Issue No. 53
2018.04.28
 
From the Associate Director
Here we go!  This is the last eNews before the upcoming CHESS Users' Meeting on May 15th.  The web site is being loaded up right now with the agenda, speakers and registration information.  Speaking of which, be sure to not miss the article/announcement of the "X-ray Emission Spectroscopy Methods Workshop 2018" being organized by scientists Ken Finkelstein and Chris Pollock.  The workshop immediately follows the Users' Meeting and will provide an introduction to techniques through both lecture and hands-on components.  In addition to three great science articles and two on student education and outreach, we've explained the transition that CHESS is going into in 2019 following the completion of the CHESS-U project and the beginning of a new 5-year funding cycle for CHESS.  It's a complicated time but couldn't be more exciting for a new CHESS laboratory! 


-Ernest Fontes 
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