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Wednesday, September 21 8:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m. ILC Industrial Forum - 1 West 3:30 p.m. Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Fermilab Colloquium-1 West Speaker: A. Kronfeld, Fermilab Title: Predictive Lattice QCD Note: There will be no Fermilab ILC R&D meeting this week
Thursday, September 21 Note: There will be no Accelerator Physics and Technology Seminar today Upcoming Event: September 23-24, 2005: Bill Bardeen Symposium |
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Wednesday, September 21 - French Onion - Texas Style Meatloaf Sandwich - Grilled Chicken w/Black Bean & Corn Salsa - Kielbasa & Sauerkraut - Smoked Turkey Panini Pesto Mayo - Sausage & Pepperoni Pizza - Fettucine Carbonara w/ Ham & Mushrooms The Wilson Hall Cafe accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express at Cash Register #1. |
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Wednesday, September 21 Lunch - Spiced Cornish Hens - Balsamic Rice w/Vegetables - Bishop's Cake Thursday, September 22 Dinner - Coquille St. Jacques - White Bean & Fennel Puree - Julienne of Summer Squashes - Almond Baklava
Chez Leon Menu |
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| On The Job: 'Ambassadors'
Support Functions of PPD
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They're the ones behind the scenes, or the phones. The 28 employees in the Support Services Department provide administrative support for nearly 550 people in the Particle Physics Division, run graduate and undergraduate-level physics programs, manage almost 20 internationally attended conferences a year and provide computing support for hundreds of machines inside and outside of Wilson Hall.
The department is divided into four groups: the Administrative Support Team, Conference Office, U.S. Particle Accelerator School and the Data Support Group. The employees are also cross-trained to help in other areas, which is important because the department's staff has been reduced during the last four years. "We have gotten leaner and meaner and better trained," said Elaine Phillips, head of Support Services. "The people in these groups are some of the hardest-working, most incredible people I know." Leticia Shaddix, of the Administrative Support Team, likes to "go the extra mile." On top of her daily duties of providing office support, handling purchase requests and preparing monthly reports, Shaddix is also taking online Web design classes to help Fermilab scientists maintain Web sites.
Other Support Services staff members are preparing for the many Fermilab-hosted conferences, some of which are scheduled back-to-back. "For some of our larger conferences, we have had to feed 650 people, set up coffee breaks and return participants to meetings within 20 minutes, arrange for hotels and bus transportation," Phillips said. But those events also bring an international aspect to the lab, which, according to Phillips, makes the Support Services Department an enjoyable place to work. "We are ambassadors not only for the country, but also ambassadors for Fermilab and high-energy physics," she said.
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From The Institute , September 20, 2005 IEEE Milestones Selected for Physics and Power Two historic sites—one in Switzerland and the other in the United States—have been named Milestones in Electrical and Computer Engineering by the IEEE History Center. One was cited for its breakthroughs in the design of detectors used in elementary particle physics research, the other for its hydroelectric power-plant design.
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URA a Sponsor for NOVA's
Einstein Program on Oct. 11
Universities Research Association, Inc., will be a participating sponsor of the NOVA dramatization
Einstein's Big Idea is based on the book by David Bodanis, E=mc²: A biography of the world's most famous equation. Bodanis will be a panelist at the preview event, along with Paula S. Apsell, Senior Executive Producer, NOVA; Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute; Gary Johnstone, Producer/Director/Writer, Einstein's Big Idea; and David Kaiser, Physicist and Historian, MIT. In the NOVA program, Aidan McArdle portrays Einstein; Shirley Anderson plays his wife, Mileva Maric; Stephen Robertson plays Michael Faraday; Richard Henshall plays James Clerk Maxwell, and Emily Woof plays Lise Meitner. URA will join a list of sponsors including the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Google, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the American Physical Society. NOVA is telecast in the Chicago area by WTTW-TV Channel 11.
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Open Enrollment for the Medical and Dental Insurance Plans The open enrollment period ends on Friday, September 23, 2005. The open enrollment form must be in by 5:00 p.m. on September 23, 2005. Fermilab Arts Series Presents
2006 entertainment books now on sale in the recreation office
Building Manager Notice
International Folk Dancing |
