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Webs of nanotubes form on collector plates during the collaboration's FEL experiment (image not actual size).

Three popular presentations have been added to Jefferson Lab's Fall Science Series schedule. Each one promises to be a stimulating, educational foray into scientific topics, says Linda Ware, Lab Public Affairs manager.

The Jefferson Lab Fall Science Series kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 18, with Robert Ehrlich, noted scientist and author of 19 books. The George Mason University professor will be discussing the issues he raises in his most recent book, "Nine Crazy Ideas in Science: A Few Might Even Be True."

Cynthia Keppel, a professor at Hampton University and a research scientist with Jefferson Lab, has been named the director of Hampton University's new Center for Advanced Medical Instrumentation.
Interest in the recently formed research center is keen as work is already underway to develop an array of portable, hand-held, non-invasive, medical diagnostic devices.

Leon Reynolds: son, husband, father, former Marine and teacher, accelerator operator and most recently, bone marrow donor.
Last month, Reynolds became Jefferson Lab's first person in corporate memory to become a marrow donor. He entered the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) registry on Oct. 11, 2000, when the Lab sponsored a bone marrow registry drive in conjunction with a regularly scheduled Red Cross blood drive.

It was the early 1990s and building Jefferson Lab's Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator was in high gear. The Accelerator Division was busy installing some 30 vacuum ion pumps in the tunnel. Simultaneously, above ground in the long, low service buildings sitting over the tunnel, workers were installing and wiring the 7 kV, high-voltage power supplies for those ion pumps.

Jefferson Lab's Science Education web site hit a new high in usage yesterday. In a 24-hour-period nearly 125,000 pages were viewed, according to Steve Gagnon, JLab Education technician.

On Wednesday, May 8, Jefferson Lab hosts Marcia Bartusiak for a discussion of her latest book "Einstein's Unfinished Symphony." A new generation of observations, now being completed worldwide, will give astronomers not just a new window on the cosmos but a whole new sense with which to explore and experience the heavens above us. Instead of collecting light waves or radio waves, these novel instruments will allow astronomers to at last place their hands on the fabric of space-time and feel the very rhythms of the universe.

Six Newport News 11th graders recently won paid, six-week, summer externships at Jefferson Lab.
A dozen finalists competed in the oral presentation segment of Jefferson Lab's second annual African-Americans in Science & Technology Essay Contest. The finalists visited the Department of Energy basic physics research laboratory in late February for a day of activities, which culminated with the oral presentation segment of the contest.

Keith Baker, from Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., was recently awarded the American Physical Society's 2002 Edward A. Bouchet Award for innovative research.

Fourteen current and former Jefferson Lab employees were recognized on April 4 for their work on nine recently approved patents. On hand to applaud the individuals for their innovative work were the Commonwealth's Secretary of Technology, several of Virginia's high technology leaders, Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) President Jerry Draayer, Department of Energy Site Office staff and Jefferson Lab leadership.

Old Dominion University is planning its second annual Womengineers Day for Saturday, March 9.

The Lab's Spring Science Series kicks off at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, when the Lab brings Richard S. Williams, Jr., from the U.S. Geological Survey Center in to present his life's work "Iceland: Dynamic Land of Ice and Fire." Iceland is a land of great contrasts, especially in its physical geography and geology. Glaciers and volcanoes abound in this geologically dynamic land that sits astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Eleven percent of the land is covered with glaciers, and more than 150 volcanic eruptions have been documented since Iceland was settled.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA — Some of the brightest young minds in the state came together at Jefferson Lab on Saturday, Feb. 9, to compete in the Virginia Regional Science Bowl. Twenty teams, representing high schools from across the Commonwealth participated in the academic competition, which has been sponsored by the Department of Energy since 1991.

Some of the brightest young minds in the state will come together at Jefferson Lab on Saturday, Feb. 9 to compete in the Virginia Regional Science Bowl. Twenty teams, representing high schools from across the state are participating in this annual academic competition. Denbigh Baptist Christian School and New Horizon's Governor's School from the Peninsula will be competing in the event.

The Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) in Newport News, Va., is hosting this year's Virginia Regional Science Bowl on February 9, 2002. Twenty teams, representing high schools from across the state are participating in the annual, academic competition. News media are invited to attend all or any part of the daylong event.

The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) has selected internationally recognized particle-accelerator physicist Christoph W. Leemann as director of the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its first awards under the new Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program. Fifty-one projects will receive a total of $57 million this fiscal year to advance fundamental research in several areas related to the department's missions, including: climate modeling, fusion energy sciences, chemical sciences, nuclear astrophysics, high energy physics and high performance computing.

"Science is Cool" at Jefferson Lab's Open House, set for Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. rain or shine. The event is free and will feature over 200 staff ready to share with visitors: the electron accelerator, an experimental hall, the Free Electron Laser, a variety of hands-on exhibits & learning activities, and liquid nitrogen demonstrations. The event will also include a Department of Energy information booth, technology transfer displays and a Lab employment information booth.

Jones O. & Associates, LLC, of Hampton, Va., won Jefferson Lab's Outstanding Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontractor Award for fiscal year 2000.