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Connections Newsletter
The Lab's Connection to the Northern New Mexico Community!
April 2010

Funding obtained under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to clear out a World War II-era landfill on Lab property has resulted in a $100 million contract awarded to TerranearPMC, LLC. Read more

Have a Ball at the Bowl

The 4th Annual Chili Bowl Cook-Off, to benefit the San Martin de Porres Soup Kitchen in Espanola, takes place this year on Saturday, April 10, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Big Rock Casino’s Special Events Center.Read more

LANL Foundation Scholarship Winners Announced

Scholarships will be distributed this year to more than 50 students in Northern New Mexico through the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF). Read more

Calling All Nonprofits

If LANL employees or retirees volunteer for your nonprofit organization, don’t miss the potential for those volunteer hours to translate into additional funding for your organization. Read more

A Summer Very Well Spent

Thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, students can use their Summer to not only help prepare themselves for their upcoming college career, they can also earn up to six college credits—for free.Read more

National Lab Day Coming in May
A consortium of more than 200 representatives of education, science and engineering, philanthropic, and other organizations are part of a new, grassroots effort to reinvigorate math and science education across the country for students in kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Read more

"Fueling" an Interest in Science

This year’s Alternative Fuel Challenge, for students in sixth through eighth grades, is scheduled for April 17 in Albuquerque. Read more

Talk on Sun Starts in April

Mark your calendars now so you don’t miss the latest Frontiers in Science talk on “A Journey to the Center of the Sun.” Joyce Ann Guzik, with the Lab’s Navy Systems Group, will talk about the tools used to look inside the volatile sphere that is constantly shaken by “sunquakes” and high-energy X-rays coming from a hot dense core where the equivalent of 100 billion hydrogen bombs explode every second. Read more

LANL Supplier Forum Scheduled for April 20

In response to community requests, a LANL Small Business Forum will be held Tuesday, April 20, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with registration and an opportunity for networking from 7 to 8 a.m. and an additional opportunity for networking from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Read more

Quality New Mexico Scheduled for April 21-22

The theme for this year’s Quality New Mexico Conference & New Mexico Quality Awards Ceremony is “Inspiration to Innovation.”Read more

Annual DOE Small Business Conference & Expo May 10-12

“How to Do Business With DOE: 101,” “Writing Winning Proposals,” and teaming workshops will be just some of the events scheduled for the upcoming Department of Energy’s (DOE) 11th Annual Small Business Conference & Expo scheduled for May 10-12 in Atlanta.Read more

LANL Technical Assistance Meeting Held

More than 30 people representing regional chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, tribal entities, state and local governments, along with representatives from LANL and the Department of Energy, gathered recently at the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce to explore what resources the Lab offers to help Northern New Mexico businesses with planning and economic development needs.Read more

2010 LANS Community Commitment Plan Available

Los Alamos National Security, LLC’s Board of Governors approved the 2010 LANS Community Commitment Plan. Read more

LANL Celebrates Earth Day

Even though Earth Day isn’t until April 22 this year, the Lab already has online resources available to help employees, and the public, reduce their impacts on the planet. Read more

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