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CERN openlab is organising an open day on 21 September 2017 — everyone is welcome!
The 2017 edition of the annual CERN Road Race will be held on Wednesday 27 September at 18:15
ISOTDAQ 2018 is an International School dedicated to introducing students as well as postdoc to the "arts and crafts" of triggering and acquiring data
Join us at the Globe on Friday 29 September for a series of events to celebrate Researchers’ Night
Adobe software to be removed in September: recommended PDF tools to be used instead
The screening of the award-winning documentary will take place on 11/09/17 at 12:00 in the Council Chamber and will be followed by a light lunch
From Friday, 1 September the evening opening times of Gate E will be extended by one hour for those leaving the site
On Tuesday 12 September and as part of the EUCAS 2017 conference will be held at the Globe a rather unusual mainstream conference
In May, a gas leak was reported in a CERN installation - The causes of the accident have been identified
The IT Department is looking for Early Adopters to test Skype for Business – the first 30 people will get a headset
Registration is now open for the CERN Accelerator School to be held in Zurich, Switzerland from 21 February to 6 March, 2018
The Joint Annual meeting of Swiss and Austrian Physical Society will be hosted for the first time by CERN & the CICG from 21 to 25 August 2017