LANL Employees Mentor Students In Hour Of Code
Mountain Elementary School students participate in the annual Hour of Code Thursday afternoon with Los Alamos National Laboratory volunteers at Mountain Elementary. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost
With the help of LANL volunteers, Mountain Elementary students participate in Hour of Code Thursday. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost
STAFF REPORT
With the help of several Los Alamos National Laboratory employees, students at Mountain, Chamisa and Pinon Elementary schools and Los Alamos Middle School participated in the biggest educational event in history, Computer Science Read More
SFI Seminar: Evolutionary Computation For Artificial Life Dec. 15
Nicholas Cheney, Cornell UniversityThe Santa Fe Institute presents the SFI Seminar, Evolutionary Computation for Artificial Life: The Role of Complex Morphology and Soft Robotics in AI, at 12:15 p.m., Monday, Dec. 15 in the Collins Conference Room, 1499 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Abstract: Despite significant interest in the use of evolutionary algorithms to optimize the brains of robots, the bodies of these evolved creatures tend to be static, and closely resemble those used decades ago. However, as we accept the implications of embodied cognition and focus on Read More
LANL Programs Among Items Approved In Appropriations Bill
U.S. SENATE News:
- Appropriations bill funds PILT, lab programs including B61, N.M. military bases, WIPP recovery, technology transfer, water projects and other programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich joined the full Senate in voting 56-40 for a so-called “omnibus” appropriations bill to fund the government, including critical New Mexico programs, through September 2015, the end of the Fiscal Year.
The bill includes full funding for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program, which helps Read More
Moniz Announces Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
- Partnership to Deepen Relationship Around Critical Nuclear Energy Issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Building on President Obama’s commitment to strengthen the government-to-government relationship with Tribal Nations, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced Friday the formalization of the Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group (NETWG), providing a forum for Tribal Leaders to engage with the Department on a wide scope of nuclear energy issues.
“Through the Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group, the Department hopes to incorporate the unique and Read More
LANL Major Subcontractors’ Consortium Grant Awards Event In Espanola Celebrates Economic Development
MSC grant awardees, executive committee members and attending dignitaries gathered Thursday at the Santa Claran Hotel in Espanola. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos County Councilor David Izraelevitz, center at the back, is the liaison to the LANL Major Subcontractors Consortium. Courtesy photo
MSC News:
ESPANOLA – Members of the LANL Major Subcontractors’ Consortium and several guests gathered Thursday evening at the Santa Claran Hotel in Espanola for their annual MSC Grants awards celebration.
The LANL Major Subcontractors Consortium, also known as the MSC is made up of 35 of the largest subcontractors Read More
Earth And Environmental Science Scholarships For Northern New Mexico Students
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and The Climate Change Leadership Institute (CCLI) are partnering to provide scholarships to support students pursuing Earth and Environmental Science Degrees on behalf of Dr. Jeri Sullivan Graham.
Dr. Sullivan Graham, a Los Alamos Scientist, is receiving the Conservation Grant Award from the Climate Change Leadership Institute and wants to pay it forward by offering this one-time scholarship to two students in attending colleges/universities in northern New Mexico.
About the Award:
Each year the CCLI gives out community seed grant Read More
Udall Urges Congress To Pass Bill, Avoid Shutdown
U.S. SENATE News:
- Appropriations bill funds PILT, lab programs including B61, N.M. military bases, WIPP recovery, technology transfer, water projects and other priorities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, welcomed the release of a so-called “omnibus” appropriations bill, which includes critical funding for New Mexico and keeps the government running through September 2015, the end of the fiscal year.
The bill funds many New Mexico priorities that Udall has fought for, such as the Payment in Lieu Read More
