Tune IT Up services account reminder, help for Mac users

From now on, all employees need a services account password to access the Fermilab Time and Labor electronic reporting system. You can activate your account through this Web page.

Volunteers at the Password Doctor kiosk in the atrium of Wilson Hall will activate services accounts at lunch today. Service Desk agents are also available every day to help set passwords at the Service Desk during normal business hours. You can call them at x2345 or personally visit the Service Desk, which is located in Wilson Hall on the ground floor across from Argonne Credit Union. Please bring a Fermilab I.D. with you to the kiosk or Service Desk.

Mac and Linux users have had difficulty setting up services account passwords. The easiest way to address this problem is to have Service Desk agents or the volunteers at the Password Doctor kiosk help you set up your password for you.

Otherwise, if you have trouble using the self-service tool on your Mac or with you Linux operating system, please call the Service Desk at x2345. They will issue you a password for one-time use. You can use this temporary password to set up your new password through this Web page.

If you are a particularly tech-savvy Mac or Linux user, you might also try using the advice at this site to set up a certificate that will allow you to set up the password yourself here.

Your services account password will eventually grant you access to multiple additional applications, including Fermilab e-mail service, Meeting Maker, VPN and Fermilab instant messaging.

You can already use the Fermilab services account password for the Exchange e-mail service and the Fermilab Service Desk.

You also need this password to access the Tune IT Up Assessment, which is available on the Tune IT Up Web page.

ARRA funding targets young researchers

The U.S. Department of Energy has increased the amount of grant funding for Early Career Research Awards to $85 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

On the heels of announcing $25 million for awards to through U.S. universities, DOE announced it will also provide $60 million to researchers at DOE national laboratories. DOE's Office of Science expects this money to support at least 15 to 35 researchers for five years at the national laboratories at a cost of $500,000 per year.

The grants aim to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists and stimulate research careers.

Eligible researchers must work full-time at a laboratory and have received a Ph.D. within the past 10 years. Researchers may apply to one of six Office of Science program offices: High Energy Physics, Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Biological and Environmental Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Fusion Energy Sciences or Nuclear Physics.

Letters of intent are due August 3, and full proposals are due Sept. 1.

Further information on eligibility, program rules and how to apply can be found here.

To see answers to frequently asked questions, see the DOE Early Career Research Award Web site.

The CERN Courier's 50th anniversary issue

For those who enjoy a nostalgic look back, the CERN Courier has posted a treat: The very first issue of the Courier, which started as an in-house newsletter and now reaches 25,000 subscribers around the world.

Writing in the July/August issue, CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer notes that both the European lab and the Courier have changed beyond recognition since the first issue came out 50 years ago:

One thing that has stayed the same, however, is the magazine's openness to the world. Issue number 1 reported not only on progress towards starting up the PS [Proton Synchrotron], but also carried news of the City of Hamburg's purchase of a 40 MeV linac for a new lab known as the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron. Back then, the Courier felt the need to spell out the DESY acronym. There was also news from the US, including bold ambitions for linear accelerator developments at Stanford University. CERN's mission of bringing nations together for peaceful collaboration is witnessed by a report from a trip to the USSR, precursor to a long and fruitful collaboration with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at Dubna.

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