Film Screening to Celebrate Filipino-American History Month
Filipino-American History Month was established to commemorate the first documented landing of Filipinos in the continental United States over 425 years ago. The United States Congress passed Resolutions to Recognize October as Filipino-American History Month nationally in 2009, 2010, and in 2011. Read more about the Resolutions here. Berkeley Lab’s Filipino-American (Fil-Am) Club will be […]
Berkeley Lab Events to Honor Veterans
In honor of Veterans’ Day in November, Berkeley Lab’s Diversity and Inclusion Office will be hosting two events this year to honor veterans: Veterans’ Appreciation Lunch: We would like to invite all veterans at the Lab to our first Veterans’ Appreciation Lunch! It will be held on Monday, November 10th from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. […]
Voluntary UC Training Now Available – Violence Against Women Act
The University of California has issued a revised Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Policy in response to President Obama signing into law the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA). The VAWA requires that educational institutions, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, comply with specific regulations when responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, […]
Berkeley Lab Makes Three Permanent Hires Through Project SEARCH
Kem Robinson, director of the Engineering Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and coach of a soccer team for special needs teenagers, says that many people are uncomfortable interacting with people with disabilities. So when he heard about Project SEARCH, a national program that helps adults with developmental disabilities get employed, he thought it made a lot of sense to bring it to the Lab, which has a strong commitment to inclusion and diversity.
WSEC Hosts Stress Management Workshop on September 8th
Berkeley Lab’s Women Scientists and Engineers Council (WSEC) is hosting a Stress Management Workshop on Monday, September 8, 2014 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm at Perseverance Hall in Building 54, Room 130. Participants will learn tips for identifying the effects of stress, strategies to reduce it, and also a few instant relaxations techniques, such as […]
Jeanette E. Brown, Chemist, Historian, and author of “African American Women Chemists,” to Speak August 18
Jeannette E. Brown, an organic chemist and historian, will describe her life in chemistry and how research was done in the days before the Internet and computerized equipment on Monday, August 18th at noon in the B50 Auditorium. She will also discuss her work on coccidiosis and on dehyropeptidase enzyme inhibitor, part of the currently […]
Allie Andrews: “I’m Transgender”
(A few months ago, Allie Andrews sent an email to all her NERSC co-workers with some personal news: the software engineer they have known for the last 13 years as Matt Andrews is a transgender woman. Here is the story of her coming out to her Berkeley Lab colleagues.) I decided to send out the […]
Profiles in Diversity: Berkeley Lab Celebrates LGBT Pride Month
— By Theresa Duque Every June, Berkeley Lab festoons the main Blackberry Gate entrance with the rainbow flag, reminding employees and visitors that this month is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. In honor of the Lab’s LGBT community, the following portraits of Andrea Mercado, David Schild, and Amanda Krieger celebrate a diverse […]
UC Berkeley’s Arlene Blum Gives Talk on Mountaineering and Green Science
Arlene Blum, environmental scientist, author, and mountaineer, will share her favorite photos and stories from her historic mountaineering expeditions as well as her scientific work with the Green Science Policy Institute protecting our health and environment on Thursday, July 17, at noon in the Building 50 Auditorium. Blum is a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley’s Department […]
Women Workers on CRT Construction Project are Few in Number But Rich in Experience
Like women scientists struggling to get ahead in their field, female construction workers sometimes have unexpected obstacles to overcome. There are just four of them working on the Computational Research and Theory facility (CRT) being built at Berkeley Lab, out of about 90 total construction workers a day on the site. Each of them has faced their share of challenges in what is still a male-dominated industry.
