Announcements and notices

TECH DAY & EXPO @ FERMILAB NEW LOCATION: BUILDING 327, THE BIG ROOM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023 | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM   VIEW AND DEMO EXHIBITS FROM OVER 30 COMPANIES LEARN MORE ABOUT * CLOUD COMPUTING * VULNERABILITY PATCHING * MULTI FACTOR AUTHENTICATION * ZERO TRUST * HSPD12 * BIG DATA * AND MUCH MORE   ALL FERMILAB EMPLOYEES, USERS AND AFFILIATES, AND SUBCONTRACTORS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND   DON’T MISS OUT ON THE MANY GIVEAWAYS, INCLUDING A $15…

On Wednesday, April 19 at 11 a.m., the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility will be hosting a virtual presentation by Kathryn Jepsen, Editor-in-chief of Symmetry magazine at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, “Symmetry style guide: Writing about people with dignity.” The style guide for Symmetry has traditionally answered questions such as, “Should there be a hyphen in high-energy physics?” and “What should you call Rubin Observatory on first reference?” But writing about scientific research also involves writing about the…

WHAT ARE WE DOING? The Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence Directorate will be updating the kernels and other software on FermiCloud. These updates are to the FermiCloud infrastructure; we are not updating the guest virtual machines. WHEN WILL THIS OCCUR? Wednesday, March 29; 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Central Time WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO YOU? Virtual machines on FermiCloud will be rebooted during this downtime and will not be available during the outage. Virtual machines that are running when…

Tech Day and Expo @ Fermilab Building 327, The big room (note location change!) Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. View and demo exhibits from over 30 companies. Learn more about Cloud computing Vulnerability patching Multi-factor authentication Zero trust HSPD-12 Big data … and much more All Fermilab employees, users, affiliates and contractors are welcome to attend. Don’t miss out on the many giveaways, including a $15 Amazon gift card to the first 100 attendees to…

WHAT ARE WE DOING? The Information Technology Division will be performing maintenance on the wireless networks to improve client connectivity. WHEN WILL THIS OCCUR? Saturday, March 25; 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Central Time WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO YOU? During this time FGZ, Guest and Eduroam wireless network users may experience brief network disruptions for a few seconds. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? You do not need to take any action. This message is for your information only….

Delete fields in Access Request Table Update foreign national host review email Update KB article in host “Review Needed” FNSP email Update B-1 and business visitor letters to remove visa assistance sentence Update cellular phone/MiFi/modem: Procurement, set-up and delivery workflow Update Affiliation Reps – To have access to updating FNSPs Update AWE engine workflow to execute the failure script after a created task is cancelled. Update missing information in onsite only access requests Unlink retired KB articles that provide bad user…

Open call for photos

Calling all photographers! The Communication Division is in need of Photo of the Day submissions to feature in Fermilab Today. If you are on site, please do take a picture and send it in so the Fermilab community at large can share in the goings-on at the lab. Simply submit your photo through the online form or email it to news@fnal.gov. Send your photos together with a one- or two-sentence caption. A horizontal photo format is preferred, but not absolutely necessary….

The Roads and Grounds Department will be conducting a prescribed burn today, March 21, in Big Woods. The wind direction is predicted to be from the south at 10-15 mph. The crew will start at 11:30 a.m., and the burn should be completed by 4:30. p.m.