One of Caltech’s oldest buildings, the Linde + Robinson Laboratory for Global Environmental Science, is the recipient of a 2012 Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award. The building, an astronomy lab built in 1932 that has undergone extensive renovations ... More »
Pacific Oaks College has received a grant of $225,000 from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation is dedicated to enriching the fabric of the Los Angeles region by investing in the very best human services, health care, education an... More »
Surveyed Pasadena residents are in favor of building a new earthquake-safe replacement terminal at Bob Hope Airport, which is jointly owned by the cities of Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, a recently released poll says. The telephone survey, conducted by resear... More »
Pasadena City College student Andrew Bott, whose open letter last week drew a quick and lengthy reply from Geoffrey Baum, President of the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees, reacts to news that $2.4 million is being spent to retrofit the college with ene... More »
Famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has visited Caltech almost every year since 1992, usually spending about a month on campus. And since 2000, it’s been a tradition for Caltech students to cook an Indian feast for Hawking, who’s the director of resear... More »
Last Thursday, the area around Millikan Library saw quite a bit of action. Parachuting eggs drifted down from the top of the nine-story building, and boats and bots battled it out in Millikan Pond. No, they weren’t more legendary Caltech pranks—they were final... More »
Geoffrey Baum, President, Pasadena City College Board of Trustees, emailed the following response to a letter by PCC student Andrew Bott which was published yesterday in Pasadena Now. Please see: “PCC Board of Trustees Obviously Doesn’t Hear Students’ Voices... More »
I am writing in response to the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees meeting on March 7th. (http://www.pasadena.edu/board/granicus.cfm) First, I wanted to say that I am disappointed that the Board seemed to hear my (I spoke before item i), and other student... More »
Using a precision formation-flying technique, the twin GRAIL spacecraft will map the moon’s gravity field, as depicted in this artist’s rendering. [Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech] JPL’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft orbiting the m... More »
The jury is still out on the best way to motivate your child to improve their grades, tests, or academic standing. There are a lot of resources in books, CDs, or the internet, but one local resource, Axia Learning, is one you may not have heard about. “My pa... More »
Recently, Pasadena City College women’s basketball forward Marquetta Stokes passed the 500-point mark in her Lancers’ career as she became the 26th player in school history to achieve the feat. Stokes is at 524 points through 51 games played at PCC. A 5-foot... More »
Sabrina Martinez (from Blair High in Pasadena) launches a 3-pointer as part of her season-high 12 points in PCC’s 97-48 home win over ECC Compton Wednesday night, image by Richard Quinton. Six different Lancers either reached or surpassed their 2011-2012 seas... More »
