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Day-long symposium slated for Thursday
Outstanding diversity, both in science and in the scientists doing that research, will be featured at a day-long symposium Thursday titled, "Celebrating Scientific Excellence Through Diversity At LANL."
The symposium will include a day of talks on subjects ranging from cancer diagnosis to explosives science to climate change to fossil research. Dozens of posters illustrating other research projects also will be presented from 4 to 6 p.m.
The Science and Technology Base Programs Office and the Asian American Diversity Working Group are co-hosting the event in the Jemez and Cochiti Rooms at the Study Center.
"We've selected these research projects to highlight some of the outstanding science that is being done at the Laboratory across all the scientific disciplines," said Manvendra Dubey, head of the working group and organizer of the symposium.
Dubey said the purpose of the symposium is to give the Laboratory a sense of the valuable research performed by scientists who come to Los Alamos from across the nation and the world.
"We're showing how diversity naturally emerges in the good science that we do here. In a way, we're trying to boost our own morale by celebrating our achievements," Dubey said.
Several senior Laboratory managers are scheduled to speak at the Symposium, including Director John Browne.
"We'd like all the Laboratory employees to drop by for at least some of the sessions," Dubey said.
Click here for the symposium schedule and a tentative list of scheduled posters.
It's salary management
Tuesday Laboratory Director John Browne announced the salary increase authorization approved by the Department of Energy and the senior management team's decision on its use. This year's market numbers indicate that the Lab must spend about $35 million, including the .5 percent promotion pool, said Browne in a memo sent to all managers. Organizations have the option of reserving a small portion of their funds for interim increases. For more information, see Friday's Newsbulletin.
Utility
work in Administration Building south parking lot starts this
weekend
Crews from Utilities Infrastructure (FWO-UI) and Johnson Controls Northern New Mexico on Friday will begin replacing a steam condensation pipe in the south parking lot of the Administration Building.
The work begins at 5:30 p.m. and will take place on weekends and during normal work hours through Sept. 29 when work should be completed, weather permitting, said Betty Martinez of Distributed Facilities (FWO-DF) and the Administration Building's building manager.
Because of the planned work, there will be some parking modifications and pedestrian detours in place (click on the graphic at right to see a map).
Employees with green private vehicle parking passes who normally park in the south parking lot behind the Administration Building also will be allowed to park in the High Occupancy Vehicle parking lot located between the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building and building SM-216.
They should enter the parking lot through guard station 411, south of the Administration Building, turn right (south) toward the CMR building and follow the parking signs, said Martinez.
She noted that all sidewalks near the Administration Building will remain accessible; an orange barrier fence will enclose the construction area; the normal exit on the west side of the parking lot will be inaccessible; cars will have to enter and exit in a single lane, one car at a time on the east side of the lot.
In addition, Martinez said that stop signs will be posted at the temporary eastside entrance and exit; two rows of parking spaces on the west side of this parking lot will be inaccessible; and additional handicap parking will be available on the east side of the parking lot.
Emergency vehicle access will remain available and two dumpsters will be moved out of the construction area to remain accessible to custodians and pickup service personnel.
Martinez also said that assembly area one will be on the grass south of A-Wing. Assembly area three will be on the grass south of D-Wing.
For pedestrian safety information, contact Dick Fox of FWO-UI at 7-9116.
--Steve Sandoval
Nominations sought for Fellows Prize for Outstanding Research in Science or Engineering
Policy: To reward outstanding research performed at the Laboratory that was published within the last 10 years and that has had a significant impact on its discipline or program.
Purpose: To recognize and stimulate high-quality investigations in science or engineering by Laboratory staff members and to encourage publication in appropriate journals, books or reports.
Eligibility: Nominees must be full-time employees of the Laboratory at the time of nomination. All staff members of the Laboratory are eligible, but Fellows and postdoctoral researchers are not eligible. The work may be classified or unclassified.
Prize nomination: Nominations should be submitted to the coordinator or deputy coordinator of the Los Alamos Fellows, and statements of justification (two pages or less) and letters of support (not exceeding five) from leaders in the field, both internal and external, are desirable. All supporting material -- which should include the publications on which the nomination is based -- should focus strongly on that particular research and the contributions of the investigators. Nomination packages should be simple and brief.
