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Video: Music & James Boyk: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Master ClassOriginal at Google Video
• Wed, Jul 23
INQUIRE about studying with James Boyk in Pasadena, West Los Angeles, or the Berkeley/Oakland area: performancerecordings.com/lessons.html MORE James Boyk music videos: vimeo.com/228489 , vimeo.com/198660, vimeo.com/307950 . THIS VIDEO is from a masterclass at California Institut...
Video: Professor Steven Low on Netlab, FastSoft, and FAST TCPOriginal at Google Video
• Mon, Jul 21
Caltech Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Steven Low talks about Caltech's Netlab's Internet congestion reduction research and the company, FastSoft, that is commercializing its research, recorded in Pasadena, 6-28-07
Video: JPL part 1Original at YouTube
• Tue, Jul 8
By rss@youtube.com (sunday9pm) Exclusive visit of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), part of the Caltech, Pasadena, Los Angeles. Tour by the Chief Scientist of the Mars program, Dan McCleese. Keywords: JPL jet propulsion lab caltech mars NASA pasadena explorer dan mccleese matt golombek rich zurek
Video: Sample clip "Mounting Evidence for Design" V042Original at YouTube
• Thu, Jun 21
By rss@youtube.com (AccessResearch) This is a low-res sample from a DVD Product available from http://www.arn.org. Dr. Hugh Ross is Founder and President of Reasons to Believe, in Pasadena, California. His Ph.D. from the University of Toronto is in Astronomy. He was the youngest person ever to serve as director of observations for...
Video: Brotherhood 3.0-Smart Turtles-6/15/2007Original at YouTube
• Fri, Jun 15
By rss@youtube.com (namlhots) Tom goes to nerd out in Pasadena, CA. Links of Interest: Mt Wilson Observatory http://www.mtwilson.edu/ and the Jet Propulsion Lab Mars Rover Page: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html and many thanks to Dave, Lynn, and Scott for a fantastic slumber party. A special nerdfighte...
Caltech Glee Clubs Concert
Original at Caltech Today
• Sun, Nov 15
The Caltech Glee Clubs will perform a concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church (1757 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena) at 8 p.m. on Friday, November 20, and Saturday, November 21. The program has not yet been announced.
Members' Watson Lecture Reception in Pasadena, December 2, 6 - 7:30PM
Original at Caltech Alumni Association Events
• Tue, Nov 3
• 4 related articles
Join Caltech Alumni Association members and their guests for a light supper prior to the Earnest C. Watson Lecture on December 2nd. The evening's lecturer will be Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics; Executive Officer for the Social Sciences,...
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Caltech LGBT + Allies Barbeque in Pasadena, October 25, 11AM - 5PM
Original at Caltech Alumni Association Events
• Fri, Oct 23
Join Caltech/JPL LGBT + Allies for an afternoon of food and fun in Tournament Park. Friends, families and pets are welcome to attend. Activities will include tie-dye, volleyball, croquet, and playground area for children.
Amnesty International Book Discussion Group
Original at Caltech Today
• Mon, Oct 12
• 2 related articles
At 6:30 p.m. on October 18, Caltech/Pasadena Amnesty International Group 22 will meet on the second floor of Vroman's Bookstore (695 E. Colorado Boulevard) to discuss The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, a novel about the uproarious lives of a family of Dominican immigrants...
Social Activism Speaker Series in Pasadena, October 12, 7:30 - 8:30PM
Original at Caltech Alumni Association Events
• Wed, Oct 7
Attend the next Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) lecture. The next lecture will be delivered by Sakura Kone, Director, Rebuild Green/New Orleans. The title of the talk is "RIGHT TO REMAIN: New Orleans residents combat attempts to price them out of the city." SASS is a Caltech student o...
Up and Moving through Pasadena and Caltech
Original at Caltech Today
• Wed, Sep 30
On Sunday, October 4, City Councilman Terry Tornek will lead a walk through District 7 of Pasadena. All members of the community are invited to join the group, which will meet at 5 p.m. at the Assistant League's Craft Fair Gift Shop. The walk will begin at 5:15 p.m. and will highlight scenic Arden R...
