November 2, 2010 | Flat tire? Don’t sweat it. A handful of staff gathered on October 28 outside Foothills Lab to learn how to keep flats from making them late to work. The hands-on workshop, hosted by FM&S, was part of an evolving series on bike commuting. “We did a session on bike basics in September and learned that sometimes beginner riders have a lot of questions about commuting, so we’ve added two more workshops,” explains Kay Gazaway, sustainability outreach coordinator for FM&S.

October 20, 2010 | Veterans in the Denver-Boulder area had a chance to meet local employers and learn about veterans’ benefits at Center Green on October 19. The idea for the job fair, which was co-sponsored by UCAR and Workforce Boulder County, was hatched last spring when HR was looking for ways to reach out to veterans. “We hit upon the idea of sponsoring a job fair, since we have such a great venue,” says Nancy Wade (HR). “This was one tangible way that we could focus on the local population and have a positive impact on the community.”

October 4, 2010 | In the early 1960s, NCAR scientists Warren Washington and Akira Kasahara began developing one of the world’s first computer models of atmospheric circulation. They used a CDC 6600 computer in the basement of the Mesa Lab, before today’s computing room was even built. The machine received input via punch cards and seven-channel digital magnetic tape, and generated output via two line printers, a card punch, a photographic plotter, and standard magnetic tape.

September 29, 2010 | The biblical account of the parting of the Red Sea—in which Moses and the Israelites are trapped between the Pharaoh's advancing chariots and a body of water—has mystified people for millennia. A new computer modeling study led by Carl Drews (NESL/ACD) shows how the movement of wind as described in the Exodus account could have parted the waters.