Black History Month: James Harris Key Player in Discovery of New Elements
February is Black History Month. Today we celebrate James Harris, a Berkeley Lab scientist and the first African American to play a key role in the search for new elements. He is credited with helping to discover rutherfordium and dubnium. To learn more about Harris, go here, or see recent Berkeley Lab posts on Twitter […]
Feb. 27 Talk by NASA Astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi to Celebrate Black History Month
Prof. Hakeem Oluseyi, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Physics & Space Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology, will give a brown bag lunch talk called “Hacking the Stars” on Tuesday, February 27 at noon in the B50 Auditorium. Oluseyi will discuss his professional journey as an astrophysicist, cosmologist, inventor, educator, science communicator, […]
Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
A Life of Ups and Downs Before Landing at Berkeley Lab When Primo Caliz was growing up all over the United States, he never dreamed he’d end up at Berkeley Lab. Both of Caliz’s parents grew up in poverty in Puerto Rico, then immigrated to the U.S. as young adults in search of a better […]
UC Berkeley Hispanic Engineers & Scientists Meet Lab Staff
Berkeley Lab’s Protocol Office recently hosted the undergraduate academic group Hispanic Engineers and Scientists of UC Berkeley on April 28, 2017. Eleven students from the organization visited the Lab, where they met with staff members in both the science and operations areas. Their visit started with a welcome from Michelle Scanlon, Chief Human Resources and […]
Berkeley Lab Recognizes National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Today, 55 million people or 17 percent of the American population are of Hispanic or Latino origin. This represents a significant increase from 2000, which registered the Hispanic population at 35.3 million or 13 percent of the total U.S. population. We […]
Berkeley Lab Recognizes National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under Pres. Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by Pres. Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period. We profile Michael Botello of Facilities, Rachel Carl of HR, and Javier Ceja-Navarro of […]
Berkeley Lab @ National Society of Black Engineers’ (NSBE) 41st Annual Convention
Workforce Development & Education, Human Resources, and the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) attended the National Society of Black Engineers’ (NSBE) 41st Annual Convention on March 25-29, 2015 in Anaheim, CA. Steven Wilson, Shared Components Team Lead (Software Team Lead) at JGI, served as a “science ambassador” and partnered with Bill Singh, Senior Recruiter; Colette Flood, […]
