Los Alamos Historical Society Hosts Reception For Nobel Laureate/Manhattan Project Theorist Roy Glauber
Nobel Laureate Professor Roy Glauber. Photo by Markus Pössel/wikipedia
HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:
The Los Alamos Historical Society opens its 2015-2016 lecture series, “70 Years Since World War II”, with Nobel Laureate and Manhattan Project theorist, Professor Roy Glauber.
The public is invited to a special reception for Dr. Glauber at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 29 at Fuller Lodge.
Dr. Glauber is in New Mexico visiting the University of New Mexico and giving a director’s colloquium at Los Alamos National Laboratory on the afternoon of Sept. 29. The director’s colloquium is open only to Read More
DOE National Cleanup Workshop Sept. 29-30
DOE News:
Washington, D.C. – Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 29-30, the Department of Energy (DOE), in cooperation with the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) and Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG), will hold the first DOE National Cleanup Workshop at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, VA.
The workshop brings together senior DOE executives, officials from DOE sites, industry executives, local government officials, and other stakeholders. Topics will include major cleanup successes planned for the next two years, contract and project management improvement, efforts to develop Read More
NNSA Removes U.S.-Origin HEU From Jamaica, Makes Caribbean HEU Free
Anne Harrington
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has removed approximately 1 kilogram of U.S.-Origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Jamaica’s “Safe Low-Power Kritical Experiment” (SLOWPOKE) research reactor and returned the material to the United States, making the Caribbean region completely free of HEU.
“Cooperating with Jamaica and Canada in completing this HEU removal is an outstanding example of how regional cooperation can support global efforts to minimize the civilian use of HEU, while Read More
Preparing For Your Future In A STEM Career
SFCC News:
Santa Fe Community College is hosting a free College Student STEM Workshop: Preparing For Your Future in a STEM Career, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 in the Jemez Rooms at SFCC, 6401 Richards Ave.
More than 100 students, researchers and scientists from New Mexico’scolleges, national laboratories and science businesses will attend Preparing For Your Future in a STEM Career: Bringing Together Students, Research Professionals and the Science Industry to Shape the Next Generation of New Mexico’s STEM Workforce.
Undergraduate and graduate students studying biomedical science, Read More
Girls Expand Horizons With Cool Science
‘When I grow up I want to be a forensic scientist. I want to go to College at Penn State,’ said Jenny Kilde, 12, of Los Alamos Middle School. She was taking part in the Physics of Toys workshop, led by Ruth Howes and Nancy Watson Saturday at the Santa Fe Community College. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com
These girls are not learning ‘What’s the matter?’ but rather, ‘What matter is,’ and (the title of their workshop) ‘Why Empty Matters,’ taught by Kateryna Artyushkova and Linnea Ista, a chemist and a microbiologist at the University of New Mexico. They’re finding out about vacuums, gravity, Read More
Energy Department Announces $102 Million To Tackle Solar Challenges, Expand Access To Clean Electricity
DOE News:United Way Kicks Off Annual Campaign
UWNNM Executive Director Kristy Ortega, left, with UWNNM board member Cathe McClard of LANB, which has contributed more than $1 million to the community through United Way over the years. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
From left, this year’s United Way Campaign Chair Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes, SOC General Manager Jack Killeen and UWNNM Executive Director Kristy Ortega at Wednesday’s annual campaign kickoff at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
United Way of Northern New Mexico hosted its annual campaign kickoff event Read More
