UChicago seed-funding opportunity: Call for pre-proposals
France and Chicago Collaborating in the Sciences (FACCTS) A seed-funding opportunity for collaborative research with a laboratory in France is now available throught the FACCTS Program, an initiative...
View Article2019 Incentivized Wellness Program: Stress management
The 2019 Incentivized Wellness Program (IWP) begins with our new fiscal year Oct. 1, 2018, and ends Sept. 30, 2019. Health & Employee Wellness (HEW) offers this voluntary program as a way to engage...
View ArticleAre you Aware that the enhanced work planning and control application has...
Aware, the laboratory’s enhanced work planning and control application, launched on Oct. 1, 2018. The Improving How We Work Application Team engaged key stakeholders to create the upgraded work...
View ArticleA3 seminar: ‘Identifying and Improving Conflict Resolution Styles’
Dee Wernette, former Argonne employee, will present “Identifying and Improving Conflict Resolution Styles” on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, at the Argonne Guest House. The seminar begins at 11 a.m....
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Strolling sandhills
Argonne Distinguished Fellow Bob Wiringa (PHY) spotted this pair of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) near Building 201.
View Article2018 Wellness and Safety Fair
The 2018 Wellness and Safety Fair, sponsored by Health, Safety, & Environment (HSE), will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Building 240 TCS Conference Center. There...
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Argonne wins annual soccer match with Fermilab
The Argonne Team (wearing white) won the annual match with Fermilab (in blue) 4-2 on Sept. 29. Last year, Fermi won 7-4 in a cold rain. This year’s spirited match was played in much better weather....
View ArticleAugust 2018 Spot Award recipients
Several Argonne employees received on-the-spot recognition for displaying positive safety and/or quality assurance initiative during the month of August 2018. Gold Spot Award recipients Ned Arnold...
View ArticleWork Planning and Control Change Network
Eighty-four Argonne employees from across the lab have been mobilized as the Work Planning and Control Change Agent Network. Since then, we’ve held four webinars for the group, and Change Agents have...
View ArticleArgonne OutLoud: ‘Innovation, Argonne and the Evolving Energy Economy’
John Carlisle (STP), director of Argonne’s Chain Reaction Innovations program, will present “Innovation, Argonne and the Evolving Energy Economy’” on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at Argonne National...
View ArticleVoice your opinion on compensation, benefits and more; take the Total Rewards...
By Julie Nuter, Chief Human Resource Officer The laboratory cares about its employees and wants to see each of you thrive in your job. Laboratory leadership understands that the total rewards you...
View ArticleUniversity of Chicago/Argonne scholarship plan
Children of full-time, regular Argonne employees are eligible to compete for full tuition scholarships at the University of Chicago under the University of Chicago/Argonne scholarship plan. Scholarship...
View ArticleOct. 9: National Nanotechnology Day
Join us in celebrating National Nanotechnology Day! Scientists from the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) will be presenting posters on the most recent advances in cutting-edge nansocience and...
View ArticleScience Improv comedy show: ‘The Excited State’
Several postdocs from the Institute for Molecular Engineering at Argonne will be performing in “The Excited State” a science improv comedy show on Thursday, Oct.11, 2018, at 8 p.m. at the The Revival...
View ArticleVacation donation program
Argonne National Laboratory has a vacation donation program that allows eligible employees to donate their vacation to a bank. This bank is to be used by an employee who is in a prolonged absence...
View ArticleMachine Learning and High Performance Computing Journal Club meeting
The ML/HPC Journal Club will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, at noon in Building 240, Room 4301. Join us for a special presentation from Maria Chan, staff scientist at the Center for...
View ArticleCall for APS general user proposals for cycle 2019-1
Deadline for submission: Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is seeking user science proposals and requests for beam time on existing proposals. The submission deadline is Friday,...
View ArticleGayle Maloney (ES) receives August 2018 Gold Spot Award
Gayle Maloney (ES) received a Gold Spot Award in August 2018 for noticing and reporting a potentially unsafe situation concerning a tank of liquid/pressurized gases (nitrogen and argon). On August 21,...
View ArticleDayforce changes launch Oct. 11
Over the past few weeks, there has been an effort to inform employees about the upcoming changes to the Dayforce application. The official launch date is Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. Here is a recap of...
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Anirudha Sumant to speak at TEDxNaperville 2018 “One Step Beyond”
Nanoscientist Anirudha “Ani” Sumant (NST) is one of the featured speakers at a TEDxNaperville event on Saturday, November 10, 2018, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Yellow Box, 1635 Emerson Lane,...
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