November 26, 2012 | A persistent overcast had a group of HAO staff biting their nails just after dawn on November 14. Stationed on a beach at Palm Cove, Queensland, they were ready to test their ambitious vision of creating unprecedented, crowdsourced footage of an eclipse—but it wasn’t clear that the weather would cooperate.

November 2, 2012 | Human Resources and Contracts painted three wildly contrasting visions of the future on Wednesday in the Anthes Building. Visitors could take their pick: heaven, hell, or the Happy Vista Nursing Home. This was the 18th year of HR's longstanding tradition of celebrating Halloween with a different costume theme each year, while Contracts joined in just this year. Click on each group portrait for an enlarged version. (All images by Carlye Calvin.)

October 17, 2012 | As parents of a two-year-old, Fabian Guerrero (CISL) and LuAnna Allapowa (F&A) say it’s much easier to be productive at work knowing their son is happy at CCLC, UCAR's childcare center.

October 9, 2012 | The American Meteorological Society tipped its hat to four NCAR and UCP staff members—and the head of UCAR’s Board of Trustees—last week with the announcement of the society’s 2013 award winners. All winners will be honored in January at the AMS Annual Meeting in Austin.