Category: At CERN

  • Strengthening our diverse workforce while upholding excellence

    Strengthening our diverse workforce while upholding excellence

    Diversity and excellence go hand in hand. How does CERN’s new hiring strategy build on efforts to improve gender and nationality diversity?

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  • Celebrating LGBTQ+ STEM day at CERN

    Celebrating LGBTQ+ STEM day at CERN

    On 18 November, CERN joined scientific organisations around the world to celebrate LGBTQ+ STEM Day. The day at CERN was marked by the Progress Pride Flag flying on the Esplanade des Particules for the second year running. Additionally, the CERN LGBTQ+ informal network organised a dedicated colloquium on 19 November. LGBTQ+ STEM Day was established

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  • CERN launches Resonance, a new arts collaboration with the Republic and Canton of Geneva and the City of Geneva

    CERN launches Resonance, a new arts collaboration with the Republic and Canton of Geneva and the City of Geneva

    The first Resonance call for applications aims to attract artists who are based in Geneva and working at the intersection between art and science

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  • 2024 gift guide for the CERN community

    2024 gift guide for the CERN community

    Looking for gift ideas? Look no further. Here are 15 locations at CERN where the CERN community can find the perfect present

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  • CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) – Opening hours of UNIQA offices during end-of-year closure

    CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) – Opening hours of UNIQA offices during end-of-year closure Written by: HR department — Please note that the office of UNIQA, the third-party administrator for the CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS), in CERN’s main building will be closed during the two-week end-of-year closure. During that period, UNIQA offices in Geneva

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  • CERN IdeaSquare turns ten

    CERN IdeaSquare turns ten

    On 8 November, the IdeaSquare community gathered to celebrate ten years of the Innovation Space at CERN

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  • Celebrating 25 years of service to CERN in 2024

    Staff members who marked 25 years of service to CERN in 2024 were invited by the Director-General to the traditional ceremony held in their honour on 4 November 2024. The photos from the ceremony and the list of the 63 staff members concerned can be viewed in this album (restricted access). We thank them all

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  • CERN Council selects Mark Thomson as next Director-General, starting in 2026

    CERN Council selects Mark Thomson as next Director-General, starting in 2026

    Professor Thomson’s five-year mandate will begin on 1 January 2026

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  • “Twilight burglary” prevention campaign

    “Twilight burglary” prevention campaign — The Swiss authorities warn of high risks of burglary at this time of year. Risks can be considerably reduced by taking simple preventive measures: More information on the Swiss Crime Prevention website at: https://www.skppsc.ch/fr/sujets/cambriolage/ In the event of an incident, please refer to the information on the following websites: Host

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  • Estonian flag raised at CERN

    Estonian flag raised at CERN

    CERN raised today the Estonian flag to welcome its 24th Member State

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