Tuesday, Sept. 30
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• From symmetry magazine: It’s a snail shell! It’s a Koosh ball! It’s physics!
• Director's Corner: A matter of concern
• From New York Times, Sept. 29, 2008: Suit to halt big collider in Europe is dismissed
• From CBS "60 Minutes", Sept. 28, 2008: A trip inside the "Big Bang Machine"

Monday, Sept. 29
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• New award named after former Fermi physicist
• Safety Tip of the Week: Influenza
• Photo of the Day: Take to the skies
• Brinson lecture on Astronomy in the New Millennium
• From USA Today, Sept. 28, 2008: CERN rivals not surprised by melting magnets

Friday, Sept. 26
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• CDF, DZero reach 5 inverse femtobarns of luminosity
• Fermilab will host Grid Fest on Friday, Oct. 3
• Exhibit features art from science, light
• From iSGTW: Grids meet aliens and androids
• From New Scientist, Sept. 25, 2008: Galaxy flow hints at huge masses over cosmic horizon

Thursday, Sept. 25
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• "Atom Smashers" screening at 4 p.m. today in Ramsey Auditorium
• Fabiola Gianotti to take helm of ATLAS collaboration
• Result of the Week: The particle family tree
• Pajama Party patches available
• From Scientific American, October 2008: Big Bang or Big Bounce?: New theory on the universe's birth

Wednesday, Sept. 24
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• Barnes says bon appetit
• From WDRS: Summer reflections
• LHC Update: LHC re-start scheduled for 2009
• Letter to the Editor
• From Chicago Tribune, Sept. 22, 2008: Bison roam prairie at Fermilab

Tuesday, Sept. 23
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• Technical division celebrates safety with picnic
• Director's Corner: Year end
• Photo of the Day: Getting some shade
• Sign up to be a mentor
• From Chicago Tribune, Sept. 21, 2008: State's bold technology bet

Monday, Sept. 22
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• Thursday: Documentary on Fermilab airs for employees
• Safety Tip of the Week: Distracted driving
• From Chicago Tribune, Sept. 18, 2008: Illinois board approves second proton therapy center
• From Associated Press, Sept. 21, 2008: Small accidents mean big trouble for supercollider

Friday, Sept. 19
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• Physicists to discuss dark matters at the Smithsonian
• From iSGTW: People behind the LHC grid: Michel Vetterli
• From Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 17, 2008: Tap into your inner scientist

Thursday, Sept. 18
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• Fermilab gives home to endangered owls
• Fermilab UEC gets new leadership
• Fermilab Result of the Week: Cleaning up the particle mess to find the Higgs
• Special Announcement: "Jeoopardy" airs accelerator category
• From St. Cloud State University news, Sept. 17, 2008: Fermilab scientist wins alumni award
• From Scientific American, Sept. 13, 2008: Fermilab Looks for Visitors from Another Dimension

Wednesday, Sept. 17
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• Safety slogan voters win Fermilab gear
• From the Particle Physics Division: Underground science
• Unusual entertainment at Fermilab Saturday
• From MinnPost.com, Sept. 15, 2008: Opinion: From U.S. to Europe: A changing of the guard on the frontier of physics
• From The Canberra Times, Sept. 13, 2008: Physics collides with sexy for a brief moment

Tuesday, Sept. 16
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• Forward pixel detector ready for proton-proton collisions
• Director's Corner: JDEM
• To the Editor: The LHC and the SSC
• Special Announcement: East side parking limited
• From The Mercury News, Sept. 13, 2008: Opinion: U.S. must enhance investment in research and education

Monday, Sept. 15
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• URA workshop urges physicists to get creative
• Safety Tip of the Week: Process reviews
• From JLab: OJT!
• From MSNBC, Sept. 11, 2008: Europe leaps ahead on physics frontier
• From ABC7 News, Sept. 10, 2008: Scientists beaming after test of big atom smasher

Friday, Sept. 12
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• Partying in pajamas
• License to download: Copyright violations
• From iSGTW: People behind the LHC grid: Wesley Smith
• From Washington Post, Sept. 10, 2008: Reimagining Energy
• From National Public Radio, Sept. 10, 2008: Physicists revving world's most powerful smashup

Thursday, Sept. 11
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• Fermilab crowd joins CERN live to celebrate LHC startup
• Fermilab Result of the Week: A strange, strange relative
• From Associated Press, Sept. 10, 2008: Scientists beaming after test of big atom smasher
• From The New York Times, Sept. 10, 2008: Scientists Activate Particle Collider
• From Popular Mechanics, Sept. 10, 2008: Inside LHC Launch Party, Not End of World
• From Beacon News, Sept. 10, 2008: Fermilab celebrates CERN collider test
• Bloggers highlight LHC startup

Wednesday, Sept. 10
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• DOE and NSF Joint Press Release: First beam for Large Hadron Collider
• From the Technical Division: All welds are not equal...
• LHC Pajama Party photos
• LHC first beam coverage
• From New York Times, Sept. 10, 2008: CERN launches particle collider

Tuesday, Sept. 9
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• LHC science documentary airs Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST
• Director's Corner: Dark Energy Survey
• Photo of the Day: Is it a moth, a bird?
• From CNN.com, Sept. 8, 2008: Multibillion-dollar experiment to probe nature's mysteries

Monday, Sept. 8
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• CERN Press Release: CERN reiterates safety of LHC on eve of first beam
• Safety Contest: Vote and win
• Safety Tip of the Week: Watch out for West Nile virus
• Add a first LHC beam patch to your pajamas
• From USA Today, Sept. 8, 2008: Global computer network ready for Big Bang probe
• Special Announcement: History Channel special program on LHC Tuesday

Friday, Sept. 5
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• Definition of the Day: Hadrons and their collisions
• From iSGTW: Mega grid for mega science
• LCWS08 and ILC08 registration now open
• Deadline for pajama party registration today at 5 p.m.
• From Scientific American, Sept. 4, 2008: How the Large Hadron Collider might change the Web
• From Chicago Tribune, Sept. 5, 2008: Fermilab scientists prep for unveiling of European particle collider

Thursday, Sept. 4
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• Register by Sept. 5 for LHC start-up pajama party
• Fermilab physicists discover "doubly strange" particle
• ROW: Understanding the weakness of the gravitational force
• Definition of the Day: The Standard Model and beyond: new physics search

Wednesday, Sept. 3
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• From symmetry breaking: Film chronicles race between Fermilab and CERN
• From the CMS Center: Ready for collisions
• Definition of the Day: Solenoid vs. Spectrometer
• From MSNBC Cosmic log, Sept. 2, 2008: Courts weigh doomsday claims

Tuesday, Sept. 2
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• PPD gets new leaders
• Director's Corner: Down to the wire
• DOE environmental documents available on $278 million NOvA project
• From Physicsworld.com, Sept. 1, 2008: LHC finally gets ready for action