Fall 2019 Newsletter
The Livermore Lab Foundation had an eventful summer! Your continued support is much appreciated as LLF broadens its efforts to open the door to the future!
2019 Student Poster Symposium Awards
On August 8, the Foundation recognized the top poster presenters at the Lab’s 2019 Student Poster Symposium. More than 375 students registered for the annual two-day event – the largest yet! They represented colleges from across the country, and several high schools too. Participating Lab entities included the Computing, Engineering, Global Security, Photon Science/NIF, and […]
Scholarship Provides Deep Learning Experience for CSUEB Senior
Alan Noun, a Computer Science major at Cal State East Bay and LLF’s first full-year scholarship recipient, recently finished his 9-week summer internship at LLNL’s Data Science Summer Institute. Under the mentorship of two Lab employees, Michael Ward and George Weinert, he developed neural network models using synthetic imagery for geospatial analysis. We asked Alan […]
LLF Recognizes High School Summer Interns with $1,000 Scholarships
LLF President Dona Crawford with this summer’s cohort of high school STEM interns Last year, LLF partnered with LLNL and the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD) to launch a High School Summer STEM Internship Program, providing local students an opportunity to explore STEM careers through hands-on science and engineering projects. Thanks to generous […]
Catharine Baker Elected to Board of Directors
Dublin resident, lawyer and former Assemblymember Catharine Baker has joined the Board of Directors for the Livermore Lab Foundation (LLF), effective August 26, 2019. An avid supporter of Science, Technology, Education and Math (STEM) programs and education in general, Baker represented the 16th Assembly District (Lamorinda and the Tri-Valley) from 2014 to 2018, serving as […]
Emily Wu Elected to Board of Directors
The Foundation is pleased to welcome Emily Wu as the newest member of our leadership team!
June 2019 Newsletter
Summer is off to a great start at LLF! Expanded student programs and research initiatives are underway. None of this would be possible without your generous support! Following is an update and roundup of our summer activities: Foundation partners with LLNL to form ALS research consortium LLF and Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) have partnered to explore […]
Alan Noun receives first LLF full-year scholarship
Alan Noun, a computer science student at Cal State University East Bay, is the recipient of the Livermore Lab Foundation’s first full-year scholarship/internship. In partnership with Cal State University East Bay (CSUEB), the Livermore Lab Foundation (LLF) is awarding Noun a one-year stipend to allow him to devote more time to academics by reducing work […]
LLF Sponsors Rae Dorough Speaker Series Talk by Author Janet Beard
The Livermore Lab Foundation was proud to sponsor the recent Rae Dorough Speakers Series talk by author Janet Beard. Ms. Beard discussed her historical novel, The Atomic City Girls before a nearly sold-out audience. This insightful novel discusses the often overlooked women’s history of the Manhattan project and what it was like to be a […]
Read our 2018 Annual Report
We are excited to share our first Annual Report featuring highlights from our inception in 2016 through today. With your support, we were able to launch our first projects focused on providing opportunities at LLNL to students ranging from high school to university graduates. We were pleased to center these initial efforts on Science, Technology, […]