Today at Berkeley Lab: November 3, 2005

Thursday, November 3, 2005

Today

10 a.m.
EHS 535
Hot Work Permit Training
Bldg. 70A-3377

1 p.m.
Nuclear Science
Type Ia Supernova Explosions: Energetics, Nucleosynthesis, and Cosmology
Jim Truran, U. of Chicago
Bldg. 50 Auditorium

Noon
Yoga Club
Class with Chris Hoskins
Bldg. 90-3148

Noon
Yoga Club
Class with Naomi Hartwig
Bldg. 937-302

1 p.m.
EHS 339
Asbestos Awareness
Bldg. 70A-3377

1:30 p.m.
Materials Sciences
Why Are Aluminum Deficient Y Zeolites Hydrophobic
Istvan Halasz, PQ Corporation
Bldg. 66 Auditorium

2 p.m.
Benefits Office
Open Enrollment Presentation for OSF Staff
Bldg 943-238

4 p.m.
Physics Division
The Quest for the Higgs: Where Do We Stand?
Anna Goussiou, Notre Dame U.
Bldg. 50B-4205

Tomorrow

8:30 a.m.
NCEM
Micromagnetic Imaging at Nanometer Resolution
Various Speakers
Bldg. 66 Auditorium

9 a.m.
EHS 210
Crane/Hoist Operator-2 Tons or Less
Bldg. 70A-3377

Noon
Yoga Club
Class with Naomi Hartwig
Bldg. 70-191

1 p.m.
Scientific Computing
John von Neumann's Analysis of Gaussian Elimination and the Invention of Modern Computing
Joe Grcar
Bldg. 50A-5132

2 p.m.
Benefits Office
Open Enrollment Presentation
JGI Lunch Room

2 p.m.
UC Berkeley
Spin Flop Switching for Magnetic RAM
Daniel Worledge, IBM 390
Hearst Mining Building

Morning Editions: 2 Pancakes, 2 Bacon Strips and 2 Eggs
Tomorrow's Breakfast:
Biscuits and Gravy with 2 Eggs
Market Carvery: Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
The Fresh Grille: Double Mushroom Burger with Cheese and Fries
Menutainment: Baked Ziti with Corn Bread and Side Salad

B'fast:	6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Lunch:	11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Full menu

Berkeley Museum Helps
Kids Learn to Live Well

The Hall of Health, sponsored by Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, is a community health-education museum and science center dedicated to promoting wellness and individual responsibility for health. Each year, more than 12,000 children visit the Hall of Health to learn about the workings of the body, the value of sound diet and exercise, and the destructive effects of smoking and drug abuse. Berkeley Lab employees can donate to the center, and many more charities, through the SHARES campaign, now through Nov. 18. To learn more about SHARES, go here. To make online contributions, go here. Send any questions to the SHARES answer line here.

NCEM, ALS Host
Imaging Workshop

The Lab's National Center for Electron Microscopy and Advanced Light Source are hosting a daylong workshop tomorrow on "Micromagnetic Imaging at Nanometer Resolution," in the Building 66 Auditorium. Speakers from across the United States as well as Europe will be on hand to discuss this topic. Go here for more information on the event. Questions can be forwarded to Andreas Schmid (x4564).

Volunteers Make 'Edge'
Event a Big Success

Sixteen employees volunteered their time last Saturday to assist the Lab's Center for Science and Engineering Education in hosting 40 students who came onsite to learn more about science. The goal of the event, called the Berkeley Edge program, is to recruit, retain, and advance talented minority students in the field of science. The volunteers assisted with tours and conducted small-group discussions about their work. Go here to see a list of those who assisted with this event.

Alvarez's Scientific
Legacy Recounted





Alvarez

The sister of famed physicist Luis Alvarez was the secretry of E.O. Lawrence, and she introduced the two in 1936. Lawrence gave Alvarez a research assistant job at the Radiation Laboratory, which eventually became Berkeley Lab. A profile of this pioneering Nobel Prize winner is featured in ScienceMatters@Berkeley, a webzine produced by the campus's College of Letters and Science. Go here to read the full story.

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