Education

New Season of Teen Café Scientifique NM Launches Sept. 5!

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Students learn about robotics from LANL post doc Steve Anton during a Café last year. Courtesy photo 
 
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TCSNM News:
 
Teen Café Scientifique New Mexico is launching its first program of the season at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 at the Los Alamos Research Park, 4200 West Jemez Road. The program is free and open to all teens.
 
Dr. Steven Brumby of Los Alamos National Laboratory, who studies neuroscience models for computer vision and develops computer codes to simulate vision, will present “Can You See Me Now? Teaching Computers to See.”
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Public Art Installation,’The Power of Code,’ Unveiled at UNM-LA

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UNM-LA faculty, staff and community members gather before the ribbon cutting ceremony for ‘The Power of Code,’ the new public art project on the UNM-LA campus. Photo by Vint Miller
 
Santa Fe artist Nicolas Gadbois cuts the ribbon on his new public art piece, ‘The Power of Code’ at the UNM-LA campus Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon
 

By VINT MILLER

It’s been nearly eight years in the making, but The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) finally dedicated the new public art piece, The Power of Code, Tuesday at a gathering of students, staff and community Read More

Letter to the Editor: Support a Community Treasure

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By ROBYN SCHULTZ, Chair
Democratic Party of Los Alamos County

The Democratic Party of Los Alamos County joins Chairman Gibson and other local Republicans in support of the UNM-LA Mil Levy.

When I graduated from high school in upstate New York, I chose to attend the local community college for my first two years. Classmates came back from their far flung institutions with exciting tales of huge lecture halls and the anonymity of being at a large school. More than a few returned prematurely from their college experiences, not yet ready for such dramatic changes.

In contrast, my experience was one Read More

Letter to the Editor: Look at UNM-LA Tax Proposal on Its Own Merits

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By ROBERT GIBSON, Chair,
Republican Party of Los Alamos

Los Alamos voters have a rare opportunity to consider a tax increase proposal that actually has sound justification, the UNM-LA mil levy increase.

No community owes more to education nor values it more highly than ours. UNM-LA is an important local educational resource. It does its job well. Its graduation and job placement rates far exceed state averages.

UNM-LA’s operating mil levy has not increased since its founding 30 years ago. Alone, that is not a valid argument for the proposed hike. Their revenue from the existing levy has increased Read More

Los Alamos Rotary Sponsors Student From Belgium

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Thomas Routiaux is a Los Alamos Rotary Club exchange student from Belgium attending Los Alamos High School this year. Routiaux gave a presentation to the Rotary Club Tuesday at the Dixie Girl Restaurant about his life in Neupré, Liege, Belgium. Since its founding 47 years ago, the Los Alamos Rotary Club has sponsored 44 foreign exchange students and 50 outbound students from Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Belgium exchange student Thomas Routiaux describes his life back home and told Rotary Club members Tuesday that he likes to eat just about all foods but does not care for Read More

Students and Staff Honor Beloved Teacher Marilyn Fabry

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Students and school staff  walked to Los Alamos High School math teacher Marilyn Fabry’s house to honor her and to support her in her fight against cancer on Marilyn Fabry Day, Tuesday, Aug. 27. They wore Fabry’s favorite color, orange. Courtesy photo
 
Students and staff recognized Marilyn Fabry’s 38 year teaching career and 19 years of service with the Los Alamos School District during Tuesday’s event. Courtesy photo

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Los Alamos School Board President Jim Hall and School Board Vice-President Judy Bjarke-McKenzie joined with students and Read More

Letter to the Editor: Response Regarding the Funding of the Art Work at UNMLA

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By LISA J. WISMER
Director, Business Operations
UNM Los Alamos

Initiated in 2005, UNM Los Alamos was able to secure capital improvement funding for some small projects from the 2006 GO Bond and also the 2008 Severance Tax allotments. Combining all the resources to meet the designated capital improvements resulted in the construction of Wallace Hall and the complete renovation of the Flo Science wing. 

As required for all capital improvement projects, 1 percent of funding was automatically earmarked for Art in Public Places. This amounted to $12,500 and not enough to make a big impact Read More

Incentive Program Helps Recruit and Retain Teachers

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Staff Report

ALBUQUERQUE ─ Gov. Susana Martinez announced that more than 100 teachers statewide will receive a $5,000 stipend this year for teaching at ‘hard-to-staff’ schools across the state.

The initiative, announced by the governor in January, is designed to attract and keep highly qualified math and science teachers in schools that have experienced serious challenges in hiring teachers in these fields.

Teachers in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) were identified by local school administrators to receive the incentive by either transferring Read More

Pierotti’s Clowns’ Lou Pierotti to Speak at Pinon School

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‘Tribute to Pierotti’s Clowns’ mosaic by Susan K. Dailey, commissioned by the Los Alamos County Art in Public Places Board and installed in front of Mesa Public Library in Los Alamos. Courtesy/LAC

Staff Report

Lou Pierotti of the famed Pierotti’s Clowns fast pitch softball team is set to speak to 4th-6th graders at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 at Pinon Elementary School in White Rock. 

 

About the Clowns…

In 1953, Lou Pierotti formed the Pierotti’s Clowns, the only 5-man fast-pitch softball team in the nation. This team was sponsored by the Los Alamos Kiwanis Read More