January 2019 – July 2022
Numerous employee volunteers helped with the Lab’s 9th annual Nuclear Science Day, which brings girl and boy scouts onsite for demos, lectures, and hands-on activities, which enables them to earn a nuclear science merit badge. https://twitter.com/NucSciDayLBNL
A new Paid Parental Leave policy, effective March 8, 2019, allows the Lab to attract and retain talented employees by helping them to balance the many demands of work and family.
Celebrate 25 years of Daughter and Sons to Work Day at Berkeley Lab by signing up to bring children ages 9 to 16 to participate in activities around the Lab, including tours, hands-on demonstrations, and a science festival. Registration is open April 1 to 12. https://k12education.lbl.gov/programs/dstw
Sleep is essential to our overall health and well-being, but a third of U.S. adults report they get less than the recommended amount of rest. If you have issues with sleeping, sign up for an April 11 (noon to 12:45 p.m.) webinar on the subject, presented by Health Net. Registration required. https://centene.zoom.us/meeting/register/a4b15e0894d81455cde7dc3c8da9331e
Donald Landis, a Senior Staff Electronics Engineer with the Engineering Division, passed away on Jan. 11 at the age of 85. He began working at the Lab in 1959 and retired in 1991, but continued his affiliation with the Lab until 2016. https://engineering.lbl.gov/in-remembrance-of-donald-landis-1933-2019/
Scientists have generated high-quality orbital angular momentum beams in the soft x-ray regime. The work lays the foundation for a new type of soft x-ray contrast mechanism that could provide access to previously hidden material properties. https://als.lbl.gov/a-new-twist-in-soft-x-ray-beams/
Nanoscale analyses of Martian meteorites at the ALS suggest that organic carbon on Mars may have been formed by electrochemical reactions between briny liquids and volcanic minerals, as might occur in a galvanic cell. https://als.lbl.gov/meteorites-suggest-galvanic-origins-for-martian-organic-carbon/
Bello, along with custodian Rey Viray, teach Lab employees martial arts via the Filipino Martial Arts Employee Activities club, and self defense tactics at San Francisco’s Eskado Daan Filipino Martial Arts School. She was featured in a photo in a San Francisco Chronicle article on personal safety. https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/With-workers-on-edge-SF-tech-companies-are-13563235.php#photo-16826600
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, a special shout-out to Lab physicist and bubble chamber researcher Margaret Alston-Garnjost, who collaborated with Lab Nobel Prize winners Luis Alvarez and Donald Glaser. She passed away Feb. 7. Stay tuned for a more in-depth profile next month. https://m.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-alston-garnjost&pid=191709331&referrer=0&preview=false