Rockhound Geology Outing At Small Fry Prospect Mine
Explore an old mining site to find fluorescent deep purple fluorite. Courtesy photoRep. Stephanie Garcia Richard Hosts State’s Legislative Education Study Committee Meeting In Los Alamos
Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, right, is hosting the statewide Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC) this week in Los Alamos. Rep. Garcia Richard, right, and other House and Senate members of the LESC are seen here Wednesday during their meeting at Los Alamos High School. The committee is discussing such items as teacher retention and recruitment, teacher compensation and charter schools. Rep. Garcia Richard wrote an official letter to the chair of the LESC, of which she is an advisory member, requesting that the committee schedule one of its 2016 interim committees’10 Warning Signs Of Alzheimer’s’ Class Aug. 19
SFCC Hosts Workshop For 50+ Jobseekers Aug. 5
SFCC News:Nature Center: Aparejo Burro Packing July 20
Learn about the Aparejo Packing System July 20 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Ever wonder what it would be like to meet burros up close? Come to the Los Alamos Nature Center at 6:30 p.m., July 20 to find out.
Thanks to a sponsorship from Del Norte Credit Union, the Aparejo Packing System will demonstrate the old Spanish-style packing system on live burros. Meet the friendly mules face-to-face and learn about their work as cargo-movers along the trails of the Southwest. Staff also will be available to answer any questions. This event is part of PEEC’s Summer Family Evenings. Read More
Letter To The Editor: Grateful For School Board Action
By DIANA MARTINEZ As a Los Alamos resident and an employee of a charitable organization, I am humbled and grateful for the courageous and creative actions of the Los Alamos School Board in regard to setting user rates for school facilities for this next year.
Overall, the Board weighed the need to ensure the facilities were monitored, secure and accessible when lent to community organizations, and was considering new paid monitor fees vs. the current volunteer monitor scenario that frequently left gaps in safety and accessibility.
The Board also
LAHS Students Priyanka Velappan And Alex Ionkov Capture Grand Award At State Science Fair
Award-winning poster and medals on display this weekend at 150 Central Park Square. Courtesy photoPBS Science Café: Black Holes—Masters Of The Milky Way July 16
July’s PBS Science Café examines the birth, evolution, and death of black holes with Dr. Rick Wallace in the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium. Courtesy photoCindy Leyba Accepts Program Specialist Position For SUN PATH Project At UNM-Los Alamos
Cindy Leyba. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
UNM-Los Alamos is pleased to announce that Cindy Leyba has accepted the Program Specialist position for the SUN PATH project. For the past 12 years, Leyba has served as Operations Manager of the UNM-Los Alamos Bachelor & Graduate Programs through Extended Learning.
“I am excited to be part of the SUN PATH project and look forward to the opportunity to work closely with our consortium members,” Leyba. said. “I will be working with UNM-LA Emergency Medical Services program to help students proceed from entry level credentials through Read More
How Scientifically Accurate Is ‘The Martian’?
Mars. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Is The Martian movie far fetched? What is the atmosphere like on the surface of Mars? How long can an astronaut survive there?
Astrophysicist Rick Wallace will lead a full-dome planetarium show and discussion of Mars at 7 p.m. Friday, July 15, including the challenges, opportunities and realities of this red planet. This fascinating Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) program is in the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.
For more information about this and other PEEC programs, visit www.peecnature.org Read More
Raffi Andonian Presents ‘Money Talks’ July 21
Don’t let this happen to you! Come to Raffi Andonian’s ‘Money Talks’ presentation at 6 p.m., July 21 at Fuller Lodge. Register by sending an email to randonian@ft.newyorklife.c
SFCC Offers Seven New Degrees And Certificates
SFCC News:- Certificate in Architectural and Interior Design Software;
- Certificate in Architectural and Interior Design Technologies; and
- Associate in Applied Science in Architectural and Interior Design.
Will Schmidt Receives Community Youth Award
PEEC Volunteer Coordinator Christa Tyson sits with Will Schmidt the June recipient of the Community Youth Award, presented last Friday. Courtesy photo
Sue Watts, winner of the Spirit of the West earlier this year holding her handcrafted award by Richard Ronquillo for her work at PEEC. Courtesy photoWill Schmidt took home the Community Youth Award for June, from Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA).
Schmidt, 15, has been a PEEC volunteer since 2012 volunteering regularly, caring for the educational animals and conversing with visitors, participating
LANL Students Bring Virtual Reality To Nature Center
The community is invited to try out the new Oculus Rift virtual reality machine at 7 p.m., July 19 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Thanks to Los Alamos National Laboratory students, the technology of the future, virtual reality, is now available at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
The community is invited to grab a pair of headsets, kick back and enter a virtual world brimming with possibilities in which the boundaries of visualization technologies are pushed at 7 p.m., July 19, at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
HTC’s Vive and Oculus’ Rift are two up-and-coming programs that Read More
Hunter College Creates Super Sniffer Mice
Destined to be the bomb detector of the future. Courtesy/commons.wikimedia.org
HSNW News:
Researchers at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York, have created super-sniffer mice that have an increased ability to detect a specific odor, according to a study published 7 July in Cell Reports. The mice, which can be tuned to have different levels of sensitivity to any smell by using mouse or human odor receptors, could be used as land-mine detectors or as the basis for novel disease sensors.
The technology, a transgenic approach to engineering the mouse genome, could also Read More
UNM-Los Alamos SBDC Continues To Provide Service To Local Businesses
Following the death of Ted Lopez last month, Anne Lantrip is the contact person at the SBDC Los Alamos until a new director is hired. Photo by Nancy Coombs
UNM-LA News:
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UNM-Los Alamos continues to serve individuals interested in starting a business as well as existing businesses in our community.
Anne Lantrip will be the contact person at the SBDC Los Alamos until a new director is hired. Ted Lopez, who had served as director for the past 3 years, passed away last month.
Lantrip rejoined the SBDC at UNM-LA in April of 2016 as a business advisor after returning Read More
Calling All Teens Interested In Science And Art: Projecting Particles Lab At ScienceFest 2016
Scene from ScienceFest 2015. Courtesy/LACDC
LACDC News:
This year’s Los Alamos ScienceFest will host a one of a kind workshop for high school aged teens.
Artist Agnes Chavez will lead the workshop, which will explore how to create a live projection art performance using an iPad app called Tagtool. Participants will learn about particle physics concepts, and how physics theories are expanding our understanding of who we are and where we come from.
The students will work in teams over the course of a 2-day workshop to storyboard, design and perform their science based projection installations. Read More
SFCC Offers ESL Classes At Several Locations
SFCC News:
Orientation sessions begin July 25; required for registration
Santa Fe Community College will offer 15-week English as a Second Language courses beginning Aug. 22 to any adult who wants to learn English. New students must attend an orientation session prior to registration. The orientation session will include testing and placement as well as registration for the courses. The registration fee of $25 can be applied to more than one course and includes books, CDs and all other class materials.
The classes will be held at Santa Fe Community College, Ortiz Middle School and El Camino Read More
Extra Chance To Win Prizes At Los Alamos ScienceFest: Dress In Costume, Volunteer
Courtesy/LACDC
SCIENCEFEST News:
This year ScienceFest has an Apple watch, a hover board, a spy watch with camera, a new Polaroid camera and a super spy kit to give away! Volunteer to help or come to Festival Day 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park dressed in a costume for an extra chance to win one of these prizes.
We are asking everyone in the community to dress in either period attire – vintage 1940’s garb, or as a spy. This year’s theme is espionage, so dress up and come to the festival on Saturday, July 16 at Ashley Pond for an extra chance to win! Swing by the information book to register for the drawing Read More
