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Frédérick Bordry takes up his new position

For Frédérick Bordry, the former head of the Technology (TE) Department, the new year brings a new start as CERN’s Director for Accelerators and Technology. As passionate and enthusiastic as his predecessor Steve Myers, he tells us all about the three key areas of his role. >>

A collaborative adventure

At the start of a new year, I’d like to wish all of you and your families a happy, successful and peaceful 2014. It’s a year that holds particular significance for CERN, as on 29 September it will be 60 years since the Organization was founded. >>

LS1 Report: Setting the bar high

This week LS1 successfully passed an important milestone: the first pressure test of a complete sector, sector 6-7.  The objective of this test was to check the mechanical integrity and overall leak-tightness of this section of the LHC by injecting it with pressurised helium. >>

"At CERN, the infrastructures come second to the people behind them"

The daily responsibilities of Lluis Miralles Verge, Head of the GS Department since August 2013, range from overseeing the CERN "master plan" and the construction of new buildings and infrastructures to managing the Organization's roads and access to its different sites. However, he stresses that none of this is as fundamental to the smooth running of the Laboratory as the people behind the services concerned. >>

A new “sounding board”

After Vincent Vuillemin’s farewell last December (see here), we are happy to introduce Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill, the new CERN Ombuds. Her mission is to help people find their own strategies to overcome issues in the working environment and to support them as needed. >>

Israel, CERN’s new Member State

On Wednesday, 15 January 2014, the official Israeli Flag-raising Ceremony took place to mark the accession of Israel to Membership of CERN, bringing the Organization’s number of Member States to 21.   >>

The lab of fame

For a third time, CERN is organising the Swiss heat of Famelab, the world’s leading science communication competition that has already gathered over 5,000 young and talented scientists and engineers from all across the planet. >>

Safety at your service

You might think that only twelve people to man twelve different services, each needing several people could be a problem. Not for the DGS-SEE-SV Section! We can now reveal their magic formula. >>

Exploring Horizon 2020: opportunities for CERN under the new EU Framework Programme

December marked the end of the EU Framework Programme 7 (FP7), which ran between 2007 and 2013. During these seven years, CERN's involvement was very fruitful. The Organization participated in 87 EU projects - out of which CERN was the coordinating institute for 36 projects - with a corresponding European Commission (EC) funding of more than €110 million. This ranked CERN in the top 50 out of more than 15,000 FP7 participants. >>

When CERN goes out to meet people

Giving lectures about high-energy physics and particle accelerators to the public is an activity that several people from CERN enjoy and pursue all around the globe. Sometimes, this happens on the moose and pony trails, as Pauline Gagnon recounts… >>

CERN, accelerator of motivation

Have your dreams ever come true? My dream did, when I was lucky enough to be allowed into the world’s largest particle physics laboratory and spend five whole days there. >>

The end of encryption

Sigh! Pandora’s box has been opened (once again). Recent documents leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden have revealed that the NSA project “Bullrun” is intruding deeply into the confidentiality of our documents and the privacy of our lives. >>

An encounter with your cigarette butt… at the seaside?

It takes about 12 years for a cigarette butt to decompose in the environment. In less time, it could travel from CERN to the Mediterranean via the Nant d’Avril and the Rhône. So if you throw a cigarette butt or any other small piece of rubbish down the rainwater drain by the entrance to your building, you might just meet up with it again at the seaside during your next holiday. >>

Official News

Extension of the pre-retirement programmes  
Official holidays in 2014 and end-of-year closure 2014/2015  
To all members of personnel in receipt of remuneration from CERN  
Election to the Board of the Mutual Aid Fund  
Annual adjustments to 2014 financial benefits   
Health insurance for "frontaliers"  

Training and Development

English and French courses  
Safety Training: places available in January 2014  
Personal development and communication courses – Places available  

Announcements

2014 European School of High-Energy Physics  
CERN School of Computing: second thematic school next spring  
Safety and communication, a winning combination  
A pilot eduroam service at CERN  
Lights on for daytime driving: mandatory from 1 January 2014  
Snow, ice… and other reasons to be cheerful!  
2014 CERN Accelerator Schools  
E-cigarettes forbidden in offices and closed areas  

Events

Lift conference | 5-7 February  
12th Industrial Exhibition “Germany at CERN“: 28 and 29 January 2014  

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