Amnesty International Monthly Meeting
Original at Caltech Today
• Tue, Sep 15
• 2 related articles
Caltech/Pasadena Amnesty International Group 22 holds monthly meetings to discuss current activities and plans. This month's session will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, September 24, in the Caltech Y lounge. All are welcome, and refreshments will be provided. For information...
Members' Watson Lecture Reception in Pasadena, October 14, 6 - 7:30PM
Original at Caltech Alumni Association Events
• Wed, Sep 2
• 4 related articles
Join Caltech Alumni Association members and their guests for a light supper prior to the Earnest C. Watson Lecture on October 14th. The evening's lecturer will be Christopher Martin, Professor of Physics, whose topic is "Exploring the Ultraviolet Universe."
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O'Rourke Steps Down as Vice President for Public Relations
Original at Caltech Today
• Fri, Aug 14
After 23 years acting as the public face of Caltech, Bob O'Rourke, the Institute's vice president for public relations, has decided to step down from that position in order to slow down and spend more time with his family. In a recent article in the Pasadena Star-News, public editor Larry W...
Amnesty International Book Discussion Group
Original at Caltech Today
• Fri, Aug 7
• 2 related articles
Caltech/Pasadena Amnesty International Group 22 will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 16, on the second floor of Vroman's Bookstore (695 E. Colorado Boulevard) to discuss Finding Nouf, by Zoe Ferraris, a mystery set in Saudi Arabia. All are welcome.
Water Conservation on Campus
Original at Caltech Today
• Fri, Jul 24
In response to Southern California's diminishing water supply and expected water shortage, the City of Pasadena recently announced that it will implement a number of new permanent prohibitions on water waste. Caltech Facilities has complied with the restrictions on campus. Bill Irwi...
Recession could put proposed rink on ice
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Tue, Jun 16
CA Building a replacement rink has long been a passion for retired Caltech professor and avid skater Fred Culick, an owner and president of the Pasadena Ice Skating Center. Since 1999, Culick said, he's been trying to work with the city on a ...
New research center to be founded at Caltech will explore ...
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Tue, Jun 16
Officials also will determine where to house the new research facility on the Pasadena campus, Caltech spokesman Jon Weiner said. Last week at Caltech's graduation ceremonies, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu called on students to dedicate themselves to ...
Resnicks give $20 million for sustainability program at Caltech
Original at Jewish Telegraphic Agency
• Tue, Jun 16
• 1 related articles
NY Pasadena, Calif.—As the US Secretary of Energy and hundreds of graduates and their families looked on, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) president Jean-Lou Chameau began today's commencement ceremony by announcing $30 million in gifts as the ...
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Pasadena Employers Honored For Rideshare Programs
Original at Pasadena Now
• Mon, Jun 15
CA and Caltech received a Diamond Award for its annual themed rideshare events and for increasing its vanpools from three to 10. Other Pasadena employers who received Honorable Mention awards for successful ridesharing efforts include Paseo Colorado ...
This just in from NASA:
Original at ScienceBlogs
• Sun, Jun 14
Other collaborators include Richard Arendt of nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; AC Adwin Boogert of nasa's Herschel Science Center, Caltech in Pasadena; Mathias Schultheis of the Besancon Observatory in France; Susan Stolovy of nasa's ...
Pasadena's Caltech unleashes graduates
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Fri, Jun 12
• 1 related articles
PASADENA - Five-hundred and fourteen of the nation's brightest technological minds graduated Friday from Caltech, where US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu urged them to be mindful of rapid global climate change. "If the world continues on this ...
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Baby Stars Finally Found In Jumbled Galactic Center - Science Daily
Original at Science Daily
• Thu, Jun 11
press release) Other collaborators include Richard Arendt of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; AC Adwin Boogert of NASA's Herschel Science Center, Caltech in Pasadena; Mathias Schultheis of the Besancon Observatory in France; Susan Stolovy of NASA's ...
Stars Come Out at Astronomy...
Original at Science Now
• Wed, Jun 10
DC Credit: (top left) University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy; (top right): A. Dupree (CfA)/NASA/ESA; (bottom) NASA/JPL-Caltech/SV Ramírez (NExSci/Caltech)/SST/IRAC/MIPS/IRS By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee PASADENA, CALIFORNIA--Stars have been the, well, ...
