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Good news for young families

CERN and the commune of Meyrin have just signed an agreement under which the equivalent of 20 full-time places will be reserved for the children of CERN personnel in a new crèche being built in Meyrin. >>

Building a crystal palace

The end-caps of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) take shape as the first quadrant was completed on Wednesday 3 October. >>

A report on CERN’s radiological impact

The Swiss and French authorities have just published a report showing that CERN’s radiological impact is negligible. >>

Discovery Mondays "State-of-the-art technologies for precision"

Ceramic plate drilled with high precision in CERN’s workshop. The diameter of each hole is only 0.02 millimetres, comparable to the diameter of a hair. >>

Globe: Lecture series

The LHC: an accelerator of science This series of lectures is all about understanding the scientific and technological challenges of the phenomenal LHC project and assessing its innovations through their everyday applications. >>

Awards for Lyn Evans and Philippe Lebrun

Lyn Evans has received the American Physical Society’s Robert R. Wilson Prize, while Philippe Lebrun has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Wrocław University of Technology in Poland. >>

Daniel Fromm 1949-2007

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death in an accident of our friend and former colleague, Daniel Fromm, at the age of 58. >>

Staff members with 25 years’ service at CERN in 2007

The 24 staff members who have spent 25 years within CERN in 2007 were invited by the Director-General to a reception in their honour on 11 October. >>

Official News

PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING VISAS FOR SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE  
Speed checks on the CERN site  
Governing Board of the Pension Fund  
SOME ASPECTS OF THE FUND’S ACTIVITIES IN 2006  

Training and Development

CERN Technical Training: available Places in forthcoming Courses  
CERN Management & Communication Training programme  
2007 2008 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME  
CERN Technical Training 2007: IT3T - IT Technical Training Tutorials (Autumn 2007)   
CERN Vista pilot available! Subscribe to the Vista seminar!  

General Information

Access to CERN from the Internet: termination of the VPN service  
Communication from Goods Reception services  
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN 
FERNEY-VOLTAIRE VACANCIES FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT  
Note from the CERN Medical Service - FLU VACCINATION