Tag: In the area
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CERN Director-General to deliver the opening lecture at UNIGE
CERN Director-General to deliver the opening lecture at UNIGE As part of the EUCAS 2017 conference, the University of Geneva is hosting a lecture by Fabiola Gianotti entitled “The Higgs boson and our life”. Tuesday, 19 September 2017 – 6.30 p.m. Admission free Uni Dufour, lecture theatre U600 As part of the EUCAS 2017 conference,
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CERN and Swiss Space Centre Sign Knowledge Transfer Agreement
CERN and Swiss Space Centre Sign Knowledge Transfer Agreement CERN aims for collaboration opportunities between the High Energy Physics and Aerospace Communities CERN signed an agreement with the Swiss Space Center (SSC) on 3rd June 2016, during the CERN/SSC Technology Transfer event, entitled “From High Energy Physics to Aerospace – Collaboration Opportunities”. The Swiss Space
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Arts at CERN collaborates with Mapping Festival
Arts at CERN collaborates with Mapping Festival A talk with the artist duo semiconductor, Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, artist Martin Howse, and Head of Arts at CERN, Mónica Bello is organized on 24 May by the Mapping Festival On the 24th of May at 14:00, at Le Commun – BAC, Mapping Festival presents, “Revealing
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Who runs the (programming) world? Girls!
Who runs the (programming) world? Girls! CERN participated in the annual Girls in ICT Day event held on 27 April at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva. In the past 10 years, the percentage of female personnel at CERN has barely increased: women still only account for about 20% of the total. One of
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CERN besieged at Royaume du Web
CERN besieged at Royaume du Web Since the World Wide Web was invented here, CERN was invited to the Royaume du Web event at Palexpo, a festival that gathered 10 500 YouTube enthusiasts who came to meet some of the most famous French-speaking stars of the internet. Thanks to the invention of the World Wide
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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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Reinforcing cooperation between the emergency services
Reinforcing cooperation between the emergency services A tripartite agreement between CERN, France and Switzerland reinforces cooperation between their respective emergency services On 8 December, CERN and its two Host States signed a tripartite agreement concerning mutual assistance between their respective emergency services for rescue operations on the CERN site. In plain language, this agreement sets
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Geneva Mix & Mash is back!
Geneva Mix & Mash is back! Meet people from all over the world, locals and expats, who call Geneva home Following the success of the first edition of the Geneva Mix & Mash held on 13 September, the second edition will take place at Brasserie des Halles de l’île on Tuesday, 13 December 2016 starting
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Inauguration of the Route de l’Europe cycle path
Inauguration of the Route de l’Europe cycle path The new cycle path between the Meyrin and Prévessin sites was officially opened on Friday, 14 October Cycling between Meyrin and Prévessin just got better. Since the new cycle path on the Route de l’Europe opened a few days ago, cyclists can now get from one site