Education

Stump PEEC’s Astronomers At Planetarium Friday

PEEC News:
 
The community is invited to test its knowledge of astronomy this Friday evening at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium during a “Stump the Astronomers!” panel.
 
This event begins at 7 p.m., Nov. 16 and will feature 10 local astronomers. Bring along the toughest astronomy-related questions and get ready for an evening of fun.
 
Astronomer Rick Wallace will be the MC for the evening and the panel will include Paul Arendt, Steve Becker, Chick Keller, Akkana Peck, Dave North, Dan Reisenfeld, Jonas Lippuner, Jonah Miller and Peter Polko. These astronomers have
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LACF Hosts Upcoming Nonprofit Training Opportunities

LACF News:
 
Upcoming nonprofit training opportunities provided by the Los Alamos Community Foundation (LACF) include:
 
  • Impacting Your Community: Using Social Entrepreneurship to Solve Social Problems;
  • New Mexico Principles and Practices Guide Information Session; and
  • Nonprofit Executive Directors Roundtable.
 
Impacting Your Community: Using Social Entrepreneurship to Solve Social Problems
 
 
In follow up
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Letter To The Editor: Now It Can Be Told – Thank you, Christine Chandler!

By DAVID SCHIFERL
UNM-LA welding student

During her 2018 election campaign for the New Mexico House Dist. 43 race, Christine Chandler emphasized her support for all education, highlighting the training at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos for emergency medical technicians, machinists, welders, etc.

When I mentioned that UNM-LA was submitting a proposal for a certificate welding program and that local monetary contributions were listed in the application to show strong local support, Chris Chandler immediately sent a check for $500 a few weeks before the election. No photo op. No Read More

Era Of Megafires: Evening Of Film, Fire, Discussion

SFFC News:
 
The Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition, the Forest Stewards Guild, North 40 Productions, New Mexico Counties, and the City of Santa Fe are pleased to bring the Era of Megafires to Santa Fe.
 
The rise of highly destructive megafires — wildfires over 100,000 acres — has become one of today’s most pressing and complex problems, threatening our communities, homes, businesses and even our very way of life. Facing the reality of this issue is daunting, but like all wicked problems, through education and action we can change the way fire comes to our forests and communities.
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UNM-LA Designated EMT National Registry Test Site

At the Advanced Adult Airway station, student Michael Crockett demonstrates his skill for proctor Kenny Anderson. Photo by Steve Dawald

Student Joe Martinez performs CPR on the manikin at the Cardiac Arrest Management station, observed by proctor John Bialy. Photo by Steve Dawald

UNMLA News:

UNM–Los Alamos (UNM-LA) was recently designated as a test site for the National Registry Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) exam.

The University is now authorized to offer Basic, Advanced and Paramedic Psychomotor National Registry exams. Tests will be scheduled and coordinated as needed.

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UNM-LA Campus On Two-Hour Delay Today

UPDATE: Due to the continuing winter storm, UNM-LA will remain closed today.

UNM-LA News:

Because of inclement weather, the UNM-Los Alamos campus will open at 10 a.m. today.

Due to observance of Veterans Day, there are no classes, but offices will open at 10 a.m. today.

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STEM Boomerang Planned In Albuquerque Dec. 20

STEM BOOMERANG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — For the second year in a row, business, academic and economic development and government leaders from the city, state and region will converge at The University of New Mexico meet with recent, highly-trained STEM professionals who are in and out of New Mexico.
 
The purpose of the STEM Boomerang is to connect the dots between the many highly-paid job opportunities that exist in New Mexico in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and other technical areas and graduates from New Mexico who may wrongly believe that the state has
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HSNW: Unhackable Computers

Unhackable computer under development with $3.6M DARPA grant. Courtesy/U-M

HSNW News:

  • Relying on firmware security rather than software patches

By turning computer circuits into unsolvable puzzles, a University of Michigan team aims to create an unhackable computer with a new $3.6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Todd Austin, U-M professor of computer science and engineering, leads the project, called MORPHEUS. Its cybersecurity approach is dramatically different from today’s, which relies on software—specifically software patches to Read More

LAHS Project Y Team Host Women In STEM Night

Dr. Mandie Gehring speaks to LAHS students Thursday about ‘Finding Your Superpower, a Guide to STEM’ at the Project Y STEM Center. Courtesy photo

LAHS News:

The Los Alamos High School Robotics Team, Project Y, hosted a talk Thursday by Dr. Mandie Gehring at the Project Y STEM Center on “Finding Your Superpower, a Guide to STEM” to LAHS students.

Dr. Gehring discussed her career in nuclear physics, why it is fun to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the challenges she faced to obtain her PhD, and generally shared her passion about physics with the high school students.

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Family Members Invited To Share LAPS Turkey Meals

Mountain Elementary School kicked off the fun Thursday serving 500 lunches. Courtesy photo

LAPS News:

Chartwells Food Services continues its mission of “eat. learn. live.” and is serving Thanksgiving lunches at all seven school sites throughout the district.

