January 2019 – July 2022
Want to see the Advanced Light Source (ALS)? New dates have just been added for tours offered to Berkeley Lab staff. Tours are currently available through November 2022. Advance sign-up is required. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/alstours/home
Selfie Goat has proven to be an elusive creature, but help is here. The “Goats @ the Lab” site will now feature weekly hints about the location of the Lab’s only resident goat. Send a selfie with the goat to communications@lbl.gov by Aug. 27, and you could win 1,500 Bucketlist points. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/lbnl-goats/home
Tim Hart, Facilities, is the winner of this week’s scavenger hunt. Join the hunt this week by correctly guessing this illustrated location by 5 p.m. Tuesday to be entered into a random drawing for 499 Bucketlist recognition points. Elements will publish the winner and the answer on Fridays. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/home/summer-scavenger-hunt-2022
There are only a few days left in the Summer Food Bank Drive. Lab employees have raised more than $11K for food banks across the Bay Area, and the four Bay Area national labs have collectively raised over $31K. Donate or volunteer through July 31 and be entered into a raffle for a Lab swag bag. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/food-bank-2021/home
The Lab’s Visiting Faculty Program Lecture Series at noon on Thursday, July 28, will feature Anh Thai Nhan, assistant professor of mathematics, Holy Names University, Michael Cohen, professor of biology, Sonoma State University, and Jim Pesavento, associate professor of biology, St. Mary’s College. https://lbnl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqd-GsrDMpGdItQ5FOCrq5nueEFZzMmrHD
Join a workshop on Thursday, July 28, for an intro to Open OnDemand (OOD), a new high-performance computing portal. OOD is the easiest way to access Lawrencium and other dedicated research clusters at the Lab through an interactive server and GUI apps like Jupyter Notebook, Matlab, and RStudio. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPdPFhrorti1aIxdx1M-B5VOmhpfGtWbHKVoV5OA4yorArng/viewform
Mike Torkelson, Emergency Services, is the winner of this week’s scavenger hunt. Join the hunt this week by correctly guessing this location by 5 p.m. Tuesday to be entered into a random drawing for 499 Bucketlist recognition points. Elements will publish the winner and the answer on Fridays. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/home/summer-scavenger-hunt-2022
The Lab has a resident (cardboard) goat that is making itself available for selfies. The trick: you have to find it. Find and take a photo with Selfie Goat between now and Founder’s Day (August 26), and you could win 1500 Bucketlist points to name a (real) goat. There’s even a virtual selfie option. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/lbnl-goats/home#h.uxms1ujnnwv7
The Summer Food Bank Drive is going strong, with over $6,200 raised as of July 18. To sweeten the pot, the Office of Government & Community Relations is hosting a raffle for employees and affiliates who participate in the drive. See the site for complete details. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/food-bank-2021/home
How do you get involved with conducting research in college? What roles and responsibilities do lab members have at different stages of their careers? In this STEM career talk from the Lab’s K-12 program, members of NothernLab, a research team in the Lab’s Biosciences Area, answers these questions. https://youtu.be/xeAV6VfED9w