Thursday, June 23, 2005

Postdocs showcase research for hiring officials
Dave Foster of the Education Programs (STB-EPO) Office, center, talks with Jagjit Nanda, left, of Physical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (C-PCS) and S.B. Chikkannanavar of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (C-CSE) at the postdoc poster session Wednesday in the Los Alamos Research Park.

New student mentoring policy released
The Lab implemented a new student mentoring program policy and procedure on May 31. According to Terry Lowe of the Science and Technology Base Programs (STB) Office, the policy, IPP 787.0, references and supports IMP 300.2 Integrated Work Management for Work Activities, which directs that all Lab work be conducted in accordance with Laboratory policies and procedures.

Plutonium lectures continue today
A Los Alamos metallurgist will discuss handling, processing and making things out of plutonium and its alloys in a lecture today and Thursday.

Astronomy Days lecture series begins Monday at Bradbury Science Museum
A series of six evening lectures begins Monday (June 27) at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Bradbury Science Museum with a discussion about cosmology by Laboratory scientist Katrin Heitman.

Scholarship fund drive continues through June 30
The annual Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund drive to raise funds to award college scholarships to Northern New Mexico area students has been extended to June 30.

Lab hands out Director's Achievement awards
Geraldine Rodriguez of Solid Waste Regulatory Compliance (ENV-SWRC) holds the certificate for a Director's Achievement Award after receiving the certificate from Tony Grieggs of ENV-SWRC.