Barry Simon, the IBM Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Caltech, has been awarded the International János Bolyai Prize of Mathematics for 2015 by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The prize is given every five years and honors internationally... More »
Board members of AbilityFirst, the nearly 90 year old Pasadena-based charity, held a reception for community leaders to update them on their services, leadership and future plans, at a recent Friends Reception hosted by Board Member and Vice Chair John Kelly a... More »
In a moving ceremony today at the State Capitol, Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) recently honored Holocaust survivor Ike Langholz of Pasadena whose nightmarish journey through the Nazi occupation of Poland was recounted on the Assembly floor as part o... More »
Imagine you need to have an almost exact copy of an object. Now imagine that you can just pull your smartphone out of your pocket, take a snapshot with its integrated 3-D imager, send it to your 3-D printer, and within minutes you have reproduced a replica acc... More »
Motorists who regularly use Angeles Forest Highway to commute between the Antelope Valley and the Los Angeles basin should anticipate longer travel times as a major highway improvement project gets underway in late April. The seven-month project will enhance p... More »
Richard Roll, the Linde Institute Professor of Finance at Caltech, has been named one of two recipients of this year’s Onassis Prize in Finance. Awarded only once every three years, the Onassis Prizes honor the contributions of top thinkers in the fields of fi... More »
AltadenaPoint publisher Timothy Rutt announced Thursday that his eight-year-old online publication, Altadena’s best-read dedicated online news source, will officially cease publication on April 10. “We have set a final date of publication: April 10, 2015,” Rut... More »
Huntington Memorial Hospital recently partnered with Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) to provide on-site, around-the-clock Board Certified OB/GYN obstetric hospitalist services by implementing a laborist program. Launched in January, this program offers specialized... More »
Their gift, structured to provide Caltech with flexibility to address emerging priorities, creates an endowment without a specific permanent designation. In this way, the Lindes’ newest contribution, like many of the couple’s previous gifts to Caltech, is earm... More »
South Pasadena is often described as a walkable, family-friendly community with great public schools. Add to that, South Pasadena has also gained a reputation for being a little city that does big things. South Pasadena is at it again and in conjunction with... More »
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, but it isn’t always paradise between couples, especially when one partner leaves the toilet seat up. That’s why California Institute of Technology (Caltech) students Betty Wong and Alex Pai invented Potty Glo, ... More »
Two local organizations and a Museum volunteer were singled out for special accolades at the Pasadena Museum of History’s Annual Meeting on January 31. The Corporate Angel Award was presented to Jericho Road Pasadena which, under the direction of Melanie Goo... More »
