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Board of Overseers Prepares to Interview Final Director Candidates | ||
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The Fermilab Director Search Committee met for the seventh time on Sept. 9-10, and after a thorough discussion based on interviews with its leading candidates and a review of input from the scientific community, unanimously agreed on its recommendations. The Committee is now completing its formal report, which will be submitted shortly to URA's Fermilab Board of Overseers. The Overseers will discuss the Search Committee report and recommendations with Committee Chair Neal Lane at the next Board meeting on October 1. In the interest of keeping the broad Fermilab community informed, a summary of the search process to date and the steps still ahead follows:
On February 6, 2004, the Committee Chair met with the Fermilab Board Overseers for discussion of the important characteristics to be sought in the next Director, the breadth of the search process, and other issues relevant to the search, including
At its first meeting on March 6, the Committee agreed on methods for soliciting input from many sources and through numerous channels. A Fermilab Director Search website was established, with a prominent link to and from the Fermilab and URA homepages; a message was permanently posted on the website soliciting input from the community. Classified advertisements soliciting applications for the position appeared in the April 2 and 9 issues of Science, the April issue of Physics Today, and the April issue of CERN Courier. The American Physical Society's Divisions of Particles and Fields and Physics of Beams e-mailed announcements to their entire memberships, encouraging communications with the Committee. The Committee also specifically solicited advice on the requisite qualifications for this position, and on recommended potential candidates, from over 60 selected individuals in the international scientific community, and from vice presidents for research at all 90 URA member universities.
On April 15-16, the Committee, as a whole or in teams, met at Fermilab for discussions with 54 members of the Laboratory community, including the present and two past Directors and any Fermilab employees who expressed a desire to meet with the Committee. Chairman Lane briefed the community on the search at the Annual Fermilab Users Meeting on June 3, and then met separately with a group of graduate students and post-docs to get the views of younger physicists. The Committee received some 80 written communications on the search from around the world. The Committee also received a total of 12 formal applications or self-nominations for the position.
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From Physics Today, September 2004 I. I. Rabi and the Birth of CERN CERN was created in part to help restore a great European scientific tradition. But the establishment of a European laboratory also advanced US scientific and foreign policy aims. by John Krige Fifty years ago, in September 1954, CERN officially came into being. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, as it was then called, welcomed Felix Bloch back to Europe as its first director general. The Stanford University physicist, a Nobel Prize winner with dual Swiss and American citizenship, personified what CERN's founders hoped the laboratory would achieve. They hoped it would play a fundamental role in rebuilding European physics to its former grandeur, reverse the brain drain of the brightest and best to the US, and continue and consolidate postwar European integration.
Today, CERN has more than fulfilled the goals of its founders. It is one of the outstanding high-energy physics laboratories in the world. Home to thousands of European physicists and engineers, the lab is an essential resource for thousands of others the world over who build and run experiments there. And it is a model of European integration. From its original 12 member states, CERN has now grown to 20, including a number of countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak republics, and Poland) of the new Europe.
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West Nile Virus Update | ||
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Back in June, we ran a Safety Tip concerning mosquitoes and the incidence of
West Nile Virus (WNV) in our area, and an update is in order. We have captured
a total of two mosquitoes infected with WNV in 2004 at Fermilab. This is
consistent with other data from our area. In 2004, there were a total of 309
instances of mosquito-born WNV in Kane and DuPage counties, compared to only
82 last year. This is probably a reflection of more mosquito monitoring this
year than last. Three human cases have been recorded this year so far in our
two counties, which is the same as last year. State-wide, in 2003 there were
54 human cases, and this year only 24. It is likely that occurrences of WNV are
over for the year, since "positives" peak around mid-July and decrease to very low
levels by the end of August.
Nevertheless, the advice we gave back in June is still good advice, and bears repeating. WNV infects certain wild birds, especially crows and blue jays when they are bitten by infected mosquitoes. If you see a dead crow or blue jay, you can report it to the local health department (630-682-7400 for DuPage County; 630-208-3801 for Kane County). These are the only birds that will be tested, and be aware that not all dead crows or blue jays will be picked up.
The best way to prevent WNV is to prevent the mosquitoes by:
Have a great day and let's work safely all week!
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Casey Pond Work FESS will be performing programming work on Casey Pond's pumps on Monday, September 20, 2004 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. There may be pressure fluctuations due to the starting and stopping of the pumping operation. If you have questions or concerns please contact Chuck at x8508 or LRP (630) 846-0392.
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