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On a hot Pasadena summer afternoon, a group of middle school students looked up with excitement, waiting for their teammates and mentors to drop their engineering projects over a railing four floors up. In the minutes that followed, some of the projects crashe... More »
MRI scans of a human brain show the regions significantly associated with decision-making in blue, and the regions significantly associated with behavioral control in red. On the left is an intact brain seen from the front — the colored regions are both in the... More »
Residents and businesses can safely dispose of electronic waste and shred personal documents—all for FREE—at the City’s “Electronic Waste Collection Event†from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25 at the Rose Bowl. The e-waste collection/document sh... More »
Plasma loops created in the lab were recorded using high-speed cameras. [Credit: Eve Stenson / Caltech] In orbit around Earth is a wide range of satellites that we rely on for everything from television and radio feeds to GPS navigation. Although these spacecr... More »
The annual Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase and Mini-Taste of Pasadena will be held at Paseo Colorado on Thursday, September 27th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Vendors and exhibitors will set up in the public area of the outdoor mall. A select grou... More »
Pasadena City College has been awarded a $244,541 grant from the California Community Colleges Student Mental Health Program (CCC SMHP) to create a campus culture of wellness to promote student achievement. The project will include a Wellness Center, designed ... More »
Pasadena City College will be offering free parenting classes beginning Aug. 27. Parents of children up to four years old can attend classes that include crafts, music and movement, and snacks. Discussion topics will cover discipline, nutrition, and developmen... More »
NASA has signed a new $8.5 billion contract with Caltech, extending the Institute’s management of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for an additional five years. JPL is NASA’s only federally funded research and development center. It’s history is inextri... More »
Michael Feinstein, the multi-platinum-selling, two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer dubbed “The Ambassador of The Great American Songbook,” has been named the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Pasadena POPS in the wake of the ... More »
Barry Simon, left, receives Henri Poincaré Prize at the International Congress of Mathematical Physics Aug. 6. [Credit: (ICMP photo)] More »
More than 50 colleges and universities, including Columbia University, Pepperdine University, UCLA, and USC, are slated to attend Pasadena City College’s University Day on Sept. 17. Students interested in transferring to a four-year college or university can... More »
Pasadena City College is proud to present an English as a Second Language (ESL) New Student Orientation, on Aug. 20 – 22 at the PCC Community Education Center (CEC). Interested students will be able to apply, take placement tests, and register for fall class... More »
