Education and outreach Archives – Page 13 of 16

CERN’s 50th anniversary open day attracts record number of visitors

When CERN opened its doors to the public for its open day on 16 October, the laboratory took on the air of a county fair.

The importance of funding outreach

Outreach should be recognized as a natural part of scientific research, and hence of its funding, argues Erik Johansson.

Science in the information society

In hosting the recent RSIS conference, CERN took a bold step into the global policy arena. Manjit Dosanjh, John Ellis and Hans Hoffmann explain why.

CERN’s teachers’ programme celebrates its sixth year

The High School Teachers' programme at CERN celebrated the completion of its sixth session in July, with 40 teachers participating, not only from all over Europe, but also from China, Mongolia and the...

A Brazilian feast of cosmology and gravitation

The Brazilian School of Cosmology and Gravitation celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2002 by launching a website that contains all 93 lectures and seminars of the nine schools that have been organized...

JACoW accelerates publication of electronic conference proceedings

The Joint Accelerator Conferences Website, (JACoW) is a website located at CERN with a mirror site at KEK, where the proceedings of accelerator conferences are published.

New paperless journal echoes the spirit of JHEP

In collaboration with Institute of Physics Publishing, the International School for Advanced Studies has launched the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.

CERN summer experience benefits US students

Northeastern University's programme of research experience for US undergraduates at CERN is five years old. Suzanne Harvey takes a look at its impact.

JINR Information and Biographical Guide

For readers of Russian, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna has just produced the second issue of its Information and Biographical Guide. Including 680 short biographical summarie...