Captain Brian Davies, Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 will be the speaker at the Pasadena Rotary Club on Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 introduced by Captain William Creedon, President of the Pasadena Navy League and the USS Pasadena Foundation on the topic: ... More »
One of the greatest mysteries of experimental physics is how so-called high-temperature superconducting materials work. Despite their name, high-temperature superconductors—materials that carry electrical current with no resistance—operate at chilly temperatur... More »
A small group of Pasadenans may be leading a quiet revolution in voting over the next few years. Pasadenans Empowering Parental Participation in Educational Governance (PEPPEG), backed by an expert in the field of voters’ rights, presented their idea of allowi... More »
Caltech senior trustee Charles Trimble (BS ’63, MS ’64), founder and former chief executive officer of Trimble Navigation, Ltd., is the 2016 recipient of the International von Kármán Wings Award. The honor—administered by the Aerospace Historical Society and t... More »
Hillsides, a foster care charity, won three PRism awards recognizing the best in Los Angeles area public relations at the 52 Annual PRism Awards Show held by the Public Relations Society of America, Los Angeles Chapter (PRSA-LA) in Hollywood on November 16. Hi... More »
Sara Simpson, a senior managing director at Fidelity Investments in Los Angeles, has been selected to chair Hillsides annual gala, “Las Flores de Hillsides,” to be held on February 25, 2017. Simpson, who has been a gala committee member since 2013, also serves... More »
The Pasadena-based Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) today announced the appointment of Walter E. Massey, PhD, and Taft Armandroff, PhD, to the positions of Board Chair and Vice Chair, respectively. Continuing their involvement in new leadership cap... More »
Eran Hadas, a celebrated Israeli poet whose work has been featured at art festivals internationally, will serve as a visiting lecturer at Caltech this spring. Hadas, creator of “Augmented Poetry,” the innovative poetry-writing algorithm, will be in Pasadena fr... More »
Dean Mobbs, a new assistant professor of cognitive neuroscience, studies what happens in our brains when we interact with others and when we are under threat. Mobbs, a native of Kettering, England, received his PhD from University College London and was an ass... More »
Unite for a Cause’s benefit event for Leadership Pasadena at the Western Justice Center on November 1 exceeded all goals for its inaugural event. Founded by Carla Buigues and Josh Driskell together with Vanessa Terzian and Anthony Guthmiller, Unite for a Cause... More »
Rolf H. Sabersky, Caltech professor of mechanical engineering, emeritus, passed away on October 24, 2016, at the age of 96. Born on October 20, 1920, in Berlin, German, Sabersky earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from Ca... More »
Edward Stolper, Caltech’s William E. Leonhard Professor of Geology and provost, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Roebling Medal, the highest honor given by the Mineralogical Society of America. The medal recognizes “scientific eminence as represe... More »
