CERN’s biggest and youngest family

In a sort of happy reply to the CERN Director-General, who cited them as the summer “addition to the big CERN family”, some of the 2013 summer students submitted their enthusiastic messages to the PH Newsletter. There is no way to include all of them in a single article. Instead, a world map will do the job. Click on it and enjoy the messages from the youngest part of the big CERN family.

 

Every summer CERN turns into one of the most international and lively places you could imagine as hundreds of summer students arrive from all over the world. Students from different backgrounds spend a few weeks working with their supervisors on numerous topics of scientific research. Among this year's summer students you will meet an astronomer, a biochemist, a computational biologist and even an Olympic winner! These are young scientists with an incredible amount of talent, intelligence and energy. CERN summer students clearly have an eye for scientific research but also a sharp view that challenges what is often taken for granted. 

Reflecting this unique experience in the issue of a newsletter, not to mention in an article, is not an easy task. However, we decided to give it a try and the results have been rewarding; more than 60 stories from both Member and Non-Member State students are pinned on a world map of 2013 PH Summer Students*. Explore this interactive map and find out more about their experience as CERN summer students as well as links to their universities and more photos. You can also view the full map of 2013 CERN summer students here (please note that in this version students are grouped according to their nationalities). 

by Panos Charitos for PH News