Three Pasadena La Salle High School seniors are planning to go to the World of Scholars 2016 Tournament of Champions at Yale University in November, after qualifying in the Global Round in Prague in mid-July. To get to the Tournament, the three have just launc... More »
The City of Pasadena has received a $145,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for use in its proposed Safer Streets – Pasadena School Area Safety Program for 2017 through 2017, an announcement by the City’s Department of Trans... More »
After facing off against 47 competitors from around the world, the Caltech Robotics Team won first prize at the 19th annual International RoboSub Competition for autonomous underwater vehicles in San Diego, held from July 25-31. The team’s robot submarine, nic... More »
Having learned in harmony during a time of racial strife, they gathered at Mijares Restaurant last Saturday evening to thank the man who guided them in their youth and enriched their lives foever. Dr. Mel Beech, a former sixth-grade Pasadena Unified teacher no... More »
When Andrew Rocha started his first class in career counseling at PCC, he took it very seriously. He began his second stint as a PCC student coming back from a full-time retail job, in search of his future passion and ready to pour himself into his studies. Wh... More »
The parents of 194 Madison Elementary School students demanded that Principal Juan Ruelas be replaced before the start of school next month in a petition delivered to Pasadena Unified School District’s Board of Education at Thursday night’s meeting. A second p... More »
The Board of Trustees of ArtCenter College of Design announced today the election of Cruel and Unusual Films Co-Founder Zack Snyder as a Trustee. Snyder, who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from the College in 1989, will serve on the Board’s Academic Af... More »
The increasingly popular dual enrollment program that allows Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) high school students to take select PCC courses and earn college credit is expected to be approved for the upcoming 2016-2017 academic school year Thursday eve... More »
Twenty-one Pasadena area high school students are dedicating five jam packed days into learning about the world of law enforcement and fire fighting through the city’s Junior Public Safety Academy this week. The program is designed to provide an arena where in... More »
Immaculate Heart students recently completed their Contemporary Moral Issues class by organizing a Justice Fair on campus that raised funds and awareness for numerous organizations that advocate human, animal, and environmental rights. Students raised several ... More »
Hanaa is hunting for a blip in a vast set of data. Although she is only a high school student, she is searching for the signal of a pulsar — a rapidly rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation like a lighthouse. Hanaa and 19 of her f... More »
On July 15, Kaushik Bhattacharya, the Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Materials Science, becomes become one of Caltech’s two vice provosts. He takes on the role filled for the last six years by Mory Gharib, the Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Ae... More »
