Announcements
Successful end to Bike Safety campaign
– Some 200 people were fitted with a safety helmet and a reflective vest as part of the 2013 Bike safety campaign led by the HSE Unit
Electrical insulation defect on safety helmets
– Some “Euro Protection” safety helmets do not respect any requirement in terms of electrical insulation
On your bike! Registration for Bike To Work ends 31 May
– The deadline for registering a team for this year's Bike To Work event is fast approaching
Concert: Baritone and piano
– With classical songs (R. Schumann, M. Ravel) and airs from opera (W.A. Mozart, G. Verdi, P. I. Tchaïkovski, A. Borodine)
Safety training: Places available in May 2013
– There are places available in the forthcoming safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue
Staff association information meetings in May
– A number of general staff association meetings will be held in May
7 May: IgNobel show at University of Geneva
– Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research will be presenting the IgNobel show at the University of Geneva tomorrow
Restaurant opening hours over official CERN holidays
– Please note that the CERN restaurants will have the following opening hours during the upcoming holidays
Safety Alert: Defect on ABSORBICA lanyards
– inspection of ABSORBICA lanyards L57, L70150 I, L70150 Y, L70150 IM, L70150 YM required
Users' website to be archived 7 May
– The default homepage we see within CERN will be archived on 7 May - visitors to cern.ch coming from CERN IP ranges will be sent to the new website
Set your calendar to show CERN official holidays
– Add yourself to the 'holidays-to-calendar' e-group and automatically see CERN official holidays in your CERN calendar
One week left to register for CERN School of Computing 2013
– The school will take place in Nicosia 19-30 August. Registration closes on May 1st. Apply now!
CERN Jobs launches new website
– The CERN recruitment team has launched a new website cern.ch/jobs
Survey on a new Health Insurance project for Users,COAS,VISC
– ACCU and Users' Office survey addressed to all Users and other Associated Members of the Personnel
Safety alert: Newton harnesses need inspection of stitching
– A defect has been detected on NEWTON harnesses produced by PETZL, so the HSE requires that all of these items be properly inspected
Oracle support provides a range of new tutorials
– The IT DB is pleased to announce a new series of Oracle tutorials
Have you seen an A3 white artist's portfolio?
– Please get in touch if you know the whereabouts of a lost A3 artist's portfolio containing original artwork
Try a slice of Raspberry Pi at Fêtons LINUX
– A team from CERN will be showcasing the diminutive Raspberry Pi computer at the Fêtons LINUX event in Geneva on 27 April
Entrances to the Prévessin site for cyclists and pedestrians
– Two entrances to the Prévessin site for the exclusive use of pedestrians and cyclists
Composer A. Noordegraaf and writer A. Hornsby in the Library
– Discover how one of Europe’s most exciting young composers, Arnoud Noordegraaf, works with writer Adrian Hornsby to create contemporary operas
Registration now open for CERN School of Computing 2013
– The school will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus from 19 to 30 August. Registration closes on 1 May 2013
19 March: Give blood
– Give blood between 9am and 5pm 19 March at restaurant 2
Conference on Charged Lepton Flavor Violation
– The 1st International Conference on Charged Lepton Flavor Violation (CLFV) will be held in Lecce, Italy from 6-8 May 2013 http://clfv2013.le.infn.it
FameLab 2013 Geneva - Registration closing soon
– Don't miss the opportunity to sign up for FameLab, which will be held on 16 March 2013 in the Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN
3rd EIROforum School on Instrumentation
– The third school (ESI 2013) is held at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, 27 - 31 May 2013.
EuCARD'13: From EuCARD to EuCARD-2
– Concluding & Kick-Off Meetings combined with a Workshop on “Visions for the Future of Particle Accelerators” 10th - 14th June 2013
New 'Drupal site editing' course
– New Drupal course “Drupal Site Editing” (2 days, 400 CHF); suitable for anyone wanting to modify or add content on a CERN Drupal website
AIDA - Second annual meeting
– The second annual meeting of the AIDA project will be held at INFN - LNF in Frascati, Italy
AIDA - Academia meets Industry
– AIDA, an FP7 project addressing infrastuctures for detector R&D, is organizing an industry-academia matching event
Select live sessions of Disrupt! and Dream! from TED 2013
– TED 2013 taking place in California will be screened at CERN’s main auditorium on Wednesday, 27 February, at 5.30pm and 8pm
