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 »
The UNC School of Medicine has awarded the 17th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize to David Anderson, PhD, the Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology for “his discovery of neural circuit mechanisms controlling emotional behavior... More »
The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) today announced the appointment of physicist Robert N. Shelton, PhD, to the position of President, effective February 20, 2017. Dr. Shelton will lead the organization behind the development of the 24.5 meter Gia... More »
A Pasadena resident who invented a novel device from which to hang piñatas during special occasions has made it to the semifinals of Home Shopping Network’s American Dreams, a business competition that discovers, mentors Latino entrepreneurs and fast-tracks th... More »
County-pop diva, Eileen Carey, opened for rock legend, Tal Bachman, at The Rose on Thursday, January 19. Carey will bring her unique blend of heartfelt rock, pop and country to the stage. Her recent hit “Bottle Your Crazy Up” reached #1 nationally in 2015 and ... More »
Thursday evening, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Board of Directors confirmed Lance Tibbet as President for the 2017-2018 Tournament of Roses year. Tibbet will provide leadership for the 129th Rose Parade presented by Honda and the College Football Semifinal... More »
Accomplished violinist and Pasadena resident Lisa Sutton will lead Grammy-winning musicians out from the depths of the dark orchestra pits and onto center stage at local venues in a season of chamber concerts that will give audiences an intimate world class mu... More »
