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Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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View More500 students spend summer doing space science at JPL
About 500 students completed 10-week summer internships at JPL in 2026, with 38 Caltech undergrads among them, continuing a research pipeline between Pasadena's two most prominent institutions that predates NASA.
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View MoreFenced campuses, unresolved tree lawsuit greet PUSD students on first day
Pasadena Unified opened the 2026-27 school year Monday with fenced-off outdoor areas at multiple campuses and an active lawsuit against the City of Pasadena over nearly 200 trees removed during Eaton Fire soil remediation.
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View MoreRecall petitions approved against two PUSD trustees
The LA County Registrar has approved recall petitions against PUSD Board President Tina Fredericks and trustee Scott Harden, giving proponents until Dec. 11 to collect signatures for special elections that could cost the district nearly $2 million combined.
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View MoreTorres qualifies, giving PUSD District 7 voters a choice
Cynthia Torres qualified for the PUSD District 7 school board race before the Aug. 12 deadline, turning what would have been an uncontested appointment for Dennis McNamara into a two-candidate contest on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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View MoreFree vaccination clinic open for PUSD students ahead of Aug. 17 school start
PUSD's free immunization clinic runs Aug. 12-14 at the Education Center on Hudson Avenue, giving uninsured and underinsured families a narrow window to meet California's vaccination requirements before the Aug. 17 first day of school.
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View MoreCaltech maps Antarctic glacier's rapid decline in new study
A Caltech geophysics team led by Professor Brent Minchew published research showing how a 2017 Antarctic calving event accelerated the Pine Island Glacier by 20% and severed it from its stabilizing margins, sharpening global sea-level rise predictions.
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View MoreCaltech earns No. 31 spot on LinkedIn's national career-outcomes ranking
Caltech ranked No. 31 on LinkedIn's second annual Top Colleges list for career outcomes, ahead of USC and among five California schools honored for positioning graduates for long-term professional success.
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View MoreCaltech opens its doors Friday night for free lecture on NASA's next great space telescope
Caltech hosts a free public lecture Friday evening on NASA's Roman Space Telescope, presented by IPAC lead scientist Lee Armus at the Cahill Center, with guided stargazing to follow weeks before the mission's August launch.
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View MoreNew federal earnings test could cut PCC cosmetology students off from loans by 2029
A new federal law requires college programs to prove graduates earn at least $36,000 a year or risk losing students' federal loan eligibility, with PCC's cosmetology program in a category where more than 90% of programs nationally are expected to fail. ArtCenter and Caltech appear unaffected.
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View MorePolytechnic students race solar car across 631 miles of Texas highway
Ten Polytechnic School students are racing their solar-powered car Perihelion across 631 miles of Texas highway starting Sunday, July 19, after adapting the vehicle's suspension for open-road conditions in the team's third year competing in the Solar Car Challenge.
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View MoreNearly 100 adults earn high school diplomas through PCC's free program
Nearly 100 adults graduated from Pasadena City College's tuition-free Adult High School Diploma program at its 39th commencement on June 5, with graduates including a grandmother planning to study speech-language pathology and a woman who waited 26 years to finish.
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View MoreCaltech students building payloads bound for the International Space Station
Caltech undergraduates in Andy Klesh's EE 154ab course are building scientific instruments that will launch to the International Space Station in spring 2027, partnering with the National Geographic Society to study microscopic organisms in microgravity.
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