Ares J. Rosakis, the Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering at Caltech’s Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, will receive the Theodore von Kármán Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers for 2016. The medal ... More »
Pasadena resident Raffi Hamparian, a respected Armenian-American community leader, will be the next national chairman of the Armenian National Committee of America, a report on the Los Angeles-based Asbarez Newspaper said Friday. Hamparian will succeed longtim... More »
The Junior League of Pasadena, Inc. (JLP) is proud to announce the recipient of this year’s Nancy Reed Payne Achievement Award. In 1995, the award was created to recognize and honor Sustaining members who have made an exceptional contribution to the JLP and th... More »
Veteran media executive Paula Madison will address students, family, faculty, staff, and the community at Pasadena City College’s 91st Commencement ceremony. The ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 6, at 7:00 p.m. With more than 35 years’ experience in broad... More »
Michael Bloom, Co-Founder and CEO of renowned Pasadena Recovery Center announced today the official launch of recovery residence, aka sober living home, Spruce House. Spruce House is committed to providing an affordable home-like environment for men in early r... More »
Venkat Chandrasekaran and Thomas Vidick have received grants from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research through its Young Investigator Research Program (YIP). The award, given to scientists and engineers who have received their PhD in the last five yea... More »
[Editor’s Note: Since initial publication of this story, we have learned that a memorial service for Cameron Turner is scheduled for 11 am on Friday March 18th at First A.M.E. church in Altadena, 1700 N. Raymond Ave.] Cameron Turner, 52, well-known Altadena-ba... More »
Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena has announced it has suspended the search for a new dean of its School of Theology and has invited Joel B. Green to extend his service as Dean until June of 2018. Dr. Green has accepted the invitation. “It’s true that I ... More »
The 2016 Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching has been awarded to Ellen Rothenberg, the Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology. Established in 1993, the Feynman Prize annually honors “a professor who demonstrates, in the broadest sense, un... More »
From March 8 through 9, Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley (PPPSGV) was “thrilled” to host Jill Lafer, the Board Chair of the National Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Lafer met with PPPSGV staff and the Board of Directors and had a wh... More »
Cal State LA physics major and Pasadena resident Ethan Villarama, 14, has been selected to participate in a highly competitive internship at the prestigious European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland this summer. For nine intensiv... More »
Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez will speak at 7:00 p.m. March 24 on El Niño awareness issues and public safety. The talk is sponsored by the Armenian Athletic Association Ladies Society. Sanchez will deliver his address at the Armenian Education Benevole... More »
