From lorelei at jlab.org Mon Dec 1 09:46:45 2025 From: lorelei at jlab.org (Lorelei Carlson) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 14:46:45 +0000 Subject: [Cuga] =?iso-8859-1?q?Solicitation_for_Nominations_for_the_2026_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Gary_McCartor_Fellowship_Award-_A_message_from_Chueng=A0Ji?= Message-ID: Message for the Nomination of "Gary McCartor Fellowship Award" We invite you to nominate a young researcher for the "Gary McCartor Fellowship Award". The Gary McCartor Fund, honoring Gary's scientific and professional leadership, was established in 2008 owing to a generous donation by Gary's wife, Sheila McCartor, and donations by Gary's personal friends and colleagues. The fund continues to support young scientists due to regular support from these friends and colleagues as well as from the many institutions sponsoring Light Cone meetings. Gary was particularly keen to see that young researchers had opportunities to participate in forefront research in our field. Accordingly, ILCAC plans to award a young researcher(s) who works in the field defined by the mission statement (https://www.ilcacinc.org/about-ilcac/) of ILCAC and detailed in the White Paper (http://ilcacinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ILCAC-WP-FINAL-201309.pdf), with a travel award of up to $2000 to attend Light Cone 2026 at Stony Brook, June 22-26, 2026 (https://indico.cfnssbu.physics.sunysb.edu/event/598/). The conference fee will also be waived for the awardee. An announcement of the recipient(s) of the award will be made by ILCAC. Please send your email nomination (limited to 1200 words) with a brief CV (up to two pages) of the nominee to the email address [crji at ncsu.edu] before the deadline, January 31, 2026. Best Regards, Chueng Ji (Chair) [email: crji at ncsu.edu] Wayne Polyzou (Vice Chair) [email: polyzou at uiowa.edu] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The program combines morning lectures by world-leading experts with afternoon hands-on sessions, offering a deep dive into modern gaseous detector systems such as: * Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGDs) * (Multi-)Resistive Plate Chambers ((M)RPCs) * Wire-based detectors Topics will include detector physics, signal readout, simulation, design, manufacturing, and real-world applications. Students will also have an opportunity to present their own research in a dedicated poster session. Registration is free for students. Attendees are responsible for their travel, accommodation, and personal expenses. Due to space limitations, admission will be competitive. The morning lecture sessions will be open to the broader community, with options to attend in person or virtually (registration required). For more details and to apply, please visit the official website: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1572535/ We kindly ask you to share this announcement with colleagues, collaborators, and students who may be interested. We look forward to welcoming you to East Lansing in July 2026! Best regards, Marco Cortesi On behalf of the Organizing Committee 2026 DRD1 Gaseous Detector School cortesi at frib.msu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In this role, she will transition to an individual contributor position, allowing her to focus more deeply on scientific innovation. Thia has identified special projects that align closely with our scientific mission and long-term goals. Douglas Higinbotham will serve as the acting associate director for Experimental Nuclear Physics. Douglas, with a renowned nuclear physics career at Jefferson Lab for almost 25 years, has held the title of Experimental Nuclear Physics operations director for the past three years. He is a graduate of DOE?s Strategic Lab Leadership Program and is an Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program Fellow. I have full confidence in Douglas? ability to step into this role and continue supporting the Experimental Nuclear Physics mission. Andrei Seryi, Associate Director for Accelerator Operations Andrei, who served as director for Accelerator Operations, is contemplating a new opportunity within the laboratory as a principal scientist. In this role, Andrei will shift to an individual contributor position, allowing him to concentrate on specific scientific operations and strategy. Mike Spata will assume the role of acting associate director for Accelerator Operations. Mike, currently the deputy associate director for accelerator operations for the past seven years, has been at Jefferson Lab for over 36 years. Also holding the distinguished title of Oppenheimer Fellow, Mike's extensive experience and proven track record in accelerator operations will be beneficial as he leads our accelerator operations team during this transition. Jefferson Lab will continue its long tradition in nuclear physics excellence, as its central scientific mission, and we remain fully committed to achieving the highest standards in CEBAF reliability and impactful science in support of our user community and with projects like MOLLER and the Electron-Ion Collider. 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The board invites you to submit questions for the meeting via this form before Monday, December 15 at 2 PM EST. Representatives of the board will consolidate the questions and provide them to Jens prior to the event. The event will be moderated by Ioana Niculescu and me. After each question is answered, we will allow live follow-up questions on the same topic as time permits. Through this event, the JLUO board aims to promote an open exchange with the lab directorate on the strategy for a healthy future nuclear physics program at CEBAF and within the broader community. We hope that you will join us for this discussion. Matt Shepherd Chair, JLUO Board of Directors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The event will take place at 2 PM EST (lab local time) on Thursday, December 18 and will be hosted on the Zoom webinar platform. Connection details will be provided. The board invites you to submit questions for the meeting via this form before