Updates for students and educators
Students and researchers in Serbia to re-use CERN computers
– Servers from CERN's computer centre are sent to Serbia where they will be re-used by students and researchers
QuarkNet physics-education programme gains global reach
– A professional-development programme created in the US to help teachers explain particle physics has caught on across the world
Google Science Fair winner Brittany Wenger visits CERN
– Grand Prize winner Brittany Wenger visited the Antiproton Decelerator and the Computing Centre among other areas
CERN Education Group supports EU science-education projects
– Pathway and Discover the Cosmos promote science teaching by sharing resources and expertise
Lasers take physicists back to school
– The First International School on Laser Applications at Accelerators at GANIL in France brought together laser- and accelerator physicists
Students screen CERN technologies
– Thirty-one students evaluated the market potential of three CERN technologies this week as part of a collaboration with their Norwegian university
A summer of (physics) code
– This summer, seven young coding wizzes contributed to CERN projects through the Google Summer of Code program
Asia-Europe-Pacific School of HEP starts up in Japan
– The first Asia-Europe-Pacific School of High Energy Physics started up today in Fukuoka, Japan
Science by the young, for the young
– On 13 October, 140 pupils from Geneva collèges and lycées in Pays de Gex took part in a cross-border seminar in the Globe of Science and Innovation
Apply now for CLASHEP2013
– The 2013 CERN-Latin-American School of High-Energy Physics (CLASHEP) is now open for applications
An inspiring summer: from the diary of a CERN intern
– Summer intern Siddharth Sehgal spent two weeks working on the Gas Electron Multiplier at the CMS detector
CERN welcomes students for European Researchers Night
– On 28 September over 250 young people aged between 13 and 18 spent a night visiting experiments and detectors at CERN, accompanied by researchers
Glasgow students visit CERN
– Twelve students from the east end of Glasgow visited CERN on a trip organized by the Ogden Trust
High School Teachers programme - in their own words
– The came for motivation, for answers, and 'because it's CERN' – participants in the July 2012 programme share their experiences
Summer Student takes ISOLDE by surprise
– A model developed by a Belgian student has helped ISOLDE to perform sensitive measurements of franconium, one of the world's rarest elements
CAS Accelerator Physics (Ion Sources) in Slovakia
– The CERN Accelerator School (CAS) and the Slovak University of Technology jointly organized a course on ion sources in Senec, Slovakia
Bringing physics training to Africa
– The African School of Physics was held in Ghana this summer, where lecturers from CERN shared their expertise with 50 motivated students
Cosmic rays discovered 100 years ago
– Today marks 100 years since Victor Hess made last of series of balloon flights leading to the discovery of cosmic rays
Over one million followers reached in CERN TweetUp
– Five tweeps visited CERN to take part in events held with STS-134 astronauts to commemorate the AMS detector's first year in space
CERN welcomes summer students
– CERN welcomed 279 young scientists from 71 nations this year on its Summer Students Programme
