Category: News

  • What a programme for the Django Girls!

    What a programme for the Django Girls!

    What a programme for the Django Girls! On Saturday 24 April, 45 super-motivated « Django Girls » learned the basics of website development with CERN mentors by their side Django is a free, open-access website development platform, written in the programming language Python, which helps users develop websites quickly and easily. Members of the female

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  • Fancy cycling around a particle accelerator?

    Fancy cycling around a particle accelerator?

    Fancy cycling around a particle accelerator? The passport to the Big Bang cycle route is ready to welcome cycle enthusiasts Make the most of the sunny days and set out to discover a giant of science, the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC. The LHC is the world’s largest particle accelerator. Its 27 km ring is

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  • Registration is open for the online programming workshop Django Girls

    Registration is open for the online programming workshop Django Girls

    Registration is open for the online programming workshop Django Girls Django Girls, a programming workshop for women aged 15 and over, facilitated by CERN engineers, will take place on 22 and 24 April 2021 CERN is organising a 100% virtual edition of Django Girls, a programming workshop for women aged 15 and over. The workshop

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  • Women and Girls in Science and Technology goes hybrid

    Women and Girls in Science and Technology goes hybrid Women scientists and engineers presented their work in local schools – in person and online – to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://voisins.cern/en/une-edition-hybride-de-femmes-et-filles-de-science-et-technologie) From 1 to 5 February 2021, some 40 women volunteers from

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  • Registration is open for Beamline for Schools 2021

    Registration is open for Beamline for Schools 2021

    Registration is open for Beamline for Schools 2021 In this unique competition, high-school students anywhere in the world team up to create and perform their scientific experiment at a leading particle physics laboratory Continuing its successful seven-years run, Beamline for Schools is ready to kick off the 2021 edition. This physics competition offers high-school students

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  • Four CERN technical apprentices in the class of 2020

    Four CERN technical apprentices in the class of 2020

    Four CERN technical apprentices in the class of 2020 CERN’s final-year apprentices obtained their diplomas in spite of the difficulties posed by the COVID-19 crisis; two of them received prizes from the “Union industrielle genevoise” This year, due to COVID-19, CERN’s four final-year technical apprentices completed their training in a slightly unusual way. Like everyone

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  • Registration open for “Women and Girls in Science and Technology”

    Registration open for “Women and Girls in Science and Technology”

    Registration open for “Women and Girls in Science and Technology” A week of presentations by female scientists and engineers will be held in local schools from 1 to 5 February 2021. Register your class now! BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://voisins.cern/en/inscriptions-ouvertes-pour-femmes-et-filles-de-science-et-technologie) 11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

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  • CERN launches the Sparks! Serendipity forum

    CERN launches the Sparks! Serendipity forum On 26 November, CERN launched a new science innovation forum, beginning with the theme of artificial intelligence (AI) BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://voisins.cern/en/lancement-de-sparks-le-forum-cern-generateur-dinnovation-0) Thursday 26 November saw the launch of Sparks!, a new science innovation forum that opens with the theme of artificial intelligence (AI). After

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  • An artist from Geneva wins the Simetría residency

    An artist from Geneva wins the Simetría residency

    An artist from Geneva wins the Simetría residency Arts at CERN announces two new residency awards for the second edition of Simetría. Geneva, 10 November 2020. Today, Arts at CERN is announcing the two awards for the Simetría residency taking place in 2021. The recipients are Chloé Delarue, a Swiss artist based in Geneva, and

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  • Open call for the new edition of Collide residency award

    Open call for the new edition of Collide residency award

    Open call for the new edition of Collide residency award Arts at CERN is announcing an international call for Collide, its flagship programme consisting of a residency award of up to three months divided between CERN and the city of Barcelona. Geneva, 27 October 2020. Today, Arts at CERN is announcing an international call for

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