January 2019 – July 2022
Lab founder E. O. Lawrence spoke to the power and future of team science in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. “The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past.” Listen to the full recovered and digitized speech. https://youtu.be/pI36eS3YiV4
What were employees reading in 1967? ‘The Magnet’ introduces Building 50B and its wonders of automation, including an expanded tape library, removing expired parking bumper stickers, and lunar rocks that were promised to Lab scientists Luis Alvarez, Melvin Calvin, and Douglas Stevens. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GxwaPCiVHa3LldoQE4HOAJ3_exRkP77V/view?usp=sharing
To celebrate the Lab’s 90th anniversary, check out this photo story dedicated to a few of the notable and talented women who worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory throughout the 1960s. https://berkeleylab.exposure.co/celebrate-the-pastnbspwomen-in-1960s?source=share-berkeleylab
What were employees reading in 1966? “The Magnet,” the Lab monthly newsletter. Stories included a former Lab physicist selected as an astronaut, a profile on a woman critical to the Lab since 1942, and the rediscovery of plutonium in a cigar box while a technician was disposing of old materials. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ejpc_7djBRNCsSo-rnvi8BMNQe3iJDjS/view?usp=sharing
To celebrate the Lab’s 90th anniversary, check out this photo story dedicated to notable and talented women who worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory throughout the 1950s. https://berkeleylab.exposure.co/celebrate-the-pastnbspwomen-in-1950s?source=share-berkeleylab
The ESnet program moved from Lawrence Livermore Lab to Berkeley Lab in 1996, impacting those who lived further east. In response, a “telework center” was created so that ESnet staff could have a flexible work option. Watch this 1996 video that imagines the future of work. That future is here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w29iHU1ufK4
What were Lab employees reading 62 years ago? “The Magnet,” the Lab monthly newsletter from 1959. There is an article about women working at the Lab, a trip to the U.S.S.R. for Al Ghiorso, employee marriages, and new family additions. At the time, Berkeley and Livermore were jointly managed. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xCy5FZ2mQasT708hfAapLphM7fAR9hZE/view?usp=sharing
The Molecular Foundry was founded on March 24, 2006, and celebrates its 15th birthday this week. Read Foundry Director Kristin Persson’s note commemorating the milestone and watch a special birthday video. https://foundry.lbl.gov/2021/03/23/15th-birthday/
To celebrate the Lab’s 90th anniversary, this photo story is dedicated to notable and talented women who worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory throughout the 1940s. https://berkeleylab.exposure.co/celebrate-the-pastnbspwomen-in-1940snbsp?source=share-berkeleylab
The Lawrence Lab. Livermore Berkeley Lab. UC Berkeley Lab. The Lab gets called a lot of names, which can be a bit confusing for our friends and neighbors! Strategic Communications smooshed 90 years of history into this short video to help everyone remember who we are. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/celebrate-the-past/lab-names-and-logos