¡El Proceso PDD 2024 ha Concluido! Reflexiona y Crece con ALMA
We have successfully concluded the Performance and Development Dialogues (PDD) 2024 cycle, providing a valuable opportunity to reflect on achievements, learn from challenges, and plan the professional future of each team member. The PDD is not just an isolated conversation but an ongoing practice that fosters meaningful dialogue between...
Con energía y entusiasmo celebramos juntos estas Fiestas Patrias
SCO and OSF dressed in red, white and blue this September to share with our colleagues the celebrations of the chilean national holidays. In Santiago we enjoyed a different kind of lunch, with a delicious asado and typical desserts such as motes con huesillos. At OSF,...
Apagando el cigarro: nuestra campaña anti tabaco
Thinking that health is a priority for everyone, but sometimes external help is needed, our Safety department led an no-smoking campaign for all ALMA staff and our contractors who wanted to quit smoking. The incentive? If they succeeded in overcoming three months of abstinence, they could...
El Power Group, la energía de ALMA
From turning on the light in a room and running a coffee maker to maintaining the antennas and correlator operations at OSF and AOS.... for everything to work as usual there has to be a team behind it working day and night: that's the Power Group....
“Doctor, estamos listos para operar”: el primer PDR del WSU
The Advanced Technology ALMA Correlator (ATAC), the centerpiece of WSU's new era, has just passed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR). This means that the observatory's new brain, which will be able to analyze more data from the antenna receivers, is going from strength to strength for...
Asegurando el buen trato: las novedades de la Ley Karin
The newly enacted Law 21.643, also known as the Karin Law, aims to eliminate workplace harassment, sexual harassment, and violence in the workplace. This law came into effect on August 1 in Chile. The regulation, in line with Convention 190 of the International Labor Organization (ILO)...
Yo Recomiendo: Andrea Araya
With 12 years at ALMA, you'd think Andrea had seen it all. But when she received one of the awards at the last Fundamental Statements 2023 awards, that changed: "It was a mix of feelings that included surprise, gratitude, and excitement". Those were the emotions that...