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9 a.m.
EHS 20
ES&H for Supervisors
Bldg. 70A-3377

10 a.m.
EHS 22
Ergonomics for Supervisors
Bldg. 70A-3377

11:30 a.m. to 1:20 p.m.
Health Services
Skin Protection Information
Cafeteria Lobby

5:30 p.m.
Water Resources Center Archives
Overcoming the Traditions That Divide Us: Tomorrow's Reliable Water Supply Dependent Upon Partnerships

Pat Mulroy, Southern Nevada Water Authority
250 Goldman School of Public Policy (2607 Hearst Ave.)


Tomorrow

Noon
CITRIS
The Noor Project: Fusion of Technology, Art, Mathematics, Beauty and Cultures
Steve Beck, College of Engineering and CET
290 HMMB (campus)

Noon
Dance Club
Building 51 Lobby (Bevatron)

12:15 p.m.
Yoga Club
Yoga with Chris Hoskins
Bldg. 70-191

1:30 p.m.
Benefits Office
BLI 1703 - Passport to Retirement Workshop - Part 2
George Noceti, Morgan Stanley
Perseverance Hall

4 p.m.
The Glenn T. Seaborg Center/Chemical Sciences
GTSC Seminar, Homogeneous Catalysis with Organo-f-Element Complexes
Tobin Marks, Northwestern University
Bldg. 70A-3377

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Breakfast: Blueberry Pancakes with Two Eggs and Sausage
Tomorrow's Breakfast: Corned Beef Hash With 2 Eggs and Toast
Carvery: Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Pork Loin
Pizza: Carmelized Onions, Bacon and Fontina Cheese
Deli: Prosciutto & Smoked Mozzarella Panini with Sundried Tomato and Basil Mayonnaise

Grill: Gyro Pita Sandwich
Cultural Cuisine: Taco Salad Tuesday

B'fast: 6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Lunch: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Keck Observatory

Science@Berkeley Lab,
The Latest Edition

Articles on energy, environment, physics, and health appear in the new issue of Science@Berkeley Lab. Topics include how erosion sequesters carbon, new biomarkers to target breast cancer treatments, remote-controlling the Keck Telescope, and cleaning up cholesterol. Energy research is also featured, including Steve Chu's recent talk on the energy problem via podcast. Go here for the entire issue.

PEOPLE

America's New Nobelists
Take Messages to D.C.


Smoot
The five most recent United States recipients of the Nobel Prize, including Berkeley Lab astrophysicist George Smoot, will spend the day Wednesday in Washington D.C. as part of the 12th annual Nobel Laureates Capitol Hill Day. After a morning Senate breakfast and roundtable discussion, hosted by Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Thad Cochran (R-MS), the five will meet with reporters and editors from the Washington Post. A House luncheon will follow with the Science and Technology Committee hosted by Bart Gordon (D-TN). Besides Smoot, participants will include John Mather of the University of Maryland, Craig Mello of the University of Massachusetts, and Andrew Fire and Roger Kornberg of Stanford.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Fleming Elected to NAS

Fleming
Graham Fleming, Berkeley Lab Deputy Director and UC Berkeley’s Melvin Calvin Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the nation’s highest honors for a scientist. He is one of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates to enter a private scientific organization that was established in 1863 under President Lincoln. His election to the academy brings the total number of Berkeley Lab NAS members to 60. Fleming came to Berkeley Lab in 1997 and started the Physical Biosciences Division. He was appointed Deputy Director in 2005. To read the NAS announcement go here.

NERSC Co-Hosts
Meetings this Week


The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) are co-hosting two meetings this week: a two-day meeting on “Cognitive Computing, a Multi-Disciplinary Synthesis of Neuroscience, Computer Science, Mathematics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Information Theory” on Wednesday and Thursday, and “The Future of Search” on Friday. Both meetings will be held in the University Art Museum auditorium on the Berkeley campus. More information on the Cognitive Computing meeting can be found here. Details on “The Future of Search” can be found here.

Computational Research
Division Report Available

The April report from Berkeley Lab’s Computational Research Division (CRD) contains feature stories on combustion, archaeological informatics, and climate change research. The newsletter, which publishes bi-monthly, also features speaking engagements and other activities recently undertaken by CRD scientists. Go here to read the newsletter.

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