Call for Summer High School Mentors
The K-12 team at Berkeley Lab will work with mentors to provide projects for students during summer 2021. Those who are interested in mentoring will be expected to take part in mentor training and additional meetings to help prepare for working with students. When: Summer (late June – July) – virtual projects What: Berkeley Lab […]
Improving separation between work and home during COVID
The Women Scientist & Engineers Council conducted a survey of their members that showed that 79% of respondents are struggling to establish a separation between work and home when both are happening in the same place. This presentation shares a LinkedIn Learning training that discusses how to create a productive workspace at home and how […]
Three Questions for Army Veteran Blair Edwards
Blair Edwards didn’t come from a military family, but he and his wife, who also served, have started a military dynasty. He entered the U.S. Army from high school after he took the Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery test (ASVAB) as part of his high school graduation requirements. The results showed him new options which […]
Visible Spectrum: Carolina Araujo Barcelos, Biosciences
Visible Spectrum is a series to spotlight talented and dedicated women employees across the Lab. Carolina Araujo Barcelos is a scientist whose efforts are helping to accelerate the development of new products and technologies through fermentation. According to one colleague: “Fermentation campaigns usually last 24 hours of the day for five to six days a […]
Three Questions for Navy Veteran Stephany Tone
Like many in her generation, the events of September 11, 2001, were a catalyst that put Stephany Tone on a career path that led her to Berkley Lab. Stephany is new to the Lab, joining this year during the pandemic. She spent five and a half years in the Navy serving in the Military Police. […]
Three Questions for Navy Veteran Michael Batie
Navy Veteran Michael Batie supports the Lab in Facilities, where he maintains mission-critical infrastructure for the Lab. Michael is also serving as the new co-chair of the Lab’s Veterans Employee Group, and in this interview, he shares the importance of veterans to the Lab. Michael Batie joined the U.S. Navy to take advantage of its […]
Wellness Resources from UC: Helping our community stay strong
This has been a year of many challenges — the pandemic, political and racial turmoil, natural disasters and more. Our community has come together and demonstrated resilience — but doing so is a skill set that can always use some nurturing. That’s why staff at many UC locations have built and compiled tools, articles and […]
Veterans Day Zoom Backgrounds
In honor of Veterans Day on November 11, we’ve created a series of Zoom backgrounds. Some have shields from all the branches of service and we’ve also created a background for each branch of the military. […]
New Employee Communications Tool Kit
Do you have news you’d like to share with the Lab community and beyond? Strategic Communications has put together a new Employee Communications Tool Kit to help you share your news with internal and/or external audiences. It includes: A road map for staff who want to share news internally & externally Communications contacts in their […]
Director’s Awards Laureate Lynn Price
Lynn Price is being honored with a Lifetime Achievement award at the Director’s Awards on Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. She is recognized for an innovative industrial energy efficiency policy in China and her analysis and leadership that contributed to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Building on international comparative analysis of energy efficiency technology and […]
