Category: Article
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A welcome web accessibility workshop
As the birthplace of the web, it is essential that CERN has an accessible web presence. With this in mind, an introductory workshop to digital accessibility took place at CERN on 26 June. It looked at the state of web accessibility at CERN, what's in the pipeline, and what we can all do to improve…
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CERN openlab CTO co-founds Swiss chapter of Women in High-Performance Computing advocacy group
CERN openlab’s Chief Technology Officer, Maria Girone, is one of four founding members of a new Swiss chapter of the Women in HPC (WHPC) advocacy group. The announcement comes on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is dedicated to reducing gender disparity in all research fields and at all levels of…
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a key date for CERN
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February, is a key date for CERN and for the scientific community in general. It is an opportunity to remind ourselves that further efforts are needed to ensure gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). As the United Nations underlines, the world has…
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Female science ambassadors reach out to more than 5000 local schoolchildren
From 30 January to 3 February 2023, around a hundred female science “ambassadors” from CERN, Scienscope (UNIGE), the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), visited over two hundred classrooms in the local region to promote the sciences to 5120 schoolchildren. Since 2017, the “Women and girls…
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Sexism in the Workplace?
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, CERN will be hosting a performance of The Coffee Machine, an interactive theater piece on sexism in the workplace. The event will take place in the Globe on 9 February from 14:00 to 16:00. Note that registration is required. This event is jointly hosted by the…
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Valuing neurodiversity at CERN – All great minds are not alike!
Valuing neurodiversity at CERN – All great minds are not alike! “Neurodiversity” is a term attributed to Australian sociologist Judy Singer. It encompasses all types of cognitive processes: the “neurotypical” (more prevalent cognitive processing) and the “neurodivergent”. Persons who are considered neurodivergent include those who experience Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Asperger’s, Tourette’s Syndrome, and many more.…
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Celebrating LGBTQ+ in STEM
Do you know what Carolyn Bertozzi and Svante Pääbo have in common? They both won a Nobel Prize in 2022 – in Chemistry and in Physiology or Medicine, respectively. Did you also know they both identify as LGBTQ+? Imagine if they had quit scientific research due to a sense of non-inclusion based on sexual orientation,…
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A new step on the path towards gender equality at CERN
The Enlarged Directorate has endorsed CERN’s work on gender equality as constituting a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), as defined by the European Commission. A new webpage, developed by the Organization’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and EU Projects Offices, provides a summary of the growing catalogue of activities that CERN has put in place to promote…