Category: News
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Counting sheep!
Counting sheep! After munching their way around the Globe, the CERN sheep are now dining out next to the ATLAS experiment A bucolic atmosphere reigns as 70 sheep and two rams hungrily graze on the land between CERN’s buildings. A few days ago, the flock, which belongs to CERN’s resident shepherd, Enrico D’Ippolito, could be
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Marie Curie, women and science, then and now
Marie Curie, women and science, then and now Hélène Langevin-Joliot, physicist and granddaughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, will talk about her career in a traditionally male-oriented profession Is there still a glass ceiling for women in science in 2017? At 8.30 p.m. on 29 June, CERN will welcome physicist Hélène Langevin-Joliot for a lecture
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CERN and Swiss Space Centre Sign Knowledge Transfer Agreement
CERN and Swiss Space Centre Sign Knowledge Transfer Agreement CERN aims for collaboration opportunities between the High Energy Physics and Aerospace Communities CERN signed an agreement with the Swiss Space Center (SSC) on 3rd June 2016, during the CERN/SSC Technology Transfer event, entitled “From High Energy Physics to Aerospace – Collaboration Opportunities”. The Swiss Space
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Arts at CERN collaborates with Mapping Festival
Arts at CERN collaborates with Mapping Festival A talk with the artist duo semiconductor, Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, artist Martin Howse, and Head of Arts at CERN, Mónica Bello is organized on 24 May by the Mapping Festival On the 24th of May at 14:00, at Le Commun – BAC, Mapping Festival presents, “Revealing
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Who runs the (programming) world? Girls!
Who runs the (programming) world? Girls! CERN participated in the annual Girls in ICT Day event held on 27 April at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva. In the past 10 years, the percentage of female personnel at CERN has barely increased: women still only account for about 20% of the total. One of
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CERN besieged at Royaume du Web
CERN besieged at Royaume du Web Since the World Wide Web was invented here, CERN was invited to the Royaume du Web event at Palexpo, a festival that gathered 10 500 YouTube enthusiasts who came to meet some of the most famous French-speaking stars of the internet. Thanks to the invention of the World Wide
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Devoxx4Kids, a conference for budding geeks
Devoxx4Kids, a conference for budding geeks On Sunday 26 February, CERN hosted the latest edition of Devoxxkids, a series of computing, robotics and electronics workshops for kids. The event was organised in the context of the VoxxedDays CERN developers conference, held at CERN the previous day. Various workshops – “Minis” for the 4-6 year-olds, “Kids”
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Django Girls – Let the coding begin
Django Girls – Let the coding begin Who would ever think of spending a full Saturday indoors, coding for several hours? Highly motivated Django Girls participants! Who would ever think of spending a full Saturday indoors, coding for several hours, instead of enjoying a warm, sunny spring day? Highly motivated Django Girls participants! But what
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Thursday, 2 March: premiere of Hidden Figures and debate
Thursday, 2 March: premiere of Hidden Figures and debate On Thursday, 2 March, the Pathé cinema at Balexert, in collaboration with CERN, will be hosting a premiere of the film Hidden Figures, followed by a debate on the position of women in science Hidden Figures tells the story of three African-American female scientists who played