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Press Release: QuarkNet program receives $6.1 million NSF award to advance science education
CMS Result: Matter = antimatter?
Wellness Feature of the Month: October wellness offerings, fitness classes and discounts
From WDRS: Reminder: 2012 Flexible Spending Accounts
From Popular Science, Sept. 26, 2012: Five ways the brand new Dark Energy Camera will utterly change our understanding of the universe

Special Announcement: Road closed to all vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic
Result of the Week: Do the top quark and the Higgs boson have a special relationship?
Milestone: Ryuji Yamada retires this week
Photo of the Day: NUMI at night
In Brief: Now accepting applications for Fermilab Wilson Fellowship
From Purdue News, Sept. 25, 2012: Signature of long-sought particle that could revolutionize quantum computing seen by Purdue physicist
From Nature News, Sept. 24, 2012: Open-access deal for particle physics

From symmetry: DOE advances US ATLAS, US CMS detector upgrade plans
Correction: Omission in Director's Corner
From the Accelerator Physics Center: Aligning future accelerators
Photo of the Day: Big Bangers, Fermilab Softball League champions
University Profile: LPNHE-Paris
Safety Update: ES&H weekly report, Sept. 25
From DOE Pulse, Sept. 24, 2012: Jefferson Lab prepares for new era of exploration

Through the eyes of our neighbors
Director's Corner: Success!
Photos of the Day: Technical Division annual picnic at Kuhn Barn
Continuing NOvA Near-Detector Hall excavation
From Nature News Blog, Sept. 22, 2012: Fermilab prepares for a future of muons

Special Announcement: Norman Augustine to chair director search committee
Tip of the Week: Cybersecurity: Managing web content
Performance recognition awards go to employees
From symmetry: Explain it in 60 seconds: Klystron
Milestone: New employees - September
From Daily Planet, Sept. 19, 2012: Discovery Channel video on dark matter search at SNOLAB

Out-of-the-box thinking meets in-the-box pizza for a lunch dedicated to education
Physics in a Nutshell: Neutrinos: Majorana or Dirac?
From R&D Magazine, Sept. 20, 2012: Experiment corrects prediction in quantum theory
From Physics World, Sept. 19, 2012: Huge cosmic-ray observatory set for Siberia
From IEEE Spectrum, Sept. 18, 2012: Higgs boson unmasked by world's biggest test instruments

First student from Madagascar to study at Fermilab: a dream come true
Result of the Week: Tevatron team tackles top mass measurement
In Brief: New conference travel reporting and spending requirements
From Nature News, Sept. 18, 2012: 'Tantalizing' hints of room-temperature superconductivity
From The Atlantic, Sept. 17, 2012: What sequestration would do to the country's science budgets

From symmetry: First proton-lead collision test at the LHC successful
Director's Corner: Update on tritium management at Fermilab
Photo of the Day: Interpretive trail at dusk
Broadway's Next H!T Musical comes to Fermilab
Construction Update: Cryogenic storage tanks relocated to NML and CMTF
From ES&H: Flu vaccination information available online
From CBS Chicago, Sept. 17, 2012: New Fermilab camera helping look into ancient universe
From Science News, Sept. 14, 2012: Uncertainty not so certain after all

Press Release: World's most powerful digital camera opens eye, records first images in hunt for dark energy
Tip of the Week: Ecology: Conserving water for the planet
Photo of the Day: Company contracted to construct NOvA Near Detector Hall earns Shining Star Award
From TG Daily, Sept. 12, 2012: Evidence for dark energy stacks up, says team
From Science, Sept. 14, 2012: Who invented the Higgs boson?

Special Director's Corner: Involuntary separation
CMS Result: Precision smashing
From symmetry: Scientists already planning for LHC long shutdown
Construction Update: Atrium west stair construction nearly complete, east stair construction begins next week
From Physics World, Sept. 10, 2012: Dark-matter hope fades in microwave haze

From symmetry: Pushing boundaries
Result of the Week: Searching for an elusive particle using an elusive signature
From WDRS: Still time to contribute the IRS maximum in the 403(b) plan
From My Suburban Life, Sept. 12, 2012: Local scientists edge closer to their field of dreams
From Interactions.org, Sept. 12, 2012: European particle physics refreshes long-term strategy

Robot vs. grout
From the Scientific Computing Division: Computing for better accelerators
Photo of the Day: NOvA first detector block up
University Profile: IIFC-νP and University of Delhi
Safety Update: ES&H weekly report, Sept. 11
From CERN Courier, Aug. 23, 2012: Auger determines pp inelastic cross-section at √s = 57 TeV

Summer program mentors and coordinators hook students on science
Director's Corner: Science and technology review
Construction Update: Steel work, deck installation progress on IARC building
Photo of the Day: Praying mantis in the pink
In Brief: Upcoming tours and lectures for Fermilab employees
From The Washington Post, Sept. 9, 2012: It's time to get serious about science

From symmetry: The Dark Energy Camera opens its eyes
Tip of the Week: Health: Avoiding the flu
Photo of the Day: Pine Street prairie
From ES&H: Accelerate to a Healthy Lifestyle program continues
Special Announcement: Road D closed Sept. 11
From New Scientist, Sept. 7, 2012: Catcher of elusive neutrinos takes shape at Fermilab

Press Release: Crews complete first block of North America's most advanced neutrino experiment
Physics in a Nutshell: What's the deal with antimatter?
Video of the Day: NOvA explores neutrino mysteries
From Physics, Sept. 5, 2012: More tau leptons than expected

From symmetry: A love of science, conveyed through YouTube
Result of the Week: Do boson interactions break the rules?
Clarification: PPD and Fermilab Test Beam Facility management
From the Daily Mail, Sept. 5, 2012: Shedding light on dark matter: Scientists believe proof of cosmic enigma has been found after 70-year hunt
From the Irish Times, Sept. 5, 2012: Research on supernova explosion revealed

Microchannel plates offer unprecedented time resolution for photodetectors
From the Particle Physics Division: Reorganization of our research departments
In Brief: Fermilab Friends for Science Education, Fermilab Natural Areas eligible for grant
University Profile: University of Michigan
Safety Update: ES&H weekly report, Sept. 4
From SLAC News Center, Sept. 4, 2012: Watch 50th Anniversary Symposium talks
From The Economist, Sept. 1, 2012: Backward ran sentences...

IMSA mentors teach students a physicist's approach at Fermilab
Director's Corner: Culture clash
Construction Update: Building first of three attached structures for LArTF cylinder
Photo of the Day: DECam through the webcam
From Science, Aug. 29, 2012: Fermilab physicists present their reworked plans for giant neutrino experiment