Tag: CERN community
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Reinforcing our Safety culture with the new Safety at CERN e-learning course
At CERN, Safety is not simply a set of rules and procedures. It is a shared responsibility and a core part of our culture. Every member of the CERN community contributes to creating and maintaining a safe working environment, whether in workshops, offices, technical areas or underground facilities. To support this commitment, the HSE Department’s
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Safety begins with staying informed
As we mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 October, this year’s theme, “Resilience Starts at Home”, reminds us that preparedness begins with simple actions taken before an emergency occurs. One of the easiest ways to strengthen our resilience is to ensure we can receive timely and reliable information when it matters
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The SPS turns 50
Protons, antiprotons, electrons, positrons, oxygen and lead ions… the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) has been juggling particles with ease for the past 50 years. By turns an accelerator, a collider and an injector, this versatile machine has seen generations of scientists pass through its doors, supplied dozens of experiments and given rise to groundbreaking technologies
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Beam tests boost progress on detector technologies for the Future Circular Collider
The proposed Future Circular Collider (FCC) at CERN would put the Universe under a microscope like never before. By colliding electrons and positrons at four points around a 91 km ring, it would enable scientists to pin down the properties of the Higgs boson and other fundamental particles with a precision beyond the reach of
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CERN congratulates Nobel Prize winner Francis Halzen
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which discovered high-energy neutrinos coming from far beyond our Solar System. This work is paving the way for a new generation of observatories to exploit neutrinos as a unique messenger of extreme environments in the
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Operational Circular No. 12 and Administrative Circular No. 34
Operational Circular No. 12 and Administrative Circular No. 34 Written by: HR Department – The new Operational Circular No. 12, entitled “Principles and procedures governing internal investigations” and the new Administrative Circular No. 34, entitled “Rules of procedure for the Joint Advisory Appeals Board (JAAB) and the Joint Advisory Disciplinary Board (JADB)” have been approved by
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Want to develop your skills?
At CERN, the Learning and Development service provides members of the community with numerous opportunities to develop their skills, broaden their horizons and put new approaches into practice across a broad range of courses and workshops. The course “From needs to solutions: insights” is a good example of this. It allows participants to better understand
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CERN entrepreneurship highlighted in global innovation report
The Global Innovation Index (GII) looks at innovation across 139 economies using 79 indicators and asks how economies can turn scientific breakthroughs into scalable ventures. CERN contributed to the latest edition of the report, launched on 29 September and entitled Powering entrepreneurs at the frontier of science, with a paper on CERN Venture Connect (CVC),
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Do you know what to do when the alarm sounds? Building 60 evacuation drill puts preparedness to the test
At 9.00 a.m., a small planning team comprising colleagues from the CERN Fire and Rescue Service, the HSE Fire Safety Engineering team, Departmental Safety Officers (DSOs), Territorial Safety Officers (TSOs) and observers met for a final round of checks. Alarm timings were confirmed with the Engineering Department’s Access and Alarms team, assembly point signage reviewed
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Two new members elected to the Senior Staff Consultative Committee (“The Nine”) in 2026
Jean-Paul Burnet (Beams Department) and Benjamin Couturier (Experimental Physics Department) are the two new elected members of the Senior Staff Consultative Committee, also known as The Nine. The electronic voting process closed at midnight on Sunday, 23 August 2026. Their terms of office will run from September 2026 to August 2029, replacing the outgoing members