LANL’s Roger Wiens Addresses Engineering Council
Roger Wiens, principal investigator for the ChemCam instrument carried aboard the Mars rover Curiosity, was the speaker at Thursday’s Los Alamos Engineering Council dinner meeting at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Technical professionals gathered for Thursday’s Los Alamos Engineering Council meeting. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com The Los Alamos Engineering Council held a dinner meeting Thursday at Fuller Lodge. The Council is an umbrella group for a number of engineering and Read More
LANL Foundation Scholarship Winners Announced
LANLF News:
Fourteen Northern New Mexicans have received $1,000 Returning Student/Regional College scholarships from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Employees’ Scholarship Fund.
These awards help students returning to a formal education for certification or a two-year degree at an accredited regional college. Many of the students receiving these awards are pursuing new careers.
Funding comes from donations by LANL employees and a matching amount from Los Alamos National Security, LLC. The scholarships are administered by the LANL Foundation.
Awards go to:
- Catrina Garcia, Santa
United Way Recognizes Contributors
LANB President Steve Wells accepts the Philanthropist of the Year Award on behalf of the bank from United Way Executive Director Kristy Ortega for the generosity and support the bank provides to the community. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
LANL Deputy Director Beth Sellers accepts the Regional Partnership Award on behalf of the Lab and LANS from United Way Executive Director Kristy Ortega for its million dollar match campaign. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
United Way Youth Team from left, Kaylie Burk, Emma Haines, Soumyo Lahiri-Gupta, Youth Team Advisor Morrie Read More
LANL’s Kurt Steinhaus Speaking at TEDxABQED Friday
LANL News:Community Programs Office Director Kurt Steinhaus provides his perspective on what schools, teachers, administrators, parents and communities can do singly and collectively to improve education in New Mexico’s and the nation’s schools during a TEDxABQED talk 1-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 in the African American Performing Arts Center, 310 San Pedro N.E., in Albuquerque.
As a former teacher and educational administrator, Steinhaus is passionate about education. Steinhaus manages the Community Commitment Plan,
SFI Colloquium: ‘Early Hunters and Extinctions in Northern Madagascar…
Henry T. Wright/Courtesy SFI
SFI News:
3:30 p.m • Thursday, Feb. 27 • Noyce Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road • Santa Fe
Henry T. Wright of the University of Michigan and an SFI external professor will present an SFI Colloquium, “Early Hunters and Extinctions in Northern Madagascar: Research on the Newly Found Stone Age Peoples of Madagascar.”
Abstract. The idea that Ice Age hunters armed with tools of wood and stone drove major elements of their prey to extinction is nowhere resolved. Madagascar was thought to be a case of iron-using herders and farmers, arriving about 2,000 years ago Read More
LANS Selects CNSI to Continue Telecommunications Support
CNSI President Adnan Ahmed
BUSINESS News:
- Los Alamos Nominates CNSI for DOE Small Business of the Year Award
GAITHERSBURG, Md. – CNSI announced it has been selected by Los Alamos National Security LLC (LANS) to continue its work providing telecommunications support and related services at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
LANS has managed operations at the Laboratory since 2006 and CNSI was selected in 2008 to support telecommunications at the Laboratory. As part of the service contract, CNSI supports the Laboratory’s efforts to utilize the latest technology in its communications Read More
Algal Biology Focus of Next Brown Bag Lecture
LANL’s Shawn Starkenburg
LANL News:
Shawn Starkenburg, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Bioenergy and Biome Sciences group, will talk about how algae can be used for transportation fuels in the next installment of the Brown Bag Lecture series noon-1 p.m., Feb. 26 at the Bradbury Science Museum at 15th Street and Central Avenue.
Single-celled algae have been targeted for commercial applications due to their ability to efficiently accumulate biomass and long chain carbon molecules for conversion to renewable transportation fuels and other useful bioproducts. Although Read More