NSCL News

FRIB earns honor as top educational ‘deal’

Michigan State University’s successful bid for the U.S. Department of Energy’s $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) earned recognition at a recent business honors program.

MSU National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and FRIB Director Konrad Gelbke accepted the Deals of the Year award in the education category Oct. 23 from Business Review Western Michigan. The honor recognizes the magnitude of the FRIB program and its consequences for western Michigan and beyond.

Seaborg Award for Lee Sobotka

One of NSCL’s long-time users, Lee Sobotka from Washington University in
St. Louis, has won the American Chemical Society’s 2010 Seaborg award in
Nuclear Chemistry. This award is given to those who have made outstanding
contributions in either basic or applied nuclear chemistry. There will be an awards symposium at the ACS meeting in San Francisco, March 21-25, 2010.

Recap of Summer 2009 PAN Program

This summer, NSCL/JINA sponsored the 16th annual Physics of Atomic Nuclei program. Hosting a record eighteen teachers from August 2-7 and 24 students from August 9-14, PAN offered all participants a unique look at research in a national laboratory. Faculty, staff, and students volunteered their time to provide an overview of nuclear science and experience using the MoNA detector. PAN participants had the following to say about their time at NSCL.

FRIB Updates

Much has happened since the Dec. 11, 2008 announcement that the U.S. Department of Energy has selected MSU to design and establish the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). (Continue reading the story; go directly to the FRIB Web site.).

More News