Stump PEEC’s Astronomers At Planetarium Friday
LACF Hosts Upcoming Nonprofit Training Opportunities
- Impacting Your Community: Using Social Entrepreneurship to Solve Social Problems;
- New Mexico Principles and Practices Guide Information Session; and
- Nonprofit Executive Directors Roundtable.
- Friday, Nov. 30
- 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- UNM-LA, Building 2, Room 230
- Registration: https://alamos.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/ticket
Letter To The Editor: Now It Can Be Told – Thank you, Christine Chandler!
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
UNM-LA Designated EMT National Registry Test Site
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.
Through Read More
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.
STEM Boomerang Planned In Albuquerque Dec. 20
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.
The talk was hosted to encourage Read More
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
SFCC: Spring Semester Registration Opens Nov. 13
UA: Aging A Flock Of Stars In Wild Duck Cluster
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
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.
For more information, contact Laura Cowan at laura.f.cowan@gmail.com Read More