Annual Initiative Encourages Employees to Make Giving a Tradition

Thursday, December 22, 2022

’Tis the season for traditions and familiar customs. At NCI Frederick—and within the federal government at large—you’ll find one that isn’t mixed in with decorations but more likely nestled somewhere in your email inbox. This tradition is the Combined Federal Campaign, the government’s official nonprofit charity initiative, held from September to January every year.

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Echoes from the Past: Negotiations Lead to Critical Land Transfer

A building at the corner of an intersection, with the Frederick Cancer Research Center sign along the road in front of it

Thursday, December 8, 2022

The bureaucracy of Fort Detrick had transitioned from death to life. So said the Washington Post in October 1971, when President Richard M. Nixon converted the Army base’s old biowarfare laboratories into a center for life-saving cancer research. Many observers agreed it was an ambitious, hopeful vision. But what they didn’t know is that representatives from the Department of Defense and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare had been working on the transition for months.

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Thinking of Skipping the Flu Shot? Think Again.

A close-up of a vaccine being administered

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

We’ve seen the return of many things, good and bad, as society has reopened and life has found the so-called new normal. One of those things this year is the flu—and it’s back with a vengeance. Thankfully, it isn’t too late to get vaccinated, and it’s easy for employees at NCI Frederick and Frederick National Laboratory to do so.

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New NCI Director’s Town Hall Is Less Than Two Weeks Away

Thursday, December 1, 2022

NCI’s new director, Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., will be holding her first town hall meeting Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 11:00 a.m. If you want to be there in person, please register by Wednesday, Dec. 7.

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