Read article 'CERN’s summer student programme turns 40'
CERN’s summer student programme turns 40
It was in 1962, when Victor Weisskopf was CERN director-general, that the laboratory’s summer student programme began.
Read article 'CERN’s summer student programme turns 40'
Read article 'Latin American physics centre celebrates 40th anniversary'
Latin American physics centre celebrates 40th anniversary
The Rio de Janeiro-based Centro Latinoamericano de Física (CLAF) celebrated its 40th anniversary on 26 March. Founded under the auspices of UNESCO following the CERN model, CLAF was established to pr...
Read article 'New tools help libraries to harvest literature'
New tools help libraries to harvest literature
Electronic publishing makes material accessible to more people, but this is not always a problem-free process. Ingrid Geretschlager and Jocelyne Jerdelet describe how the CERN library got to grips wit...
Read article 'Hands-on particles appeal to students'
Hands-on particles appeal to students
It is not true that particle physics - the underlying mechanisms of the universe - can only be understood after a long and difficult apprenticeship. To reach out and appeal to young students, Erik Joh...
Read article 'Magazine plays its part in physics history'
Magazine plays its part in physics history
Gordon Fraser, who has stepped down as editor of CERN Courier looks at how the physics scene has changed during his time working on the magazine.
Read article 'CERN Courier travels far with publishing partner'
CERN Courier travels far with publishing partner
The magazine CERN Courier is distributed all over the world. So-Mui Cheung of the Institute of Physics Publishing in Bristol, England, explains how this is achieved.
Read article 'School returns to Switzerland'
School returns to Switzerland
For the first time since its inception nearly 40 years ago, the European School of High-Energy Physics was held in Switzerland at Beatenberg in the Bernese Oberland.
Read article 'Latin-American school marks start of a new collaboration for CERN'
Latin-American school marks start of a new collaboration for CERN
The first school of high-energy physics organized jointly by CERN and CLAF (Centro latinoamericano de física), Rio de Janeiro was held in Itacuruçá, Brazil on 6-19 May and it hopefully marked the o...
Read article 'First African school for instrumentation'
First African school for instrumentation
A recent instrumentation school held near Cape Town, South Africa, reflected the increasing worldwide appeal of fundamental physics. The first such school to be held on the African continent, it gen...
Read article 'CERN experience benefits students and specialists'
CERN experience benefits students and specialists
CERN has shown how international collaboration in science works. Different national attitudes complement and reinforce each other, but this needs to be experienced first.
