August 25, 2009

With stimulus funds in hand, a collaboration of national laboratories, universities, and industry is testing a new material that could revolutionize the superconducting magnet field.

August 12, 2009

NSLS-II construction is the lead story in the inaugural issue of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Newsletter, published by the DOE Office of Science.

August 04, 2009

U.S Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that more than $327 million in new funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go toward scientific research, instrumentation, and laboratory infrastructure projects.

July 17, 2009

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $85 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be awarded in early 2010 to support at least 50 early career researchers for five years at U.S. academic institutions and DOE national laboratories.

June 17, 2009

Hundreds gathered at Brookhaven Lab on June 15 to celebrate the start of construction of the Lab’s newest facility, the National Synchrotron Light Source II, which will create 1,000 new jobs on Long Island.

June 15, 2009

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop were among hundreds who celebrated the initiation of the NSLS-II project, which will bring direct economic benefits to Long Island and New York State.

May 18, 2009

The U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation have agreed on a final cleanup action for the inactive High Flux Beam Reactor at Brookhaven Lab.

March 31, 2009

Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced $6 billion in new funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate environmental cleanup work and create thousands of jobs across 12 states - including a major investment in New York. Projects identified for funding will focus on accelerating cleanup of soil and groundwater, transportation and disposal of waste, and cleaning and demolishing former weapons complex facilities.

March 23, 2009

US Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu (above, center) announced a major funding jolt for science in the United States while visiting Brookhaven National Laboratory on Monday, March 23.

March 23, 2009

Brookhaven Lab will receive $184.3 million in new science funding from President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, principally to accelerate construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II, a new $912 million project approved to start construction earlier this year by the Department of Energy.

February 18, 2009

Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman Tim Bishop visited Brookhaven Tuesday morning to announce that the Lab will receive more than $30 million in direct funding from the economic stimulus bill.