Young Professionals Group Hosts First APL Music Night

A Lab-wide call for musicians brought eight APL acts to perform at APL’s first Music Festival on August 2. The event was held at a venue in Laurel, MD. The acts performed music in a variety of styles including hip-hop, jazz, indie rock, and folk.   <read more>

5K Run/Walk

Despite extreme heat and humidity, forty intrepid staffers participated in the second annual 5K Run/Walk. Twenty-four runners and sixteen walkers completed the three-mile course around campus. The event was part of the Lab’s wellness program and was sponsored by APL in the Zone. Carlos Renjifo of the National Security Technology Department took first place for the second year in a row.

APL Hosts MD Summer Center for Space Science

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A Farewell to Summer Interns, with Encouragement for Their Return

APL had another record-breaking number of undergraduate interns this summer, with a total of 113. The Lab saw the interns off with a farewell luncheon on Aug. 10, and offered some guidance on making the transition from school to the workplace. A panel of past interns and recent Lab hires answered questions on topics ranging from how to balance full-time work and graduate school and what life is like working at the Lab and living in this area.   <read more>

Bloodmobile Stops By

The Red Cross bloodmobile made its second visit to the APL campus in July. The large number of staff donors qualifies APL for its own on-site collection station three times each year. This has been an APL tradition for more than sixty-four years, since the Lab’s early days when staff members supported the war effort during WW II.