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LANL Foundation Scholarship Winners Announced

March 1, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

LANLF News:

Fourteen Northern New Mexicans have received $1,000 Returning Student/Regional College scholarships from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Employees’ Scholarship Fund.

These awards help students returning to a formal education for certification or a two-year degree at an accredited regional college. Many of the students receiving these awards are pursuing new careers.

Funding comes from donations by LANL employees and a matching amount from Los Alamos National Security, LLC. The scholarships are administered by the LANL Foundation.

Awards go to:

Catrina Garcia, Santa

United Way Recognizes Contributors

March 1, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

LANB President Steve Wells accepts the Philanthropist of the Year Award on behalf of the bank from United Way Executive Director Kristy Ortega for the generosity and support the bank provides to the community. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

LANL Deputy Director Beth Sellers accepts the Regional Partnership Award on behalf of the Lab and LANS from United Way Executive Director Kristy Ortega for its million dollar match campaign. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

United Way Youth Team from left, Kaylie Burk, Emma Haines, Soumyo Lahiri-Gupta, Youth Team Advisor Morrie Read More

LANL’s Kurt Steinhaus Speaking at TEDxABQED Friday

February 27, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

LANL News:

Community Programs Office Director Kurt Steinhaus provides his perspective on what schools, teachers, administrators, parents and communities can do singly and collectively to improve education in New Mexico’s and the nation’s schools during a TEDxABQED talk 1-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 in the African American Performing Arts Center, 310 San Pedro N.E., in Albuquerque.

As a former teacher and educational administrator, Steinhaus is passionate about education. Steinhaus manages the Community Commitment Plan,

SFI Colloquium: ‘Early Hunters and Extinctions in Northern Madagascar…

February 26, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Henry T. Wright/Courtesy SFI

SFI News:

3:30 p.m • Thursday, Feb. 27 • Noyce Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road • Santa Fe

Henry T. Wright of the University of Michigan and an SFI external professor will present an SFI Colloquium, “Early Hunters and Extinctions in Northern Madagascar: Research on the Newly Found Stone Age Peoples of Madagascar.”

Abstract. The idea that Ice Age hunters armed with tools of wood and stone drove major elements of their prey to extinction is nowhere resolved. Madagascar was thought to be a case of iron-using herders and farmers, arriving about 2,000 years ago Read More

LANS Selects CNSI to Continue Telecommunications Support

February 25, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

CNSI President Adnan Ahmed

BUSINESS News:

Los Alamos Nominates CNSI for DOE Small Business of the Year Award

GAITHERSBURG, Md. – CNSI announced it has been selected by Los Alamos National Security LLC (LANS) to continue its work providing telecommunications support and related services at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

LANS has managed operations at the Laboratory since 2006 and CNSI was selected in 2008 to support telecommunications at the Laboratory. As part of the service contract, CNSI supports the Laboratory’s efforts to utilize the latest technology in its communications Read More

Algal Biology Focus of Next Brown Bag Lecture

February 23, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

LANL’s Shawn Starkenburg

LANL News:

Shawn Starkenburg, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Bioenergy and Biome Sciences group, will talk about how algae can be used for transportation fuels in the next installment of the Brown Bag Lecture series noon-1 p.m., Feb. 26 at the Bradbury Science Museum at 15th Street and Central Avenue.

Single-celled algae have been targeted for commercial applications due to their ability to efficiently accumulate biomass and long chain carbon molecules for conversion to renewable transportation fuels and other useful bioproducts. Although Read More

SFI Seminar: ‘Medical, Scientific, Political, Journalististic Pitfalls in Study of Confusing Illnesses’

February 23, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Julie Rehmeyer. Courtesy/SFI

SFI News:

12:15 p.m. • Wednesday, Feb. 26 • Collins Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road • Santa Fe

Julie Rehmeyer, Santa Fe Institute journalism fellow, will discuss “Medical, Scientific, Political and Journalistic Pitfalls in the Study of Confusing Illnesses” Wednesday.

Abstract: When illnesses are confusing, without clear mechanisms or sharply-defined symptoms, they are often considered psychosomatic, and there’s a consistent pattern of poor handling by federal agencies, researchers, doctors, and the media. AIDS, multiple

Explore Wonders of Science, Math at ‘Expanding Your Horizons’ Conference

February 22, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

LANL News:

More than 150 Northern New Mexico girls will get hands-on experience learning about science and math at the 35th annual “Expanding Your Horizons” (https:////nmnwse.org/lawis/eyh/attendees.shtml) conference.

The event is 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., March 6 at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center.

Los Alamos National Laboratory partners with New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering, Los Alamos Women in Science, Los Alamos National Security, LLC, and the LANL Foundation on EYH to increase

SFI Seminar: ‘A Game Approach to the Emergence of Hostile Leadership’

February 22, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Dave Phillips. Courtesy/SFI

SFI News:

12:15 p.m. • Tuesday, Feb. 26 • Collins Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road • Santa Fe

Dave Phillips, curator of archaeology at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and a research associate professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico, will discuss “A Game Approach to the Emergence of Hostile Leadership” Tuesday in a Santa Fe Institute Seminar.

Abstract: Recent archaeological models have examined consensual paths to incipient social leadership. A modification of the Hawk-Dove game explores conditions under which non-consensual

Engineering Council Hosts Talk on Mars Rover

February 21, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark