verification |
| IAC | Institute Administrative Council |
| IACC | Institute Academic Council of Caltech |
| IARC | Institute and Alumni Relations Committee of the Board of Trustees |
| IMSS | Information Management Systems & Services |
| IPAC | Infraded Processing & Analysis Center |
| IQIM | Institute for Quantum Information and Matter |
| IST | Information Science and Technology Initiative |
| JCAP | Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Keck Observatory | Caltech-operated observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii |
| Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory | A Caltech operated facility in Corona del Mar, California |
| KISS | Keck Institute for Space Studies |
| KNI | Kavli Nanoscience Institute |
| KRONOS | Employee timekeeping |
| LIGO | Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO Hanford, WA and LIGO Livingston, LA) |
| LISA | Liquid Sunlight Alliance |
| little T | undergraduate publication |
| LOI | Letter of Intent |
| MILL | Millennium Database |
| Moore Walk | Walk north of the Annenberg building in the northeast campus |
| MORA | Minimum Overhead Review and Approval |
| MOSH | Master of Student Houses |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health Policy |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility |
| NSF | National Science Foundation, an agency that funds a lot of research at Caltech |
| OFR | Office of Foundation Relations |
| OGC | Office of the General Counsel |
| Olive Walk | Walk between the Athenaeum and west of Millikan Library |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research (JPL funding source) |
| OSC | Office of Strategic Communications |
| OVRO | Observatory in Owens Valley, California |
| Palomar Observatory | Observatory in Palomar, California |
| PAR | Prospect Analytics and Reporting |
| P-Card | Purchasing Card (credit card) |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| PM | Prospect Manager |
| PMA | Physics, Math & Astronomy |
| PMR | Prospect Management and Research |
| PS | Primary Solicitor |
| PTA | Project/Task/Award |
| QM | Qualification Manager |
| QUIC | Quantum Information & Computation |
| Rathskellar | Café in the basement |
| Red Door | Red Door Café on campus |
| RI2 | Rothenberg Innovation Initiative (RI sqaured) |
| RSI | Resnick Sustainability Institute |
| San Pasqual Walk | Walkway connecting San Pasqual Street across campus |
| SDOD | Senior Director of Development |
| SEAL | Solar Energy Activity Lab |
| SFCC | Staff & Faculty Consultation Center |
| SI | Strategic Initiatives |
| SSC | Spitzer Science Center |
| SURF | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship |
| TACIT | Theater Arts at Caltech |
| TBH | To be hired |
| TechMart | Purchasing System |
| Title VII | Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (nondiscrimination & EEO) |
| TM (prospect) | Prospect Team Members |
| TM | Talent Management |
| TMT | Thirty Meter Telescope |
| TS | Team Solicitors |
| UG | Undergraduate |
| URM | Underrepresented Minority |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| WASC | Western Association of Schools & Colleges, an accredidation organziation |
| WAVE | Research program |
| WiC | Women in Chemistry |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |