LANL: Mary Hockaday, Cheryl Cabbil Named Associate Directors
Mary Hockaday
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory recently announced two new associate directors: Mary Hockaday is the associate director of the Experimental Physical Sciences Directorate and Cheryl Cabbil joined the Laboratory Monday, Dec. 2, as associate director for Nuclear and High Hazard Operations.
“Mary is a 30-year veteran of the Lab and currently serves in a joint role as the deputy associate director for the Weapons Physics directorate as well as leading LANL’s MaRIE signature facility effort,” Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan said. “She is skilled and passionate Read More
OBITUARY: Stirling Colgate Dec. 1, 2013
STIRLING COLGATE Dec. 1, 2013
Los Alamos National Laboratory Senior Fellow and longtime Laboratory scientist Stirling Colgate of the Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Group died Sunday (Dec. 1) at his home in White Rock. A co-founder of the Santa Fe Institute, Colgate, 88, also was president of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro from 1965 to 1974 and a professor emeritus of physics at the school.
A gathering, “Remembering Stirling,” open to colleagues and friends is scheduled for 5:45 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 15, at Fuller Lodge.
LANL Employees File Complaint Against Former Supervisor
Tony Stanford
Attorney John Day filed a complaint in First District Court in Santa Fe this afternoon against Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Anthony “Tony” R. Stanford for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent hiring, supervision and retention.
Day, of EGOLF, FERLIC & DAY, LLC, filed the complaint on behalf of his clients Erika and William Gorman of Los Alamos who worked for Stanford at LANL.
Attorney John Day
“This was a horrifying situation, Erika
Economic Sensitivity of Los Alamos County to LANL Funding
By LIVIU SIMIL and DAVE JONES
A famous Latin expression, some attributed to Julius Caesar “if you want peace, prepare for war,” which originally comes from “Epitoma Rei Militaris,” by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus). The Latin is “Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum,” and remains true more than ever for Los Alamos.
In modern terms it means “prepare for the worst and hope for the best … a common saying in emergency preparedness. One may ask oneself: “what are the bad events that Los Alamos residents might need to prepare for?” The answer Read More
Manhattan Project Veteran Returns After 67 Years
During Friday’s visit to the Bradbury Science Museum, Doris Coleman Zifferer points out her office on a Manhattan Project era map. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Doris Coleman Zifferer’s Laboratory badge where she worked from 1943-1947. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comDoris Coleman Zifferer knows how to keep a secret. For many years, her family had no idea that she spent the years 1943-1947 in Los Alamos working on the Manhattan Project.
The story came out when the family was sorting through Zifferer’s Read More
LANL’s Radical Supercomputing: Extreme Speeds, Big Data, Powerful Simulations
Courtesy/LANL
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Radical Supercomputing: Extreme speeds, big data, powerful simulations
See how Los Alamos National Laboratory’s technology is pushing supercomputing to new frontiers … why we do it … and how the Laboratory supports its extreme requirements.
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Hollywood produces simulations that appear to be real and do not need to reflect reality. Los Alamos scientists—working in weapons, HIV, new materials, climate modeling, and many other research areas—must produce a high-resolution representation of real events, as nature would unfold them.
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To achieve
LANL’s Community Programs Office Launches New Podcast Series
CPO Director Kurt Steinhaus. Courtesy/LANL
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Podcasts and webinars are among the new communications tools being rolled out by the Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Programs Office to reach a broader audience. The CPO Office is charged with implementing the Los Alamos National Security, LLC Community Commitment Plan, with central focus areas of education, economic development and community giving. All of the podcasts and webinars will focus on one of these three areas.
“I am thrilled to be able to connect with more people in our community through the podcasts, webinars and Read More
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