WISE Mission Assembled and Preparing For Launch - Space Ref
Original at Space Ref
• Wed, Jun 10
press release) spacecraft was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Science operations and data processing will take place at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
Full 9th Circuit Declines to Hear JPL Privacy Case
Original at Courthouse News Service
• Fri, Jun 5
By ANNIE YOUDERIAN (CN) - The 9th Circuit on Thursday let stand an injunction blocking NASA and Caltech from performing extensive background checks on low-risk employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. In one of three dissents, ...
School Notes: Summer day camp at the Pasadena Conservatory of ...
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Sun, May 31
• 28 related articles
CA Three seniors from the California Institute of Technology have received Fulbright Fellowships to pursue graduate work abroad, Caltech announced. Alex Hudson is beginning a one-year program in theoretical chemistry at the University of Oxford; ...
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Standards Of Giants
Original at All About Jazz
• Fri, May 29
• 28 related articles
PA firmly established himself as one of the most in-demand talents around Pasadena, California, performing with small combos as well as big bands. Snyder's love for collegiate jazz has made him a regular band member of the Caltech Jazz Band program. ...
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Planet-Hunting Method Finally Succeeds
Original at RedOrbit
• Thu, May 28
TX JPL is a partner with the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena in the Palomar Observatory. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. More information about exoplanets and NASA's planet-finding program is at http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov .
Planet-Hunting Method Succeeds at Last
Original at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Thu, May 28
CA JPL is a partner with the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena in the Palomar Observatory. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. More information about exoplanets and NASA's planet-finding program is at http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov . ...
Caltech seniors ditch for mischief
Original at abc7.com
• Wed, May 27
• 28 related articles
However, on Wednesday, all the mischief was on their Pasadena campus. Caltech is one of the nation's leading institutes of higher learning. ... and more »
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Caltech seniors ditch for mischief
Original at abc7.com
• Wed, May 27
• 28 related articles
CA KABC) -- California Institute of Technology has a reputation for pranks and practical jokes, which are usually aimed at other colleges and universities. However, on Wednesday, all the mischief was on their Pasadena campus. Caltech is one of the ...
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Caltech's Senior Ditch Day brings different kind of brain-bending
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Wed, May 27
CA By Janette Williams, Staff Writer Caltech student Pradeep Ramesh repels down a parking garage during Caltech Ditch Day Wednesday. (Walt Mancini / Staff Photographer) PASADENA - Brain-bending at Caltech doesn't usually involve devising formulas for ...
Noted evangelist Ralph Winter dies
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Tue, May 26
• 28 related articles
CA PASADENA - Ralph Winter, a Pasadena evangelical preacher who was named one of the 25 most influential evangelists nationwide by Time Magazine has died. Winter, a Caltech graduate, did missionary work in Guatemala, and in 1976 founded the US Center for ...
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Patt Diroll's social calendar, May 26
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Mon, May 25
• 28 related articles
CA The Fine Arts Club of Pasadena presents its Visual Arts Awards to Bryce Carter Butcher and Augusto Mana Piccio at its annual dinner. 6 pm The Athenaeum, Caltech campus, Pasadena. $50. (626) 584-1175. The College Women's Club Scholarship Foundation will ...
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Ralph D. Winter dies at 84; Christian missionary was one of ...
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Sun, May 24
CA Winter was born in South Pasadena in December 1924, the middle son of Hugo H. Winter, a prominent freeway designer with the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, and his wife, Hazel. He earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Caltech before ...
FastSoft Updates Product Line
Original at socalTech.com
• Fri, May 22
• 28 related articles
CA Pasadena-based FastSoft, the Caltech spinout developing Internet acceleration devices, disclosed earlier this week that it has rolled out a new product. The firm said its new E Series EX accelerator now supports 10Gbps throughput, and accelerates TCP ...
