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Participate in Workspace Decor Contest Through Dec. 11

Workspace has a whole new meaning in 2020, and we want to celebrate all the ingenuity and creative thinking that has gone into creating work environments either at home or at the Lab. Have you jazzed up your current workspace? Did you decorate for the holidays? Do you have a particularly elegant desk set up […]

Winter Wellness Resources and Challenge

Winter weather and continued distance can make this time of year difficult. Take advantage of the wellness resources offered by the Lab by participating in the Winter Wellness Challenge. A tip sheet and Zoom background options are also available.

Visible Spectrum: Sinéad Griffin, Staff Scientist

Visible Spectrum is a series to spotlight talented and dedicated women employees across the Lab. Meet Sinéad Griffin, whose work involves looking at how we can design new materials and phenomena for the search for dark matter as well as new qubit materials for quantum computing. Sinéad Griffin is an energy scientist whose work involves […]

Three Questions for Kayd Miller

Meet Kayd Miller, who has worked with the Berkeley Lab for just over one year as an administrative assistant for the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) and Berkeley Lab’s KnowledgeBase (KBase) teams. Miller is also a co-chair of the Lambda Alliance ERG, which recently issued new “Gender Identity and Transition in the Workplace” document. Read […]

Be Well at Work: Virtual Program Recordings

Recorded Virtual Workshops & Programs Did you miss a virtual class or maybe you had so much fun you want to take it again? Recordings from our Be Well at Work – Wellness program are now available! Our friends at UC Berkeley’s Be Well at Work program now offer recordings of all of their past […]

Wellness Resources Overview Slides

Over the last 8 months, the IDEA Office, the Environmental Health & Safety Office and Strategic Communications has created and gathered a wide range of wellness resources on everything from emotional health, mental and physical fitness and caring for others to holiday tips for 2020. All of these resources can be found on the Lab’s […]

Five things you can do this holiday season

Looking for ways to safely celebrate or just try something different this year? Strategic Communications has put together a list of fun things to do this holiday season. Click to download the PDF and access the links:

UC Berkeley’s WorkFit Program offers Meditation workshop and fitness challenge

FREE Meditation Workshop with Heather Alaine–Starts November 30 Looking for a way to manage stress better? Meditation can help, especially with a regular practice! Join WorkFit Instructor Heather Alaine and her Mindful Movement community for a 21-day Meditation. In each session, Heather offers simple techniques for breathing and focus. All are welcome and the class […]

Three Questions for Marc Beaudreau

Just as our lives are being reshaped today by the pandemic, an event of similar magnitude changed Marc Beaudreau’s perception of duty and sacrifice and brought him to the Marine Corps. Learn how Marc uses his training to support Biosciences on the field finance team. Read the full interview>>

Three Questions for Christopher Payne

In November the heritage of the indigenous peoples of America is celebrated in Native American Heritage Month. Many cultures make up the celebration of the people who first lived on the continent, including Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. Christopher Payne, the Division Deputy, Operations in the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division, has […]