Orbach Visits Lab,
Addresses Employees

Orbach

Ray Orbach, DOE’s Under Secretary for Science, visited Berkeley Lab on Friday, during which he heard presentations on several programs, including the ALS, SNAP, energy efficiency and storage, biosystems imaging, and green computing. He also toured the Molecular Foundry and received a framed memento from Computing Sciences. At noon he delivered an address to Lab employees in the Building 50 Auditorium, in which he made it clear that his last six months in office before the next Administration will be busy. For more on the talk, go here.

Summer Lectures Season
Starts Tuesday, June 24

This year's Summer Lectures debut in just three weeks, offering cutting-edge research in plain language for students, teachers, and the Lab community. On Tuesday, June 24, the series kicks off as Wes Bethel, head of CRD's Science Visualization Group, discusses scientific visualization as a means of "seeing the unseeable." On July 1, EETD's Surabi Menon talks about how particles and gases affect regional and global climate change; on July 8, AFRD's Wim Leemans previews accelerators that will achieve billion-electron-volt energies within centimeters; ALS director Roger Falcone addresses new directions in x-ray light sources on July 15; on July 22, NERSC director Kathy Yelick talks about energy-efficient supercomputing; EETD director Arun Majumdar wraps up on July 29 by tackling the consequences and opportunities of global energy demand. All talks start at noon in the Building 50 Auditorium.

Sadoulet’s Underground
Lab Helps Cosmos Study

Sadoulet

New Schedule, Route
For Potter St. Shuttle

The Lab shuttle van going to and from Potter St. will have a new route and schedule starting next Monday, including a stop at the Joint Bioenergy Institute (JBEI) on Hollis St. As part of the changes, the Potter St./JBEI van will no longer travel to Building 74. Passengers in that area should board a Blue bus at Stawberry Gate and get off at the Greek Theatre stop (Rimway and Gayley Rd.). Passengers must ask the Blue bus driver to radio the Potter St./JBEI van driver to ensure a connection. Van riders can transfer to a Blue or Orange bus at the downtown BART Station stop to travel to the east side of campus or back up to The Hill. Again, passengers should have the van driver contact the Blue or Orange bus driver to alert them to the transfer. Go here to see a map of the new route, and here for a schedule. For more information, contact Tammy Brown.

Workshop on Lab's
Tuition Reimbursement

The Berkeley Lab Institute will offer a workshop on the Lab's Tuition Reimbursement program on Tuesday, June 24, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Participants will learn about the program's policy and guidelines, the types of services offered, and getting reimbursed. This workshop is free.  Go here for more information and to register, or call Karen Paris (x5122).

JHQ is Offline; New System
To Be Released Monday

The Jobs Hazards Questionnaire (JHQ) system has been retired and the new Job Hazards Analysis (JHA) is scheduled to launch Monday. All employees will have to complete a JHA by Sept. 30. To determine training requirements between June 2 and 6, contact the Environment, Heath & Safety Training Group at x2228 or x7603. Go here for more information.