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Spying roboflies to get minicam eyes
Original at New Scientist
• Thu, May 21
• 28 related articles
UK Now with Pentagon and NASA funding, Caltech's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena has squeezed all the components of a camera onto one low-power chip, revealed in a US patent filed last week (www.tinyurl.com/ojwmdq). The gadget can be radio-controlled via a ...
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"Penny Stocks that Perform" pick is: GTXO, MWE, PGYC, UNH, VSPC - Insurance News Net
Original at Insurance News Net
• Wed, May 20
press release), PA VIASPACE subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation owns a portfolio of fuel cell patents licensed from Pasadena-based California Institute of Technology (Caltech), which manages NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where the direct methanol fuel ...
Space Dynamics Laboratory Ships Science Instrument To Chart The Skies - Science Daily
Original at Science Daily
• Wed, May 20
• 28 related articles
by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. Science operations and data processing will take place at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Coming Together
Original at Space Daily
• Tue, May 19
CA by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. Science operations and data processing will take place at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
NASA's Spitzer Begins Warm Mission
Original at Pasadena Now
• Mon, May 18
CA NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, manages the Spitzer mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, DC Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at Caltech. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, ...
Past on Parade: Pasadena, UCLA histories linked
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Sun, May 17
• 28 related articles
CA To present this plan to the regents, Pasadena assembled a committee of its most prominent citizens. It included Dr. Robert Millikan of Caltech, Dr. George Ellery Hale of Mt. Wilson, financiers, bank presidents, city officials, educators, ...
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Putting Photons to Work
Original at Science Now
• Fri, May 15
• 28 related articles
DC That's what a team from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena set out to answer. First, the researchers fabricated a pair of planks only a few hundred nanometers wide out of silicon microchip material. Then they chemically etched ...
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Herschel and Planck on Way to Study Our Cosmic Roots
Original at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Thu, May 14
CA The NASA Herschel Science Center, part of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, supports the United States astronomical community. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. More information is online at ...
Spitzer Catches Star Cooking Up Comet Crystals
Original at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Wed, May 13
• 28 related articles
CA JPL manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
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Laughing at the US
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Thu, Apr 30
At Caltech in Pasadena tonight through Sunday, the Capitol Steps will perform 30 songs and skits, including "Joe Biden" belting out rock, "Vladimir Putin" warbling a show tune and the "Supreme Court" digging disco. Newport said that Pasadena is one of ...
Caltech proves hospitable to filming
Original at Variety
• Thu, Apr 30
But Caltech's most prominent use as an onscreen venue began four years ago, when it became a central location for the CBS series "Numbers" — even though the Pasadena campus was not the first choice. "Numbers" was originally to be set in Boston, ...
Pasadena Health Officials Monitor Swine Flu Situation
Original at Pasadena Now
• Mon, Apr 27
Dr. Wada also said that his department will be in touch shortly with private schools, PCC, Caltech and other schools in the area to alert officials as to what actions should be taken at this time. The department will also be sending notices to child ...
Hero assumes Caltech development role at Caltech
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Tue, Apr 21
CA PASADENA - The California Institute of Technology has named Peter deCourcy Hero as its new vice president for development and alumni relations. Hero, former senior advisor to the CEO and board of directors of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in ...
Occidental-Caltech Symphony to perform at two free concerts
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Wed, Apr 15
CA Symphony Orchestra will present the Concerto Winners Concert, directed by Allen Robert Gross, at 7:30 pm May 2 at Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, and again on May 3 at Caltech, 1200 E. California Blvd., in Pasadena. ...
Enterprise Forum in Pasadena: Social Networks and the Community Internet, April 18, 8AM - 12PM
Original at Caltech Alumni Association Events
• Mon, Apr 13
The Caltech/MIT Enterprise forum is a joint venture of Caltech's Industrial Relations Center, the Caltech Alumni Association and the MIT Alumni Association. The mission of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial...
Hadjian Endorses York
Original at Pasadena Now
• Wed, Apr 8
CA District 7 is probably best known for its institutions including PCC and Caltech. Tornek almost pulled out a victory in the crowded field of five in the March 10 election. The former Pasadena Planning Commissioner picked up 899 votes, 47.2 percent of ...
