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Modernisation works planned at Geneva Cornavin station, with major impacts on rail and road traffic from Thursday 21 to Monday 25 November
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Check out this curated list of upcoming events for the CERN community
CERN community: you can now order an exclusive T-shirt to be delivered via internal mail or buy limited edition CERN70 items from the CERN shop
Equipping all supervisors to strengthen CERN’s Safety culture
Join us as we explore CERN's current environmental initiatives, its progress towards achieving them and its future goals looking towards 2030
As part of the Feasibility Study for the Future Circular Collider (FCC) project, geological field studies are now under way to determine the nature of the subsoil and to better understand the stability of the soil
Participate in CERN’s stroke awareness campaign on 17 October
