Category: 2020
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Zenodo – Driving Open-Science research during COVID-19
Zenodo – Driving Open-Science research during COVID-19 Zenodo is an all-inclusive Open Science repository developed by CERN within the European Commission’s OpenAIRE project. It enables researchers to deposit data sets, software, workflows, reports, and any other research related digital artifacts. Through Zenodo, any researcher can access directly the raw and derived data, facilitating and accelerating…
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Looking back at a year full of achievements
At the CERN & Society Foundation, it is our mission ‘To Spread the spirit of CERN Scientific curiosity, for the inspiration and benefit of society’. And we are proud to say that we have taken great strides towards achieving this goal in the last year. We have helped bring STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)…
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CERN Beamline for Schools competition 2020 Winners
Two teams of high-school students, one from the International School of Geneva, Campus des Nations, Switzerland, and one from the Werner-von-Siemens-Gymnasium in Berlin, Germany, have won the 2020 Beamline for Schools competition (BL4S). Later this year, the winning teams will be invited to the DESY research centre in Hamburg, Germany, for the opportunity to carry out their proposed experiments together with scientists…
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CESP 2020: Back With A Bigger Bang!
CESP 2020: back with a bigger bang! With the continuous rise of entrepreneurship and technological innovations around the world, the CERN Entrepreneurship Student Programme (CESP) is swiftly becoming an important initiative to fuel the growth of future entrepreneurs of the world. A one-of-a-kind five week residency programme, CESP allows students from all over the world to learn…
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A change in leadership
With deep gratitude for their contributions and commitment, we announce today that the Chair of the CERN & Society Foundation Board, Anne Richards, and the Deputy Chair and Board Member designated by CERN, Peter Jenni, have completed their second and final terms with the CERN & Society Foundation Board. Anne and Peter, together with Rolf Heuer,…
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Virtual Exhibition by Mariele Neudecker
In 2018, the Didier et Martine Primat Foundation – and its special Fund “Odonata” – partnered with the CERN & Society Foundation and Arts at CERN to launch a new series of artistic commissions in the field of “Arts, Science and Nature” The initiative aims at rewarding the production of art works which emerge from dialogue between the CERN Artists…
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The ProTechno Foundation supports CERN-Medicis once again!
The CERN & Society Foundation is delighted to announce that the ProTechno Foundation will support the CERN-MEDICIS (Medical Isotopes Collected from ISOLDE) Project for the second year running. We are thankful for the Foundation’s continued support making great strides in the use of radioisotopes for diagnosis and treatment with a view to developing new approaches to fight…
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How Zenodo and OpenAIRE support the fight against Covid-19
Zenodo and OpenAIRE are contributing to the European Commission call for action with what they do best – preserving and sharing all COVID-19-related datasets, software, preprints and other research objects (Image: CERN) CERN and the CERN & Society Foundation, with co-funding from the European Commission, have long invested in Zenodo, a free repository for storing and sharing…
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Record number of submissions for “Beamline for Schools”
The deadline for the seventh edition of the Beamline for Schools competition expired on 31 March 2020. An exceptionally high number of proposals has been received despite the current difficult situation worldwide. In total, 198 proposals from 47 countries have been submitted. Outside of the very first edition in 2014, this marks a new record!…