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NSLS-CFN Users' Meeting Draws Record Number of Attendees
Workshops on cutting-edge nanotechnology, perspective from a Nobel Laureate, and a sneak peek at the quickly growing National Synchrotron Light Source II ring building attracted a record number of visitors to Brookhaven for the annual meeting of the National Synchrotron Light Source and Center for Functional Nanomaterials user communities.

InSynC Workshop Trains New Batch of NSLS Users
The second Introducing Synchrotrons into the Classroom (InSynC) workshop drew a new batch of 22 local and, for the first time, international teachers who want to learn how to use Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) with their students.

INCREASE Signs MOU with Brookhaven Lab, Develops Energy Storage Proposal
The annual Joint Users' Meeting of the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) and Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) brought together a special subset of current and future facility users.

50 Future Crystallographers Drawn to NSLS by RapiData 2011
About 50 students gathered at NSLS on April 3-8 for RapiData 2011, a weeklong crash course designed to introduce participants to the best and latest equipment and techniques for macromolecular x-ray crystallography.

Energy Secretary Chu Visits NSLS-II
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu made his second visit to Brookhaven Lab on April 21, speaking to nearly 1,300 BNLers about the importance of science and technology to the future of the country. He also got a first-hand look at the ways the Lab is doing its part.

Photon Sciences Daughters, Sons Learn About Light
More than 40 children of Photon Sciences employees learned on April 28 about a subject near and dear to their parents' hearts: light. As part of "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" the kids got a first-hand look at the NSLS as they journeyed across the experimental floor to explore the properties and usefulness of light at different wavelengths.