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This is for your information only. The maintenance is expected to be non-disruptive to users. MAINTENANCE DESCRIPTION Computing will be upgrading two DNS appliances (nsdnsad1.fnal.gov and nsdnsad2.fnal.gov) with new hardware. This work is expected to be non-disruptive to users as other DNS appliances will take over the load. MAINTENANCE WINDOW Wednesday, May 12; 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Central Time

WHAT ARE WE DOING? Computing will be replacing two old network switches at Lab F. WHEN WILL THIS OCCUR? Thursday, May 13; 7:30 a.m. to noon Central Time WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO YOU? During this time, wired and wireless network connections to the Lab F network switches will be disrupted for several minutes. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? You don't need to take any action. This is for your information .... More

From Sanford Lab, May 10, 2021: Activities at the Sanford Underground Research Facility will have significant benefits for the state of South Dakota over the next decade.

WHAT ARE WE DOING? All ESH applications will be unavailable due to server (cdesh01) patching, except for the ESH web site, https://esh.fnal.gov, and DocDB. See the Knowledge Base article at https://fermi.servicenowservices.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0011235 for the complete list of affected applications. WHEN WILL THIS OCCUR? Thursday, May 20; 6:15 a.m. - 6:45 a.m. Central Time WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? You don't need to take any action. This is for your information .... More

Dear FermiCloud users, WHAT ARE WE DOING? Computing will be upgrading the new FermiCloud OpenStack service to the OpenStack Victoria release. WHEN WILL THIS OCCUR? Tuesday, May 11; 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Central Time WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO YOU? If you have a virtual machine running on the new OpenStack cluster, it may be temporarily inaccessible during the upgrade window. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? • Be sure to back .... More

Fermilab’s COVID-19 Response Coordination Team continues to hold biweekly virtual brown bag sessions for employees and users. The next session is scheduled for Monday, May 10 from 11-11:30 a.m. CT. The format includes a short COVID-19 briefing, followed by audience questions and informal discussion. Come join your colleagues and bring your questions! Zoom information for the May 10 session can be found here (Services login required).  

On May 1, Fermilab held its second Superheroes in STEM conference for high school students. The goal of this annual event is to encourage the participation, retention and advancement of students in science, technology, engineering and math.  The Hispanic/Latino Forum, which is part of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office at Fermilab, led the effort with the generous support of Fermilab employees who volunteered their time .... More

From Bloomberg, May 8: Michael Bloomberg, founder and owner of Bloomberg News, writes an opinion piece about increased funding for the national labs using the Fermilab Muon g-2 result as an example of the federal government’s investment in the lab’s and the long-term results of research and collaborative experiments.