Tag: Conference
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Partage ta science
Partage ta science A French-Swiss cross-border colloquium where pupils present their secondary school projects to each other. Each year, in October-November, CERN brings together high school students from France and Switzerland for the cross-border symposium Partage ta science at the Science Gateway Campus. Like in a real scientific symposium, seven graduation works covering scientific
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Women and Girls in Science and Technology
Women and Girls in Science and Technology For a week in February, the UNIGE Faculty of Science, EPFL, LAPP and CERN offer local schools the opportunity to welcome a female scientist/engineer to present her work to classes 11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. On this occasion and for the
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Talk by a CERN researcher in your classroom
Talk by a CERN researcher in your classroom Invite a CERN researcher to your classroom to give a lecture on his or her job! During the talks, the researchers describe their career backgrounds, their research and their day-to-day work. They reveal some mysteries of science and conduct some small demonstrations if they wish. CERN scientists,
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Female ambassadors for science visit local schools
Female ambassadors for science visit local schools Female researchers and engineers have presented their careers and jobs to 132 classes in Geneva and neighbouring France From 3 to 7 February, 67 female volunteers from CERN, the University of Geneva and EPFL visited 132 classrooms in the local area to talk about their careers ahead of
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A successful last edition for the cross-border colloquium “My project in 15 minutes”
A successful last edition for the cross-border colloquium “My project in 15 minutes” For the eighth year in a row, CERN has brought together high school students from both sides of the border for the cross-border symposium “Mon TPE/TM en 15 minutes”, on Friday 11 October 2019 at the Globe of Science and Innovation Like
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950 pupils in scientists’ shoes
950 pupils in scientists’ shoes The project Be a Scientist encountered a great success again for its 2019 edition For 3 months, 43 teachers and over 950 pupils have tried to find out what was the content of mystery boxes, in the way CERN scientists look for invisible elementary particles. Classes from Geneva, Ain and
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CERN celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
CERN celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science For three years now, CERN has been organising visits of women scientists and engineers to local schools on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrated annually on 11 February This year, new partnerships with the Science Outreach Department
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My project in 15 minutes: A successful cross-border colloquium
My project in 15 minutes: A successful cross-border colloquium CERN invited pupils from both sides of the border to the cross-border symposium “Mon TPE/TM en 15 minutes” (“My project in 15 minutes”), on Friday 12 October As part of a collaboration with Swiss and French schools, CERN invited pupils from both sides of the border
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Public presentations of the HL-LHC project
Public presentations of the HL-LHC project CERN scientists will meet their neighbours to present the HL-LHC project and answer questions The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC): the future of the LHC CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It has operated successfully since 2008 and at very high
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CERN Solar Club at the Lemanic Electric Tour
CERN Solar Club at the Lemanic Electric Tour With the Photon, its solar electric car built in 1986, an electric Dyane and a Renault Twizy, the CERN Solar Club took part in the Lemanic Electric Tour, the first cross-border rallye for 100% electric cars around Lake Geneva on 2nd and 3rd June. Organized by the
