The annual Universities Research Association awards ceremony took place at Fermilab on June 29, recognizing four researchers whose work is done at Fermilab or in collaboration with Fermilab scientists.

Donato Passarelli’s contributions to the advancement of superconducting radio frequency technology over the past decade have earned him the inaugural Universities Research Association’s Engineering Award.

From Big Think, June 22, 2023: Fermilab’s Don Lincoln discusses how the Universe is timeless and dimensionless from a photon’s viewpoint.

Theoretical astrophysicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein recently unveiled the Cite Black Women+ in Physics and Astronomy Bibliography.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Joe Biden met last Thursday to deepen bilateral cooperation between the two countries on cutting-edge scientific infrastructure. As part of the agreement, India will supply components worth $140 million to the U.S. Department of Energy’s plans to upgrade the Fermilab accelerator complex to create the most intense high-energy neutrino beams which would help unravel understanding of the evolution of the universe. This contribution is described in number 10 of the White House statement.

The first Indian scientist to join CERN was recently recognized with the highest honor of India for overseas citizens.

From CERN, June 13, 2023: Teams at CERN’s Neutrino Platform are currently upgrading and assembling multiple detectors to help large experiments like the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to uncover the mysteries of neutrinos. But before the full-size detectors are built, CERN has created the large cryostat modules of the ProtoDUNE experiment. The Neutrino Platform is also an assembly station for the Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) experiment in Japan.

From Quanta Magazine, June 8, 2023: A new novel network called sparse convolutional neural network is helping physicists accelerate the daunting challenge of data analysis. It provides the ability to focus on the relevant parts of data and screen out the rest. This is a historic change for the physics community and learn how it can be used in DUNE when the projects starts data later this decade.

You are invited to join a live event at the CERN neutrino platform, Fermilab’s neutrino control room and SURF’s Ross Hoistroom for, “Particle pursuit, a journey of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment” on June 15 at 11:00 a.m. CDT. All three labs will be broadcasting live simultaneously for a behind scenes tour of the preparations for DUNE and discussing all things neutrinos.

A group called the Big Bang Collective sets up physics discovery stations at rather unexpected venues: music festivals.