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CERN & Society is launching its "giving" website – a portal to allow donors to contribute to various projects
Engineer Laurette Ponce of the CERN Control Centre spoke of her career in science and technology at a recent UN meeting on gender equality
A series of fascinating lectures about the Sun will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from 10 to 14 November
Maurizio Bona comments the celebration of CERN’s 60th anniversary at UN Headquarters in New York on 20 October
Presentations at the UN’s New York headquarters used CERN as an example of the vital importance of science for peace
Cecilia Jarlskog looks at CERN Theory’s roots, and recalls some interactions with the organization
Rolf Heuer took part in the first day of a four-day scientific celebration in which the true value of ICTP came to the fore
CERN is modernising its safety policy and organisational structure in matters of Safety
The hashtag #MyCERN60 gave CERN people and CERN’s followers on social media the chance to wish CERN a happy 60th birthday
Created by filmmaker Liz Mermin, a new YouTube series puts the spotlight on CERN people
Editorial, as guest editor of the Saturday 27 September issue of Switzerland’s French-language newspaper Le Temps
A science-policy contribution to the debate, by physicist and former science minister, José Mariano Gago