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Pasadena City Council appoints interim member ahead of upcoming election
The Pasadena City Council on Tuesday appointed developer Joel Bryant to temporarily fill the seat at the dais left vacant after Chris Holden was elected to the state Assembly. Bryant is a member of the board of directors for the Rose Bowl Operating Co....Tags: Government, Local Elections, Board of Directors, Science and Technology, Politics
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Caltech building is the epicenter of seismological research
Millikan Library is the tallest building on the Caltech campus. It is also the most sensitive. The sleek, gray nine-story building is home to 13 pocket-sized seismometers and a rooftop “shaker” that sends vibrations through the structure....
Tags: Earthquakes, Google Inc., Natural Disasters, Libraries, Science and Technology
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At JPL, teens learn rocket science by crafting toilet paper catapults
High school students have been known to sling a roll or two of toilet paper — but not many use catapults or compete with rocket scientists for the longest heave. Yet that was the task Friday at the 15th annual Invention Challenge at Jet...
Tags: Google Inc., Teaching and Learning, Scientific Invention, Education, Students
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Pasadena City College design program nets $3.9M federal grant
Pasadena City College has received $3,875,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to expand a program that provides job skills to engineering students and helps them work toward their bachelor’s degrees. The college’s Design Technology...
Tags: Architecture, Financial Aid, California Polytechnic State University, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Humanities have a place, even at Caltech
When Christina Kondos receives her bachelor's degree at Caltech's commencement Friday, she will represent a tiny and little-known minority at the prestigious science and engineering campus in Pasadena. Kondos is the only one in her graduating class of...
Tags: Literature, Applied Physics, Teaching and Learning, James Joyce, Sociology
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Smog-ology: Caltech professor wins environmental prize
The Los Angeles basin is home to some famously filthy air, and this month a leader in the study of air pollution added a carbon particle-tainted feather to his cap. John Seinfeld, a chemical engineering professor at Caltech, has been named one of two...
Tags: Air Pollution, Teaching and Learning, Education, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley
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JPL workers hit a high note
Singing in a chorus might not be rocket science, but that hasn’t stopped Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers from forming their own company of singers. The JPL Chorus will make its debut at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in a free concert with the Pasadena...
Tags: Music, Concerts, Medical Research, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Culture
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Orbert Davis' jazz symphony looks at Chicago River's momentous reversal
It was called the “seventh engineering wonder of the world,” a herculean effort to reverse the flow of the Chicago River. Typhoid fever, cholera and other waterborne diseases were running rampant in Chicago in the late 19th century, and...
Tags: Music, Music Industry, Science and Technology, Michael Williams, Chicago River
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Business people - May 19
Meritus Health Meritus Healthcare Foundation recently welcomed two new managers: • Donor Relations Manager Allison Anderson is working with internal audiences including board members, physicians, planned giving and programs for Meritus Health&...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Clubs and Associations
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Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team
Scott Beck By John P. Huston,Tribune reporter Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me...
Tags: Music, Bill Gates, University of Chicago, Economy, Business and Finance, Haiti
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USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer
The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Lifestyle and Leisure, Game Playing, University of Pennsylvania, Teaching and Learning
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