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Tuesday, June 7 12:00 p.m. Summer Lecture Series - 1 West Speaker: M. Witherell, Fermilab Title: Discoveries Ahead in Particle Physics 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Accelerator Physics and Technology Seminar - 1 West Speakers: A. Molvik, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory J.-L. Vay, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Title: E-Cloud Theory, Simulations and Experiments
Wednesday, June 8 |
 Mostly Sunny 91º/69º
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Secon Level 3 |
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Tuesday, June 7 Creamy Turkey Vegetable Soup Chicken Gyros $4.85 Salisbury Steaks w/ Mushroom au Jus $3.75 Chicken Cacciatore $3.75 Smoked Turkey Breast on Homemade Fococcia $4.85 Philly Cheese Stromboli $3.50 Chipotle Chili & Queso Nachos Supreme $4.85 The Wilson Hall Cafe now accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express at Cash Register #1.
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2005 Users' Meeting Starts Tomorrow OSTP's Looney To Speak Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. | ||
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The 2005 Users' Meeting starts tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. in Ramsey Auditorium.
Registration is free and can be
done online.
Users' Meeting attendees will learn about Fermilab's future, hear about recent developments with the International Linear Collider, catch up on the latest news from Washington and the EPP2010 panel — and enjoy a free Festa Italiana. Patrick Looney, Assistant Director for Physical Sciences and Engineering of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, will kick off the Fermilab
All members of the Fermilab community are welcome to attend.
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New Season, New Look and
New Goals for DASTOW '05 | ||
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The first summertime DASTOW for Fermilab employees, users and their children
takes place on Thursday, June 23 with a new range of presentations and a new
set of goals. The old favorites are in place-the group photo, the Cryo Show,
the Fire Department presentation, and the buffalo pasture visit. But new
additions from the Education Office's World Year of Physics program signal
a new two-tiered approach, with an added focus on educational activities.
And the afternoon is now a time for those who would like to re-focus on the original purpose of Daughters and Sons to Work: allowing kids to spend time with their parents in their workplace, learning what they do and how they do it, and how their responsibilities fit into the context of the work of the laboratory as a whole. You should make sure ahead of time that your supervisor approves. And you must make absolutely sure that everything is done in a safe way.
Start the day the usual way, promptly at 8:30 a.m. on the front steps of Wilson
Hall for the annual DASTOW group photo (posters will be available for pickup on
Friday). Move into Ramsey Auditorium at 8:45 a.m. for welcoming messages, program
updates and safety tips. At 9 a.m. the activities program begins-along with some
important changes.
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Children's Science Adventures
at Fermilab Offer Summer Fun - and Learning, Too! Summertime is a bright season of adventure and discovery for children, and now is the perfect time to add Science Adventures to your children's schedule of discoveries for June, July and August at the Leon Lederman
Parents can find adventures for Kindergarteners through seventh graders, with sessions lasting from a couple of hours to a full five-day week. Adventures are led by teachers from surrounding communities, members of Fermilab's Education Office, and other professionals.
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From Scientific American, June 2005 Inconstant Constants Do the inner workings of nature change with time? By John D. Barrow and John K. Webb Some things never change. Physicists call them the constants of nature. Such quantities as the velocity of light, c, Newton's constant of gravitation, G, and the mass of the electron, me, are assumed to be the same at all places and times in the universe. They form the scaffolding around which the theories of physics are erected, and they define the fabric of our universe. Physics has progressed by making ever more accurate measurements of their values. Read more |
Good Morning!
At the end of my talk, I am adding some final words, and I thought I should air them here as well. Fermilab has a new, even more central role in the future of US HEP. This new role brings new responsibilities to the laboratory and to others. Fermilab has a responsibility to optimize the entire U.S. particle physics program and to align itself with the priorities of that program. The particle physics community in the U.S. and the Office of High Energy Physics have a responsibility to support the laboratory and keep it viable as a platform for building the future.
To put it another way, the success of Fermilab, the particle physics community,
and the High Energy Physics program are linked even more closely. As we plan
the future in various groups over the next year, we need to work together on
a plan that builds the best future for all three.
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Ron Lutha Wins Outstanding
Management Award for 2005 Fermilab's DOE Office Deputy Site Manager Ron Lutha has been named the DOE's 2005 Chicago Office "Outstanding Manager or Supervisor Award," presented to a Chicago area DOE manager or supervisor who develops a cohesive staff and creates a positive work environment, while providing direction and guidance. Lutha won the award in April during a major research transition for Fermilab after beginning his managerial duties in 2004, affirming his contributions
Lutha's coworkers, who nominated him for the award, kept didn't tell him about it until they handed him the plaque. "I was pleasantly surprised and honored," Lutha said. "It made me feel like I was doing a good job here." As the Deputy Site Manager, Lutha coordinates everything that goes on at projects sites like NuMI, the Main Injector, and is currently working on Tevatron luminosity upgrades. "I like unique, interesting projects," Lutha said.
The three-page nomination form highlights his professional contributions as well as his personal qualities. "He is absolutely a first-class individual," Lutha's supervisor, Site Manager Joanna Livengood, said. "He works to people's strengths and motivations, genuinely cares about people, and is consistent and fair."
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| Yesterday’s article “Alvin Tollestrup Award to Schwienhorst of DZero” failed to identify Schwiehorst’s home institution, Michigan State University. We regret this omission and extend our congratulations to MSU. |
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June 3-June 6 - During the past 72 hour period Operations established two stores that provided the experiments with approximately 36 hours and 7 minutes of luminosity - Store delayed by kicker problem and quench - Pbar accesses to look for leak - MCenter shutdown for five days of work
Read the Current Accelerator Update |
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CSI Brown Bag Seminar The CSI group of the Computing Division will host a Brown Bag Seminar on Wednesday, June 15 from 11:30-1:00. The topic of the seminar will be an introduction to the Plone software package, a web based content management system.
Fermi Days at Great America |
