Lab Director Message: “Creating an Inclusive Community”
From an email message sent by Lab Director Mike Witherell on November 18, 2016 to the Berkeley Lab community: Dear friends and colleagues, Yesterday’s Director’s Achievement Awards ceremony was a terrific opportunity to celebrate some of the many talented individuals and teams here at the Lab. It was also a chance to recall that the […]
UC Diversity Leaders Meet for Inaugural Retreat
On September 27-28, 2016, Berkeley Lab participated in the inaugural UC Diversity Leaders Retreat in Newport Beach, CA. Approximately 90 diversity leaders, practitioners, faculty members, students, and administrators from UC’s ten campuses and three locations came together to discuss best practices in building diversity, equity, engagement, and inclusion. According to the UC Office of the […]
National Lab Directors Council Convenes for 2nd Annual Diversity Summit
On September 7-8, 2016, 16 Laboratory Directors convened for the second annual National Laboratory Directors Council (NLDC) Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Summit at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Concurrent with the summit, BNL also hosted a two-day D&I Workshop both for their staff and summit attendees. Berkeley Lab Director Mike Witherell was in attendance, along with […]