TWIST Tour: Bldg. 240 Library
The latest TWIST tour (Tours of the Women in Science and Technology Program) will explore Argonne’s hidden gem, the Bldg. 240 Library. The Library includes books, journals, microfilm reports, technical...
View ArticleDirector’s Message: FY17 Budget Update
My colleagues, I am pleased to be writing to you just a few days since my last message, to share an update. As you may have read or heard in the media, Congress last week passed a $1.1 trillion...
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Byeongdu Lee receives the 2017 APSUO Excellence in Beamline Science Award
Byeongdu Lee Byeongdu Lee, a physicist with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory, is the recipient of the 2017 Excellence in Beamline Science...
View ArticleSodexo customer survey
The lab’s food service provider, Sodexo, is interested in employee and contractor feedback regarding the Cafeteria. Sodexo seeks to improve their customer’s quality of life through better services,...
View ArticlePlayers and teams needed for annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament
Argonne’s annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament is looking for teams and players. This year marks the 26th season of the 3-on-3 challenge at Argonne. Games are played at the 600 Area Basketball Courts...
View ArticleAMOS hits milestone, reaches one-millionth order
On April 13, 2017, the Argonne Materials Ordering System (AMOS) set a record when it issued its millionth Material Request (MR) order. Over the span of 22 years, users of the system generated MR’s...
View ArticleMichael Pemble (FMS) receives March 2017 Gold Spot Award
Mike Pemble (FMS) received a Gold Spot Award in March 2017 for developing and implementing an electronic FireManager scheduling software system. Pemble’s system developments have increased the...
View Article2017 Scaling to Petascale Institute
Scaling to Petascale Institute, a collaborative effort to prepare participants to scale simulations and data analytics programs to petascale-class computing systems, will be held June 26-30, 2017....
View Article20-minute class: ‘Hip-hip-hooray! Healthy Hips and Tips’
Learn how to improve your fitness without risking injury at the “Hip-hip-hooray! Healthy Hips and Tips” class Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at 12:15 p.m. in Bldg. 240, Room 1416. Led by Health and Employee...
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LDRD Seminar Series: ‘Microbial Activity and Diversity in Periodically...
Microbial Ecologist Jack Gilbert (BIO) and Assistant Microbial Ecologist Theodore Flynn (BIO) will discuss their Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) sponsored work at the LDRD Seminar...
View ArticleGarden Club May meeting and organic plant sale
The Garden Club will hold its May meeting on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at noon in Bldg. 212, Room A157. Topics will include the Argonne gardening program and a brief armchair tour of onsite gardens and...
View ArticleIT maintenance weekend: May 19-21
The next IT maintenance weekend will occur from 5 p.m., Friday, May 19, through 5 p.m., Sunday, May 21, 2017. The planned activities for the weekend include the following: Friday, May 19, 5 p.m. – 7...
View ArticleLearn how to recognize and be a “(S)hero”
Inspiring (S)heroes™, an uplifting half-day of learning, will take place Thursday, May 25, 2017, at 8 a.m. to noon, in Bldg. 240, Room 1416. Sponsored by Argonne’s Women in Science and Technology...
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Hafidi presents on Morocco at Hispanic Latino Club lunch
Kawtar Hafidi Physics Director Kawtar Hafidi will present a talk on the country of Morocco at the next meeting of Argonne’s Hispanic Latino Club. The lunchtime presentation will be held Monday, May 22,...
View ArticleApril 2017 Spot Award recipients
Several Argonne employees received on-the-spot recognition for displaying positive safety and/or quality assurance initiative during the month of April 2017. Gold Spot Award recipients Terry Allocco...
View ArticleChoral Group spring concert: ‘Chicago Choral Connections’
The award-winning Argonne Choral Group will present its spring concert “Chicago Choral Connections” at noon on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in the Bldg. 362 Auditorium. All of the music has a connection to...
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Clifford to speak at Chicago Forum on Global Cities
Megan Clifford Megan Clifford (GSS), Deputy Director of Argonne’s Risk and Infrastructure Science Center, will be part of the panel discussion “Planning for Disruption, Promoting Resilience” at the...
View ArticleOPSEC shred day
The Operations Security (OPSEC) Working Group will host a shred day Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in the Inner Circle parking lot near Bldgs. 200 and 205 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Paper items Employees can...
View ArticleLong-term care insurance educational sessions
Long-term care is the type of care people need when simple things, such as getting out of bed, eating or even taking a shower, become too difficult to do on their own for extended periods of time....
View ArticleInterim Associate Lab Director Suresh Sunderrajan joins Monday’s...
Suresh Sunderrajan, interim associate laboratory director for Science & Technology Partnerships and Outreach (S&TPO), will join Interim Laboratory Director Paul Kearns for the next...
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