As part of Autism National Awareness Month, Berkeley Lab is hosting a panel on neurodiversity on Tuesday, April 23 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Building 50 Auditorium. The panel will highlight the personal and professional experiences of Berkeley Lab colleagues with those on the autism spectrum, raise awareness on the definition of neurodiversity, and discuss how to support pathways and … [Read more...]
Berkeley City Council Members Visit the Lab
Berkeley City Council members Sophie Hahn (left) and Rigel Robinson (center right), and staff from the City of Berkeley's Office Economic Development, recently visited the Lab to learn how our innovative R&D spurs economic development in Berkeley and the East Bay. The visit included stops at the ALS and Molecular Foundry (pictured). … [Read more...]
Lab Employee Striving for Best Time at Boston Marathon Monday
Rachel Carl, Sr. HR Manager - Talent, became a runner relatively late in life. She had been a whaleboat rower and ran two or three miles at a time for cardio training, but at age 40 she decided to run a marathon. She ran for a few years until a friend of hers was sharing her own Boston Marathon stories in the summer of 2017 which made Rachel re-evaluate her training. She picked up a book, Hansons … [Read more...]
New Site Security Chief Announced
Dear LBNL Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that David von Damm will join the Lab to head up our security efforts as the LBNL Site Security Chief on May 6. David comes to the Lab with more than 19 years of progressive responsibility and experience in security, most recently in Homeland Security at the Oakland International Airport where he served as the Federal Security Director, overseeing … [Read more...]
Personnel Accountability Drill Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
On Thursday, April 11 at 8:30 a.m., Lab employees, affiliates, and contractors will receive a simultaneous email from the emergency LabAlert system and a text message for those who have registered a mobile device. The drill will send the text and email messages at the same time to test the capacity of the communications systems. There will be no phone alerts as part of this drill. The messages … [Read more...]