There Are No Small Parts—Just Ones Difficult to Machine
If your faucet wears out, it's easy enough to run to the hardware store to get parts. However, when you need to replace a part on one-of-a-kind science equipment that's used to decode the workings of the universe or delve into the minutest bits of matter, the local hardware store is not going to be of much help. Read more
COMMUNITY GIVING
School Supply Drive in Full Swing
Ah, the smell of a new box of crayons, the unblemished cover of a brand new notebook with its spiral wire spine holding together pages that will soon be filled with notes, homework assignments, and maybe a doodle or two. Read more
Open Your Heart to Open Hands While You Have Fun
The 2011 Santa Fe Renaissance Fair needs volunteers and lots of them! The Fair benefits Santa Fe’s Open Hands organization, and help is needed to run a variety of games, sell merchandise and game tickets, and assist with prize distribution, or perhaps you’d prefer to be a “wandering character,” such as a “Lord” or “Lady,” “Peasant,” “Pirate,” or “Knight” amongst others. Read more
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Regional Development Corporation Awarded a Grant
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded the Regional Development Corporation (RDC) a $49,000 Rural Business Enterprise Grant to support entrepreneurial development in Northern New Mexico. Read more
MIX Santa Fe Launches New Website
MIX Santa Fe, a collaborative community of young professionals working together through networking, entrepreneurship, and micro-investing, has launched a new website.Read more
Imagine Education Receives Grant
Imagine Education, a Taos-based educational game startup company exploring ways to change the way middle-school math is taught, last month received a $500,000 Next Generation Learning Challenges grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Read more
EDUCATION
New Mexico Hispanic Youth Institute Kick-Off
More than 200 volunteers traveled to the campus of the University of New Mexico to mentor the 95 participants in this year's New Mexico Hispanic Youth Institute Kick-Off June 28 – July 1. Read more
Pueblo Member Recipient of 2011 Native American Congressional Internship
Elizabeth Anne Reese, a Yale graduate and Nambé Pueblo community member, is one of this year's recipients of the Udall Foundation's 2011 Native American Congressional Internship. Read more
Engineers from LANL Discuss Nuclear Energy with New Mexico K-8 Teachers
LANL’s Holly Trellue and her colleague Dave Dixon, both with International and Nuclear Systems Engineering, recently spoke about nuclear energy, nuclear waste, and radiation, as well as current and historical events involving nuclear reactors, as part of a four-day-long professional development course for teachers on Matter and Energy sponsored by the Lab’s Math and Science Academy at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC). Read more
Student Interns Attend Ohkay Owingeh Annual Feast Day
More than a dozen LANL student interns attended the annual feast day at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo recently. The field trip was an opportunity for students to experience Native American traditions and promote and advance a better understanding of Pueblo Indian culture and history. Read more
Lab Students Take a Hike
Some student interns at Los Alamos National Laboratory kicked off their summer research internships with a couple of field trips to explore the Northern New Mexico landscape. Read more
Española Welcomes New School Superintendent
Ms. Evelyn C. M. Maruska was appointed as the Superintendent of the Española Public Schools effective July 11. Read more
The Next Big Idea is September 16 and 17
Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation's Mainstreet program is sponsoring this year's Next Big Idea Festival of Discovery, Invention, and Innovation in Los Alamos. This year's event includes two big activities for the public, STEM Student Day and the Showcase of Ideas. Read more
OTHER NEWS
Las Conchas Fire "Thank You" Event
Los Alamos County, in cooperation with Los Alamos National Laboratory, is hosting a community-wide event to recognize the hard work and dedication of Los Alamos County and LANL employees, as well as the many local, regional, and national organizations that helped us through the Las Conchas fire. Read more
LANL Scientists Win Three R&D100 Awards
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists won three of R&D Magazine's 2011 R&D100 Awards. Recognized as the "Oscars of Invention" by the Chicago Tribune, these awards honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the past year. Read more
LDRD Day
September is only a month away, and this is a reminder to add the Lab's LDRD Day to your calendar. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, September 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Thunder Resort near Santa Fe. Read more
Water Quality in the Wake of a Fire
In the aftermath of the Las Conchas fire, concerns about water quality and possible discharges of pollutants resulting from stormwater runoff are on everyone's mind, including staff at the Lab whose job it is to keep an eye on those issues day in and day out. Read more
Trails in the Shadow of the Las Conchas Fire
Part of what makes Northern New Mexico a great place to work, live, and play is access to nature and the abundant amount of open space and trail systems that are available to everyone. Read more
Lab Installs Additional Protective Flood Control Measures
Laboratory workers recently completed additional flood- and erosion-control measures to reduce the environmental effects of any flash floods following the Las Conchas Fire. Read more
New Publications Available at the Electronic Reading Room
The Lab has recently added several new documents to its Electronic Public Reading Room located at http://eprr.lanl.gov/oppie/service. Read more
CALENDAR
Kurt's Column
Education is Key to Our Ongoing Success
Welcome to our "back-to-school" issue of Connections. As you probably have already noticed, there are new school supplies in our local stores, and in a few weeks several of our schools will be welcoming students for the upcoming school year. Read more
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