Tag: Mélissa Samson
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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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A successful sixth Women and Girls in Science and Technology event
A successful sixth Women and Girls in Science and Technology event To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, female ambassadors from local scientific institutions visited schools to promote science and technology among children. From 7 to 11 February 2022, around sixty volunteers, all female scientists and engineers from CERN, Scienscope (UNIGE),
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Registration open for the 2022 Women and Girls in Science and Technology event
Registration open for the 2022 Women and Girls in Science and Technology event During the week of 7 to 11 February 2022, female scientists and engineers will be visiting local schools to get young people excited about science. Register your class now! 11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To
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Two CERN physicists take up the mystery boxes challenge set by local primary schools
Two CERN physicists take up the mystery boxes challenge set by local primary schools Will CERN physicists Mar Capeans and Tapan Nayak use their knowledge of the fundamental properties of matter wisely to detect what’s inside the boxes? For the last 10 years, as part of the Be a Scientist project, local schools have been
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Seven local students shared their scientific projects against the clock
Seven local students shared their scientific projects against the clock On Friday, 15 October 2021, seven students from Geneva and the Pays de Gex presented their high-school graduation projects as part of the cross-border scientific colloquium Partage ta science at CERN’s Globe of Science and Innovation. Formerly known as “Mon TPE/TM en 15 minutes”, the
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CERN celebrates the 2021 “Fête de la science” in Ferney-Voltaire and Annecy-le-Vieux
CERN celebrates the 2021 “Fête de la science” in Ferney-Voltaire and Annecy-le-Vieux Over the weekend of 9 and 10 October, CERN scientists engaged with the public in Ferney-Voltaire and Annecy-le-Vieux, sharing their knowledge and imparting their passion for science on the theme “Eurêka ! émotion de la découverte”. About 1000 visitors took part in the
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Another team of two CERN scientists try to unlock the secret of the boxes provided by the primary schools
Another team of two CERN scientists try to unlock the secret of the boxes provided by the primary schools Will Katy Foraz and Andre Henriques, engineers at CERN, be ingenious enough to study the boxes from all angles and figure out what’s inside? After reading the notes left by Pippa Wells and Sabrina Schadegg, the
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Fête de la Science 2021 in Ferney-Voltaire: discover CERN’s activities
Fête de la Science 2021 in Ferney-Voltaire: discover CERN’s activities As part of the fifth edition of the Village des Sciences in Ferney-Voltaire, CERN will be present on Saturday, 9 October and will organise a pre-event on Wednesday, 6 October. In the splendid gardens of the Château de Voltaire, the Ferney-Voltaire authorities, in partnership with
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10th edition of CineGlobe continues online
10th edition of CineGlobe continues online From 25 to 29 August 2021, CERN hosted the 10th edition of the CineGlobe International Film Festival Inspired by Science, on the theme (Dis)Orders of Magnitude… But it’s not over just yet! Despite the exceptional circumstances, three reschedulings and only 20% of the usual venue capacity, more than 1300
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CERN scientists Pippa Wells and Sabrina Schadegg give the primary schools challenge a go
CERN scientists Pippa Wells and Sabrina Schadegg give the primary schools challenge a go Used to making precise measurements, will Pippa and Sabrina be able to figure out what’s inside the mysterious boxes? Since 2011, schools from Geneva, the Pays de Gex and Haute-Savoie have been receiving strange mystery boxes from CERN. The pupils, aged
