Tag: Mélissa Samson
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Expanding Your Horizons: a new generation inspired by women in science!
Expanding Your Horizons: a new generation inspired by women in science! Female ambassadors from CERN shared their passion for science and technology at the University of Geneva’s Expanding Your Horizons event. On Saturday, 12 November 2022, some twenty female volunteers from CERN took part in the seventh edition of the science event organised by the
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CERN takes part in the 2022 edition of Futur en tous genres
CERN takes part in the 2022 edition of Futur en tous genres A day designed to break down gender stereotypes and broaden professional horizons! On Thursday, 10 November 2022, as part of the Futur en tous genres event, CERN welcomed 24 children from Swiss schools for a day of discovery. Futur en tous genres is
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Registration is open for the Women and Girls in Science and Technology week!
Registration is open for the Women and Girls in Science and Technology week! From 30 January to 3 February 2023, female scientists and engineers will be visiting local schools to get young people excited about science. Register your class now! 11 February is the annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In 2023,
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Six local school pupils light up the Globe with their scientific projects
Six local school pupils light up the Globe with their scientific projects CERN hosted Partage ta science, the cross-border scientific symposium, in the Globe of Science and Innovation on Friday, 14 October 2022. For the eleventh time in a row, Partage ta science, an event organised by and for young people, took place at CERN.
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Registration for “Expanding Your Horizons” is now open!
Registration for “Expanding Your Horizons” is now open! On Saturday, 12 November 2022, “Expanding Your Horizons” will be back with a day full of fun and hands-on activities aimed at motivating girls to engage with science and maths. The non-profit organisation, “Expanding Your Horizons – Geneva” (EYH), will host the seventh edition of its biennial
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Come and meet CERN scientists at Science Night
Come and meet CERN scientists at Science Night The 13th Science Night, taking place this summer, will feature a CERN activity stand On 9 and 10 July 2022, in the magnificent setting of the Perle du Lac park in Geneva, the Science History Museum will be holding its 13th Science Night, on the theme “Et
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The Schools Challenge: time to open the boxes!
The Schools Challenge: time to open the boxes! On Friday, 13 May, local primary schoolchildren attended an event in the Globe of Science and Innovation to reveal the contents of boxes they had carefully prepared as a challenge for CERN’s scientists. Since 2011, the Be a Scientist project has been introducing pupils from schools in
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Success for the 2022 Django Girls Geneva virtual event
Success for the 2022 Django Girls Geneva virtual event On Saturday, 30 April 2022, 48 “Django Girls” took their first steps in computer programming, coached by CERN experts. Django Girls is a non-profit organisation that provides free tools and resources to help volunteers to organise programming workshops all over the world. The aim is to
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CERN scientists Archana Sharma and Pieter Mattelaer round off the investigations in response to the primary schools’ challenge
CERN scientists Archana Sharma and Pieter Mattelaer round off the investigations in response to the primary schools’ challenge At a considerable advantage thanks to the previous teams’ findings, will Archana and Pieter finally work out what’s in the boxes?Archana and Pieter analyse X-rays of the boxes to try to work out what’s inside (credit: CERN)Following
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Another pair of CERN scientists tries to identify the contents of two mystery boxes designed by local schoolchildren
Another pair of CERN scientists tries to identify the contents of two mystery boxes designed by local schoolchildren Will physicist Dorota Grabowska and engineer Alberto Di Meglio be able to use a combination of theory and fact to work out what’s inside the two boxes without opening them? Since 2011, the Be a Scientist project
