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Events at the Globe of Science and Innovation   >>

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

REMINDER: Extension/suppression of allowance for dependent children aged 18 and above  
Revised regulation on the Hiring of Domestic Staff in Switzerland  
Annual General Meeting of the Pension Fund  

Training and Development

Academic Training: Practical Statistics for Particle Physicists  
Academic Training: Gravitational Waves Astronomy  
CERN Technical Training 2006: Software and System Technologies Curriculum - Scheduled  
Communication & Management  
2006 - 2007 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME  
Technical Training: Places available and full programme  
CERN Technical Training 2006 - WBTechT offers online training  

General Information

FLU VACCINATION  
Upgrade of the CERN telephone exchange  
Helpdesk troubleshooting requests  
Geneva motorway bypass closed for two nights  
Flavour in the era of the LHC  
Work at the Saint-Genis roundabout  
Banner Pages on the New Printing Infrastructure