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Connections Newsletter
The Lab's Connection to the Northern New Mexico Community!
May 2011

Each year, the Lab is allowed to use a small percent of its budget (last year it was six percent or almost $140 million) for projects that hold the potential to transform the practice of science and engineering. Read more

LANL Foundation Scholarships Help 67 Students Advance Their Education

The Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation awarded its 2011 Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund in April of nearly $400,000 to 67 students. Read more

Heart Gallery Needs Volunteers for Event

In 2001, an employee with the New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department and a photographer (who is also an adoptive mother) named Cathy Maier Callanan worked together to have talented photographers create inspiring portraits of older children (10 years and up) and sibling groups waiting for adoption. Read more

Department of Energy Offers Regional Job Training and Placement

Now is a prime time to advance your career through a certificate or degree from a regional secondary school. The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is launching a new program called “Accelerate.” Read more

NNMC Offers B.A. in Elementary Education through the Esperanza Project

Licensed teachers and teacher-candidates can now obtain a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with a major in either Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) or Bilingual Education from Northern New Mexico College as part of its Esperanza Project. Read more

Bradbury Science Museum Makes Summer Fun and Informative

Each Tuesday from June 7 to August 22, children of all ages can take part in the Bradbury Science Museum’s “Los Alamos Summer Adventures in History and Science!” Read more

President Kennedy Artifacts at Bradbury Science Museum

Now through August, members of the public can see items used by President Kennedy during his 1962 visit to the Lab in a display at the Lab’s Bradbury Science Museum. Read more

UNM-LA Applied Technology Students Intern at Lab

Three students, all of whom are enrolled in the Applied Technologies Program at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA), are interning at the Lab beginning this summer. Read more

Northern New Mexico Students Race Hydrogen-Powered Cars
April 16 was a day filled with excitement as more than 100 sixth- through eighth-grade students from across New Mexico raced their custom-designed hydrogen-powered cars at the 5th Annual Hydrogen Fuels Challenge in Albuquerque. Read more

Native American Economic Summit May 25 to 27

The American Indian Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico will hold its 5th Annual New Mexico Native American Economic Summit from May 25 to 27 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Albuquerque. Read more

New Mexico Veterans Business Expo in June

New Mexico veterans looking for networking and procurement opportunities or seeking employment should head to the New Mexico Veteran's Business Expo 2011 & Job Fair scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, June 7-8, in Albuquerque, at the New Mexico National Guard Armory. Read more

How to Leverage Lessons Learned From the Recent Financial Crisis

On Wednesday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m., the Santa Fe Institute will present a talk called “Can Financial Engineering Cure Cancer, Solve the Energy Crisis, and Stop Global Warming?” Read more

New Environmental Meetings Begin May 12

The New Mexico Community Foundation (NMCF) will begin hosting monthly community meetings beginning Thursday, May 12, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Northern New Mexico College. The purpose of the meetings will be to provide information and encourage dialogue regarding environmental issues. Read more

Anderson-Cook is Outstanding New Mexico Woman

The New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women selected Los Alamos National Laboratory research statistician Christine Anderson-Cook as one of 20 women to receive the 26th Annual Governor’s Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women. Read more

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