Brookhaven National Laboratory NewsBrookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies. Brookhaven also builds and operates major facilities available to university, industrial, and government scientists.Brookhaven Lab Physicist Michael Creutz Honored with the Gian Carlo Wick Gold Medal Award- August 12, 2008 Michael Creutz, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy&8217;s Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been chosen by the World Federation of Scientists (WFS) as the recipient of the 2008 Gian Carlo Wick Gold Medal Award, which is given annually to a theoretical physicist for outstanding contributions to particle physics.http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=816 NYSTAR Executive Director Edward Reinfurt to Keynote Annual CNY-PR AGEP Meeting- August 8, 2008 Edward Reinfurt, executive director of the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), will deliver the keynote address for the fifth annual Fellows and Mentors Meeting of the Central New York-Puerto Rico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate.http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=814 U.S. Scientists Count Down to LHC Startup- August 7, 2008 On September 10, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider will attempt for the first time to send a proton beam zooming around the 27-kilometer-long accelerator. The LHC, the world&8217;s most powerful particle accelerator, is located at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Journalists are invited to attend LHC first beam events at CERN and several locations within the United States.http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=815 Environmental Science Student Kasey Jacobs Wins Chasman Scholarship- August 4, 2008 Kasey Jacobs, a graduate of Long Island University, Southampton College, has won the 2008 Renate W. Chasman Scholarship for Women. Brookhaven Women in Science, a not-for-profit organization at the U.S. Department of Energy&8217;s Brookhaven National Laboratory, offers the scholarship to qualified candidates annually to encourage women to pursue careers in science, engineering or mathematics.http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=812 |