Category: News
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Presenting CineGlobe Estival!
Presenting CineGlobe Estival! Join CineGlobe under a projected starry sky for a film festival and games with a neuroscience twist The 6th edition of the CineGlobe International Film Festival at CERN will take place during the first week of July 2016 (on the Globe grounds at CERN, from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 July) and
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Horses help to maintain CERN’s forests
Horses help to maintain CERN’s forests On the initiative of the Office National des Forêts, France’s forestry commission, horses are helping to remove trees cut down in CERN’s forests The CERN site covers 625 hectares, of which around 200 are fenced sites used for CERN’s research activities. The rest of the land consists of fields
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CERN boosts its commitment to sustainable transport
CERN boosts its commitment to sustainable transport Three sustainable transport events are taking place in the coming weeks on either side of the border As people’s ecological awareness and the amount of time they spend in traffic jams increase, the use of sustainable transport continues to grow in Geneva and neighbouring France. CERN has always
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Renovated Globe opens new world for visitors
Renovated Globe opens new world for visitors CERN launches a new website for visitors as Globe reopens to the public after extensive renovation One of the best-known symbols of CERN, the Globe of Science and Innovation, has been completely restored, meaning visitors now have even more to explore on CERN site. Visitors to the Globe
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Horizons Irrésolus
Horizons Irrésolus Watch and listen to the sound installation from the two Collide@CERN artists in the frame of the Electron Festival From 25 to 27 March, watch and listen to the sound installation by Collide@CERN Geneva artists Rudy Decelière and Vincent Hänni in collaboration with physicists Diego Blas and Robert Kieffer. This installation is on
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Debugging the gender gap
Debugging the gender gap The first Django Girls event in Geneva took place at CERN last weekend A Django girls workshop organised by the R0SEH1PSters community from Geneva and supported by the CERN diversity team and the IT department took place at IdeaSquare on 26th and 27th February. Django Girls is a volunteer-run organisation with
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“Move over Mr Einstein!” A scientific experiment ignites creativity and dialogue
“Move over Mr Einstein!” A scientific experiment ignites creativity and dialogue “CMS – The Art of Science”, a combination of photography, collage and installations by Michael Hoch, running from 27 February to 10 April 2016, delivers a dynamic dialogue between art and science The inspiration for the latest art exhibition at the Cité du Temps
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Event for the launch of the Georges Charpak postage stamp on Prévessin site
Event for the launch of the Georges Charpak postage stamp on Prévessin site At the end of February, the French post office is releasing a new €0.70 stamp featuring an image of Georges Charpak. CERN is taking part in this event by hosting a temporary post office on the Prévessin site. At the end of