Community Programs Office
Connections Newsletter
The Lab's Connection to the Northern New Mexico Community!
September 2010

Most of us navigate through our day using hours, minutes, and seconds to figure out when to arrive on time for appointments or how long to take our temperatures. Read more

School Supply Drive Success

This year’s School Supply Drive was a rousing success with more than 1,100 backpacks (and their associated supplies) collected, along with more than $2,000 raised for the Lab’s LANL Laces program. Read more

Kickoff of Employee Giving Campaign

September 13 begins the Lab’s annual Employee Giving Campaign with a Book Fair followed two days later by an employee event at the Lab’s main technical area to signal the fundraiser’s official kickoff. Read more

Historic Los Alamos Landmark Needs Volunteers

The Los Alamos Sherriff's Posse began its life as a way to identify equestrians who could be deputized to help local law enforcement during the World War II Manhattan Project. Read more

Students Shine at Symposium

Each year, students at the Lab get to summarize their months of efforts and research into presentations and posters for review by other Lab employees and members of the public. Read more

Northern New Mexico College Gets Teacher Scholarship Boost

The National Science Foundation recently awarded Northern New Mexico College a $1.1 million grant to support scholarships for students seeking to become science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers in Northern New Mexico schools. Read more

Pueblo of Jemez Raises Funds for New Education Endowment

In an effort to support all of its college-bound students, the Pueblo of Jemez has begun fundraising for an education endowment. Read more

Energize Your Class With a Visit From Science on Wheels

Energy is the current focus of the Lab's Bradbury Science Museum's Science on Wheels program. The 50-minute-long demonstrations cover such topics as energy transformation and measurement, solar and wind energy, as well as an introduction to fuel cells. Read more

New Education Web Pages

The LANL Community Programs Office (CPO) recently launched its new Education web pages. Read more

LANL's Technology Transfer Division Sponsors Venture Capital Conference

The Venture Capital in the Rockies (VCIR) Conference is held twice per year and is the Rocky Mountain region’s oldest and best-attended venture capital (company-startup investors) conference. Read more

New Mexico Receives $10.6 Million Broadband Grant

On August 16, the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced a $10.6 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant to the Northern Central New Mexico Economic Development District to build high-speed Internet infrastructure across Rio Arriba, Los Alamos, and northern Santa Fe counties, and the Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara, San Ildefenso, Pojoaque, and Tesuque pueblos. Read more

Local Training Benefits All Parties

The New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program provided technical assistance training administered by Northern New Mexico College to 15 individuals from regional small businesses. Read more

Tribal Renewable Energy Workshop Held

The Lab's Community Programs Office and Government Affairs Office partnered with the Eight Northern Pueblo Council to host a Renewable Energy Workshop as part of the Lab's Tribal Technical Assistance Program. Read more

Technology Transfer Awards

The 12th Annual Technology Transfer Recognition and Awards reception honored Laboratory scientists and technicians who develop scientific technologies in support of the Laboratory’s mission that have potential for commercialization in business and industry. Read more

Let The Sun Shine In—Then Put it to Good Use

Don’t miss an opportunity to become brighter about how to use sunlight at this year’s Solar Fiesta! Presented by the New Mexico Solar Energy Association, the event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12, in Albuquerque.Read more

Lab Employee Wins Fulbright Scholar Award

Nathan G. McDowell, with the Lab’s Earth Systems Observations group, has received a Fulbright Scholar Award. Read more

LANS Grant Helps Reopen Romero Cabin

Thanks to a $3,000 grant from Los Alamos National Security, LLC, the Romero Cabin, the last remaining Hispanic homesteader’s cabin not lost in the 2000 Cerro Grande Fire in Los Alamos, has reopened to the public. Read more

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