Recent Releases


As summer winds down and the tell-tale colors of autumn emerge, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory once again invites its neighbors to help harvest prairie flower seeds as part of its 20-year effort to restore one of the few tallgrass landscapes remaining in all of Illinois.

Soccer moms, take heart! Beginning on Saturday, December 6, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will offer an alternative to freezing on the sidelines: Bring the kids to Fermilab’s Lederman Science Center for a day of hands-on science. It’s entertaining, it’s educational, and it’s warm!

Renew America, a national nonprofit environmental institution, announced today that the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is a winner in the Seventh Annual Renew America National Awards for Environmental Sustainability.

Officials at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today (December 11) that the nonprofit organization Friends of Fermilab has received a $143,000 grant from the Illinois State Board of Education.