SoCal Minds

In Rose City, a collegiate tourney with zany twist

From Caltech & PCC

Tear off that mortar board and toss it high in salute this weekend to the burghers of the Rose City who not only have recognized their city's considerable intellectual attributes but also have planned a day of zany intramural competitions for them. The collegiate field tournament all takes place Saturday at the Rose Bowl and playfully pits scientists against artists against chefs et al in events that illuminate Pasadena's unique place and claims to parts of student life. Who knew the erstwhile stake the city has in Frisbee golf? Or there could be so much art to either cheeseburgers or croquet?

Click here for info on Pasadena Collegiate Field Tourney

In City of Roses, a Novel Stem Cell Study Pairing

From Caltech & PCC

Though they both call the City of Roses their home, a leading international research institution and a terrific community college wouldn't necessarily seem to share much or to be partners. But a $1.7 million program funded by the state lets an array of PCC students work with stem cells in state-of-the-art labs at Caltech. Many of the talented students from the college are career-changers, moms returning to school and even a 17-year-old from South Pasadena who hasn't finished high school. Their internships will help them prepare to be stem cell lab techs. They also do much of their work in a former PCC stockroom, renovated and upgraded by a Caltech postdoc with generous donations from biotech companies. Passage of Prop. 71 helped push California to the fore of stem cell research.

Caltech's Stem Cell Study Partner: PCC