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DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR are expanding partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

A first-of-a-kind leadership academy for employees at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is recognized as a DOE best practice to improve safety culture.

120 teams from 105 universities competed to test their cyber defense skills and protect a hydropower company from simulated cyber challenges.

A Hanford Site internship program has led to hiring more than two dozen interns as engineers over the past eight years, identifying capable students for long-term careers dedicated to advancing the site’s mission.

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) not only are critical to EM achieving its cleanup mission effectively, but they’re also the keys to the future EM workforce, according to Kristen Ellis, EM’s senior advisor for STEM and talent acquisition.

As a growing number of women and minorities pursue careers in STEM, NNSA along with its labs, plants, and sites is actively expanding its outreach to recruit, mentor, and support a growing pool of talent to lead the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

Mark Gilbertson is retiring at the end of October after more than 40 years of private and public sector service, including more than 25 years in leadership positions in EM.

An employee with a company that supports EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has received the American Nuclear Society’s (ANS) 2021 Landis Public Communication and Education Award.

A group of women engineers with EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) has established a series of monthly lunchtime presentations aimed at empowering and mentoring woman engineers.

Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP), EM’s primary contractor at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), collaborated with New Mexico State University-Carlsbad to mark Hispanic Heritage Month.