Category: News
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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
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Take part in a Django Girls training!
Take part in a Django Girls training! Women are often under-represented in IT. And yet, at any age and whatever their level and background, it is a field that can arouse much interest To overcome this, R0SEH1PSters community organises Django workshops targeted at women to introduce them to the world of coding and technology by
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CERN DG meets locals and internationals in New Year ceremony
CERN DG meets locals and internationals in New Year ceremony Representatives of CERN’s local communities and international Geneva came together in Microcosm on Thursday evening for a traditional annual event In one of her first official duties as CERN Director General, Fabiola Gianotti met representatives of CERN’s local communities and international Geneva in Microcosm on
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CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer passes the baton to Fabiola Gianotti
CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer passes the baton to Fabiola Gianotti The 178th session of the CERN Council saw the handover ceremony from Rolf Heuer, CERN’s Director-General for the past seven years, to Fabiola Gianotti. Geneva, 18 December 2015. The 178th session of the CERN Council today saw the handover ceremony from Rolf Heuer, CERN1’s Director-General
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The Universe as seen by children under the Christmas tree
The Universe as seen by children under the Christmas tree Two drawing contests organised by CERN to which local schools took part are now the subjects of a book “If you had to draw me the Universe…” (original title “Si tu devais me dessiner l’Univers…”), what colour would it be? Would it be hot or
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CERN jobs
CERN jobs Discover dozens of jobs offered at CERN as well as offers for visits, internships and job positions. CERN: not only physicists Did you know CERN hires mostly engineers, technicians and administrative staff? The laboratory hosts more than 10'000 physicists from all over the world, sent by their national institutions, but it needs about
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HUG and CERN open an emergency response centre
HUG and CERN open an emergency response centre On Monday, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG – University Hospitals of Geneva) and CERN opened an emergency response centre on the Swiss part of the CERN site Geneva, 5 May 2015. On Monday, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG – University Hospitals of Geneva) and CERN1