January 2019 – July 2022
Join the Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association’s monthly virtual game night on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Sign up for your favorite room to play Gartic Phone or your game choice. All the games are simple to play, and no prior experience is required. Friends and family are welcome. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ADudvMUCXkjY16dSKGjPth2mTBtVw-GO0uhoFV44ujw/edit#gid=0
Hosted by Workforce Development & Education, the virtual Poster Session highlights the work of ten undergraduate and post-baccalaureate interns at the Lab. Watch interns present their research on Wednesday, Dec. 1. To attend, select Register and activate a Fourwaves account. https://event.fourwaves.com/fallpostersession2021/pages
The Latin American and Native American ERG invites you to a Zoom talk Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 3:30 p.m. with Andrea Delgado-Olson, the founder and CEO of Native American Women in Computing and STEM, an advocacy and support platform for Indigenous technologists and scientists. https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NjF0ZnN2ODBzMWIwZHR1cnYzcDJqb3Azc24gbGJsLmdvdl8zOTM2MzczOTM1MzMzNTMzMmQzNjMwMzhAcmVzb3VyY2UuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&tmsrc=lbl.gov_39363739353335332d363038%40resource.calendar.google.com
Hear from women leaders at Sandia National Laboratories, Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Idaho National Laboratory as they share their journeys of growth. This talk, sponsored by Sandia’s DIVERSE-W program, is open to all. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diverse-w-speaker-series-panel-discussion-registration-205082265577
We currently recycle metals, plastics, and paper, so why not recycle carbon? Waste carbon is generated in many manufacturing processes or can come from the gasification of agricultural, forest, and unrecyclable municipal wastes. Hear more from LanzaTech’s Michael Köpke on Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. https://lbnl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-TV_pEhcQGakwjJ2DTGr7w
The Women Scientists and Engineers Council (WSEC) is excited to feature a talk by 2020 Women@TheLab (W@TL) honoree Ruchira Chatterjee on Nov. 18. Ruchira will discuss her photosynthesis research and share various facets of her career path and work at the Lab. https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=Mm8zdDlpMW9rNWtiOGJ1Mmc5ZG8xdmY5NmhfMjAyMTExMTlUMDAwMDAwWiBsYmwuZ292XzRzNHJyZzEybDZlcWc2bmNtYzJrdDB2Y2dnQGc&tmsrc=lbl.gov_4s4rrg12l6eqg6ncmc2kt0vcgg%40group.calendar.google.com
The Lab is seeking volunteers for Metas STEM Day to help students learn coding basics using Scratch or to facilitate a virtual escape room. A 45-minute prep meeting may also be required for new volunteers. Workshop times and sign-up links are through the new volunteer portal, Galaxy Digital. https://lbl.galaxydigital.com/
Save the date for our March 8-9 National Energy Storage Summit, “Jumpstarting America’s Energy Storage Future.” Join us for this public summit to help enable our nation’s just transition to a clean, affordable, and resilient energy future. Register here. https://national-energystorage-summit.lbl.gov/
Horst Simon is being honored with a Lifetime Achievement award at the Director’s Awards on Nov. 18 at noon. He will be recognized for a lifetime of computational and organizational advancements that benefit science of great scale and skillful leadership of new Lab programs and research. https://recognition.lbl.gov/lifetime-achievement-awardee-horst-simon/
All Lab employees are invited to attend this year’s veterans appreciation event on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at noon. Please join us to thank our veterans for their service! https://berkeleylab-erg.lbl.gov/veterans/veterans-day#h.bwr3h98ax5ia