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Swiss Ambassador to France visits CERN by bike as part of the “En route avec la Suisse” project
Swiss Ambassador to France visits CERN by bike as part of the “En route avec la Suisse” project The goal of the “En route avec la Suisse” project is to promote Switzerland in France by showcasing the country’s innovative and sustainable credentials As an international organisation, CERN regularly hosts protocol visits, some of which are
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CERN takes part in Earth Hour
CERN takes part in Earth Hour From 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, 26 March 2022, the Globe has been plunged into darkness to mark CERN’s participation in Earth Hour. Every year on the last Saturday of March, Earth Hour invites people from all around the world to take action on and raise awareness of
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International physics Masterclasses at CERN – Students discover the world of quarks and leptons
International physics Masterclasses at CERN – Students discover the world of quarks and leptons Local high school students come to the Laboratory to analyse real data from CERN’s particle physics experiments The students are focused on the Masterclass exercise at the S’Cool LAB at CERN. Photo credit: CERN After a break forced by the pandemic
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CERN takes part in the TecDay at Collège Sismondi in Geneva
CERN takes part in the TecDay at Collège Sismondi in Geneva Close to 900 students discovered the technical and technological fields Initiated by the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW), a TecDay was held at the Sismondi College in Geneva on 17 March 2022. Nearly 70 professionals took part in the event to show some
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Django Girls 2022: Register now for the online programming workshop
Django Girls 2022: Register now for the online programming workshop Django Girls, the programming workshop run by CERN engineers for girls and women aged 15 and over, will take place online on 28 and 30 April 2022. Sign up now! The International Girls in ICT Day (ICT = information and communication technologies) will be celebrated
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7th Geneva Engage Awards honour Indico event platform
7th Geneva Engage Awards honour Indico event platform Launched at CERN in 2002 as a European project, Indico is an open-source tool for event organisation, archiving and collaboration. On 1 February, in recognition of the Indico tool, CERN was presented with the “special award for effective and innovative online meetings” at the 7th Geneva Engage
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science is on 11 February: local activities for all ages
International Day of Women and Girls in Science is on 11 February: local activities for all ages To celebrate women in science, CERN is hosting a public screening of the documentary Picture a Scientist and inviting female ambassadors from local scientific institutions to visit schools and talk to the children about their work The International
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Innovation in managing excavated materials: an FCC contribution to the circular economy
Innovation in managing excavated materials: an FCC contribution to the circular economy First phase of CERN’s “Mining the Future” competition successfully completed A key recommendation of last year’s update to the European Strategy for Particle Physics is that Europe, in collaboration with the worldwide community, should undertake a feasibility study for a next-generation hadron collider.
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CERN receives a local “soft mobility” prize
CERN receives a local “soft mobility” prize The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, through the Ain Energy and Climate Agency, has awarded its ecomobility prize to CERN as a “soft-mobility accelerator”. The French local authorities have recognised CERN’s ecomobility actions by awarding it the “establishments committed to soft mobility” prize, following the regional “Mobility Challenge” that was taken
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A training session at the frontiers of matter
A training session at the frontiers of matter 17 teachers take part in a training session organised by La Main à la Pâte and CERN On 2 and 3 December, 17 secondary school teachers from the Académie de Grenoble (FR) participated in a training course on matter, conducted in collaboration between CERN and Foundation La
