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Collaboration agreement between CERN and the École des Mines
Signature of the collaboration agreement by Patricia Renaud (Director of ARMINES), José Miguel Jimenez (Head of the CERN Technology department) and Vincent Laflèche (Director of MINES ParisTech).CERN’s...
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The 4th ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb Career Networking Event
Rachel BrayFabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General, addressing the participants to the 4th ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb Career Networking Event (Image: Sophia Bennet/CERN)“A professional experience at...
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PACMAN and CERN meet the HES-SO
Tommaso PortaluriThe participants to the PACMAN outreach event and the students from the HES-SO, Haute École Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN).PACMAN (Particle...
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New arrivals - December 2016
HR DepartmentOn Monday 5 December 2016, recently-recruited staff members and fellows participated in a session in the framework of the Induction Programme. (Image: Sophia Bennett/CERN)
View ArticleComputer Security: a few Christmas goodies for your security
Stefan Lueders and Computer Security TeamSecuring your laptop, PC and data is difficult? Not necessarily! You might have not noticed, but the IT department put under the Christmas tree a wide range of...
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Crystal Clear celebrates 25 years
Rita FerreiraScintillating crystals are used both in High Energy Physics and in medical applications. (Image: CERN)On 24 November 2016, 70 participants attended the celebration of the 25th anniversary...
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Rolf Heuer awarded prestigious French honour
Surrounding Rolf Heuer, who has received the Légion d'Honneur, from left to right: former CERN Director-General Herwig Schopper, Director-General Fabiola Gianotti, French and Swiss ambassadors...
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We want your old tapes!
Jean-Yves Le MeurArchive footage from the swiss television dated back from October 1953. You can find this video on CDS (Video: Cinémathèque Suisse)CERN’s audiovisual archives, which consist of...
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CERN IT department wins EMEA award
CERN’s IT department has been selected as a winner in the ‘Open Data Center Project’ category at the EMEA awards. These awards recognise outstanding individuals, teams, and projects in a number of...
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LHC Report: far beyond expectations
John Jowett and Mike LamontThe integrated luminosity of the LHC with proton-proton collisions in 2016 compared to previous years. The integrated luminosity achieved in 2016 far surpassed expectations....
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Reinforcing cooperation between the emergency services
Representatives (*) of Switzerland, France and CERN signed the tripartite agreement concerning mutual assistance between their respective emergency services. (Image: Sophia Bennett/CERN)On 8 December,...
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CERN’s Procurement and Industrial Services Group Honoured
Cristina LaraAnders Unnervik, chef des achats et services industriels du CERN, (au centre) reçoit le prix EIPM - Peter Kraljic de l’excellence « Innovation et processus ». (Photo : CERN)The CERN...
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ALPHA team celebrate antimatter light spectrum result
Harriet JarlettIn a paper published yesterday, 19 December 2016, in the journal Nature, the ALPHA collaboration reported the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter atom. This...
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Twenty-five years of service at CERN
HR DepartmentThe 18 staff members having reached 25 years of service at CERN in 2016 were invited by the Director-General to a reception in their honour on 8 November 2016. We thank them for their...
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The accelerator under the Louvre
Helen Dixon-AltaberOnly a fraction of the 30,000 accelerators around the world are used for scientific research. Accelerators have diverse uses in varying fields and perhaps one of the most unexpected...
View ArticleComputer Security: about security incidents & issues
Stefan Lueders and Computer Security Team“Stefan, stop being paranoid. There is nothing severe happening with regards to CERN and cyber-security. Let us do our job and stop putting hurdles in the...
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New internal purchase requests and activity codes
The online course Procurement of supplies at CERN up to 200 000 CHF. (Image : CERN)The AIS, Procurement and Accounting teams are launching a new version of the internal purchase request (DAI) form. The...
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CERN donates computing equipment to Ecuador
Mélissa GaillardCERN’s Director for Research and Computing, Eckhard Elsen (right), met Ecuadorian representatives in an official ceremony in building 133, where the computer hardware was prepared for...
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Non-stop activity at the CERN Neutrino Platform
In the recently built extension of the North Experimental Area (EHN1) two big 8x8x8-metre cubes intended to host the single- and double-phase ProtoDUNE modules are being constructed (Image: Max...
View ArticleBig bangs: STOMP at CERN
Kate KahleSee, and hear, the results of percussion group STOMP’s visit to CERN (Video: Jacques Fichet/CERN)On Friday 6 January, the percussion group STOMP took time out from their worldwide tour to...
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