Join us for a Lab-wide Town Hall with UC Chancellor Gary May and Lab Director Mike Witherell on Tuesday, August 18, at 1 p.m. at streaming.lbl.gov. Chancellor May became UC Davis Chancellor in 2017 after three decades at Georgia Tech, where he was Dean of the College of Engineering. Throughout his career, Chancellor May has championed diversity and mentorship in both higher education and … [Read more...]
International Women & Girls in Science Day
The World Needs Science...And Science Needs Women The United Nations has declared today, Feb. 11, International Women & Girls in Science Day. The day marks the contributions of women in STEM and seeks to motivate the next generation of young women and girls to enter the field of science. To help recognize this event, we asked some women researchers and students for their take on this … [Read more...]
Save the Date: Women in Science Speaker Nicola Spaldin at Lab Dec. 19
Nicola Spaldin, instrumental in developing the field of magnetic ferroelectrics, will be the featured speaker at the next event in the Director’s Women in Science Speaker series on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. Her talk will be in the third-floor conference room of Building 91, the new Integrative Genomics Building (IGB). The IGB is a badged building; you will need your Lab badge to … [Read more...]
Highlights From Office of Science Director Chris Fall’s Berkeley Lab Visit
Chris Fall, Director of DOE’s Office of Science, wrapped up his two-day Berkeley Lab visit yesterday, which included tours of the Lab’s user facilities and brief talks on many research capabilities -- from machine learning to accelerators to quantum information science -- a broad introduction to how the Lab’s approach of team science and word-class tools of discovery supports DOE’s research … [Read more...]
Ceremony Celebrates Berkeley Lab Contributions to the Periodic Table
American Chemical Society event features talks, plaque rededication recognizing element discoveries Two Berkeley Lab scientists participated in an Aug. 11 event at the Lawrence Hall of Science that honored the Lab’s contributions to the periodic table and celebrated the 150th anniversary of the periodic table of elements. The event, organized by the American Chemical Society, … [Read more...]