Tag: Beamline for Schools
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Empowering change – new ambassadors at the CERN & Society Foundation
Empowering change – new ambassadors at the CERN & Society Foundation The CERN & Society Foundation, whose purpose is to support and promote the dissemination, to the widest possible audience, of the benefits of the mission of CERN, through education and outreach, innovation and knowledge exchange, culture and art, complements CERN’s goals with a philanthropic arm.…
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Three teams of secondary school pupils from the Netherlands, Pakistan and the USA win the 10th edition of Beamline for Schools
Geneva and Hamburg, 28 June 2023. In 2023, for the second time in the history of the Beamline for Schools competition, the evaluation committee selected three winning teams. The team “Myriad Magnets” from the Philips Exeter Academy, in Exeter, United States, and the team “Particular Perspective”, which brings together pupils from the Islamabad College for Boys, the Supernova School in…
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Beamline for Schools: the 2022 edition
CERN’s Beamline for Schools competition started in 2014, and has inspired more than 14 000 students from across the globe to experience particle physics research first-hand. The competition was set up by CERN with the aim of attracting young people to science and setting them on the path to become tomorrow’s science and engineering graduates. By…
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Beamline for Schools 2021: Register your teams now!
After the spectacular success of Beamline for Schools 2020, the competition is back again for its eighth edition! This physics competition offers high-school students the unique opportunity to carry out an experiment at CERN or in a partner research laboratory. Beamline for Schools has become increasingly popular over the past seven years, with more than…
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BL4S: the next generation of scientists
The winning teams of Beamline for Schools 2021 spent two full weeks at DESY to work on their experiments The eighth edition of Beamline for Schools ended on September 21 2021, when the two winning teams left DESY, Hamburg, Germany, with a smile on their faces and many fond memories. The team “EXTRA” from Italy and the team “Teomitzli” from…
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Winners announced for the Beamline for Schools Competition!
Two teams of high-school students from the Liceo Scientifico Statale “A. Scacchi” (Bari, Italy) and from the Esculea Nacional Preparatoria “Plantel 2” (Mexico City, Mexico) have won the prestigious CERN Beamline for Schools competition. The prize this year is a trip to the DESY research centre in Hamburg, Germany, in autumn 2021, to carry out their proposed experiments with the support of scientists from CERN and DESY. Beamline for Schools (BL4S) is a global…
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News from the CERN & Society Foundation
News from the CERN & Society Foundation After eight successful years as the Head of the Partnerships and Fundraising Section at CERN, it is with deep gratitude and a bittersweet heart that we announce that Matteo Castoldi is stepping down from his position. During his tenure, Matteo has overseen the creation and consolidation of fundraising…
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BL4S: fun exposure to STEM!
Welcome to a new episode of the Project Leadership Series! This time, we have with us, Sarah Anne Aretz, Project Manager for the Beamline for Schools Competition from 2017 to 2020. This series aims to explore the various activities under the wing of the CERN & Society Foundation, through the lens of the managers facilitating these projects Hey…
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Beamline for Schools 2020: It’s a wrap!
On 5 October 2020, the CERN Beamline for Schools 2020 wrapped up with a smile on the faces of the winning teams. The two teams “ChDR-CHEESE” from Germany and “Nations’ Flying Foxes” from Switzerland won the special prize: a fully funded, two weeks visit to carry out their experimental proposal on an actual beamline. This project takes place at CERN,…
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Amgen supports Beamline for Schools 2020
For the third year running, the CERN & Society Foundation is happy to announce that Amgen Switzerland is supporting the CERN Beamline for Schools Competition (BL4S). Amgen is one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. Each year, Amgen commits significant financial support and product donations to help make a difference in people’s lives. Like the previous two years, Amgen…