DOE Announces Early Career Research Program for FY 2021
DOE Announces Early Career Research Program for FY 2021 DOE is now accepting proposals for the Fiscal Year 2021 Office of Science Early Career Research Program (ECRP). This highly prestigious program supports early career researchers at DOE national laboratories with up to $2.5 million over five years to pursue their research. To be eligible for […]
Building a Future That Works – Celebrating the 75th annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month
The U.S. Department of Labor hosted “Building a Future that Works,” a virtual celebration of the 75th annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s passage. The event explored the crucial role of accessible technology in this year’s NDEAM theme of “Increasing Access and Opportunity” for […]
Wellness Good Reads – articles and more to help with challenging times
Good Reads Coping: Dealing with Life’s Inevitable Disappointments in a Healthy Way – Coping is a vital human behavior, one that is necessary for successfully navigating through the challenging and often murky obstacle course that is life. Building Work-Life Boundaries in the WFH Era – It’s vital to understand how you and your employees navigated […]
Asian and Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group Launches in the Midst of Unsettling Times
By Ruby Barcklay The COVID-19 pandemic has up-ended many things in the community—jobs, businesses both large and small, schools. But, as a testament to our community’s can-do attitude, it has also spawned new ideas and new groups. In fact, the pandemic was a wake-up call for Carol Chien, Program Operations Analyst in the Earth and […]
Call for Career Talk Panelists
The Lab’s K-12 STEM Education team is looking for speakers to volunteer for a new virtual career talk series. Talks will be scheduled bi-monthly on Fridays starting late fall. Upcoming topics are currently listed on the signup form, but new themes for early next year are welcome. Throughout the year, there are many requests for […]
Inclusive Recreation & Fitness
In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), UC Berkeley Rec Sports offers a series of fitness and recreation resources: Adaptive online exercise classes from Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP) and the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD). Free exercise resources and live events from Disabled Sports USA. Chair […]
Three Questions for Blanca Bocobo
Blanca Bocobo’s father wanted the American dream for his family, so he walked from Michoacan, Mexico to Stockton, Calif. to find work. Bocobo, a 14-year Lab veteran with the Benefits office in HR, shares this story, and more, in this 3Q4, the last in our Latin American Heritage Month series. Lab Benefits analyst and Health […]
Lab Launches New Website with Collaboration Tools: Work Together
Berkeley Lab Collaboration Tools There are a number of new collaboration tools that are highlighted in a new Lab website titled Work Together. Learn more about tools that provide you with options to chat, share whiteboards and diagrams, team tracking and project management, and advanced realtime collaboration. Start with these five things to try now. […]
Find Your Words – A Mental Health Resource from Kaiser
Mental health matters, and we should talk about it — just like we talk about physical health. Find Your Words is a new website from Kaiser Permanente that’s designed to make it easier to open up about mental health and empower more people to ask for help, take action to help themselves, and support others. […]
Feel Better with Berkeley Lab Yoga Club Classes
The practice of yoga can help provide physical and mental well being. The Lab’s Yoga Club offers classes that feature varying styles of practice, for different levels of experience, and are scheduled throughout the week. Learn more, view a calendar of classes, and get Zoom access information: https://yoga.lbl.gov/
