March 09 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine

Notebook

New Web site features Laboratory videos

View short videos about the Laboratory on its new video Web site, including a video titled "Pushing Frontiers" that highlights Lab accomplishments during the second half of 2008 (http://www.lanl.gov/videos/). If you have potential materials to upload, contact Nancy Ambrosiano at nwa@lanl.gov by e-mail.

Research Library has new Nature publications

The Research Library now has four new publications from Nature. Nature Chemistry, Nature Geoscience, Nature Nanotechnology, and Nature Photonics are available to employees online.

Full text articles from these publications are available from Nature's Web page and also through links in OPPIE, the library's new search tool.

For more information, write to library@lanl.gov.

Snowing? Check UPDATE

In the event of inclement weather, Laboratory workers should call the Laboratory's UPDATE phone line at 667-6622 or toll free at 1-877-723-4101 for information about the Lab's operating status.

Nominations accepted for 2009 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award

Nominations for the 2009 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award are being accepted by the Department of Energy. The award is one of the longest running and most prestigious science and technology awards given by the U.S. government.

Nominations for the Lawrence Award are solicited in seven fields: chemistry; materials research; environmental science and technology; life sciences (including medicine); nuclear technologies (fission and fusion); national security and non-proliferation; high energy; and nuclear physics.

Nominations must be filed electronically at http://www.orau.gov/lawrence/. The deadline for nominations is April 1.

LANS awards grants to 24 nonprofits

Local nonprofit organizations that benefit from volunteer efforts by employees of the Laboratory received $265,000 in special one-time Community Giving grants from LANS. To read the Laboratory's news release, go to http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/15677.

Dentists added to Delta Dental's Premier Network

Delta Dental has added three local dentists to its Premium Network. All three dentists work out of the High Mesa Dental Arts office in Los Alamos. A complete listing of in-network dentists is available on Delta Dental's Web site at http://deltadentalins.com/ or by calling customer service at 1-800-777-5854.

March service anniversaries

Find the March service anniversaries online at http://www.lanl.gov/news/currents/2009/mar/anniversaries.shtml.

In memoriam

• Robert H. Gattis, 91, died December 26
• Dion Fabian Martinez, 27, died January 5
• Richard Lee Stice, 87, died January 12
• Paul W. Lewis Jr., 74, died January 14
• Vernon Dale Bolton, 83, died January 23
• Elmer J. Sowder Jr., 86, died February 3
• Theodore Ray Cole, 82, died February 9

Other Headlines

• All aboard the training revolution
• Improvements turn tide on glovebox work
• Young researcher contributes to science, builds community
• Guitar-playing scientist gets start as postdoc
• Unraveling the secrets of nature’s protein factory
• My View: Creating a strong safety culture (Marilyn Peabody)
• Kudos
• Notebook
• Our Goals: Acquisition Spending Plan enhances procurement
• Spotlight: Lab researcher coordinates work-for-others projects