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We are saddened to bring the news of Gene Fisk’s death on Jan. 10, 2022, in Philadelphia where he had been living with his wife Jeanie. Although Gene retired in 2011, he continued to be active in DZero. Gene was a primary mover in making DZero a reality. His long interest in electroweak physics led him to join the nascent experiment in the mid-1980s, and he rapidly .... More

The FACCTS (France And Chicago Collaborating in The Sciences) Program will again offer a seed funding grant to support a new or developing research projects that promotes meaningful intellectual and scientific exchange between a Fermilab researchers and a teams in France, and that show promise of leading to fruitful and sustainable collaboration.   Application deadline:                   Extended through Feb. 7, 2022 For more information:                  http://fcc.uchicago.edu/faccts To apply:    .... More

Fermilab employees and users are invited to join a virtual town hall meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 15 from 10 to 11 a.m. CT. Paul Alivisatos, Chair, Fermi Research Alliance Board of Directors, will deliver opening remarks followed by Walter Massey, Chair, Fermilab Director Search Committee, who will provide an update on the director search efforts. Nigel Lockyer will provide an update on the state of the .... More

From the Rapid City Journal, January 20, 2022: A 2021 economic study done for SURF and the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority shows the large economic impacts in advancing South Dakota’s economy. The impacts include job creation, household earnings, and spending for activities and experiments at SURF and the LBNF/DUNE. The partnership with Fermilab to construct and operate part of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility at SURF will result in significant spending and employment in South Dakota in the coming decades.

In April of last year, while Fermilab scientist Frederique Pellemoine was thinking about taking actions for Earth Day, she realized this would be an opportunity to raise greater awareness of sustainability resources and to promote green earth practices in our community. So she reached out to her department’s Climate Change Initiative team members Kavin Ammigan, Meredith Lee and Yun He to brainstorm ways to promote .... More

We try very hard to schedule our planned maintenance and downtime activities at times that do not impact the lab population. However, it is difficult to find a time that does not impact anyone. We’ve heard from a couple organizations that either the original Indico upgrade date, Jan. 22, or the new date, Jan. 29, will coincide with events. After discussion, we’ve decided that the .... More