It was a busy week at Fermilab last week. On June 6 the Cultural Association of Italians at Fermilab held their annual pre-Users Meeting party, Festa Italiana. On June 7 the laboratory celebrated its 50-year history with a momentous symposium. And on June 8 it held its 50th Users Meeting and poster session. Revisit the bustling week in the photo gallery below.
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
A large crowd showed up for this year's Festa Italiana. Photo: Katie Yurkewicz
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
A five-piece band always makes it a party. Photo: Katie Yurkewicz
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
At Festa Italiana, held in Kuhn Barn, Milorad and Liliana Popovic enjoy the party. Photo: Maura Barone
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Festa Italiana was held on the eve of the Symposium, June 6. Everything is better with food. Photo: Maura Barone
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Giorgio Bellettini and former director Pier Oddone share a moment at Festa Italiana. Photo: Maura Barone
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Alberto Marchionni is very happy to be at Festa Italiana! Photo: Maura Barone
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Andreas Kronfeld convenes the 50th Anniversary Symposium. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Fermilab Director Nigel Lockyer opens the 50th Anniversary Symposium. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Heidi Schellman gives a riveting talk on Fermilab's fixed-target experiments. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Gregorio Bernardi, director of LPNHE Paris, and Daniela Bortoletto, University of Oxford, serve on a panel on international relations at Fermilab. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Annivesary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Jim Siegrist of the DOE Office of Science offers a perspective from the Department of Energy. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
A panel discussion on hadron collider physics is led by CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Hasan Padamsee talks about superconducting radio-frequency technology at Fermilab. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Angela Fava talks about the lab's neutrino experiments: past, present and future. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Coffee breaks are a good time to get on your laptop. Wilson Hall cafeteria provides a nice place to do so. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Reunion! Former Deputy Director Young-Kee Kim, former Office of Communication Head Judy Jackson, and current physicist Vladimir Shiltsev smile for the camera. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, gives the keynote address at the Fermilab 50th Anniversary Symposium. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Keynote speaker Shirley Ann Jackson and Fermilab's fourth director, Mike Witherell, catch up at the symposium. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Fermilab's fifth director, Pier Oddone (left), chats with SLAC's Norbert Holtkamp. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Lynn Garren, left, laughs with Wyatt Merritt. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
From left: Joy Pomillo, Hema Ramamoorthi and Melody Saperston helped organize the big event. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Receptions always make the atrium feel lively. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Thanks to the employees of Taher for keeping the symposium fun and festive! Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Fermilab Users Executive Committee Chair Ed Kearns greets the crowd at the 50th Users Meeting. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Scientist Leo Aliaga Soplin receives the URA Thesis Award from URA Executive Director Marta Cehelsky. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Ioanis Kourbanis discusses the laboratory accelerator program. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Fermilab Chief Operating Officer leads the Users Meeting Director's Panel. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Nhan Tran receives the URA Tollestrup Award from Alvin Tollestrup and URA Executive Director Marta Cehelsky. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Chihway Chang provides an update on exciting developments from the Dark Energy Survey. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
What's the latest from computing at Fermilab? Jim Amundson knows and tells Users Meeting attendees. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
The Young Scientists Poster Session took place in the Fermilab Art Gallery this year. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Learn all about the SeaQuest experiment, conveniently captured on this poster. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Daniel Baxter, left, wins first prize at the Users Meeting poster session. Thomas Strauss, Users Meeting co-chair, presents the award. Photo: Reidar Hahn
50th Anniversary Symposium and 50th Users Meeting
Scientists present their work to each other at the poster session. Photo: Reidar Hahn