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Looking back 70 years: what did Council write to the CERN community for “CERN’s first Christmas”?
Send colleagues, family and friends season’s greetings using the CERN e-card service
The CAGI cultural kiosk in CERN’s Main Building is now an official point of sale for TPG
Check out this curated list of upcoming events for the CERN community
Submit your answers by 6 January and you could win an LHC Lego set, two Balexert cinema tickets or limited edition CERN70 merchandise
(In accordance with Articles R II 4.38 and R II 4.39 of the Staff Regulations)
Diversity and excellence go hand in hand. How does CERN’s new hiring strategy build on efforts to improve gender and nationality diversity?
The first Resonance call for applications aims to attract artists who are based in Geneva and working at the intersection between art and science
