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LANL Student-Mentor Picnic Lives Up To Expectations

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LANL mentor Jeff Favorite juggles fire to entertain summer students during today’s picnic at Urban Park. Photo by Heather Hughes
 
Kirk Webber mans the DJ booth at today’s during today’s picnic at Urban Park. Photo by Heather Hughes
 
 
By ROWAN THOMAS LUMB
Los Alamos Daily Post
  • 2015 Student Mentor Picnic lives up to expectations; thrives on cheap summertime student energy

The nearly limitless energy source that is student enthusiasm for games, music, and shirking real work, was successfully harnessed this afternoon, June 9 in Urban Park. The event was Read More

‘Fantastic Fractals’ Screens At Nature Center July 18

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Fractal created by Wolfgang Beyer. Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons

PEEC News:

To get in the spirit of ScienceFest, PEEC is screening Fantastic Fractals.

Join host and Fractal Foundation Executive Director Jonathan Wolfe as he presents a full-dome planetarium show that explores infinitely complex mathematical fractals in nature. This award-winning program features original music, and is educational, entertaining, and amazing.

This planetarium show is $5, and will screen at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, July 18 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Seating is limited. It is suitable for ages three Read More

Los Alamos Scientist Claudia Mora New President Elect Of Geological Society Of America

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Los Alamos Scientist Claudia Mora

LANL News:

The Geological Society of America (GSA) recently tapped Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Claudia Mora as president elect.

Mora is a stable-isotope geochemist whose research spans the traditional fields of geology, soil science and climate science. At Los Alamos, she heads the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division’s (EES) largest group, Earth System Observations. This group’s research is broad and far-reaching, intersecting geology, ecology and atmospheric sciences.

“GSA welcomes Dr. Mora and we are confident that she will Read More

National Lab Day On The Hill In D.C. Today

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SCIENCE News:

The House Science and National Laboratories Caucus in conjunction with the Department of Energy is presenting National Lab Day on the Hill today in the Cannon Caucus Room Washington, D.C.

Formed largely during World War II with the Manhattan Project, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Laboratory system has grown to be the envy of the world. Our 17 National Laboratories form a critical component of America’s innovation ecosystem, enabling economic competitiveness, scientific discovery, and energy innovation while also providing world class research facilities Read More

RCLC Meets In Los Alamos July 10

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RCLC News:
 
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities is meeting 9-11 a.m. Friday, July 10 at the Los Alamos Municipal Building, Boards & Commissions Conference Room #110 at 1000 Central Ave.
 

Scheduled on the agenda is an update on the Congressional Delegation, presentation by Executive Director and President of Higher Education Center Rebecca Estrada, , presentation by REDI Net General Manager Duncan Sill and a Budget Update by Los Alamos County Deputy Manager Brian Bosshardt.

The meeting is open to the public.

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Los Alamos Historical Society And Museum Programs

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The Los Alamos Historical Society’s Fourth Fridays ‘Spy Academy’ June 26 outside the museum. Courtesy photo

HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

This summer the Los Alamos Historical Society and Museum is thrilled to offer a number of community programs of interest to adults, children, teens and families, including:

  • Fourth Fridays;
  • History Adventures;
  • and ScienceFest.

On the fourth Friday of every month, special programs take place at the Los Alamos Historical Society, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Bradbury Science Museum, Mesa Public Library and Los Alamos Nature Center. These Read More

High Flying TechSource: Building A League Of Extraordinary Individuals

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V. Brian D’Andrea, President and CEO of TechSource moved TechSource to Los Alamos from Santa Fe to be closer to its most valuable resource. Courtesy photo

 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

With all due respect to the comic book and movie heroes of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a Los Alamos-based technology company is in a respectable class of its own.

TechSource was founded in 1997 around the boom and bust expertise drawn to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s linear particle accelerator program as it evolved from the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility into what is now the Los Read More

LANL Foundation: Northern New Mexico Tribal Business Scholarships Available

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LANLF News:

Applications are now being accepted for Northern New Mexico Tribal Business Scholarships.

These awards support the growing need for accountants, financial analysts, and business information system professionals within Pueblo/Tribal communities.

Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 will be awarded to two qualified applicants pursuing undergraduate degrees in business-related fields from an accredited post-secondary educational institution. Students must be a member of a Pueblo or Tribe and reside within the seven Northern New Mexico counties of Los Alamos, Mora, Read More

Bradbury Science Museum ScienceFest Activities

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From left, Mireya Rodriguez, Nicole Bariahtaris and Dominic Brooks interact with the Climate Prisms Display at the Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy/LANL Climate Prisms Team

BSM News:

The Bradbury Science Museum has many activities planned for ScienceFest, a three-day festival of interactive demonstrations, hands-on activities and dynamic speakers meant to engage kids, families and individuals interested in life-long learning of science, technology, engineering and math.

During the week, community businesses and organizations will be presenting events throughout the Read More