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Professor Sijbrand de Jong talks about the Gender in Physics day held at the Globe on 27 February
Lunchtime has never been more exciting: make new friends and spark new projects
International Particle Physics Outreach Group given new status to encourage members and global outreach effort
Meet people from all over the world to learn more about International Geneva
Summary Session of the LHC Performance Workshop 2017, by Frédérick Bordry, CERN’s Director for Accelerators and Technology
Now in its 10th year, CERN’s “Inverted School of Computing – iCSC 2017” will take place at CERN from 6 to 8 March 2017 in the IT Auditorium
The Mobino online payment app, which was introduced last October in the Novae Restaurants on the Meyrin site, has been suspended to allow improvements
We deeply regret to announce the death of Bernd Dehning on 14 January 2017
The AXEL-2017 course series will be composed of 10 one-hour lectures (Monday 13.03.2017 – Fri 17.03.2017, from 09:00 to 10:15 and from 10:45 to 12:00)
CERN's director for research and computing gives an overview about the CERN Neutrino platform activities
Memorandum concerning the 2016 internal taxation certificate and 2016 income tax declaration forms issued by the Swiss cantonal tax administrations
International Women in Science Day: CERN sends researchers to local schools and invites organisations to learn what inspires young women into science