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LHC passes the 1000th magnet mark

Installation of the cryo-magnets for the LHC passed the symbolic 1000 mark at the beginning of the month. >>

A word from the DG - Major progress for the LHC

The return to work after the summer holiday period has been marked by significant progress in the installation of the LHC machine and its detectors. >>

Le CERN à la Fête de la science - French version only

Du 9 au 15 octobre prochain, la 15e édition de la Fête de la science se déroulera partout en France. >>

This autumn at the Globe

WORKSHOPS Mini-Einsteins: physics for tots Wednesdays 27 September, 18 and 25 October, 15, 22 and 29 November and 6 December at 2. >>

Discovery Mondays: 'The Grid: a universal computer'

How can one store and analyse the 15 million billion pieces of data that the LHC will produce each year with a computer that isn't the size of a sky-scraper? The IT experts have found the answer: the Grid,... >>

Plastic is fantastic!

The CERN TS/MME Group's polymer workshop assists the accelerators and experiments in drawing up specifications, producing prototypes and making limited or special series of polymer parts. >>

John Strong - 1941-2006

Our friend and colleague John Strong was cruelly taken from us by a brain tumour on 31 July, a few days before his 65th birthday. >>

Ed Watson - 1940-2006

Ed Watson passed away suddenly on 1 August in Geneva, he was 66. He leaves his wife and two children. >>

New arrivals

On Thursday 14 September 2006, members of CERN Management welcomed recently-recruited staff members and fellows at the quarterly session of the Induction Programme (photographed here with Enrico CHIAVERI, HR Department). >>

Official News

Annual General Meeting of the Pension Fund  

Training and Development

2006 - 2007 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME  
Academic Training: Practical Statistics for Particle Physicists  
Language courses  
Technical Training: Places available and full programme  
CERN Technical Training 2006: Software and System Technologies Curriculum - Scheduled Course Sessions (October-December 2006)  
CERN Technical Training 2006 - WBTechT offers online training  

General Information

Banner Pages on the New Printing Infrastructure  
Book fair  

Staff Association

Café des Sciences - French version only  
Evening Conference - French version only  
Elections to Staff Council  
Other activities - French version only  
Club news, Cultural activities  
Safety in the headlines again