Officials of the of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) announced yesterday (Wednesday) the completion of a key component of the U.S. contribution to the Large Hadron Collider, a particle accelerator under construction at CERN, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Officials of Universities Research Association, the consortium of universities that operates the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, today (November 19) announced the appointment of Piermaria Oddone as Fermilab’s fifth director.
Area Girl Scouts will visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for the Girl Scout Fermi Workshop, as they earn their newly designed Fermilab Girl Scout Badges.
Michael S. Witherell, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Acceleratory Laboratory, today (Nov. 1) announced the establishment of the Fermilab Particle Astrophysics Center, and named the renowned Fermilab and University of Chicago cosmologist Edward “Rocky” Kolb as its director.
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham today (October 25) presented the Secretary’s Gold Award to eight current and former directors of Department of Energy national laboratories, including Fermilab Director Michael Witherell. The award is the Energy Department’s highest honorary award and includes a plaque with citation, a medallion and a rosette.
This Saturday, October 9, at 8 p.m., Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory celebrates 30 years of hosting arts performances for the public.
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory are offering special “Antimatter Tours” on October 3 and October 24, at 1 p.m.
Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory are presenting new results from experiments performed at the world’s highest-energy particle accelerator during the 32nd International Conference on High Energy Physics in Beijing, China, August 16-22.
Inaugurating a new phase of the QuarkNet education program, four local high school students spent eight weeks soldering electronic equipment, writing code for computer programs, analyzing data from particle physics experiments, standing shifts in a particle detector control room, attending lectures and collaboration meetings, and experiencing the real-life environment and challenges of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Following the launch today by Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham of a major new Department of Energy initiative for science education, officials of DOE’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory expressed support for the new program.