Lab Helps with Cyber Schooling and Beyond
What began as a project to design high-quality science cyber schooling could evolve into a way to improve education across the nation. Read more
COMMUNITY GIVING
Employee Giving Campaign in Progress
The Lab is just about to complete this year’s annual Employee Giving Campaign. So far, $1.5 million has been raised through employee contributions. Los Alamos National Security, LLC, the Lab’s manager, will match the contributions up to $1 million, meaning than more than $2.5 million will be made available to nonprofit organizations in Northern New Mexico and beyond. Read more
Lab Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The National Cancer Institute estimates that, at current rates, 12.2 percent of women born today will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some time in their lives. To help encourage education and action about this, the Lab joined national Breast Cancer Awareness Month through a Think Pink for the Cure campaign. Read more
Feed the Five Hundred X2 Food Donation Drive
The Lab began its annual Holiday Food Drive last month and hopes to help feed approximately 1,000 people this year. Last year’s Drive collected enough cans, boxes, jars, and bags of food to feed more than 800 people. Read more
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
HD3 Discovery Day December 8
The High Desert Discovery District (HD3) and Northern New Mexico Connect, a collection of economic development programs funded by Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), will host the next HD3 Discovery Day on December 8. Read more
Construction Procurement Opportunities Available Online
The Regional Development Corporation and other Northern New Mexico organizations are helping local companies and workers prepare for opportunities related to upcoming Laboratory construction projects. Read more
LANS Venture Acceleration Funds Awarded
LANS has selected two companies to receive capital from its Venture Acceleration Fund to help their businesses grow and thus promote regional economic development. Read more
LANL Spinoff Receives $300,000 NIH Grant
Mesa Tech International, Inc. of Santa Fe has received a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health. Read more
Taos’ Vapour Beauty Struts its Stuff During NYC Fashion Week
During the recent New York City Fashion Week, models for Hassan Pierre’s clothing line wore Vapour Beauty’s organic cosmetics. All formulation and manufacturing for the line are done in Taos. Read more
EDUCATION
LANL Foundation Education Conference Draws Crowd
More than 1,500 teachers, principals, administrators, and education professionals filed into the meeting rooms at the Buffalo Thunder Resort to attend Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation’s Conference on Education. Read more
Resources for LANL 2012 Internships
Students who want to take advantage of Lab summer internships next year should be aware that the Department of Energy offers two funding sources for science students. Read more
New Education Video Available Online
In concert with this year’s Education Conference (see the story above), the Lab introduced a 17-minute video that highlights ways in which the Lab has partnered with regional educational institutions to advance Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education. Read more
New Video Showing at the Bradbury Science Museum
The Bradbury Science Museum is debuting a new, high-definition 15-minute video that highlights the Lab’s weapons programs, supercomputing, and work at major facilities such as the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. Read more
Another Successful High Tech Halloween
As in past years, the Bradbury Science Museum’s annual High Tech Halloween drew a large crowd. Read more
ENVIRONMENT
LANL Sets TRU Waste Hauling Record
Los Alamos National Laboratory set a new Lab record for the amount of transuranic (TRU) waste shipped in a single year from historic nuclear operations to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, NM. Read more
Water Monitoring on Lab Property Continues Post Fire
Following the Las Conchas fire, LANL has taken several actions related to water monitoring and analysis. As part of that effort, eleven gauges were slated for quick turn-around analysis to measure contaminants flowing onto and off of LANL property following this summer’s Las Conchas fire. Read more
OTHER NEWS
New Managers at LANL
Elizabeth Sellers has been named as the Lab’s new deputy director. Read more
Conde Nast Traveler Readers Still Love Santa Fe
When 28,000 of the readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine cast their votes during the recent 24th annual poll for their favorite cities, Santa Fe came in third. Read more
CALENDAR
Kurt's Column
Welcoming New Managers at the Lab
In this month's issue of Connections, we introduce the Lab's new deputy director, Elizabeth Sellers, along with the new head of our Technology Transfer Division, David Pesiri, and the new deputy principal associate director for Operations and Business, William Bivens. Read more
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