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John Van de Kamp addressed the West Pasadena Residents’ Association annual meeting last week — he sits on their Board — and delivered a brief verbal memoir of his almost-seven-decades-long residence in West Pasadena. Van de Kamp was born in 1936 and grew up he... More »
Using a combination of satellite radar imaging data, GPS data measured in and near Nepal, and seismic observations from instruments around the world, Caltech and JPL scientists have constructed a preliminary picture of what happened below Earth’s surface durin... More »
Watching plants perform photosynthesis from space sounds like a futuristic proposal, but a new application of data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite may enable scientists to do just that. The new technique, which allows researchers to... More »
Open Studios is a group of artists from Altadena and Pasadena, dedicated to the promotion of ART and to sharing art with the community. We provide the gift of twice yearly, free art shows to our neighbors. The Open Studios Tour is a self guided, multi-location... More »
One Caltech professor and three Caltech alumni have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The announcement was made Tuesday, April 28, in Washington D.C. The Caltech faculty member elected to the Academy is Marianne Bronner, Alber... More »
John H. (“Jack”) Richards, a professor of organic chemistry and biochemistry at Caltech whose research was focused on gaining a molecular understanding of the mechanisms of protein function, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015. He was 85 years old. Richard... More »
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 »
Is the end of HIV near? Findings published this week in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy report that a novel, subdermal implant delivering potent antiretroviral (ARV) drugs shows extreme promise in stopping the spread of HIV. Scientists from the Pasadena-... More »
The Huntington’s Art Collectors’ Council purchased two 1936 paintings—Burlesque by Milton Avery and Irises (The Sentinels) by Pasadena artist Helen Lundeberg—as well as a ceramic sculpture, Head of a Boy, by Sargent Claude Johnson, for the American art galleri... More »
As part of the 2015 One City, One Story program, Pasadena Public Library held an art and short story contest for Pasadena children and teens inspired by this year’s selection, The Book of Unknown Americans. Pasadena Public Library received over 50 entries. Cho... More »
Dressed to the nines, over 250 guests attended the Premiere Presentation of the 2015 Pasadena Showcase House of Design on Friday, April 17. During a beautiful Spring evening, guests were treated to a grand tour of an eclectic 1910 English Tudor – Craftsman es... More »
This past year, students from Altadena’s Eliot Arts Magnet together with Mayfield Junior School students engaged with The Huntington Library on a two-month collaborative venture that yielded the artwork you see above — as well as other surprising results. Thro... More »
