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Friday, April 29

  • Former president of India visits Fermilab
  • Wellness Feature of the Month
  • Milestone: Tevatron sets new initial luminosity record
  • Special Announcement: Physics for Everyone talk on muons - 12:30 p.m. May 4
  • Milestone: Retirement— Roy Parker
  • From Quantum Diaries, April 22, 2011: XENON takes lead in dark matter race but CDMS not out

Thursday, April 28

  • Bob Jensen, magnet maker, retires Friday
  • Result of the Week: New ways to decay
  • URA Press Release: Leadership changes at URA
  • Photo of the Day: Soccer champs
  • From InterActions.org, April 27, 2011: The AMS detector heads for the International Space Station
  • From FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, April 26, 2011: House science committee comments on administration FY 2012 S&T budget request

Wednesday, April 27

  • Special Announcement: Administrative Professionals Day celebration - today
  • From WDRS: Reviewing a year of service
  • Photo of the Day: Tom Skilling's 30th tornado seminar at Fermilab April 30
  • Earth Day seminar: Fermilab Natural Areas’ recent efforts
  • From InterActions.org, April 24, 2011: RHIC physicists nab new record for heaviest antimatter
  • From Bay News 9, April 21, 2011: Unlocking secrets of the universe part of Endeavour's last mission

Tuesday, April 26

  • NOvA Far Detector building achieves beneficial occupancy
  • Director's Corner: An important visit
  • Special Announcement: Administrative Professionals Day celebration - April 27
  • Special Announcement: Sustainable Acquisition training is live
  • From Daily Herald, April 24, 2011: ‘Wonderful, frustrating, challenging’: Hultgren reflects on first 100 days

Monday, April 25

  • Lederman, Hill book launch event April 28 at IMSA
  • ES&H Tip of the Week: Safety - Machine shop safety is a full-time job
  • Photo of the Day: New employees – April 11
  • From redOrbit, April 21, 2011: Astronomers peer into the dark

Friday, April 22

  • STEM Career Expo at Fermilab draws hundreds of students
  • CMS Result: Viewing the invisible by measuring the missing energy
  • LHC sets world record beam intensity
  • From ILC Newsline, April 21, 2011: The sound of accelerator cavities

Thursday, April 21

  • Celebrate Earth Day at ES&H Fair 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. today
  • Result of the Week: A more precise study of the strong force
  • From DOE Pulse: Dark Energy Camera ready for shipping to Chile
  • From Nature News, April 19, 2011: US budget a taste of battles to come
  • From BBC News, April 17, 2011: Neutrons could test Newton's gravity and string theory

Wednesday, April 20

  • Three cheers for niobium tin
  • From the Accelerator Physics Center: Progress on Project X
  • From CBS Chicago, April 19, 2011: Obama to nominate U of C President to National Science Board

Tuesday, April 19

  • Electricity restored in Soudan laboratory
  • Director's Corner: The story continues
  • Rain date for today's native tree planting - May 3
  • Antiproton Source: Transition ahead
  • Sustainable Acquisition training is coming soon
  • From BBC News, April 17, 2011: Neutrons could test Newton's gravity and string theory

Monday, April 18

  • Fermilab celebrates Earth Day with week of events
  • ES&H Tip of the Week: Health - Sleep apnea a costly condition
  • From InterActions.org: Borexino announces solar neutrino flux measurement

Friday, April 15

  • In Brief: FY11 budget update
  • From symmetry breaking: The future of the Web: from physics to fundamental right
  • Fermilab’s blizzard heroes receive recognition
  • From Nature News, April 14, 2011: Dark matter no-show confronts supersymmetry

Thursday, April 14

  • DOE's Office of Science labs make progress in understanding dark energy
  • Result of the Week: Using a better scale
  • Under Secretary gives energy challenge talk on April 25
  • Photo of the Day: New employees - March 28
  • From Nature, April 12, 2011: US budget deal – A (science) first look - April 12, 2011
  • From Wired, April 13, 2011: South pole neutrino detector comes up empty

Wednesday, April 13

  • From ILC Newsline: Seamless cavity performance
  • From the Particle Physics Division: R2-D0 saves the day
  • Photo of the Day: Osprey pair makes Fermilab home again
  • Safety Update
  • From FYI, April 12, 2011: Details of final FY 2011 appropriations bill emerging

Wednesday, April 13

  • From ILC Newsline: Seamless cavity performance
  • From the Particle Physics Division: R2-D0 saves the day
  • Photo of the Day: Osprey pair makes Fermilab home again
  • Safety Update
  • From FYI, April 12, 2011: Details of final FY 2011 appropriations bill emerging

Tuesday, April 12

  • Special Announcement: Budget update
  • Director's Corner: Kudos
  • A potential energy application of Project X
  • Clarification

Monday, April 11

  • Special Announcement: Government shutdown averted; awaiting final budget details
  • ES&H Tip of the Week: Safety - Share the road
  • From Energy Blog, April 11, 2011: 10 questions for a particle physicist: Dave Schmitz
  • Milestones: Birth
  • From the Chronicle of Higher Education, April 8, 2011: As lawmakers battle over cuts, physicists try to beat the odds

Friday, April 8

  • Special Announcement: Impact on Fermilab of a government shutdown
  • CMS Result: Subatomic mythbusters: Confirmed
  • Superconductivity: Happy anniversary!
  • From Discovery News, April 7, 2011: What has the tevatron really discovered?

Thursday, April 7

  • Wait! Don’t open that e-mail yet
  • Result of the Week: The peak that causes excitement
  • Special Announcement: TIAA-CREF e-mail addresses accessed
  • Photo of the Day: Monday evening
  • From Nature, April 6, 2011: Tevatron claims possible glimpse of particles beyond the standard model
  • From Jakarta Globe, April 7, 2011: US atom smasher may have found new force of nature

Wednesday, April 6

  • Special seminar in auditorium today: new CDF result
  • Physics for Everyone talk on neutrinos - 12:30 p.m. April 66
  • Looking back on three decades of ES&H work
  • Fermilab hosts high school STEM career event April 13
  • From NIU Today, April 5, 2011: Dhiman Chakraborty: Particle path-breaker
  • Photo of the Day: Early morning electricity
  • From The New York Times, April 5, 2011: At particle lab, a tantalizing glimpse has physicists holding their breaths

Tuesday, April 5

  • LHC Physics Center connects Fermilab physicists to CERN
  • Director's Corner: Updates
  • Do you have a foreign bank account outside of the U.S.?
  • Physics for Everyone talk on neutrinos - 12:30 p.m. April 6
  • From symmetry breaking, MEG experiment may give boost to supersymmetry

Monday, April 4

  • MINERvA receives Secretary’s Award of Achievement
  • The science behind Fermilab Arbor Day plantings
  • Physics for Everyone talk on neutrinos - 12:30 p.m. April 6
  • From Interactions.org: EMMA milestone beams its way to a world first

Friday, April 1

  • Joe Incandela elected CMS spokesperson
  • From Quantum Diaries: CDMS: The uncertainty principle for dark matter searches
  • Photo of the Day: New employees - March 14
  • From Discovery News, March 29, 2011: Higgs can run, but it can't hide

April Fools' Day edition, April 1

  • Riding into the future
  • Fermilab to host Experiment of Everything
  • From CERN, April 1, 2011: In a surprise find, it’s Hugs, not Higgs
  • It’s time for Windows 7!
  • From The Onion, June 11, 2010: Physicist brings in particle from home he's been meaning to accelerate
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