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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
DOE awards contract to Wednesday, November 1 the Fermi Research Alliance Fermi Research Alliance 11:00 a.m. Fermilab ILC R&D Meeting - 1 West Speaker: A. Para, Fermilab Title: A Study of Novel Detector Geometry for the ILC 3:30 p.m. Director's Coffee Break - 2nd floor crossover 4:00 p.m. Fermilab Colloquium - The contract was signed by Pier Oddone, Auditorium (note location) FRA president and Fermilab director, and Speaker: W. Panofsky, Stanford Linear Dennis Wilson, FSO contracting officer. From Accelerator Center left: Robert Zimmer, Ray Orbach, Dennis Title: Can the Spread of Nuclear Hastert and Fred Bernthal are standing Weapons Be Stopped? behind the table.
Thursday, November 2 DOE Press Release: 11:00 a.m. Academic Lecture Series - 1 West The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a new $1.575 billion, five- Speaker: W. Giele, Fermilab Pier Oddone addressed the crowd at the 1:00 p.m. ALCPG ILC Physics and year contract for management and signing ceremony. Detector Seminar - Hornet's Nest (WH- operation of Fermi National Accelerator Over two years ago the Department of 8XO) Laboratory (FNAL) to the Fermi Energy announced that the contract to Speaker: A. Seryi, Stanford Linear Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), owned run Fermilab would be open for Accelerator Center jointly by the University of Chicago competitive bidding. Today the DOE Title: Initial Evaluation of Push-Pull Option (UChicago) and Universities Research awarded the contract to run Fermilab to 2:00 p.m. Theoretical Physics Seminar Association, Inc. (URA). the Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, a not- (note time) - Curia II for-profit corporation formed by URA and Speaker: K. Kong, Fermilab “The quality of the new contract is a the University of Chicago to manage and Title: Measuring Masses and Spins of direct consequence of the competition operate Fermilab. I will serve as New Particles at Colliders process,” DOE Under Secretary for president of FRA and director of the 3:00 p.m. Special Particle Astrophysics Science Dr. Raymond L. Orbach said laboratory and will report to the chairman Seminar - WH-6NW today at a ceremony at Fermilab where of the Board of Directors who by FRA's Speaker: P. Gorodetzky, College de he made the announcement of the charter is the president of the University France, Paris contractor. “The partnership between of Chicago. The Board is composed of Title: EUSO: Resurrection Then Maybe UChicago and URA will enhance distinguished members of academia, Ascension Instead of Cosmic Vision organizational depth and capability, national laboratories and industry and is 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE promising improvements in performance appointed in equal numbers by URA and BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over and accountability." the University of Chicago. 4:00 p.m. Accelerator Physics and Technology Seminar - 1 West House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert also The details of the new arrangement to
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Speakers: D. Harding and W. Chou, participated in the ceremony. manage and operate Fermilab can be Fermilab found in the transition website. Here I Title: The MI Wide Aperture Quadrupole As a new independent entity, FRA was want to share some of the ideas that (WQB) Project supported in its proposal by the have motivated the creation of FRA and University of Illinois at Urbana- share the enthusiasm that I have for the Click here for NALCAL, a weekly Champaign, Northwestern University, great strengths and opportunities that it calendar with links to additional Northern Illinois University and the Illinois brings. information. Institute of Technology. Read More The call for competing Fermilab's contract led to a deep examination within Partly Cloudy 45º/21º Fermi Research Alliance URA about what new arrangements to manage Fermilab would benefit the DOE and the laboratory Extended Forecast in the long term. Our conclusion was that a partnership between URA - an Weather at Fermilab organization that brings broad national
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Chicago - that brings great depth and management experience - would be Secon Level 3 ideal. Don Randel, then President of the FRA Press Release: University of Chicago, saw that this arrangement would bring many benefits Wednesday, November 1 Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, a to the laboratory and supported this idea -Portabello Harvest Grain partnership between the University of in the national interest. From that time on -Santa Fe Chicken Quesadilla Chicago and Universities Research we have received the enthusiastic -Teriyaki Chicken with vegetables Association Inc., has been chosen by the support of the senior management of the -Beef Stroganoff U.S. Department of Energy to operate University, culminating with the -Triple Decker Club Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, outstanding support and the participation -Assorted Slice Pizza effective Jan. 1, 2007. The Alliance is a of Robert Zimmer, the new president of -Pesto Shrimp Linguini with Leeks and new corporation that was formed in the University of Chicago and chairman Tomatoes response to the DOE's competition to of the board of FRA, in the oral defense manage Fermilab and is dedicated solely of FRA's proposal. Wilson Hall Cafe Menu to the laboratory's management.
