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Bike2Work teams are all invited to participate in a bicycle parade, a sort of "CERN critical mass", today at lunchtime
The vacancy notices for posts opened with a view to the award of indefinite contracts will be published on 3rd August 2015
Route Schrödinger will be closed from its junction with route Einstein to building 274 from Tuesday 19 May to Friday 5 June
CERN mobile telephone numbers will change from the +41 (0)76 487 xxxx format to the +41 (0)75 411 xxxx format
Today in the Main Auditorium, the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization will present the organization's work
Discussion forum: Respect @ CERN - What does this mean in our daily working lives? The discussion will be on 5 May at 2pm in the Council Chamber
On 7 May, the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) will give a seminar presenting WMO’s work to colleagues at CERN
Featuring some 33 talks about latest results and the future of cosmic-ray physics, CERN’s AMS Days will take place from 15-17 April
Give blood Tuesday 31 March between 9am and 4pm in building 504 (Restaurant 2)
Watch the webcast of a discussion today at 12.15pm at the Swiss Press Club, on the ethics, economics and politics of scientific research
Significant snow is forecast overnight
With the holiday season drawing near, several CERN services have made special preparations for the annual closure
