ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 18 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release: A decisive majority of faculty at the University of New Mexico voted for a union this week in a historic election victory overseen by the UNM Labor Management Relations Board, with votes counted this afternoon. Two UNM bargaining units consisting of more than 1,600 full- and part-time faculty across five campuses--UNM's main campus, in Albuquerque; UNM-Gallup; UNM-Los Alamos; UNM-Taos; and  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The American Association of University Professors issued the following news: A decisive majority of faculty at the University of New Mexico voted for a union this week in a historic election victory overseen by the UNM Labor Management Relations Board, with votes counted this afternoon. Two UNM bargaining units consisting of more than 1,600 full- and part-time faculty across five campuses--UNM's main campus, in Albuquerque; UNM-Gallup; UNM-Los Alamos; UNM-Taos; and UNM-Va  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: Barbara Jacak, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Nuclear Science Division since 2015, has been named a 2019 Distinguished Scientist Fellow by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Jacak was among a group of five scientists at DOE national laboratories who are the inaugural recipients of the award. They were honored in an Oct. 16 ceremony  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy announced funding for 12 projects with private industry to enable collaboration with DOE national laboratories on overcoming challenges in fusion energy development. The awards are the first provided through the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program, or INFUSE. The program, which was established earlier this year (https://www.energy.gov/sc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following notice: Notice 2019-54 SECTION 1. PURPOSE This notice provides guidance regarding an extension of the replacement period under Sec. 1033(e) of the Internal Revenue Code for livestock sold on account of drought in specified counties. SECTION 2. BACKGROUND .01 Nonrecognition of Gain on Involuntary Conversion of Livestock. Section 1033(a) generally provides for nonrecognition of gain when  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy announced funding for 12 projects with private industry to enable collaboration with DOE national laboratories on overcoming challenges in fusion energy development. The awards are the first provided through the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program, or INFUSE. The program, which was established earlier this year, is sponsored by  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Brian Albright, Patrick Chain, Dana Dattelbaum, Michael Hamada, Anna Hayes-Sterbenz, Michael Prime and Laura Smilowitz become part of a prestigious fellowship * * * Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists and engineers Brian Albright, Patrick Chain, Dana Dattelbaum, Michael Hamada, Anna Hayes-Sterbenz, Michael Prime and Laura Smilowitz are being honor  more