Monday, December 15 at 2 PM EST. Representatives of the board will consolidate the questions and provide them to Jens prior to the event. The event will be moderated by Ioana Niculescu and me. After each question is answered, we will allow live follow-up questions on the same topic as time permits. Through this event, the JLUO board aims to promote an open exchange with the lab directorate on the strategy for a healthy future nuclear physics program at CEBAF and within the broader community. We hope that you will join us for this discussion. Matt Shepherd Chair, JLUO Board of Directors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The event will take place at 2 PM EST (lab local time) on Thursday, December 18 and will be hosted on the Zoom webinar platform. Connection details will be provided. The board invites you to submit questions for the meeting via this form before Monday, December 15 at 2 PM EST. Representatives of the board will consolidate the questions and provide them to Jens prior to the event. The event will be moderated by Ioana Niculescu and me. After each question is answered, we will allow live follow-up questions on the same topic as time permits. Through this event, the JLUO board aims to promote an open exchange with the lab directorate on the strategy for a healthy future nuclear physics program at CEBAF and within the broader community. We hope that you will join us for this discussion. Matt Shepherd Chair, JLUO Board of Directors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lorelei at jlab.org Mon Dec 15 09:21:51 2025 From: lorelei at jlab.org (Lorelei Carlson) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:21:51 +0000 Subject: [Cuga] Application open for Perimeter Institute's Summer School & Internship Program- A message from Mont In-Reply-To: References: <1765288834451.0b04ea5d-1a73-4876-bbde-4fb7167cfc1a@bf08x.hubspotemail.net> Message-ID: Perimeter Institute is accepting applications for PSI Start undergraduate summer school program: Summer Internship + 2-week summer school View in browser Dear Colleague, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is now accepting applications for the Perimeter Scholars International Start (PSI Start) program. The program invites students to join Perimeter Institute's world-leading research community for a 2-week summer school in theoretical physics from June 15-26, 2026. In addition, some of these students will also come to Perimeter to participate in groundbreaking research through a paid internship program. All students will learn cutting-edge topics in modern theoretical physics and collaboration skills while immersed in the multi-disciplinary environment of the world's largest independent theoretical physics research centre. Applicants must plan to apply to a graduate program in physics that starts in 2027 or later. Ways to share this opportunity with your colleagues and students * Download, print, and hang this high-resolution poster * Direct all to the PSI START program website for more information * Paste this key information on your sites and blogs Application Deadline: January 18, 2026 Apply at perimeterinstitute.ca/PSI-Start Thank you in advance for helping share this unique opportunity for emerging physics talent. Best regards, Ma?t? Dupuis Director, Training, Educational Outreach and Scientific Programs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Any content submitted in the chat will be visible to all panelists, but not to other participants. We will not have the time on Thursday to discuss all of the topics raised in your submissions, and we will follow up on some of these additional topics at the annual meeting of the board of directors with management in January. Matt (Chair, JLUO Board of Directors) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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HERE?S TO EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, AND THE NEXT GREAT ASCENT! Friends and Colleagues, As we approach the holiday season with our families and friends, I would like to take a moment to reflect on our accomplishments and your commitment to the lab throughout the year. Your dedication and outstanding efforts have been truly inspiring. It has been just over five months since me coming to the laboratory, and I continue to be more and more excited about the laboratory and its role as the premier nuclear physics laboratory for the nation as we continue to realize our top priorities: safety, the well-being of the organization and its people, and mission delivery for the Department of Energy and our users. I am proud to highlight this year?s record-setting accomplishment: achieving 86.7% CEBAF reliability during the past experimental run, which saw each of the four halls complete major experiments ? what an achievement in delivering outstanding science. Exceeding the DOE requirement of 85% reliability for the first time since the 12 Gev Upgrade is a testament to our track record as a high-performing organization and showcases our collective drive for excellence ? a true team effort of the laboratory. It has been a turbulent year with shifts and uncertainties, including a long government shutdown. I want to thank you for your patience and community spirit while we worked to maintain the operation of the lab, with all of the creative elements we needed to employ to find solutions. I am committed to continue to offer transparency and clear guidance, and I want to thank you for your trust. As we enter 2026, we have received funding from the DOE to restore our reserves to a better state, and we are working to put this experience behind us and be prepared for the future. This will include some tough decisions that are to take place via the workforce restructuring plan currently underway. We are conducting the process having in mind the well-being of the organization and respect for all of us. This is clearly not the popular decision, but looking back at the shutdown, it is undoubtably the right and necessary one. I am committed to position the lab so we can continue building on the success of our nuclear physics program, including, among