Innovation for Change project starts at CERN
Students and researchers get to work at CERN's IdeaSquare facility as the "Innovation for Change" project begins (Image: Joona Kurikka/CERN)The Innovation for Change project started on 1 February at...
View ArticleDebugging the gender gap
Mélissa GaillardParticipants, mentors and volunteers of the first Django Girls workshop organised in Geneva. (Image : Laure Julliard)A Django girls workshop organised by the R0SEH1PSters community from...
View ArticleATLAS announces Thesis Award winners
Katarina AnthonyThe winners of the 2015 ATLAS Thesis Awards: Nils Ruthmann, Ruth Pöttgen, Steven Schramm and Javier Montejo Berlingen. (Image: Silvia Biondi)The 2015 ATLAS Thesis Awards winners -...
View ArticleUK launches Institute for Research in Schools
James GilliesDr Becky Parker speaking at the launch of the UK’s new Institute for Research in Schools. (Image: Matt McCardle)Every year, Becky Parker, Director of the Institute for Research in Schools...
View ArticleRegister now for the Asia-Europe-Pacific School of HEP
Kate RossThe third Asia-Europe-Pacific School of High-Energy Physics, AEPSHEP2016, to be held near Beijing, China, 12-25 October 2016, is open for applications. AEPSHEP is held every second year,...
View ArticleApplications for S’Cool LAB now open
Alex BrownStudents working in CERN's S'Cool LAB (Image: Jeff Wiener/ CERN)Applications are now open for high school physics teachers interested in having their students take part in S'Cool LAB days at...
View ArticleGeneva Summer Schools
The Geneva Summer Schools TeamApplications are now open for registration for all the 2016 Geneva Summer Schools!Academic lectures will be combined with visits, round tables and debates in connection...
View ArticleInventive ideas bring schools step closer to beamline
Markus JoosStudents from the Beamline for Schools competition in 2015 look at data from their experiments (Image: Markus Joos/CERN)Recently 151 teams submitted fantastic proposals for the 2016 Beamline...
View ArticleWinners of 2016 Beamline for Schools competition announced
The students undergoing training on the beam line as part of the 2015 competition, the 2016 competition winners will undergo similar training before they start their experiments (Image: Guillaume...
View ArticleApplications for S’Cool LAB days in 2017 now open
Students at the S’Cool Lab viewing cloud chambers (Image: Jeff Wiener/CERN)High school teachers are invited apply online now to visit S’Cool LAB between February and June 2017 for a full-day programme...
View ArticleBringing CMS to South Korea
Achintya RaoProf. Un-Ki Yang, CMS senior scientist from South Korea, welcomed students to the CMS virtual visit (Image: Choi Youngjae/CERN)Recently, a group of university students from South Korea got...
View ArticleInnovation for Change rewards student water leak solution
AquaSmart, a smart grid system to help identify and solve water leakages, was announced as the winner of the Innovation for Change project (Image: Innovation for Change)OK. ,,k o , Yesterday AquaSmart,...
View ArticleWinning Intel ISEF students come to CERN
Andrew PurcellFrom 11 to 17 June, CERN hosted the 10 young students who won the CERN Special Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2016. These winners were selected from...
View ArticleTake part in the 2017 Beamline for Schools competition!
Markus JoosThe winners of the 2015 Beamline for schools competition participating on a safety training course before performing their experiment at CERN in 2015.CERN is pleased to announce the fourth...
View Article10,000th teacher visits CERN
Kathryn ColdhamHST 2016 teachers with CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti in the CERN Council Chamber. (Image: CERN/Maximilien Brice)This summer, CERN welcomed the 10,000th teacher to participate in...
View ArticleCERN openlab student programme closes with lightning talks
Andrew PurcellThe CERN openlab summer students celebrate their successful lightning talk sessions (Image: Andrew Purcell/ CERN)Earlier this week, this year’s CERN openlab summer students presented...
View ArticleCERN hosts training on gender inclusive teaching
Kristin KaltenhauserAdvisor for Medical Applications, Manjit Dosanjh with Pakistani teacher Hadi Hassan (Image: CERN) For the second time, CERN’s Diversity Office facilitated a working group on gender...
View ArticleHiggs Prize winners visit CERN
Kathryn ColdhamStudent winners of the 2016 Higgs Prize, Hannah Takahashi and Calum Sharp, underground at CMS standing in front of a photo of the LHC tunnel. (Image: Mick Storr/CERN)This summer, the...
View ArticleCode challenge winners come to CERN
Andrew PurcellCompetition winners Daniel Vea (second from left) and Pablo Gonzalez De Aledo Marugan (second from right), with their partners and Russel Beutler of Intel (far left). (Image: Andrew...
View ArticleBeamline for Schools 2016: how to be a CERN scientist
Stefania PandolfiStudents from the Beamline for Schools competition in 2016 working at their experiment (Image: Noemí Carabán Gonzalez/CERN)Two teams of high-school students from the UK and Poland had...
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