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YOUR ARGONNE NEWS
APRIL 25, 2024
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The George Crabtree Institute for Discovery and Sustainability, a new hub for scientific innovation and education, launched on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Chicago. The collaboration between the University of Illinois Chicago and Argonne is dedicated to leveraging the combined research and career-development strengths of these leading institutions.
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The deadline to submit images to Argonne’s 2024 Art of Science Contest has been extended to Tuesday, April 30. The contest will showcase the aesthetics of our science and technology — from the cosmos to the nanoscale. It is a great opportunity to visually share the lab’s cutting-edge research with the public.
Get more news on MyArgonne.
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Attend this climate-focused hybrid meeting on Monday, April 29, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. in Building 240, Room 4301, and via Zoom. The climate crisis in Chicago’s metropolitan region underscores the necessity of integrating climate science with spatial planning. This talk examines the interface of environmental resilience and urban development, challenging the status quo to encourage innovation and dismantle the silos separating climate science from spatial strategies.
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Earth Day Fair: Celebrate with colleagues today
Join us today for the Earth Day Fair. The Sustainability Program invites you to attend this event in the Building 213 Cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CT. Immerse yourself in informative and educational activities and celebrate the Earth.
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A dish made of crystal and a dish made of glass might look similar from the outside, but internally, their structures differ significantly. Crystals consist of perfectly ordered, repeating patterns of atoms, while glasses display a more disordered, fluid-like structure. X-ray technology and machine learning converge to shed light on the nature of complex materials.
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Argonne will host a virtual panel, “National Labs to Empower Water Innovation Ecosystem,” on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 9 a.m. CT. This panel is one of many events offered during Chicago Water Week 2024. Panelists will focus on Argonne’s roles and engagement in the recent win of the up to $160M National Science Foundation Great Lakes ReNEW Water Innovation Engine. As part of this effort, Argonne collaborated with Current (lead institution), the University of Chicago, and other partners in the Great Lakes Region.
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In keeping with our Core Values of respect and teamwork, the group allows members to support colleagues with similar experiences. This meeting is held the fourth Thursday of every month. Join today’s meeting at noon via Teams.
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Becky Sikes, lead foreign visit and assignment administrator, Photon Sciences, received an Argonne Board of Governors Award in 2023 for her work in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Learn about why she was nominated, what it meant to her, and why you should nominate an exceptional colleague for a 2024 Board of Governors Award.
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected two scientists at Argonne as AAAS Fellows for Chemistry. Massimiliano “Max” Delferro, a chemist and group leader of the Catalysis Science Program in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering division at Argonne and a senior scientist at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, and Arthur J. Schultz, scientist emeritus in Argonne’s X-ray Science Division, will join a distinguished cadre of researchers being recognized for their achievements.
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