Berkeley Lab’s Wang Hall computer research facility, on a hillside overlooking the UC Berkeley campus, which officially opened on Nov. 12, 2015. Photo: Berkeley Lab, Roy Kaltschmidt Berkeley Lab’s Wang Hall computer research facility, on a hillside overlooking the UC Berkeley campus, which officially opened on Nov. 12, 2015. Photo: Berkeley Lab, Roy Kaltschmidt After more than […]
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Unstable hillside closes road, relocates Berkeley Lab staff
Consistent rain has destabilized the hillside above McMillan Road on the Berkeley Lab campus. Photo: D.H. Parks Local photographer Daniel Parks recently posted some dramatic images on Flickr of a slumping hillside on the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory campus. According to a page set up by Berkeley Lab to share news about the situation, “Consistent […]
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Lab choice may prove beneficial to Berkeley in long term
Officials ready for the press conference announcing Richmond as the new site for the second campus of LBNL. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel By Lance Knobel and Frances Dinkelspiel In late September and early October, Dr. Jeff Ritterman, a member of the Richmond City Council, went down to Berkeley West Biocenter on Potter Street, one of the […]
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Breaking: Berkeley Lab chooses Richmond for 2nd campus
Design for the Richmond Field Station Lab campus The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has selected Richmond as the site for its second campus. The Lab annnounced the news this morning on its website, saying the University of California-owned Richmond Field Station site “presents the best opportunity to solve the Lab’s pressing space problems while allowing for […]
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Berkeley Lab second campus decision delayed into 2012
Schematic design from the August presentation of Aquatic Park West second campus site, one of three with Berkeley footprints Cities and developers eagerly awaiting a decision on the second campus for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are going to have to wait a little longer. When the lab announced its program to find a second campus, […]
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Berkeley sites for Lab’s second campus in the spotlight
Michael Goldin, one of the owners the Aquatic Park West site, stands in front of the view the lab would have if it located there. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel As the Berkeley Lab rolls into town this week to hold three public meetings about a second campus, there has been a lot of speculation about which […]
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Three Berkeley sites being considered for Lawrence Berkeley Lab second campus
Aerial view of Lawrence Berkeley Lab/Photo: LBL The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has selected six sites in six East Bay cities as the possible location of a second campus, Berkeleyside has learned. Three of the six sites are either in Berkeley or partly in Berkeley, according to knowledgeable sources who asked not to be named. They […]
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Berkeley Lab reaches out to its city’s community
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is determined to be a good neighbor and, under director Paul Alivisatos, it has launched a number of initiatives to stay in close communication with Berkeley residents. A recently formed Community Advisory Group is holding meetings every two months with the public to provide information on the Lab’s physical planning and […]
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Berkeley Lab measures its economic impact
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory generated 5,600 jobs and $446.5 million in personal income, and contributed $690 million to the Bay Area’s economy in 2009, according to an economic impact study prepared by CBRE Consulting of San Francisco. The same study concludes that Berkeley Lab was responsible for creating more than 12,000 jobs nationally. The […]
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Alivisatos to lead Berkeley Lab
Paul Alivisatos was confirmed as director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory today by the University of California Regents. Alivisatos succeeds Steven Chu, who joined the Obama administration as Secretary of Energy in 2009. Alivisatos had been serving as interim director for the last 11 months. Alivisatos runs LBL’s Helios solar research initiative, where he […]