Haya Kaliounji is 19 years old. A motivated PCC student, she is taking two classes this Winter Intersession, a heavy lift in the shortened six-week term. She hopes to follow in her brother’s footsteps and attend UCLA to study biology. She’s an accomplished Gir... More »
Lee & Associates Pasadena has announced that John Berger, longtime veteran of Southern California commercial real estate, has joined the Pasadena office as a Founding Principal. “We are especially pleased that John has joined our team. His experience and exper... More »
Julissa Arce, a writer, social justice advocate, and former investment banker who made headlines when she revealed her undocumented immigration status, will serve as the guest speaker for Pasadena City College’s 2017 Commencement ceremony. Arce was chosen from... More »
The Pasadena Fire Department has named Dr. Roger Yang as its new Medical Director in an announcement today. In this position, Dr. Yang provides advice and coordinates the medical aspects of field care as defined by the Los Angeles County Department of Health S... More »
Just days after a major administration change in Washington, Caltech president Thomas Rosenbaum joined presidents from Harvey Mudd College, Pomona College, and ArtCenter College of Design on January 24 for “Politics and American Higher Education,” a panel disc... More »
Harold Rosen (MS ’48, PhD ’51), the father of geostationary satellite communications, passed away on January 30, 2017. He was 90. Modern communications technology relies on a fleet of hundreds of satellites orbiting in fixed locations above the earth’s surface... More »
The National Academy of Sciences has awarded Caltech’s Frances Arnold the 2017 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence Research for her work on directed evolution, a method used to “breed” biological enzymes useful to scientists and industry. Directed... More »
A veteran stage and screen actor and eight students will be special guests at the next meeting of the Martin Severance Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 9 a.m. at the Women’s City Club of Pasadena, 160 N. Oakland Ave.... More »
Carey Smith, President of Parsons’ Federal business unit, has been inducted into the 2017 Wash100, a distinction that recognizes leaders for outstanding performance throughout the federal government contracting (GovCon) industry. Ms. Smith, who joined Parsons ... More »
New Caltech faculty member Soon-Jo Chung splits his time between Caltech’s campus, where he is a Bren Scholar and an associate professor of aerospace in the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), and NASA’s Jet Prop... More »
Former Huntington Hospital nurse Allysha Shin has been selected as one three women who will receive the Kate Mullany Courageous Young Worker Award in ceremonies next month in Washington, D.C. The award is given by the Berger-Marks Foundation in Washington and ... More »
Immaculate Heart High School mourns the passing of IH alumna Mary Tyler Moore, Class of 1955. The legendary actress and activist became a TV icon with her ground-breaking and award-winning series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Moore, who was born in Brooklyn, New... More »
