James Robert “Bob” Hatch Sr., a retired aerospace machinist and long-time Pasadena resident, died in his sleep on September 18. He was 97. Hatch was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 12, 1919. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was seven years old. T... More »
John D. (“Jack”) Roberts, Institute Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Caltech and former provost, passed away on October 29, 2016. He was 98. Roberts was a pioneer in the field of physical organic chemistry. He brought nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spect... More »
New Caltech faculty member Andrew Stuart is interested in how the current era of data acquisition interacts with centuries of human intellectual development of mathematical models that describe the world around us. As an applied mathematician in the Division o... More »
Three new members — Spencer Abraham, Rebecka Belldegrun and alumna Ann Stimmler Johnson — have been elected to the Caltech Board of Trustees. Abraham and Belldegrun will serve as trustees and Johnson (BS ’99, MS ’00) as a young alumni trustee. Spencer Abraham ... More »
Mr. George Falardeau, long-time community leader and former Senior Vice President of Pasadena’s ArtCenter College of Design, has been appointed Executive Director CEO of Pasadena Community Access Corporation (PCAC). PCAC Board Chair and President Gail Schaper-... More »
Union Station Homeless Services, a leading non-profit homeless services provider in the Los Angeles area, is excited to welcome John Brauer as the agency’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective November 1, 2016. Brauer, who has more than 25 years of non-profi... More »
Before Alice Michel began her senior year at Caltech, the Wikipedia page for her major, geobiology, was a short and rudimentary entry — “woefully incomplete,” according to Michel’s academic advisor, Professor of Geobiology Alex Sessions. “It was a bit of an em... More »
Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist visited Caltech on October 20 to learn about research being conducted in several labs on campus; to catch up with former Harvard classmate Caltech President Thomas Rosenbaum; and to participate in a question-and... More »
The Tournament of Roses named Temple City High School senior Victoria Castellanos as the 2017 Rose Queen at the annual coronation ceremony Thursday night at the Pasadena Playhouse. Queen Victoria is the 99th Rose Queen and was crowned following a month long se... More »
Altadena’s rising culinary star Jodi Taffel, also known as The Fabulous Bacon Babe, is heading to the World Food Championships in Alabama next month to take home the big win in the form of a $100,000 cash prize. The 2016 Championship event is Taffel’s third at... More »
Pasadena-based National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) announced Thursday the ten individuals chosen to take part in this year’s NHMC Television Writers Program: Gabriela Montequin, Jesenia Ruiz, Gene Augusto, Pablo Goldstein, Renier Murillo, Sofía Dávil... More »
Cancer Support Community Pasadena (“CSCP”) has announced the selection of Meg Symes as its new executive director. Symes will fill the vacancy created by Ben Green’s departure. Symes has served as CSCP’s Director of Major Gifts and Special Events for the organ... More »
