FROM THE OFFICERS

The President's Message
Scott Walker

The title of the 2008 midyear meeting has been chosen as “Radiation-Generating Devices.” Planning for the 2008 midyear meeting and professional development school has progressed significantly since the last Health Physics Society (HPS) summer meeting. Vaclav Vylet and Don Cossairt have been appointed academic deans of the professional development school, and Linnea Wahl has been appointed administrative dean. The midyear meeting and school will be held at the Oakland Marriot in Oakland, California. The midyear meeting will be held from January 27 to 30; the school will be held from January 31 to February 2, following directly after the midyear meeting. read more

The Editor's Message
Linnea Wahl

Another annual Health Physics Society (HPS) meeting has come and gone, and again, the members of the Accelerator Section outdid themselves! Not only was the Accelerator Section Special Session a great success (see Lutz Moritz’s presentation later in the newsletter), but special congratulations are due to two of our members, Lorraine Marceau-Day and Scott Schwahn. read more

INVITED PAPER

Particle Accelerator School: An Overview
William A. Barletta, USPAS Director

The USPAS is governed and funded by a consortium of seven national laboratories of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy (DOE), two national laboratories of the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) of the DOE, and two National Science Foundation (NSF) university laboratories. 

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