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Caltech Professor Barry Simon Wins Henri Poincaré Prize
Barry Simon, left, receives Henri Poincaré Prize at the International Congress of Mathematical Physics Aug. 6. [Credit: (ICMP photo)] More »
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Top Colleges to Attend PCC University Day on September 17
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 »
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PCC Offers ESL Fall New Student Orientation Aug. 20 – 22
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 »
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Caltech Wins Toilet Challenge
Caltech’s solar-powered toilet has won the Reinventing the Toilet Challenge issued by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Caltech engineer Michael Hoffmann and his colleagues were awarded $100,000 for their design, which they demonstrated at the Reinvent th... More »
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Pasadena City College, Metro, and Foothill Transit Partner to Offer Students Affordable Transit Passes
Pasadena City College, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), and Foothill Transit have partnered to offer low-cost public transportation passes to PCC students. The Institution Pass Card (I-TAP) allows full-time students enrolle... More »
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New Hubbard Library Exhibit: Early Scholarship at Fuller
Fuller’s David Allan Hubbard Library has staged a new exhibit in its lobby focusing on “Early Scholarship at Fuller.”The exhibit highlights the contributions of Fuller Seminary’s first generation of faculty members-which included professors Wilbur Moorehead Sm... More »
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First 360-Degree Panorama From NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover
Rover’s Self Portrait This Picasso-like self portrait of NASA’s Curiosity rover was taken by its Navigation cameras, located on the now-upright mast. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | › Latest images Remarkable image sets from NASA’s Curiosity rover and Mars ... More »
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NASA’s Curiosity Beams Back a Color 360 of Gale Crater
Gale Crater Vista, in Glorious Color This is the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS The first images from Curiosity’s color Mast Camera, or Mastcam, have been ... More »
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Timeline of Major Mission Events During Curiosity’s Landing
Curiosity’s EDL team releases a timeline for mission milestones (as depicted in this artist’s concept) surrounding the landing of the Mars rover. The following data were compiled by Curiosity’s Entry, Descent and Landing team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laborator... More »
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Curiosity Sends High-Resolution Color Images from Gale Crater
First Hi-Res Color Mosaic of Curiosity’s Mastcam Images This image is the first high-resolution color mosaic from NASA’s Curiosity rover, showing the geological environment around the rover’s landing site in Gale Crater on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/... More »
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NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Installing Smarts for Driving
Traces of Landing This mosaic image shows part of the left side of NASA’s Curiosity rover and two blast marks from the descent stage’s rocket engines. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning... More »
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President Obama Calls NASA’s Mars Rover Team Today
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover team aboard Air Force One during a flight to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Aug. 13, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This photograph is provided by THE WHITE HOUSE ... More »