UF Holiday July 3rd

Operating Hours for the NRF for all users (who have not applied for and been granted after hours access) are 8am-5pm Mon-Fri, excluding university holidays and closures. Users with this "basic" access are responsible for wrapping up their work and exiting the facility by 5pm. Failure to comply may result in revoking access to the facility. Not sure if you have access? Check your user panel status. Friday, July 3rd is a UF Holiday, meaning the NRF will be open only for users with approved after hours access (AHA). Also as a general hurricane season reminder, weather related closures may be implemented at any time by UF, and when in place the NRF is CLOSED to all users, including faculty and staff. During university closures the door tap points are disabled and doors remain locked. Enjoy your long holiday weekend and find some local festivities to celebrate 250 years of the American democratic experiment:

• Fanfares & Fireworks: July 3 from 6 to 10 pm @ Flavet Field
• The town of Micanopy will host its annual parade on Cholokka Boulevard beginning at 11 a.m. on July 4.
• The city of Alachua hosts "Largest Small-Town Fireworks Display in America" event from 5 to 10 p.m. on July 4 @ Legacy Park

 

Upcoming NRF Events

• UF Holiday - Friday July 3rd - NRF is AHA only
• Game Night Thursday July 16th, 5-8pm, NRF 115 Click to RSVP
• Users Advisory Committee July 23rd, Noon - NRF 115 or Zoom
• Ongoing: Do you feel like you need some practice time on a tool before you start paying to use it? Email us and ask about scheduling a subsidized extended training practice session.
• Ongoing: New publication? Data collected at the NRF? Click to tell us!
• Still writing? Check out our new easy acknowledgement templates.
• Miss something from a previous week? You can find our weekly update archive on our Microsoft teams channel. Click to Join us on Teams!

Safety Side Note

Be sure your shoes cover your entire foot, no bare feet, sandals, or perforated shoes allowed in the NRF lab spaces. Those Crocs may be comfy and breezy in the heat, but they just won't keep your feet safe in the lab.

UAC Meeting This Thursday

Our monthly Users Advisory Committee (UAC) meeting will be held this Thursday at Noon. You can join us in person in the NRF conference room (115), or on Zoom with the link in the events list below. All users are invited and encouraged to attend. We do ask each active research group to have at least one representative attend to update their group with any pertinent details, tool updates, or policy changes. Again this month, following the meeting we will host a ~30 minute book club with snacks. Our book clubs are not a structured book club, we invite everyone to just come share some details about a good book they have read. Have you jumped on board the Dungeon Crawler Carl fad yet? Not sure if you should? (hint, it's being made into a live action series, you should) Need a different summer reading list idea? Join us after the UAC, in person only... there will be snacks.

Upcoming NRF Events

• Users Advisory Committee June 25th, Noon - NRF 115 or Zoom
• NRF Social Book Club follows the UAC (with snacks, in person only)
• UF Holiday - Friday July 3rd - NRF is AHA only
• Game Night Thursday July 16th, 5-8pm, NRF 115 Click to RSVP
• Ongoing: Do you feel like you need some practice time on a tool before you start paying to use it? Email us and ask about scheduling a subsidized extended training practice session.
• Ongoing: New publication? Data collected at the NRF? Click to tell us!
• Still writing? Check out our new easy acknowledgement templates.
• Miss something from a previous week? You can find our weekly update archive on our Microsoft teams channel. Click to Join us on Teams!

Safety Side Note

Remember - The cleanroom is designed to keep particles out. Please help us by ensuring only approved items enter with you. Notebooks, and regular paper are not allowed, but special "cleanroom paper" is allowed. Laptop computers are not allowed (fans carry particles) but fan-less tablets and phones may enter with a prior wipe down. Tables can be borrowed from the UF library if needed. Backpacks need to stay outside the gowning room, we have lockers for your bags. Samples need to enter clean, if you need assistance transporting/storing samples to or from the cleanroom, please contact staff for best practices. Nanoscale Research