Proposed Program for the Celebration in Honor of Jack Schwartz, at CIMS on March 27
Original at The Wayward Word Press
• Wed, Mar 25
By daveshields Back in the 1960’s an apartment near the Caltech campus in Pasadena, California, was shared by several generations of graduate students in chemistry. No one knew how to list the phone number until one of them made the obvious suggestion, and after I heard the story I confirmed its accuracy...
Meet the Class of 2012 in Pasadena, April 18, 3 - 5PM
Original at Caltech Alumni Association Events
• Wed, Mar 25
Meet this year's frosh class as they complete their first year at Caltech. Celebrate the class of 2012's accomplishments with food, beverages and dessert at Alumni House.
Phoenix and Parachute
Original at Tom's Astronomy
• Tue, May 27
By Tom NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project and buil...
How To: August 19, 1982
Original at shroudedindoubt.typepad.com
• Thu, Jan 17
By Turin I had been given instructions how to get to Pasadena and the Athaneum by D_ K_, a historian of science at Caltech with whom I corresponded about using the Robert Millikan Papers. I had nearly memorized these instructions, and now their ...
Discounted Tickets to the Pasadena Symphony
Original at Caltech Today
• Wed, Feb 14
The Caltech Y is selling discounted tickets to the Pasadena Symphony's "Transfigured Night" concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, at the Pasadena Civic Center. The program will include works by Brahms, Haydn, and Schoenberg. The cost is $12 for students and $20 for faculty and staff (cash...
INTO THE COSMOS
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Wed, Jan 31
PASADENA - Black holes, quasars and dark matter will soon be explored under one roof as Caltech officials broke ground Wednesday on a new astronomy and astrophysics center.
Basketball Coach on ESPN2 This Morning
Original at Caltech Today
• Wed, Jan 10
Caltech basketball coach Roy Dow appeared live on the national ESPN2 (channel 43 in Pasadena) sports program "Cold Pizza" at 8:30 a.m. today to discuss how the team ended its long drought when they defeated NCAA Division III rival Bard College, 81-52, on Saturday. This was the first win for t...
Around the Valley
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Tue, Jan 9
CA - PASADENA - The Caltech Y will present a Global Warming Discussion at 8tonight at the Beckman Institute Auditorium on the campus of Caltech, ...
Scientist to challenge global warming theories
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Tue, Jan 9
CA - PASADENA -- The Caltech Y presents a discussion challenging theories about global warming Wednesday night at 8 at the Beckman Institute Auditorium on the ...
Chefs make tasty replica at Caltech
Original at Whittier Daily News
• Thu, Dec 21
PASADENA - Hansel and Gretel will never go hungry again, what with the 500-pound gingerbread house sitting in the lobby of the Athenaeum. The gingerbread house is a replica of the building, Caltech's faculty club, with the sweet stuff designed by Kevin Isacsson, executive chef.
Caltech pair press on with olive oil plan
Original at Whittier Daily News
• Sat, Nov 25
PASADENA - Caltech undergraduate Dvin Adalian was feeling restless. With his friend Ricky Jones, he considered all manner of interesting distractions. In the end, inspiration lay just outside the door. Caltech is dotted with olive trees - trees, they noticed, with fruit just beginning t...
CAPSI Applauded for "Putting the Fun into Physics"
Original at Caltech Today
• Fri, Sep 8
The Pasadena Star-News recently featured a story about the High School Teacher Institute, part of the Caltech Precollege Science Initiative (CAPSI). Teachers were the students in this month-long program designed to demonstrate a new way of teaching science to high schoolers, who oft...
Richter Remembered
Original at OCRegister
• Thu, Aug 31
You're probably shaking your head no. Richter, who spent most of his career at Caltech, was a private sort of guy. But the details of his life have been unearthed, so to speak, by Sue Hough, acting chief of the Pasadena office of the U.S. Geological Survey. Hough has written the first major biogra...
The Other Caltech Cannon
Original at Caltech Today
• Mon, Aug 28
It takes a pretty good arm to throw an orange from Fleming Court to Ricketts Court, and an even better arm to throw from Dabney Court to Ricketts Court. But it takes a great orange cannon to propel an orange from Ricketts Court to Pasadena City College (PCC).