This information was last updated Monday, Oct. 14 at 9:15 a.m -- adding safety switch on vending machines information. Safety Areas of the Lab that were accessible were checked for safety hazards prior to allowing occupancy. If you notice a possible safety issue in your workspace or have questions, please contact your supervisor. There may be some smaller buildings, or rooms within a larger … [Read more...]
Updated: Employee Recognition Platform Bucketlist Overview
UPDATES (May 14, 2021): Due to back-end data discrepancies regarding service anniversaries, work anniversaries as well as service awards have been removed from the Bucketlist platform. If you are interested in opting into work anniversary awards and features, please contact employee-recognition@lbl.gov. Please note that employee birthdays have never been shared with Bucketlist and thus are … [Read more...]
In Memoriam: Glenn Roberts Jr.
Roberts wrote about physics, accelerators, and nuclear science at Berkeley Lab, infusing stories with wonder and excitement By Aliyah Kovner and Julie Chao Glenn Roberts Jr., a gifted science writer, pun master, devotee of all things tiki, and beloved member of the Berkeley Lab community, has died. Roberts was hired by Berkeley Lab’s then-Public Affairs department in 2015 to cover … [Read more...]
Volunteers Create Lab Vegetation Management Guide
Three years ago Nicholas Bartlett, a fire protection engineer with Security and Emergency Services, started looking at how Berkeley Lab managed vegetation as part of a larger wildfire management plan. Realizing that there was no comprehensive plan, he recruited 15 direct contributors and dozens of consulting partners from across the Lab to build the first Vegetation Management … [Read more...]
Complexity and Communication: The NERSC 9 Upgrade
In December 2020, the Projects and Infrastructure Modernization Division, Facilities Division, and Computing Sciences Area completed a multi-year project to increase power and capabilities for the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). The project’s goal was to add the latest NERSC supercomputer, known as Perlmutter after Berkeley Lab’s own Nobel-prize-winning astrophysicist … [Read more...]
135,000 Thank You’s
In December, Berkeley Lab’s community rallied together to raise over $135,000 for local food banks. That translates into 270,000 meals, or enough meals to feed a family of four for 61 years. One of the receiving agencies, Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties, shared a video thank you for the entire Lab. Those funds arrived to agencies across the Bay Area that definitely needed them. … [Read more...]