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Explore the night skies at 7 p.m. today at the planetarium. Courtesy/PEECUNM-LA Closed Today Except For Essential Personnel
UNM-LA News:
UNM-Los Alamos will be closed today, Jan. 4, except for essential personnel.
Those who are required will be contacted by their supervisors to report at 10 a.m. today.
Testing Einstein: University Of Arizona Student Simulates Thousands Of Black Holes
Lia Medeiros is a Steward Observatory graduate student whose research is supported by the NSF’s PIRE Project. Photo by Robert Demers/University of ArizonaGov. Lujan Grisham Issues Executive Orders On PARCC; Lt. Gov. Morales To Assume Duties Of PED Secretary
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham 2018 Highlights In Education
The renovation project at Duane Smith Auditorium is completed and the facility is reopened to the public and the schools. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.comEDUCATION News:
This was a banner year for the Los Alamos Public Schools.
It took longer than expected but the finished product was worth the wait. Thursday, April 26, the community was invited to check out the reopened Duane Smith Auditorium. The auditorium had been closed since June 2017 for renovations to the lobby and restrooms.
For the first time in Duane Smith’s 55-year history there will be enough bathrooms to accommodate audiences. Read More
SFCC High School Equivalency/GED Registration Open
SFCC News:UNM-LA Advisory Board Meets 5:30 p.m. Monday
UNM-LA News:
The UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, in the Lecture Hall in Building 2 on the campus of UNM-Los Alamos, 4000 University Dr., in Los Alamos.
Agenda items include a brief overview of requests/expectations for the next legislative session and administrative reports on ongoing UNM-LA activities.
The meeting is open to the public. Read More
Nature On Tap: Updates In Astronomy Monday
Dr. Galen Gisler will lead a panel of local astronomers at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7 at UnQuarked Wine Room, on the latest updates in astronomy and upcoming lunar eclipse. Courtesy/LACD
CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
The community is invited to join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and the Los Alamos Creative District, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7 at UnQuarked Wine Room in Central Park Square for Nature On Tap, to discuss the latest updates in astronomy and learn about the upcoming lunar eclipse.
Dr. Galen Gisler will lead a panel of local astronomers in this discussion.
On Tap is a series Read More
Storm Causes UNM-LA Closure Wednesday, Jan. 2
UNM-LA News:
Due to the ongoing winter storm, UNM-LA will be closed all day Wednesday, Jan. 2. Read More
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record
UNM Society Of Physics Chapter Named Outstanding Chapter For 2017-18
Award-winning UNM chapter at Four Corners American Physical Society meeting. Courtesy/UNMUNM News:
The UNM Society of Physics Chapter was recognized nationally recently as an Outstanding Chapter for 2017-18 by the American Institute of Physics.
The SPS Outstanding Chapter Awards are determined each academic year after a careful review of information, photos and supporting material that is presented in the annual SPS Chapter Reports. The UNM chapter focuses on making a difference in the community and strengthening students involvement in physics throughout the region. UNM’s Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory World-Class User Facilities Foster Rich Research Opportunities
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory’s Pulsed Field Facility at LANL has a $30 million pulsed power infrastructure that includes this 1.43 gigawatt motor generator. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Through its technology transfer efforts, Los Alamos National Laboratory can implement user facility agreements that allow its partners and other entities to conduct research at many of its unique facilities.
Its national user facilities are the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), and the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
UNM Hosts 2nd Annual STEM Boomerang Event
Exhibitors share information with attendees at STEM Boomerang. Courtesy/UNMFor the second year in a row, business, academic and economic development and government leaders from the city, state and region came together at The University of New Mexico to meet with recent highly-trained STEM professionals who are in and out of New Mexico.
STEM Boomerang was held Dec. 20 in UNM’s Student Union Building with well over 200 in attendance. The purpose of the “high-tech” job fair is to connect the dots between the many highly paid job opportunities that exist in New Mexico Read More
UNM Press Books Take Home Awards at 2018 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
UNM PRESS News:
Several books published by UNM Press were recently honored at the 2018 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards.
Winners were announced at an annual banquet held recently at the Tanoan Country Club in Albuquerque.
The awards are managed by the New Mexico Book Co-op and are judged by a group of librarians, teachers, booksellers and book marketing experts. The awards honor the best books in New Mexico and Arizona.
Titles published by the University of New Mexico Press won nine awards:
- “The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos: Change and Stability” edited
Governor-Elect Announces Regent Selection Process
Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham
From the Office of Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham:
SANTA FE – Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday unveiled the process through which she will fill numerous forthcoming vacancies on New Mexico boards of regents.
The governor-elect named six individuals leading three advisory committees that are interviewing prospective candidates and vetting the background of each, using clearly defined criteria intended to determine what each institution must have in its board of regents.
The committees will offer recommendations to the governor-elect, Read More
Moonlight Astronomy Hike And Potluck Jan. 15
Spring moonlight hike to Tsankawi Ruins. Photo by Beth CortrightJoin PEEC, astrophysicist Galen Gisler and Jean Dewart of the Los Alamos Mountaineers for a night hike and potluck dinner 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15.
Participants will meet at the Los Alamos Nature Center in the classroom for the potluck dinner. PEEC will provide water, cups, plates, and utensils. Participants should bring a dish to share.
At about 6:30 p.m., the group will carpool to the Blue Dot Trailhead for a short night hike along the White Rock Canyon Rim Trail to observe the
Los Alamos Mountaineers Present: ‘A Southern Californian’s Forays Into Ice And Alpinism’
Jonathan Regele during a climbing adventure. Coutesy/Los Alamos MountaineersHear about how Jonathan Regele fell in love with ice and alpinism — even though he grew up in southern California — at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 at the Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting.
The Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting begins at 7 p.m. and covers information about upcoming outings. The Mountaineers meet at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road. The event is free and open to all.
As a kid who grew up in southern California, snow was a novelty to Regele. In Read More
Nature On Tap: Latest Updates In Astronomy Jan. 7
PEEC News:
Nature on Tap will discuss the latest updates in astronomy 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, Jan.7 at UnQuarked Wine Bar, 145 Central Park Square.
The event is free. Learn about the upcoming lunar eclipse and other topics of interest. Dr. Galen Gisler will lead a panel of local astronomers in this discussion.
Registration for this event is not required. This discussion is presented free by PEEC and the Los Alamos Creative District. Read More
Kenneth Starr To Lecture At UNM School Of Law
Kenneth Starr
UNM News:
Kenneth Winston Starr, J.D., will present, “Investigating the President, Now and Then: Living in a Constitutional Quagmire” at The University of New Mexico School of Law on Wednesday, Jan. 23.
Starr will present his lecture as a Distinguished John Field Simms, Sr. Memorial Lecturer.
The event — which was postponed in October and now rescheduled — includes a book signing beginning at 4:45 p.m., followed at 5:30 p.m. by the lecture. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and can be completed on the UNM Read More
