Safety share: Broken glass in the lab — Know which tool to use?
Your hands are irreplaceable. Protect them by knowing when and how to use small tools correctly. Here are some helpful tips: In the lab Metal tongs can be used to help avoid injuries such as...
View ArticleArgonne Guest House temporarily closed
The Argonne Guest House will be closed this week due to a natural gas pipeline repair. The closure begins after lunch service at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. The Guest House reopens Monday, Sept. 5...
View ArticleEngineering Solutions Expo
Channel Comp, an AMOS supplier and strategic small business partner of Newark Element 14, will host a scientific vendor technology exposition on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the...
View ArticlePre-retirement planning program
Argonne’s Human Resources-Benefits will offer a fall session of the pre-retirement planning program for eligible employees on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Employees age 55 or older...
View ArticleFidelity NetBenefits brown-bag seminar
Fidelity will present an educational seminar Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at noon in the Bldg. 213 Conference Room. Employees will learn how to navigate Fidelity’s NetBenefits® retirement website and...
View ArticleJuly 2016 Spot Award recipients
Several Argonne employees received on-the-spot recognition for displaying positive safety and/or quality assurance initiative during the month of July 2016. Gold Spot Award recipients Corey Barnett...
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APS Colloquium: ‘Imaging Solid-Liquid Interfaces: From Structure to Reactivity’
Paul Fenter (CSE) Paul Fenter, Senior Physicist and Group Leader for Interfacial Processes in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering, will present “Imaging Solid-Liquid Interfaces: From Structure to...
View ArticleMaterials Design Laboratory groundbreaking
The groundbreaking ceremony for Argonne’s new Materials Design Laboratory will be held Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, at 11 a.m. in the Bldg. 241 Parking Lot. All employees whose schedules permit are welcome...
View ArticleSafety share: First, tie one hand behind your back
Try this one-handed button challenge at the beginning of your next meeting. Group activities are a great way to engage teams. ACTIVITY Try buttoning your shirt with one hand. Was it difficult? Were you...
View ArticleEGS seminar ‘Grid of the Future: Controlling the Edge’
Sonja Glavaski, Program Director for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), will present “Grid of the Future: Controlling the Edge” Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016,...
View ArticleDOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research program now accepting...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has announced that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2016 Solicitation 2....
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 ArticlePamela Spetz receives July 2016 Gold Spot Award
On July 6, 2016, Pamela Spetz (GSS) received a Gold Spot Award for taking measures to ensure that emergency personnel can quickly access secure areas in Building 203 in order to provide life-saving...
View ArticleArgonne accepting pre-applications for Cohort 5 of DOE’s Lab-Corps program
Argonne’s Office of Strategy and Innovation is accepting pre-applications for Cohort 5 of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lab-Corps program. Technologies that fall within the following DOE...
View ArticleUChicago 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 Article2016 Leadership Institute Survey: University Partnerships
The Argonne Leadership Institute is seeking the input of the lab’s technical and scientific staff, via a short survey, as they work to establish and develop the University Partnerships Program. This...
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Video: JumpStart panel discussion on science policy, career options
Video of a panel discussion focusing on how scientists and engineers can influence national science policy has been posted on the JumpStart website on Inside Argonne. In the video, the five-member...
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MCS sends birthday greetings to the lab
Argonne’s Mathematics and Computer Science Division wishes the laboratory a happy 70th birthday. The division aims to increase scientific productivity in the 21st century by providing intellectual and...
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Box ends support for Internet Explorer 9 and 10
If you’re one of Argonne’s 3,375 Box users, you may be interested to know that on Sept. 26, 2016, Box will end support for Internet Explorer (IE) 9 and 10. To continue to use Box with maximum security...
View ArticleZbigniew Zych receives July 2016 Gold Spot Award
On July 13, 2016, Zbigniew “Ziggy” Zych (FMS) received a Gold Spot Award for taking a leadership role in Argonne’s positive safety culture. He identified a machine-guarding hazard that had the...
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