FRA as the managing entity for Fermilab Fermilab has been operated for the Wednesday, November 1 brings many additional strengths beyond Department of Energy by URA since the Lunch the broad national involvement laboratory's inception in 1967, and Chicken Marbella represented by the URA universities. scientists at the laboratory have made Saffron Rice with Vegetables These include a powerful connection to many crucial discoveries about the Chocolate Cheesecake with Strawberry Illinois through the commitments and fundamental nature of matter and Coulis participation of the major Illinois energy. The University of Chicago has universities, a strengthened link to ANL, managed the DOE's nearby Argonne Thursday, November 2 which is managed by the University of National Laboratory since Argonne's Dinner Chicago, and human and technical founding in 1946. The DOE's Office of Steamed Mussels w/White Wine, Garlic resources from our designated Science is the nation's major supporter of & Thyme subcontractor EG&G to benchmark and federally funded research in particle Spicy Spare Ribs implement best practices across the
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Sautéed Greens physics, and much of the past century's laboratory. FRA is designed to further the Spaghetti Squash extraordinary progress in the very ambitious program of the laboratory. Lemon Napoleons understanding of the elementary structure of matter comes directly from The transition from URA to FRA should Chez Leon Menu DOE-funded research. be seamless for our present employees Call x4598 to make your reservation. Read More and will occur during November and December. All salaries and benefits will Search the Fermilab Today Archive Panofsky to speak today remain the same. Our colleagues involved in the transition team will have
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Fermilab Result of the Week archive Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, founding
Fermilab Safety Tip of the Week archive director of SLAC, will speak today, Wednesday, at Fermilab's Colloquium. Fermilab Today classifieds His talk titled, "Can the Spread of
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Ramberg explains mass and New bulls: Every 5 or 6 years, Roads and energy to USA Today Grounds replaces the herd bulls to maintain healthy blood lines. Mike Becker sent us For a nice description of matter- pictures of the newest bulls. "Two new antimatter collisions at Fermilab, check Fermilab employees reported to work last Friday," he wrote. "The two-year-olds make out Monday's issue of USA Today. up for their lack of experience with plenty of Reporter April Holladay interviewed enthusiasm. Of course, as new employees they will have to attend several days of Fermilab physicist Erik Ramberg to get safety training before they can actually do the scoop on mass-energy conversions. any work. Their first duties will be to keep the pasture grasses trimmed and apply fertilizer as necessary."
The bulls are named "191" and "210." 210 is shown above, you can see 191 if you click on the image.
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CERN Press Release, Free training on Digital Certificates October 31, 2006: Digital Certificates are commonly used at Antiprotons Four Times More Fermilab and the broader open science Effective than Protons for Cell community. When shopping online, the Irradiation Geneva, 31 October 2006. A underlying technology that allows a pioneering experiment at CERN[1] with transaction to remain secure is based on potential future application in cancer the use of digital certificates. Fermilab is therapy has produced its first results. now offering a free beginning level Started in 2003, ACE (Antiproton Cell course that will provide a background on Experiment) is the first investigation of certificates, then give specific instructions the biological effects of antiprotons. on how to install certificates in your browser, including the two most popular “We have taken the first step towards a certificates at Fermilab: KCAs and novel treatment for cancer. The results DOEGrids. Internet Explorer, the show that antiprotons are four times Netscape family, and Safari will be more effective than protons at addressed. Participants are encouraged terminating live cells. Although it still has to bring a laptop, but are not required to. to be compared with other existing To enroll in the November 6 or methods, it is a breakthrough in this area December 4 training session please visit of investigation.” says Michael Doser at the course enrollment Website. CERN, one of the scientists collaborating on the experiment. ACE brings together Upcoming Activities a team of experts in the fields of physics, biology, and medicine from 10 institutes around the world. Read More
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