many high-impact experiments, the upcoming MOLLER experiment at CEBAF. And looking further, towards realization of the High Performance Data Facility, the future holds tremendous opportunities for our lab, in Nuclear Physics and beyond, and the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) project, as our parallel sister facility to CEBAF for the future. Innovation was a hallmark of 2025. Earlier this year, the first beam acceleration through the niobium-tin cryomodule Gray Enid-I took place, representing a breakthrough toward more energy-efficient particle accelerators of the future. What an achievement and team effort! Over the summer, two Energy Sciences Network-Jefferson Lab Field Programmable Gate Array Accelerated Transport (EJFAT) demonstrations successfully streamed data connecting Brookhaven and Jefferson labs during U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright?s visit. This showcased the lab?s emerging data science capabilities, very much impressed the Secretary, and made all of us proud of our teams involved. The Theory Center delved deeper into discoveries that will chart the course for future experiments, including gluon polarization in the proton, new calculations of light meson resonances in radiative decays, artificial intelligence and machine learning technology for the EIC, and more. We had some setbacks with our university program, and we are working hard to keep everyone engaged and motivated as we find ways to excel in nuclear science with our partners and the community. These achievements and others have paved a path toward a bright future for the lab for many years to come. A decision on the new laboratory management and operating (M&O) contract is expected from DOE in late March next year, and as you know, I am fully committed to the lab and our nuclear physics future at CEBAF and beyond for many years to come. In the meantime, while that decision is not mine, I will do everything I can to ensure Jefferson Lab is in the best position possible for the next phase, with or without me (I am hoping for ?with!?). Please take this well-deserved time off to rest and rejuvenate. I am confident that when we return in the new year, we will continue to build on these successes together and strive for greater heights. This is a place for great science, and I am very proud and honored to be part of the team and community. 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URL: From sharice at jlab.org Fri Dec 19 10:14:52 2025 From: sharice at jlab.org (Sharice Smith) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:14:52 +0000 Subject: [Cuga] Updated DOE Requirements for Jefferson Lab Access by Certain Foreign National - A message from Tuane Young Message-ID: December 19, 2025 SUBJECT: Updated DOE Requirements for Jefferson Lab Access by Certain Foreign Nationals CONTACT: Tuane Young, tyoung at jlab.org Dear Colleagues, We are writing to inform you of important changes to the Department of Energy?s Unclassified Foreign National Access (UFNA) Program. The recent changes affect the vetting process that Jefferson Lab needs to follow for certain foreign nationals. This can impact planning for site access, collaborations and events involving international participants. For foreign nationals who are not U.S. citizens, but are from a country listed as a State Sponsors of Terrorism or Countries of Risk (Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Belarus, Russia and China, including Hong Kong and Macau), the vetting period has been extended from seven days to 45 days. The vetting, which includes an indices check, must now be completed before arrival on-site, with no exceptions. An indices checks are background checks done by U.S. government agencies to find out if they have any information about a specific foreign person. Once completed, the indices check will remain valid for two years. Be advised that individuals from these countries and not U.S. citizens may no longer serve as hosts for other foreign nationals. These updated requirements in general apply to other sensitive country nationals with the exception of those accessing Jefferson Lab under our User Agreement as an Office of Science User Facility. For these individuals, the indices check may be completed after access is granted. Additionally, the extended vetting period applies to any foreign national whose work involves sensitive subjects. The seven-day vetting period for all other foreign nationals remains unchanged. These changes reflect DOE?s commitment to strengthening national security and enhancing vetting protocols for access to DOE facilities. Jefferson Lab remains fully committed to compliance while supporting our user community through this transition. If you are expecting visitors: ? Initiate the access request process well in advance (minimum 45 days). ? Review your hosting responsibilities to ensure individuals from so-called State Sponsors of Terrorism and Countries of Risk are not assigned hosting duties. ? On host and event submission forms, identify whether sensitive information will be shared with the guest. ? 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This reimagined three-week summer workshop will continue HUGS? and Jefferson Lab?s tradition of advanced training in nuclear and hadronic physics while introducing new curriculum elements in artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science, including an integrated AI/ML bootcamp and collaborative hackathon. CNUGS will welcome up to 45 competitively selected graduate students each year who are actively engaged in graduate-level research in fundamental nuclear or particle physics. The program will be hosted at Jefferson Lab and Christopher Newport University, combining world-class lectures, hands-on sessions and professional development opportunities in a dynamic, collaborative environment. Interested students are encouraged to apply by February 14, 2026, for full consideration. Please see https://www.jlab.org/cnugs for details and application, and feel free to share this announcement with interested students and colleagues. 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