The difference is that when this lunch bell rings, they hope to include family members, too. Family members can use this opportunity like a “TBT-Throwback Thursday” and eat lunch in the cafeteria.

Mountain Elementary School kicked off the fun Thursday serving 500 lunches.

“Mountain had a great process for lunches, dividing them into Read More

Explore Quasars, Galactic Nuclei, Black Holes Tonight

Learn the history of quasars at 7 p.m. today in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium and view the full-dome film ‘Exploding Universe’ at 2 p.m. Saturday. Courtesy/PEEC
 
PEEC News:
 
Join Paul Arendt and Rick Wallace for a discussion of the history of Quasars at 7 p.m. today, Nov. 9 at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
 
Arendt and Wallace will take the audience through the history of quasars since their discovery in the 1950s and also examine active galactic nuclei and black holes at this talk.
 
Quasars, or quasi-stellar radio sources, were one of the most hotly
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SFCC: Spring Semester Registration Opens Nov. 13

SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE Santa Fe Community College announces registration for Spring Semester classes will open Tuesday, Nov. 13.
 
There are dozens of certificate and associate degree programs offered at SFCC – during the day, night, weekends and online. Registration is ongoing through Jan. 18. Spring classes begin Jan. 22, 2019.
 
Interim President Cecilia Cervantes, Ph.D. said, “The college recognizes that people are always looking for a new job or new skill to increase their pay. We’ve got many flexible programs designed to meet their busy schedules. The college offers
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UA: Aging A Flock Of Stars In Wild Duck Cluster

UA News:
 
TUCSON, Ariz. — Do star clusters harbor many generations of stars or just one? Scientists have long searched for an answer and, thanks to the University of Arizona’s MMT telescope, found one in the Wild Duck Cluster, where stars spin at different speeds, disguising their common age.
 
In a partnership between the UA and the Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute, a team of Korean and Belgian astronomers used UA instruments to solve a puzzle about flocks of stars called open clusters.
 
Astronomers have long believed that many open clusters consist of a single
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November Is Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American Heritage Month. Here students rock their mocs as part of Rock Your Mocs week, which happens Nov. 12-16. The Betty Ehart Senior Center has a display of native pictures in puzzles from Florence Riebe. The puzzles will be displayed throughout the month. The local Youth Activity Centers celebrate Native students and staff with a display highlighting local pueblos. The displays will be expanded throughout November. Courtesy photo

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LAHS Marching Band Dazzles Crowd At Halftime

Los Alamos High School Marching Band presents a specular halftime show at Friday night’s football game at Sullivan Field. The show called ‘Blood Moon’ was directed by Zane Meek and meant to evoke an ancient ritual. The change in color of the moons was about the mood of the music shifting from plaintive to primitive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from the LAHS Marching Band halftime show Friday night at Sullivan Field. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from the LAHS Marching Band halftime show Friday night at Sullivan Field. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

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SFCC’s Paid Internship Program PILAS Seeks Businesses And Students To Participate In Spring 2019

SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE Santa Fe Community College announces the continuation of the successful PILAS Internship Program (Programa de Internos, Los Alamos) for the Spring 2019 semester, beginning January 2019.
 
The program gives students the opportunity to work with area businesses and nonprofits to gain valuable, employable skills while earning an hourly wage paid by SFCC. Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and SFCC Foundation funded this program.
 
The college is currently seeking businesses, organizations and students who would like
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LAHS Key Club Participates In ‘Single Service Project Day’ Filling Gabion Baskets At County Landfill

Some 36 Key Club members spent the club’s annual ‘Single Service Project Day’ Saturday, Oct. 27, working at the Los Alamos County Landfill. They spent almost three hours filling ‘gabion baskets’ with recycled glass and fastening the baskets together into a long line designed to prevent soil erosion at the top of a hill. Later, County Environmental Services Manager Angelica Gurule sent an email to Kiwanis youth liaisons Morrie Pongratz and Don Casperson complimenting the young people and their work. ‘The students were terrific to work with. We actually ran out of glass and left a few unfinished Read More

SFCC Student Glass Club Art Sale Nov. 14-15

Glass horse by Gayanne Robinson. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

Santa Fe Community College Glass Club art students will sell glass art and functional pieces created by the SFCC Glass Club 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday Nov. 14 and Thursday, Nov. 15.

The students created the work by using a variety of methods, from kiln casting to fusing and slumping. Works include vibrant color and luminescent glass, whimsical sculptures and functional glassware in a wide range of patterns.

This is a free event in the Main Hallway, 6401 Richards Ave., on the SFCC campus.

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NMJC And NMSU-Carlsbad Sign Agreement Establishing Workforce Training Partnership

Dr. Kelvin Sharp, president of New Mexico Junior College, and Dr. John Gratton, president of New Mexico State University, sign a memo of understanding to increase cooperation between the institutions to foster greater workforce training and development. Courtesy photo
 
NMJC News:
 
HOBBS Dr. Kelvin Sharp, president of New Mexico Junior College, and Dr. John Gratton, president of New Mexico State University – Carlsbad, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a partnership between their institutions to provide enhanced workforce training solutions
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