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Students enjoy 'phenomenal' day at the Lab
The Laboratory hosted 14 students, ranging in age from middle school to college, from Green Technical Education and Employment (Green Tech) last week for a full day of presentations and tours. Green Tech is a non-profit community-based organization in Sacramento charged with providing middle and high school students and young adults from economically disadvantaged…
Congressman Swalwell visits Lab to witness experiment at National Ignition Facility
Congressman Eric Swalwell visited the Laboratory Monday to witness an experiment at the National Ignition Facility (NIF).After an initial overview by NIF Director Mark Herrmann, Swalwell was greeted by Lab Director Bill Goldstein, Livermore Field Office Manager Nicole Nelson-Jean and NIF & Photon Science Principal Associate Director Jeff Wisoff.The group moved to the…
Students visit Lab for Job Shadow Day
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Office of the Chief Information Officer and Livermore Information Technology (LivIT) hosted 60 students and teachers for the third annual Information Technology (IT) Job Shadow Day on Wednesday. It was a fun-filled day for 60 high school students from schools in Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin, Alameda and one student from South Lake…
First lady recognizes efforts to hire veterans
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was in the spotlight Thursday at an event celebrating the fourth anniversary of the Joining Forces Initiative, where new commitments were announced to ensure that every veteran and military family has an opportunity to achieve their career aspirations.Approximately 100 people attended the event held at Micron Technology in…
Georgetown students visit Lawrence Livermore for training in emergency management
Several dozen Georgetown University graduate students acquired a small part of their education during a recent visit to LLNL. Participating in Georgetown’s one-year master’s program in emergency and disaster management, the students spent a week at Lawrence Livermore and found the Lab’s programs and technologies to be educationally helpful and valuable to the nation. "The…
Lawrence Livermore, Sandia energy projects selected for commercialization program
Energy projects from Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) and Sandia national laboratories were selected Wednesday to participate in a pilot Energy Department program to facilitate the commercialization of technologies with the potential to rapidly benefit society.The award to the two projects was announced Wednesday at an event hosted by Livermore’s i-GATE Innovation Hub and…
Red Cross honors Lawrence Livermore as biggest blood donor west of Mississippi
LIVERMORE, Calif. – For more than 22 years, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has consistently ranked as the top blood donor west of the Mississippi River, according to the American Red Cross.The Red Cross honored the Laboratory this week with a special award for its volunteer efforts and the number of lives saved as a result. Since Laboratory employees began donating…
Media advisory: 'Science on Screen' pairs computer simulation lecture with film
Who: The third and final installment in the Science on Screen series features Lawrence Livermore research scientist Vic Castillo, who will present "Computer Simulation: Having Fun With Models and Robots." Castillo will demonstrate how computer simulations are being used by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on the world's fastest computers to help…
Restoring access to nature one trail at a time
Patrick Beck and Craig Fish are on a mission to open nature’s stunning beauty for more people to enjoy.The outdoorsmen spend their days working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and their weekends building and restoring a network of hiking trails around the Bay Area and Northern California with precision engineering and backbreaking labor."I have been backpacking,…
Teacher Research Academy registration open
LIVERMORE, California – Registration is now open for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) 2015 Teacher Research Academy (TRA). The TRA offers middle and high school science teachers and community college faculty a professional development curriculum during the summer months at the Edward Teller Education Center at LLNL. Teachers are given the opportunity to…
Veterans to share intern experience on Reddit
Veterans interning at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) will field questions on the popular social media website Reddit on Tuesday, March 24, about their career-technical education and training in support of national security research.The veterans are pilot participants in the new Troops to Technology Workforce Development Initiative and are looking to share…
'Science On Screen' pairs menacing microbes lecture with the film 'Contagion'
Who: The second in the Science on Screen series features Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) biomedical scientist Beth Vitalis, who will present "Menacing Microbes: Protein Models Reveal Secrets." Vitalis has provided guidance of bioinformatics efforts supporting pathogen detection and characterization for numerous sponsors, including the Centers for Disease…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory debuts 'Science On Screen' series in Modesto
LIVERMORE, California -- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is partnering with The State Theatre in Modesto to bring a three-week series of "Science on Screen" to the theater on Saturdays in March.The Science on Screen series creatively pairs cutting-edge science presented by leading Lab researchers with a popular feature film on a similar subject matter,…
Conference provides girls a peek into their future
It was a fun-filled and enlightening day for more than 400 girls in grades 6 to 9 when they attended the Tri-Valley Expanding Your Horizons (TVEYH) Conference on the Las Positas College campus on Saturday. The annual event, now in its 37th year, is geared to increase interest and foster awareness of careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). This year's…
'Science on Saturday' lecture to explore computer simulations of earthquakes
Lawrence Livermore scientist Arthur Rodgers and Los Gatos High School teacher Dan Burns will present "Computer Simulations of Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area," the final lecture in the 2015 Science on Saturday series for students.WHAT: This informative and entertaining lecture will cover how computer simulations of earthquakes can provide valuable information on…
Las Positas College to host annual Tri-Valley 'Expanding Your Horizons' conference
Who: More than 300 girls in grades 6-9 will gather to meet scientists and engineers and explore careers in math and science at the 37th annual Tri-Valley Expanding Your Horizon’s Conference. What: The Tri-Valley Expanding Your Horizons Conference is an annual event geared to increase interest and foster awareness of careers in math and science. This year’s theme is "A…
DOE video series features Livermore analyst
Suzanne Singer, an energy and thermal fluids analyst at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), recently became the first LLNL employee to be featured in the Department of Energy’s #WomenInSTEM video series, where she discusses her research and how she is using her knowledge to help Native American tribes with issues pertaining to energy and climate change.As a…
Lawrence Livermore National Security donates $40,000 to area school districts
Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), the entity that manages Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration, has donated $40,000 to local school districts in support of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.The checks were delivered during an installment of LLNL’s Science on…
'Science On Saturday' to explore groundwater and the impacts of drought and climate change
Who: Lawrence Livermore scientist Andy Thompson and Tracy High School teacher Erin McKay will present "Hydrology of an ‘Ant Farm’," a presentation examining the environmental impact of drought and climate change.What: This informative and entertaining lecture will touch on groundwater interactions with surface water and surface ecosystems. The presenters will discuss some…
'Science On Saturday' to explore green power
WHO: Lawrence Livermore scientists Jeff Mirocha and Suzanne Singer, along with Las Positas Community College instructor Eric Harpell and Granada High School teacher Tom Shefler, will present "Green Power: Making Electricity Out of Thin Air," the second of four lectures for the Science on Saturday series for students.WHAT: This informative and entertaining lecture will…
