Call for 2021 CUCSA Nominations
The Lab is seeking a new delegate to serve a two-year term on the Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA). This assignment is effective August 1, and the delegate will attend quarterly meetings from September 2021 through June 2023. The application deadline is July 15. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_wON_CdtXha1oY1OuG9pgAeMthcLCvKljvNWEH5rbfo/viewform?edit_requested=true
Three Questions For Doug Burkhardt And Asmita Patel
The Counsel of University of California Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) discusses and shares recommendations on topics that impact staff. Meet the Lab’s current delegates Asmita Patel and Doug Burkhardt who share their insights about CUCSA and the benefits of being a delegate. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/reaching-out/doug-burkhardt-and-asmita-patel
Women Of Quantum Computing Go Tiny In Big Ways
Early in their careers and from a variety of fields, four women in the Computational Chemistry, Materials, and Climate Group comprise more than half of the postdoctoral researchers in the group, a rarity in computing science. Learn how they are reshaping the future of quantum information science. https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2021/women-of-quantum-computing-go-tiny-in-big-ways/
Available Resources on Combating Zoom Fatigue
Video-conferencing or Zoom fatigue can be an issue for many Lab employees as it can impact productivity, health, and safety. The EHS Ergonomics Team has prepared a paper and a number of tips that Lab employees can use to understand and help combat this fatigue.https://ergo.lbl.gov/#h.ouw6zn3n9y4l
More Easily Add and Manage Your Pronouns in Zoom
In Zoom’s new 5.7.0 version, there is now an option to add and manage your personal pronouns. “Pronouns are an essential piece to many of our diverse users expressing themselves and respectfully referring to others. Some common examples of pronouns are he/him/his, she/her/hers, and they/them/theirs. While pronoun sharing can be particularly important to LGBTQ community […]
Decades of Pride and Lambda Alliance Banner Design Overview
The raising of the rainbow-colored flag in celebration of Pride Month started at Berkeley Lab over 20 years ago. This year however, Lambda Alliance – the Lab’s Employee Resource Group and Activities Association that supports Sexual-orientation and Gender Minorities (SGMs) – opted to do something a little different to mark the beginning of Pride Month. […]
DOE Takes Pride in Progress
During Pride Month, the U.S. Department of Energy talked to our colleagues about what Pride Month means to them, how they celebrate Pride Month, and what’s on the horizon for our agency when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Watch the video below to hear their thoughts. Read the full article>>
Lab Raises the Progress Pride Flag – June 2021
This June, for the first time in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) history, pride flags were raised at headquarters in Washington, DC and Germantown, MD. In a fitting moment of solidarity and allyship, the Lab also raised the Progress Pride Flag, the same one flown by DOE, high upon the flagpoles outside of Building 65. […]
Pride Banner Raising Virtual Ceremony – 2021
During this year’s banner-raising virtual ceremony, Chief Diversity Officer Lady Idos noted: “This year’s theme for San Francisco Pride is ‘All in this Together.’ Given all of the challenges that we’ve been through in the past year, as a nation and a global community, the theme of unity and solidarity is appropriate. ‘All in this […]
Understanding the Past and Present: Pride Flag and Banner
The Pride banner at the Lab has a long history, going back to 1999 and the start of the Lambda Alliance at the Lab. Several times the banner was removed by unknown persons, but when that happened, Lab leadership stepped up. Lambda Alliance first formed in October 2013 as an employee resource group (ERG) to […]
