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For a decade now, Carlos Hernandez-Garcia spearheaded a program that brings undergraduate students from Mexico to Jefferson Lab to study accelerator physics

One graduate student and three postdoctoral research scientists are awarded fellowships to advance the science of an electron-ion collider

In an earlier post, I made the case that physicists have the potential to be inventors (Inventors and Physicists: a Great Partnership). All scientists try to expand our understanding of nature and often along the way inventions can pop out.  The research tools they devise or the new principles they uncover can lead to new inventions.

After an extensive search, Camille Ginsburg has been selected as the director of accelerator operations at Jefferson Lab
 
NEWPORT NEWS, VA –The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has announced that Camille Ginsburg will become the lab’s new director of accelerator operations Aug. 19, 2019.

After school program for middle school science teachers helps hone skills
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – After school programs aren’t just for kids anymore! Now, there’s an after school program for upper elementary and middle school science teachers that features informative and fun, hands-on activities to help teachers hone skills while earning enrichment credit.

Kurtis Bartlett won the 2018 JSA Thesis Prize for making measurements that helped determine the weak charge of the proton

Members of the media are invited to a poster session highlighting summer intern science projects at Jefferson Lab

Jefferson Lab reaffirms their commitment to the SPARK program in order to combat students' summer slide during the warmer months

Annual retiree planning workshop recognized for educational efforts of participants nearing retirement age
When it comes to preparing for retirement, education is key. Employees approaching retirement need to know about the resources that are available to them and the timelines for applying for benefits, as well as what other practical considerations they need to contemplate to prepare for this transition after a lifetime of work.

Preparing for datasets beyond the petascale.

Users discussed international collaboration at Jefferson Lab Users Organization Annual Workshop and Annual Meeting in June.

On July 11, the U.S. Department of Energy held a swearing-in ceremony in honor of its recently confirmed appointees, including Christopher Fall as the new Director of the Office of Science.

Nine graduate students have been awarded research fellowships.

Theorist Andrea Signori wins the 2019 JSA Postdoctoral Prize for work to explain how quarks build particles.

Four nuclear physicists combine a fresh look at world data on the size of the proton with a new theoretical model to extract revised value for the proton’s radius.

Registration is now open for Jefferson Lab’s annual summer science camp for deaf and hard-of-hearing youth, siblings and children of a deaf adult.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine tours the nation’s premiere facility for studying the quark structure of the atom's nucleus.

The highly anticipated interactive science show, Physics Fest, will be held twice this summer on July 10 and August 7, at Jefferson Lab.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Physics Fest is back this summer with science educator Steve Gagnon at the helm! In a breathtaking 75-minute-long demonstration, Gagnon makes experimenting with science “stuff” relatable and fun. Join him as he explores a multitude of scientific investigations and their principles, complete with volunteers hand-picked from the audience.

…and other anecdotes from seasoned Jefferson Lab employees.
Jefferson Lab recently recognized and honored lab employees on their fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twentieth, twenty-fifth and thirtieth work anniversaries. Eighty lab employees gathered to celebrate the occasion during an ice cream social, a brunch and a luncheon on lab campus during a three-day span, sponsored by JSA. Casual conversation, words of congratulations and deep discussion about complicated science “stuff” filled CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab that week.

Jefferson Lab has been awarded the Department of Energy 2018 Outstanding Security Professional of the Year-Contractor award for improving lab security and furthering best practice safeguard initiatives.