Today at Berkeley Lab: May 4, 2006

Thursday, May 4, 2006

Today

7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
EHS
Iron Age Shoemobile
Cafeteria Parking Lot

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
EHS
Onsite Chair Massages
Bldg. 26-115

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Travel Office
Gelco 9.0 End User Training
Bldg. 90-0026

11 a.m.
NCEM
Recent Progress in the TEM Observation on Age-Hardened Alloys
Toyohiko Konno, Tohoku U., Japan
Bldg.72-201

1:30 p.m.
Materials Sciences
Topics in Automotive Catalysis
George Graham, Ford Motor Co.
Bldg. 66 Auditorium

3 p.m.
Advanced Light Source
Kerr Microscopy: Possibilities and Limitations
Jeffrey McCord, Leibniz Institute, Dresden
Bldg. 6-2202

5:15 p.m.
Yoga Club
Class with Inna Belogolovsky
Bldg. 70-191

Tomorrow

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Travel Office
Gelco 9.0 End User Training
Bldg. 90-0026

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
EHS
Onsite Chair Massages
Bldg. 937-104

Noon
Advanced Light Source
Advanced Optical and Acoustic Imaging Systems
Jules Jafee, UC San Diego
Bldg. 6-2202

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

1:30 p.m.
Materials Sciences
Artificial Oxide Phases in Nanostructured Layers
Falko Netzer, U. of Graz, Austria
Bldg. 66 Auditorium

2 p.m.
UC Berkeley
Forces, Form and Stem Cell Function
Chris Chen, U. of Pennsylvania
390 Hearst Mining Bldg.

Morning Editions: Avocado and Sour Cream Omelet
Tomorrow's Breakfast: Biscuits and Gravy with 2 Eggs
Market Carvery: Pasta Primavera with Marinara Sauce
The Fresh Grille: Roast Beef and Swiss with Coleslaw and Fries
Menutainment: Chicken Monterey with Baked Potato and Vegetables

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

Lee with GRETA machine

Detector Sheds Light
On Atoms With GRETA
By Cheryl Pon

The wavelength of a gamma ray not only contains the most energy of any other wave in the electromagnetic spectrum, it can also treat some types of cancer, kill bacteria and so much more. Berkeley Lab nuclear scientists are developing the country's premier gamma-ray instrument for nuclear science, the Gamma Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA). The research project, conceived and created by I-Yang Lee, will produce its first stage, named GRETINA, in approximately the year 2010. Full story.

Reasonable Accommodation
And Medical Separation

The University of California is proposing to update its policies on Reasonable Accommodation and Medical Separation. The revised policies include an interactive process when reasonable accommodation is being considered for an employee who is unable to perform essential functions of his or her position due to disability. The proposed policies may be found here. These policies apply to non-represented employees only. Represented employees should contact their union representative or consult their collective bargaining agreement. To comment on this proposed change, contact Mary Bishop (Mail Stop 90R2121) by Saturday, June 3.

Cal Commencements
Start Next Wednesday

The Berkeley campus will hold its commencement convocation, a ceremony for all graduating seniors, on Wednesday, May 10 at 4 p.m. in the Greek Theatre. Lab staff may want to adjust their travel time and/or route to or from the Hill due to increased traffic in this area. The Greek Theatre, as well as other venues on campus, will be hosting departmental graduation ceremonies starting Thursday, May 11, through Monday, May 22, which will also increase parking and traffic in and around the campus.

Funding Innovation: Will
U.S. Continue to Lead?

This week's issue of Federal Computer Week devotes its cover story to "The Search for the Next Big Bright Idea," analyzing the roles that government and industry play in innovative research. Times have changed, it says, and national science laboratories play a key role in the basic research once funded by industry. DOE Office of Science principal deputy Jim Decker comments on how things have changed since the space race, and he and others analyze the climate for innovation in the U.S. today. Read it here.

Lab Directors Highlight
Nuclear Energy Merits

Directors of nine of the Department of Energy's national laboratories recently announced their support for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) and discussed the collaboration among the labs in carrying out the partnership. GNEP, part of President Bush's Advanced Energy Initiative, will support advanced technologies to recycle spent nuclear fuel and promote emissions-free nuclear energy in a more proliferation-resistant manner. Full story.

WEATHER

Partly cloudy.
High: 65° (18° C)

Extended Forecast

SECURITY CONDITION

SECON level 3

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