Education

Free Community Cybersecurity Awareness Presentation In Los Alamos July 15

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COMMUNITY News:

Residents, families, seniors, nonprofit organizations, churches, educators, and small business owners are invited to attend a free Community Cybersecurity Awareness Presentation, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Conference Center, 60 Entrada Drive.

This free educational event is being presented through a partnership between L Tech, Tech Share, and First United Methodist Church of Los Alamos. The goal of the event is to provide practical, real-world cybersecurity education that helps individuals and organizations Read More

Rickman: The Immortal Mr. Hinojosa

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By JAMES RICKMAN
Los Alamos

I read with great sadness the passing of Hector C. Hinojosa (link). He was my sixth-grade teacher at Mountain Elementary back when our nation was watching President Richard M. Nixon resigning from office, and heavyweight boxers George Forman and Muhammed Ali were preparing for “The Rumble in the Jungle,” arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th Century.

More earthshaking to my kid brain than those two events, Mr. Hinojosa was my first male teacher. As I sat at my desk in my itchy new school clothes that first day before the bell rang, I didn’t know whether to feel Read More

Registration Now Open For Topper Soccer School 2026: ‘Big Soccer For Little People’ – Sponsored By LAHS Boys Soccer

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SPORTS News:

Have you been watching the World Cup? Well next week in the late afternoons your kiddos can learn soccer skills with Los Alamos High School (LAHS) boys. Big Soccer for Little People – Sponsored by LAHS Boys Soccer

Annual Topper Soccer Camp

  • Cost: $30 per session, $60 for both sessions /Sibling discounts
  • T-shirt for one session and additional mini-ball for attending both sessions.
  • Walk ups and late registration welcome

Link to register

Ages:

  • 3-5 year olds (Tiny Touches)
  • 6-9 year olds (FUNdamentals)

Dates, Times & Places:

  • Session I
    • Monday,
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Hurford: What Other States Can Learn From New Mexico’s Bet On Literacy

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By DAVID P. HURFORD Ph.D.
Executive Director
Center for READing, Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas

For too long, New Mexico’s students – especially Native American, Hispanic and low-income kids – were denied foundational literacy skills that open doors to lifelong opportunity.

A sustained, science-based investment is starting to change that.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and New Mexico education leaders have made literacy a statewide priority since her term began in 2019. Over the past six years, New Mexico has invested more than $250 million in literacy initiatives, Read More

‘Space Futures’ Summer Lab @ SFCC June 22–25

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STEM Lab News:

In a new partnership with Santa Fe Community College, curious minds ages 12-19 are invited to join an immersive “Space Futures” SciArt Summer Lab to collaborate with professional artists, technologists, scientists and philosophers to create original works that will be exhibited at the Los Alamos Science Festival in September and our exclusive World Space Week : New Mexico events in October.

Students will be mentored by exceptional STEMarts instructors from Los Alamos National Lab, NASA, UNM, and more to learn new tech tools and use AI for Good to imagine and help Read More

NNMC Student Dawniel Hayward Scores 2nd In Screenwriters Conference 2026 Pitch Competition

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Dawniel Hayward at the Screenwriters Conference 2026. Courtesy/NNMC

From left: Omar Paz Trujillo, 1st place winner of the Pitch Competition, 2nd place winner Dawniel
Hayward and DezBaa’, Northern alumna and adjunct faculty. Courtesy/NNMC

NNMC News:

ESPAÑOLA — Northern New Mexico College is proud to announce that film student Dawniel Hayward has won 2nd place in the Screenwriters Conference 2026 Pitch Competition on June 7, 2026. Hayward’s winning pitch earned a $350 cash prize and attracted the attention of a major film producer. The first-place winner, Omar Paz Trujillo, is also a filmmaker Read More

Graduation Announcement: Serena Birnbaum Defends Thesis In Polymer Engineering

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Serena Birnbaum after defending her thesis. Courtesy photo

By EVA BIRNBAUM
Formerly of Los Alamos

Serena Birnbaum defended her PhD thesis in Polymer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in May 2026. 

Serena graduated from LAHS in 2017, and from Case Western Reserve University with her Bachelor of Engineering in 2021. She is the daughter of Eva Birnbaum and Thomas Mark McCleskey, and granddaughter of Ed & Amy Birnbaum, Alice & Earl Scheelar, and Thomas McCleskey. She will be working at Exponent in Boston.

Her thesis title is “Extending Adhesive Functionality Read More

LANL Foundation Awards $237,000 In Career Pathways, Graduate Scholarships

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LANL Foundation News:

ESPAÑOLA — The LANL Foundation is excited to announce this year’s Career Pathways Scholarship recipients and the first-ever recipients of the National Security Workforce Graduate Scholarship, investing in a talented future workforce.  

67 Northern New Mexico high school students, college students, and adult learners received a total of $152,000 to pursue an associate degree, certification, or professional trade credential. The Career Pathways Scholarship is supported by funding from Triad, the Los Alamos National Laboratory Employee Scholarship Fund (LAESF), Read More

IAIA Honors Patsy Phillips’ Legacy With Endowed Scholarship In Museum Studies

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Courtesy/IAIA

IAIA News:

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) today announced an initiative to establish the Patsy Phillips Endowed Scholarship in Museum Studies, a named scholarship honoring Patsy Phillips (Cherokee Nation), Director of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), as she prepares to retire at the end of June after 18 years at MoCNA and 30 years advancing contemporary Indigenous arts. 

The scholarship fund is designated to support future qualifying IAIA Indigenous women students pursuing degrees in Museum Studies who will rise to fill much-needed roles Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center: June 19-25, 2026

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PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.

For information, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.

PAC 8 Television schedule for June 19-25, 2026:

Friday, June 19, 2026

  • 06:00 AM Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10:00 AM The Thom Hartmann Program
  • 11:00 AM County Council Replay 6-09–26
  • 04:00 PM Democracy Now!
  • 05:00 PM PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
  • 06:00 PM Understanding Homelessness
  • 08:00 PM LARSO Town Hall Meeting
  • 12:00 AM Free Speech TV

Saturday, Read More