Category: At CERN

  • Excellence in science thrives on global interaction

    A year ago, it seemed that the world closed around us. From one day to the next, travel and movement became restricted. The usual in-person exchanges with colleagues from across the world suddenly became a rare occurrence. Yet, while the pandemic may have changed how we interact, it has also highlighted the inherently global nature

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  • Gerd-Jürgen Beyer (1940 – 2021)

    Gerd-Jürgen Beyer (1940 – 2021)

    Gerd-Jürgen Beyer(1940 – 2021) — Gerd Beyer, who passed away on 20 January at the age of 81, left his mark by developing the biomedical field of research, both at ISOLDE (CERN) forty years ago and at many other laboratories. He will be remembered as a tireless worker in the field of nuclear and applied

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  • CERN’s accelerators at the dawn of a new mandate

    With a challenging Long Shutdown 2 coming to an end, the Accelerators and Technology sector stands ready to build CERN’s future

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  • Jean Willy André Cleymans (1944 – 2021)

    Jean Willy André Cleymans (1944 – 2021)

    Jean Willy André Cleymans(1944 – 2021) — Jean Cleymans, a pioneer in the study of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions and a leader of the South Africa–CERN collaboration, passed away on 22 February 2021 in a tragic accident in his hometown, Turnhout, in Belgium. Jean was not only a most distinguished theorist in the field of high-energy

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  • Mobilising the resources that CERN needs to stay in the vanguard of scientific and technological innovation

    The Finance and Human Resources sector is gearing up to tackle the huge challenges that face CERN in the years ahead, against a unique political, economic and social backdrop

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  • The world needs diverse and inclusive science

    The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an occasion to encourage everybody, and girls in particular, to consider a career in science

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  • Roland Windmolders (1940 – 2020)

    Roland Windmolders (1940 – 2020)

    Roland Windmolders(1940 – 2020) — Roland Windmolders, our dear colleague, died suddenly on 27 November 2020 in Prévessin (FR). Of Belgian nationality, he completed his university education at the University of Louvain (BE), first in civil engineering and then in mathematics and physics. At the age of 27, he defended his PhD in particle physics

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  • Estonia becomes an Associate Member of CERN in the pre-stage to Membership

    Estonia becomes an Associate Member of CERN in the pre-stage to Membership

    CERN welcomes Estonia as an Associate Member State in the pre-stage to Membership

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  • Introducing the new members of CERN’s management

    As the new year begins, I would like to take the opportunity to introduce the newcomers to the Directorate and Enlarged Directorate. The latter brings together the directors, the department heads and the head of the Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Protection unit (HSE). This year, we welcome three new Directors: Raphaël Bello, Mike

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  • Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman (1931 – 2021)

    Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman (1931 – 2021)

    Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman(1931 – 2021) — Martinus (“Tini”) Veltman started his scientific career relatively late: he obtained his PhD from the University of Utrecht in 1963(1) under the supervision of Leon Van Hove, but had already moved to CERN in 1961, where Van Hove had been named Leader of the CERN Theory Division. At

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