Pongratz: Need Help Helping Our Schools?
By MORRIE PONGRATZ
LAPS Foundation Board Member
As Giving Tuesday approaches you may be wondering how to best help Los Alamos Public Schools. If you moved here to work at LANL, you may not know that Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) is at the 33.6th percentile for per-pupil spending compared to the national distribution. This means that LAPS spends more per student than about 33.6% of school districts nationwide but less than the remaining 66.4%!
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation was established in 2005 to enable folks to address this disparity through personal, tax-deductible contributions. Read More
Los Alamos Team Honors Marine Reservist
Both veterans and non-military colleagues of Marine reservist Robert Carian, center, surprised him in the parking lot of the technical area where Carian and his colleagues support capital projects required to meet the nation’s plutonium pit production goals. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Veterans and non-military employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory came together to celebrate colleague’s military promotion to gunnery sergeant
A team in Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Plutonium Infrastructure associate directorate came together to honor a colleague who received a promotion Read More
LANL’s Yu Seung Kim Receives 2024 Electrochemical Society Award For Sustainable Energy Technology
LANL researcher Yu Seung Kim received the sustainable energy technology award in October at the Electrochemical Society’s PRiME conference. Photo by Hui Xu/Paul Kenis
LANL News:
- The recognition highlights innovations in fuel cell development
Yu Seung Kim, materials scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been honored by the Electrochemical Society (ECS) for his significant contributions to fuel cell innovation. Kim received the Energy Technology Division Walter van Schalkwijk Award in Sustainable Energy Technology. His research, validated through both theoretical and Read More
New Docs Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, this email is to notify the public that the following documents have been added to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Electronic Reading Room.
The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
These documents and many others may be viewed at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More
Investors & Scientists Converge At Lab Tech-transfer Event
Sangeeta Negi, right, won the 2024 DisrupTECH award for Most Fundable Technology and is pictured here with Jerome Garcia, program director of the Feynman Center for Innovation, left, and Laboratory Director Thom Mason Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Laboratory technologies offer solutions to challenges such as vaccine development, food production
Cutting-edge tech-transfer technologies — including petrochemical-free fertilizers, better vaccines and safer detection of nuclear materials — were among five presentations made by Los Alamos scientists as part of the recent 2024 DisrupTECH Read More
LANL Foundation Celebrates New Leadership And Strategic Restructuring To Amplify Impact Across New Mexico
LANL FOUNDATION News:
- Organizational Realignment Strengthen the Foundation’s Commitment to Education and Community Support
ESPAÑOLA – The LANL Foundation has announced the creation of four new vice presidents and divisions this month as part of a strategic restructuring to better address education needs across Northern New Mexico.
Under the leadership of President and CEO Dr. Gwen Perea Warniment and with the approval of the LANL Foundation Board of Directors, the organization has undergone a strategic restructuring designed to maximize its impact across New Mexico.
This transformation Read More
Laboratory Retiree Group First Tuesday Breakfast Dec. 3
LRG News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory retirees (LRG) (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the LRG monthly breakfast social, Tuesday Dec. 3 between the hours of 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Drive.
Come hang out and join the conversation with other Lab retirees. LRG will pay for coffee and tea. Individuals will pay for their breakfast and other drinks.
Contact sgirard@losalamos.com or 505.672.3497 for more information.
More information about the LRG can be found on the LRG website. Read More
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