Mission of the BNL Science Learning Center

Office of Educational Programs:
The mission of Brookhaven National Laboratory's Office of Educational Programs (OEP) is to design, develop, implement, and facilitate workforce development and education initiatives that support the scientific mission at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Department of Energy.

These initiatives will:

• Educate new generations of scientists, engineers, technicians, and teachers
• Encourage and promote science literacy
• Assist the scientific staff in achieving their goals
• Support and celebrate diversity
• Maintain BNL as a local, regional, national, and international educational asset

The Office of Educational Programs will fulfill this mission safely and efficiently with the support of the unique scientific tools and intellectual resources at BNL to maintain its position as a world-class institution on the frontiers of cutting-edge science.
 

Last Modified: August 14, 2009
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One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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