Tag: Education

  • Happy 25th birthday, IPPOG!

    Happy 25th birthday, IPPOG!

    Created in 1997, the International Particle Physics Outreach Group today plays a key role in disseminating the goals and accomplishments of particle physics research to the public worldwide

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  • CERN openlab trains next generation of computing experts

    For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CERN openlab summer students returned to CERN to work hands-on with cutting-edge computing technologies

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  • Microcosm closes its doors

    On 18 September, Microcosm will permanently close its doors. For 32 years, CERN’s first permanent on-site exhibition has been a window onto our Laboratory, close to its heart, reflecting our community’s desire to share the CERN story and to inspire future generations of scientists. Microcosm exhibitions have progressed over the years through a series of

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  • Microcosm, 30 years telling CERN’s story

    Microcosm, 30 years telling CERN’s story

    Microcosm, one of CERN’s exhibition spaces, will close permanently on 18 September, after more than 30 years of existence

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  • Home.cern, CERN Courier: New online resources on the Higgs boson

    Home.cern, CERN Courier: New online resources on the Higgs boson

    What’s so special about the Higgs boson? Why should I care? What’s next? If these questions torment you, head straight to home.cern.

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  • Five CERN apprentices received their diplomas in 2021

    Five CERN apprentices received their diplomas in 2021

    Four technical apprentices and one library apprentice received their diplomas in 2021

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  • The Schools Challenge: time to open the boxes!

    The Schools Challenge: time to open the boxes!

    On Friday, 13 May, local primary schoolchildren attended an event in the Globe of Science and Innovation to reveal the contents of boxes they had carefully prepared as a challenge for CERN’s scientists

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  • Primary schools’ challenge: Archana Sharma and Pieter Mattelaer round off the investigations

    Primary schools’ challenge: Archana Sharma and Pieter Mattelaer round off the investigations

    At a considerable advantage thanks to the previous teams’ findings, will Archana and Pieter finally work out what’s in the boxes?

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  • Two mystery boxes in the hands of a new pair of CERN scientists

    Two mystery boxes in the hands of a new pair of CERN scientists

    Will physicist Dorota Grabowska and engineer Alberto Di Meglio be able to use a combination of theory and fact to work out, without opening them, what’s inside the two boxes designed by local schoolchildren?

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  • A successful sixth Women and Girls in Science and Technology event

    A successful sixth Women and Girls in Science and Technology event

    To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, female ambassadors from local scientific institutions visited schools to promote science and technology among children

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