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The SLAC Guest House is Open For Business
 By Neil Calder
"SLAC used to stand out as the only big physics lab in the
world without accommodations for scientists on site," said SLUO Chairman
Eli Rosenberg (Iowa State U), "but now it stands out because it has the
best on-site accommodations in the world!"
On June 19 the new SLAC Guest House was officially opened
when SLAC Director Jonathan Dorfan and Shirley Everett, Associate Vice
Provost of Residential Dining and Residential Services at Stanford
University, sliced through the ceremonial ribbon.
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Summer Institute Explores Cosmic Connections
By Heather Rock Woods
The 31st Annual SLAC Summer Institute (SSI) will take on
the very big (the universe) and the very small (sub-atomic particles) from
July 28 to August 8.
SSI’s theme, Cosmic Connections, reflects the growing
links between cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics—exemplified by
the new Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology being
built here at the Lab.
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Signatures of the Invisible Connects Physics and Art
 By Neil Calder
The most popular exhibit at the opening of the Summer
Exhibition at New York’s P.S.1, one of the world’s most prestigious
contemporary art centers, was a surprise. Not a sculpture nor a video
installation, but a cloud chamber from SLAC.
The exhibition ‘Signatures of the Invisible’ opened on
June 29, presenting the work of leading European and American contemporary
artists as they respond to new concepts of reality generated by particle
physics research. The exhibition will tour the U.S., with stops planned in
Chicago and the Bay Area.
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Inspections and their Outcomes
By Mike Grissom
In SLAC’s Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS),
Guiding Principle 6, Core Functions 2 and 3 refer to hazard controls.
Specifically:
• Guiding Principle 6: Hazard Controls Tailored to Work
Being Performed
• Core Function 2: Analyze the Hazards
• Core Function 3: Develop and Implement Hazard Controls
These sections state: Administrative and engineering
controls to prevent and mitigate hazards shall be tailored to the work
being performed and associated hazards.
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