Thursday, July 31
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• $270,000 in seed grants awarded to joint Fermilab-UChicago Strategic Collaborative Initiatives
• Result of the Week: The last diboson milestone on the road to the Higgs
• Special Announcement: U.S. Visa application changes
• From New York Times, July 30, 2008: Let the proton smashing begin. (The rap is already written.)

Wednesday, July 30
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• Prelude to the Higgs: A work for two bosons in the key of Z
• From the ES&H Section: Twelve great years
• From AIP FYI, July 28, 2008: FY 2009 Appropriations Bills update

Tuesday, July 29
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• Prairie's solar panels
  help offset CO₂
• Director's Corner: Farewell to Mont
• From Timberjay Newspapers, July 25, 2008: Interest in Soudan physics lab growing

Monday, July 28
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• Computing Division picnic
• Safety Tip of the Week: Screwdriver safety
• URA creates Visiting Scholars Program, seeks applications

Friday, July 25
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• DOE Office of High Energy Physics launches new site
• From iSGTW: Zooming in on galaxy formation
• From Interactions.org, July 24, 2008: First e+e- Collison at BEPCII/BESIII

Thursday, July 24
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• Montgomery leaves Fermilab for director post at JLab
• Performance recognition awards go to employees
• Result of the Week: Λ_b lifetime dilemma settled in a tie-breaker
• From Nature news, July 22, 2008: Physicists brace themselves for LHC 'data avalanche'

Wednesday, July 23
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• Fermilab registers under international safety standard
• Machine Shop supervisor Charles Matthews retires
• Fermilab leads the way in CMS data-taking preparations
• From PhysOrg.com, July 21, 2008: Researchers pursue grasses as Earth-friendly biofuel

Tuesday, July 22
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• Underwater warriors clear pipe-blocking mussels
• Director's Corner: NLDC
• Photo of the Day: Volleyball team wreaks "havoc" on competition, wins
• From BBC News, July 18, 2008: CERN lab goes 'colder than space'

Monday, July 21
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• P5 report, HEP roadmap now available
• "Housingette" Linda Olson-Roach retires
• Safety Tip: Avoid (or treat) poison ivy exposure

Friday, July 18
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• Preparing the next generation of neutrino physicists
• From iSGTW: São Paulo grid brings teraflops to Brazilian researchers
• From AIP FYI, July 17, 2008: FY 2009 Senate DOE Office of Science Appropriations Bill

Thursday, July 17
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• Strong force has nothing on CDF physicist
• Result of the Week: Making hide harder than seek
• From Physics World, July 16, 2008: BaBar gets to the bottom of bottomonia
• From nationalpost.com, July 16, 2008: 'Physics, who wants that?'

Wednesday, July 16
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• Wayne State University muon experts join U.S. CMS
• From the Accelerator Division: Extra dimensions
• From New Scientist, July 14, 2008: Underwater neutrino telescope looks down to see sky
• From New Scotsman, July 14, 2008: Meet the master of the universe

Tuesday, July 15
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• Asphalt grinding begins today. Expect delays
• Quick thinking, Fermilab help experiment stay afloat
• Director's Corner: Ownership
• From Tower Timberjay News, July 11, 2008: NOvA neutrino project back on track

Monday, July 14
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• Science collaboration opportunities with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
• Safety Tip: Recycle alkaline batteries
• From Daily Herald Column, July 9, 2008: Even in manicured suburbs, butterflies find their spots

Friday, July 11
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• Yoji Totsuka has passed away
• Physicists discover new particle: The Bottom-most "Bottomonium"
• From particles to plays
• From iSGTW: Grid computing walks the standard line: thinking inside the box
• From AIP FYI, July 10, 2008: House Appropriations Bill for Office of Science

Thursday, July 10
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• "Flurry of ideas" ties together ANL, Fermilab and UChicago
• Laboratory releases Physics Advisory Committee report
• Result of the Week: Shedding light on the top?
• From SLAC Today, July 9, 2008: A New Name for SLAC

Wednesday, July 9
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• Dispelling stereotypes one single at a time
• Photo of the Day: Sitting pretty
• From the Finance Section: Looking ahead
• From Herald News, June 6, 2008: Fermilab celebrates its good fortune

Tuesday, July 8
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• Help prevent the spread of gypsy moth eggs
• Photo of the Day: DOE's Kupfer tours Fermilab
• Record average initial luminosity reached
• Director's Corner: Next challenges
• From Herald News, June 6, 2008: Fermilab celebrates its good fortune

Monday, July 7
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• Fermilab, DOE, elected officials celebrate science funding
• Safety Tip: Is this up-to-date?
• From Scientific American, July 7, 2008: Fermilab saved from chopping block--for now
• From AIP FYI, July 8, 2008: Office of Science announces new funding plan

Thursday, July 3
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• Fermilab receives $29.5 million in supplemental funding
• Beauty in symmetry
• Dixon Bogert, Fermilab's "Indiana Jones," retires
• From Kane County Chronicle, July 3, 2008: Fermilab back on track with funding
• From From New York Times, July 3, 2008: New Money Prevents Layoffs at Fermilab

Wednesday, July 2
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• All-Hands meeting 11:15 a.m. today in Auditorium
• The great outdoors
• NuMI horn replaced
• Fermilab pool to offer children's swimming lessons
• From Physicsworld, July 1, 2008: Lay-offs at Fermilab set to be reversed

Tuesday, July 1
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• All Hands meeting 11:15 a.m. Wednesday in Auditorium
• Local teachers get physics education from Fermilab
• Director's Corner: Safety achievements
• Fermilab pool opens today
• From Beacon News, July 1, 2008: Funding re-energizes Fermilab