Tag: At CERN
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World Teachers’ Day@CERN: Empowering Science Teachers
World Teachers’ Day@CERN: Empowering Science Teachers This year, join us in celebrating the World Teachers’ Day 2017 with a special event at the CERN Globe of Science and Innovation on 5 October. For the very first time, we will welcome Matt Parker to CERN. Matt is a well-known stand-up comedian and mathematics communicator, or as
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The day I met Marie Curie’s granddaughter
The day I met Marie Curie’s granddaughter Hélène Langevin-Joliot, physicist and granddaughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, visited CERN at the end of June At the beginning of the twentieth century in Thoiry, a small village close to CERN, there was a very talented chef, Hermann Leger. People came from all over Europe to taste
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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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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
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How does CERN encourage women in science?
How does CERN encourage women in science? International Women in Science Day: CERN sends researchers to local schools and invites organisations to learn what inspires young women into science In physics, as in other sciences, there is often a huge gap between the number of men and women. Just 20% of CERN’s community are women,
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Join us for a Voxxed Day!
Join us for a Voxxed Day! A new Voxxed Days event is coming to CERN on 25 February 2017, and every developper is invited. Voxxed Days are a series of tech events organised by local community groups and supported by the Voxxed team. Sharing the Devoxx philosophy that content comes first, these events see both