MSU Facility for Rare Isotope Beams opens its doors to discovery

<p>Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (<a href="https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2022/frib-grand-opening">FRIB</a>), a user facility for the <a href="https://www.energy.gov/science/office-science">U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science</a>, opened its doors to discovery with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 2 May. <a href="https://www.energy.gov/person/jennifer-m-granholm">U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm</a> and <a href="https://president.msu.edu">MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D.</a>, cut the ribbon to officially mark the start of FRIB’s scientific mission.</p><p>HEAR the speakers’ comments HERE:</p><p> </p><p>·      FRIB Lab Director Thomas Glasmacher (:00)</p><p>·      MSU President Stanley (2:25)</p><p>·      Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (6:40)</p><p>·      MSU Board of Trustees Chair Dianne Byrum (17:20)</p><p>·      U.S. Representative Tim Walberg (21:03)</p><p>·      U.S. Representative Brenda L. Lawrence (26:15)</p><p>·      U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin (31:03)</p><p>·      U.S. Senator Gary Peters (35:09)</p><p>·      U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (41:32)</p><p>·      Secretary Granholm (47:56)</p><p> </p><p>About 900 guests attended the ribbon-cutting to celebrate FRIB officially opening for scientific research. FRIB was completed in January, ahead of schedule and on budget. FRIB’s first scientific-user experiments start on 9 May.</p>