More than 500 people turned out on Oct. 30 for the fifth annual National Eye Institute 5K Walk/Run/Roll. In addition to racing around the NIH Bethesda campus perimeter, participants competed in costume and carved pumpkin contests.

The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) visited NIH’s campus on Oct 3 to get an update and up-close look at several construction sites.

Have you ever wanted to play the fastest growing sport in the United States? Well, now’s your chance.

A new pickleball club has begun playing at a converted tennis court near Bldg. 60. Sponsored by the Recreation and Welfare Association (R&W), the club meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 - 8 p.m. and Wednesdays from 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. for open social play.

A group of staffers from the House Democratic Caucus visited NIH in September to learn more about NIH research.

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) entertained NIH staff and patients with an array of classical pieces during its 12th annual NSO-NIH Sound Health concert on Sept. 4 in the NIH Clinical Center (CC) atrium. 

The full, 60-piece orchestra performed music that spanned several centuries and continents, including works by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Antonio Vivaldi, Aaron Copland and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and contemporary composers Takashi Yoshimatsu and Carlos Simon. 

Under the Veterans Health Administration Summer Program, a group of students from Baltimore and Puerto Rico embarked on an inspiring journey through the halls of NIH.

Staff from the bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus toured several Clinical Center (CC) labs in July.

The delegation toured the CC’s outpatient pediatric unit where Dr. Daniel Pine, chief of the Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, demonstrated novel treatments developed for pediatric mood and anxiety disorders. He also discussed his research on the connections among brain development, emotion regulation and risk for mood and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.

The Children’s Inn at NIH brought holiday cheer to its young residents during its annual Christmas in July event. On July 17, the Montgomery County Police Department and the NIH Police Department escorted Santa Claus to the Inn.

Each year, Camp Fantastic, founded by Special Love Inc. in 1983, provides a unique summer camp experience for dozens of children who are undergoing treatment for cancer or are in recovery. NIH’s Pediatric Oncology Branch coordinates all aspects of care at the camp, with an on-site medical facility staffed by NIH physicians, nurses and volunteers.

Staff to several U.S. legislators visited the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on May 29 for a tour focused on childhood cancer research.