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Oct 2002

  • IU Attracts Huge Project Superconducting magnet weighing 250 tons will be refurbished at cyclotron facility By Steve Hinnefeld, Herald-TimesOctober 31, 2002 Fourteen trucks rolled into Bloomington on Wednesday carrying a 250-ton superconducting magnet that will spend the next two years being refurbished at the IU Cyclotron Facility. As monstrous as the magnet is, it's just one part of a multiyear project being led by physicists at Indiana University.

Sep 2002

  • Education Referendum is Vital for Area's Future By Swapan Chattopadhyay, Daily PressSeptember 29, 2002 What's the true value of Virginia's colleges and universities? On election day, the commonwealth's voters will answer that question directly. They'll give thumbs-up or thumbs-down on the bipartisan, $900 million bond referendum for higher education.
  • Physicists thrown for a loop By Dan Vergano, USA TODAYSeptember 23, 2002 The humble proton, an atomic particle with mysteries long thought solved, turns out to have a hidden secret, scientists report.

Jun 2002

  • The Olympics of Particle Research Jeff Lab scientist makes a big name for herself studying very small things By Michael Hines, Daily PressJune 17, 2002 Comparing the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility to an island paradise or the Olympics would be a stretch for most people. It'd nearly be an understatement for Latifa Elouadrhiri.

May 2002

Apr 2002

  • Not-So-Neutral Neutron: Clearer view of neutron reveals charged locales By Peter Weiss, Science NewsApril 29, 2002 Textbooks say the neutron has no electric charge, but physicists have long suspected that the particle is a more complicated beast. A new accelerator study is helping physicists see clearly an aspect of neutron structure they could only guess at before: Neutrons may be electrically neutral overall but charged at different locations within their tiny volumes.
  • New Appointee Tours Jefferson Lab Technology secretary getting to know state's assets By Michael Hines, Daily PressApril 5, 2002 The state's new secretary of technology toured the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility on Thursday, part of a statewide trip the secretary hopes will help him bring better attention to Virginia's technology resources.

Mar 2002

Feb 2002

  • Kids Display Smarts at Science Bowl By Peter Dujardin, Daily PressFebruary 10, 2002 When 20 schools from around the state faced off at the Virginia Regional Science Bowl on Saturday in Newport News, one school stood out: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Alexandria. And senior Gregory Price, the team captain, was the overarching reason for the team's dominance.
  • Students Prep for Super Bowl of the Mind: Game shows off science smarts By Michael Hines, Daily PressFebruary 9, 2002 When it came to knowing what type of cancer is the most common in the United States, Steve Gagnon had the right response, but his fellow Jefferson Lab co-worker Kelly Caccetta had the wrong reaction.

Jan 2002

  • Jefferson Lab Physicists Elevated to Prestigious Spot By Michael Hines, Daily PressJanuary 28, 2002 Five physicists at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have been elected fellows by the American Physical Society, a professional award that places them among the top 1 percent of physicists in the country. A sixth physicist at the lab has received an award that honors minority scientists.
  • Integrated Security System: Checks Training History Too By Bill Zalud, SecurityJanuary 23, 2002 An integrated access control approach at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility ties together card access control, human resources and training information, making sure that individuals have safety training before they can enter certain areas of the sprawling facility. The system also integrates with fire, ID badging and video surveillance.
  • Leemann Leads Jefferson Lab By Toni Feder, Physics TodayJanuary 14, 2002
  • Probing the Boundary of Nuclear-Particle Physics By James Gillies, Cern Courier Founded in the 1980s as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), the US national laboratory on Chesapeake Bay adopted the name of Thomas Jefferson in 1996. America's third president would have been proud.
  • Putting Free-Electron Lasers to Work By making a relativistic electron beam wiggle its way through an array of magnets, one can generate intense coherent light with wavelengths tunable from centimeters to angstroms. By William B. Colson, Erik D. Johnson, Michael J. Kelley, and H. Alan SchwettmanPhysics Today, January 14, 2002

Dec 2001

  • Husband, Wife Receive Ph.Ds in Physics From ODU By Philip Walzer, The Virginian-PilotDecember 18, 2001 Plenty of couples have college degrees. Some received them at the same time, from the same school. But Dorin and Luminita Todor on Sunday became the first husband and wife to simultaneously receive doctorates in physics from Old Dominion University. They were among more than 3,000 people who graduated from ODU during a ceremony at Scope.

Nov 2001

  • Jefferson Lab Gets New Chief: Leemann takes top post; he was interim director By Andrew Petkofsky, Times-DispatchNov. 17, 2001 Physicist Christoph W. Leemann was named yesterday as director of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News.
  • Leemann Officially Takes Over Peninsula's Jefferson Lab By Vandana Sinha, The Virginian-PilotNov. 17, 2001 NEWPORT NEWS — One year after being named interim director, Christoph W. Leemann officially takes the director's reins of the region's federal nuclear physics lab, a move announced at an employee meeting Friday morning.