From Sciart Magazine, February 2018: Jim Jenkins, Fermilab artist-in-residence for 2017, shares thoughts on his residency. “[Fermilab] is first and foremost a place of thought. I find the blending of the intensely focused intellects and their pursuit of the elusive foundations of our reality stimulating and meditative simultaneously.” Subscription required: SciArtSubscriber467
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He receives the honor for fundamental contributions to the development of new techniques for the direct detection of dark matter.
A retired rear admiral in the United States Navy and former Fermi Research Alliance Board member, Kate Gregory will serve as a valued resource to the lab’s leadership team.
From Physics World, January 2018: Nigel Lockyer talks about the future of particle physics – and why neutrinos hold the key.
Timpone made the leap from teaching to a life at Fermilab.
Wenzhao Wei and Dan Rederth are the first to earn physics Ph.D.s within the state of South Dakota.
Sept. 30, 1979, about 1:45 p.m.: SNAP!! Gerd Hartner, in the bow of his canoe at the race starting position, dipped his paddle in the water, gave a mighty first pull and, to his astonishment, broke it in half.
Sandra Miarecki went from Air Force pilot to neutrino physicist.
From University of Chicago news, Nov. 20, 2017: Fermilab scientist Marcela Carena is among the University of Chicago faculty named AAAS fellow.
When the power goes out, what’s our first priority?