Award review procedure: A review committee selected from the Fellows will be appointed by the coordinator of the Los Alamos Fellows. The committee will make the prize selections.
Number of awards: The number of prizes in any given year will not exceed three.
Amount of awards: The prize will carry a maximum award of $3,000 for each individual. An appropriate certificate will commemorate the award.
Granting the prize: The director will present the prize at a formal colloquium, during which the recipients will describe their research.
Nominations should be received on or before Nov. 1 by either M.B. Johnson, coordinator of Laboratory Fellows, P-25, Mail Stop H846, 7-6942; or M. J. Tuszewski, deputy coordinator of Laboratory Fellows, NIS-2, MS D436, 7-3566.
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Shari Schumsky of the Environmental Restoration Project (E-ER) is the winner of the $100 prize donated by the National Property Management Association for participating in the Lab's Property Awareness Month campaign in August sponsored by Property Management (BUS-6). There were 688 entries for the prize drawing. See http://bus.lanl.gov/bus6/PAM2k/default.htm for more information about Property Awareness Month and general property issues. |
Alzheimer's Memory Walk is Sept. 23 in
White Rock
The 2000 Memory Walk and run to raise money for Alzheimer's disease is Saturday, Sept. 23, in White Rock. The walk is the only nationwide fundraising event for the illness, said Ruth Gibson of Staffing (HR-5).
Money raised is used to support local programs and services for persons with Alzheimer's disease, their caregivers and their families, and to support research on the disease by the National Institutes of Health, she said.
The Memory Walk is a Laboratory-sanctioned activity.
The 5-kilometer (3.2 miles) run and 3-kilometer walk begins at 8:15 a.m. at Piñon Park in White Rock. There is a $20 entrance fee, which entitles participants to a t-shirt and one raffle ticket.
There are age group awards and participants can purchase additional raffle tickets the day of the walk; they are $1 or $5 for six tickets, said Gibson.
There also will be a 1-kilometer fun run for children starting at 8:30 a.m. The sign-up fee for this event is $10 and all participants receive a T-shirt.
Registration forms are available at the Wellness Center (ESH-2) at Technical Area 3, Los Alamos Medical Center, Los Alamos Outdoors, the Larry Walkup Aquatic Center, the Los Alamos Family YMCA downtown and at Los Alamos county senior centers.
Alzheimer's is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain; it is the most common form of dementia. Some 4 million Americans have it and 19 million Americans say they have a family member with Alzheimer's disease, according to statistics from the National Alzheimer's Association.
The Alzheimer's Association also offers these statistics about the disease:
-- There is no known cure; 14 million Americans will have Alzheimer's by the middle of the 21st century unless a cure or prevention is found
-- Alzheimer's is the fourth leading cause of death among adults
-- the average lifetime cost of an Alzheimer's patient is $174,000; neither Medicare nor private health insurance covers the long-term type of care most Alzheimer's patients need. Alzheimer's patients don't belong in nursing homes
-- A person with Alzheimer's disease can live from three to 20 years or more from the onset of symptoms
-- There is a 25 percent chance that a person over age 65 will contract Alzheimer's; 50 percent for someone 85 and older
-- Alzheimer's disease is the third most expensive disease in the United States after heart disease and cancer.
The New Mexico chapter of National Alzheimer's Association phone number is (505) 266-4473 or 1-800-777-8155. The National Alzheimer's Association toll free number is 1-800-272-3900.
A number of support groups have been formed for families affected by the disease. In Los Alamos, call 662-7549; in Española, call 753-5846 or 753-8531; in Santa Fe, call 982-5906, 471-2400 or 984-8313; and in Taos, call 758-2300.
Questions about Alzheimer's disease also can be sent to webmaster@alz.org by e-mail. More information about Alzheimer's disease also can be found at http://www.nm-alzheimers.org or http://www.pslgroup.com/ALZHEIMER.HTM online.
For more information about the Alzheimer's Memory Walk, call Gibson at 7-3644, or write to gibson@lanl.gov by e-mail, Jerry Bower at 662-7549 or Nan Meekin at 661-7138.
--Steve Sandoval
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