The Langham Huntington, Pasadena, Southern California’s iconic landmark hotel has added a new leader to its senior management team. Chris Ong brings her own unique hospitality industry experience and knowledge to the Pasadena hotel as the Director of Catering ... More »
Long-time Descanso Gardens Executive Director David R. Brown today announced his plans to retire in the coming year. He has served since 2005 as executive director of the member-supported botanic garden in La Cañada Flintridge, which is owned by the County of ... More »
The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) has named Caltech’s Viviana Gradinaru (BS ’05), assistant professor of biology and biological engineering and Heritage Principal Investigator, as recipient of the inaugural Peter Gruss Young Investigator... More »
UniHealth Foundation has announced the appointment of Pasadena resident Jennifer Vanore, Ph.D., to the newly created position of Vice President of Programs. Dr. Vanore will be responsible for overseeing grant activities and working closely with senior manageme... More »
Local author, historian and 24-year Pasadena Police Officer Victor Cass launched his new novel, “Black Widow Bitches”—a war epic about the first all-female combat infantry unit, the 135th Airborne Division, nicknamed “The Black Widows” because o... More »
If you were to write the life story of a Nobel laureate, you might be forgiven for wanting to make the early morning call and its immediate aftermath the zenith of the story’s arc, followed by little more than a tuxedo, a speech presented before Swedish royalt... More »
Members of PCHF Board – seated: Tara Westman, President, Deborah Silver; standing: Lorna Miler, Charmayne Mills Ealy, Sheila Thornton, Gloria Pitzer, Treasurer The Pasadena Child Health Foundation (PCHF) was established in 1951 as a private foundation, two yea... More »
On Saturday, September 24, 2016, Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (ChapCare) Pediatrician, Andrette Ward, M.D., was honored at the 9th Annual Pasadena Health Summit. Hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., this event has become an institution in the C... More »
Moriel Zelikowsky, a postdoctoral scholar in biology and biological engineering at Caltech, has been named a 2016 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellow. The fellowship, now in its thirteenth year, annually awards five female postdoctoral scientists with gran... More »
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Simons Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the selection of 84 Faculty Scholars, early career scientists who “have great potential to make unique contributions to their field,” a... More »
Dianne Newman, the Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology, and Victoria Orphan, the James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology, have been selected as MacArthur Fellows. The Fellowship is a five-year grant awarded to “ind... More »
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA), which supports local music education with one of the nation’s oldest and most successful house and garden tours, is delighted to announce that Dr. Lynn Mehl has been named its president. Mehl, a professor of kinesio... More »
