U.S. Senate confirms former Labs Director Jill Hruby as NNSA Administrator
Jill was sworn in as the DOE Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator on Monday, July 26. Jill was Sandia President and Laboratories Director from 2015 to 2017 and the first woman to lead a national…
A lifetime of service
Weaponeer Dan Summers has retired after 36 years at Sandia and more than 53 years in the nuclear weapons complex. His career has spanned much of the R&D and stockpile modernization and surveillance activities of the nation’s NW programs.
Sandia’s half-life
Sandia photojournalist Randy Montoya has spent more than 30 years capturing the work and people at the Labs through his lens. In honor of the final Lab News print issue, he looks back at some of the photos that have illustrated Sandia’s story.
Signing the memory page
In honor of the final print issue of Lab News, a few past editors and contributors reminisce about their experiences working with and being part of the publication that has told the story of Sandia since 1948.
O’Hara named 2020 ‘Woman Worth Watching’
Sandia systems engineer Carrie O’Hara has been selected as a 2020 Women Worth Watching award winner by Profiles in Diversity Journal. The awards, in their 19th year, recognize dynamic professional women who are using their talents and influence to change our workplaces and our world.
‘Confounding’ pandemic brings California doctor to the fore
One of the most consistent voices heard this year during our new reality shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic has been that of Dr. Dan Azar, Sandia’s California site physician.
Saltzstein featured on DOE Women in STEM site
Sandia manager Sylvia Saltzstein has been recognized by DOE’s Women @ Energy: STEM Rising website, which honors women in STEM fields throughout the DOE complex.
Deployed to combat COVID-19
For Sandia employee and Staff Sgt. Tawnya Jones and other members of the New Mexico National Guard, the state governor's declaration of a public health emergency in march meant stepping away from a civilian job and responding to a no-notice military deployment to support the state’s battle against the virus.
Call me Daisy
Sandia computer scientist Daisy Sophia Hollman reflects on the complexities of gender identity and expression as she shares her personal experiences in coming out as transgender at Sandia.
Finding a big life on the open road
Brian Olson doesn’t have weekends like everyone else. He spends his days away from Sandia driving people all over the state. From ferrying the elite athletes of the National Football League to and from games to saving the lives of 86 people during a mass shooting, it’s been an interesting trip.