CERN Alumni Weekly News | 10 Questions with Charlie Cook, Connect India and CERN Detector and Knowledge Transfer Seminar

Published on November 14, 2022

Today we shine the spotlight on CERN Alumnus Charlie Cook, Founder and CEO of Rightcharge. His company is contributing to help combat climate change as they aim to "help every household go green by breaking down barriers in the way": https://alumni.cern/news/997457
Why not submit your '10 Questions with CERN Alumni' form and share your pearls of wisdom with the community: https://alumni.web.cern.ch/form/-10questions-for-cernalumni

Don't miss out on the next CERN Detector and Knowledge Transfer Seminar, with the presentation theme on 10 Years of Timepix in Space – How CERN Detectors are supporting Human Spaceflight.
Featuring CERN Alumnus Dr Stuart P. George (NASA) and taking place Friday 18 November at 11:00 : https://indico.cern.ch/event/1218130/

At the beginning of November, Arts at CERN and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia announced a new open call for the Connect programme – “Connect India”. This second edition offers one joint residency for two artists, one from Switzerland and one from India. Find out more here: https://home.cern/news/news/cern/arts-cern-and-pro-helvetia-launch-open-call-connect-india

Fighting cancer with a "novel proton accelerator" based on CERN technology, read more on how LIGHT is getting ready to receive its first patients in the United Kingdom. https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/fighting-cancer-light

Discover in the CERN Courier a feature which covers recent progress in understanding thorium’s nuclear structure, and new upcoming results, could enable an ultra-accurate nuclear clock with applications in fundamental physics. https://cerncourier.com/a/from-atomic-to-nuclear-clocks/

Finally, The Sparks! Talks event (17 November) will consist of a series of short talks about future technology for health and how it will impact our society as we know it. The talks will be given by experts from various fields participating in the Sparks! forum register here: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1192998/

Stay connected,
The CERN Alumni Relations team

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