About ten years ago, when I first realized I was passionate about biology, I told my parents I wanted to pursue a career in science. Interestingly, they had two completely opposite reactions: relief that...

On the 22nd of October last year, members of the College Curriculum Committee gathered in a room I'd passed by so many times before, but had never looked twice at. Adjacent to the library quad lay an unassuming...

This past fall, Foothill had a very close call with its online class accreditation; a near miss that could have eventually led to the college having to drop all online course offerings. The accreditation...

Foothill’s Makerspace, with its museum of machines and bustling atmosphere of support, makes everyone who steps in feel as though anything is possible.  The Makerspace was created in 2017 through...

Humanity has reached the next technological precipice: artificial intelligence. Suddenly, most if not all technological fields can use A.I. to accomplish a wide array of tasks from checking this essay...

Foothill’s Physics students gathered together in the Physical Sciences & Engineering Center (PSEC) quad for their end-of-year celebration on Friday, June 14th. This celebration, the Physics Olympics,...

On Thursday, May 16th, Foothill College gathered many of its greatest minds for the 2024 Research and Service Leadership Symposium. The symposium is billed as an opportunity to expand student’s learning...

FOOTHILL – STEMentors Silicon Valley in partnership with Foothill College and the Science Learning Institute (SLI), hosts the Possible Self Expo, part of a larger three-day STEAM (Science, Technology,...

Three summers ago, I took Gillian Schultz’s Evolution and Ecology Bio 1C class at Foothill College. Our professor started her morning lecture with a deceptively simple piece of trivia. “What is...

Last month, the East San Francisco Bay Area shook, rattled and rolled when a magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit the Pleasant Hill area in Contra Costa County on Oct. 15, 2019. Residents in the East Bay city...

The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series at Foothill College returned for a 19th season last week with a talk by Dr. Claire Max, a Bachmann Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of California...

Foothill College students are surely familiar with KJ’s Cafe, a friendly food shop with lunch, snacks, and now, boxed water. Beginning early in spring quarter 2018, KJ’s rejected single-use plastic...