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New Berkeley Lab Photos Available for Use: Sunsets
Photo link Berkeley Lab’s Photography team is always taking new images, each with a specific purpose and audience. In this new monthly series, we’ll highlight a sampling of these photos. For access to all of the Berkeley Lab photos, available to the Lab community and the general public with minimal restrictions, go to the LBNL… Read more »
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New Phishing Emails Target Conference Participants with DocuSign
As phishing emails are becoming more advanced, a new trend is targeting people involved in conferences — especially speakers and attendees whose names are shared publicly. Attackers are using publicly available conference information to send realistic-looking phishing emails. One common tactic is sending fake DocuSign emails, since DocuSign is a widely used tool for electronic… Read more »
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Tammera Campbell Honored with UC’s Outstanding Staff Award
The Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) has named Tammera Campbell a recipient of the 2025 Kevin McCauley Memorial Outstanding Staff Award, a prestigious honor celebrating UC staff who exemplify advocacy, integrity, and deep commitment to their communities. From her early days at the Lab to her current work supporting staff and championing equity and… Read more »
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Cyber Supplements Podcast
Hosted by the Berkeley Lab IT Cyber Security Team, the Cyber Supplements podcast’s goal is to promote awareness and understanding on cyber security topics specifically looking at what is affecting the Berkeley Lab community. These concise but informative podcasts feature real life examples of suspicious emails as well as how to handle cyber security issues.… Read more »
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New Cyber Supplements Podcast: “Undesirable Emails”
The next episode of the Cyber Supplements podcast explores different types of undesirable emails, focusing on spam, phishing, and targeted phishing. In this concise yet informative episode, hosts Jay Krous and Gabe McGinnis define these email types and offer guidance on how to handle them. This recurring cybersecurity podcast dives deep into emerging and ongoing… Read more »
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IT Training for April 2025
ScienceIT at Berkeley Lab has partnered with D-Lab to offer our workshops to you. Following is a list of upcoming workshops on Python, R Programming, and Qualitrics. To register for the workshops listed below, click on the link below to read the description, and then click the link to register via the partner portal for your… Read more »
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Science IT Hosts HPC Technology Exchange at Berkeley Lab
After a five-year hiatus, the HPC Technology Exchange made a triumphant return on March 6, 2025, at the Lab. This invite-only event brought together leading HPC experts, research IT professionals, and administrators from Stanford, UC Berkeley, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Berkeley Lab. With a goal to share best practices for research computing and explore… Read more »
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Passkeys Are Coming to Berkeley Lab
To enhance digital security and provide the Berkeley Lab community with easy-to-use solutions, the IT Division is implementing Lab-wide passkey adoption. Passkeys offer a simpler yet more secure, phishing-resistant alternative to traditional multi-factor authentication. Unlike MFA tokens, passkeys eliminate one-time codes, making logins seamless and safer. Passkeys use advanced authentication methods like Face ID, Touch… Read more »
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New Cloud Allowance Program for Berkeley Lab Users
To support Berkeley Lab researchers and staff in managing cloud computing costs, the IT Division is introducing a Cloud Allowance Program. This initiative helps offset expenses while ensuring continued access to essential cloud services and security tools. How It Works: This program is designed to reduce financial barriers and make cloud resources more accessible to… Read more »
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Berkeley Lab’s Role in Unraveling the Universe’s Origins with ALICE
At the France-Switzerland border lies the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. Among its four flagship experiments, ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is dedicated to observing and analyzing the extreme conditions created by high-energy collisions. Specifically designed to replicate and study conditions similar to those just after the… Read more »
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IT Training for March 2025
ScienceIT at Berkeley Lab has partnered with D-Lab to offer our workshops to you. Following is a list of upcoming workshops on Python, R Programming, and Qualitrics. To register for the workshops listed below, click on the link below to read the description, and then click the link to register via the partner portal for your… Read more »
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Building the Individual Asset Status Report: A Partnership Between IT and Strategic Initiatives
As people prepare to leave their positions at Berkeley Lab, they work with their supervisor to ensure the return of assigned assets and a completion of responsibilities based on their specific work. Timely completion of these responsibilities and the return of assets helps to make for a smooth exit transition and assists the supervisor and… Read more »
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Save the Date: UC Love Data Week
Are you ready to dive into the world of data? UC Love Data Week is back with a full lineup of free, interactive workshops and presentations designed to help researchers and data enthusiasts across the University of California (UC) community enhance their data skills. Whether you’re working with qualitative or quantitative data, there’s something for… Read more »
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