CERN Alumni Weekly News | Office for Alumni Relations awarded a CASE Silver Award, AI for Science group newsletter, CERN bids farewell to LHC
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COMMUNITY: CERN Alumni Engagement Programme wins CASE Silver Award; CERN Alumni NYC & Flatiron Institute meetup highlights
GROUPS: AI for Science Newsletter FROM CERN: LHC enters Long Shutdown 3; new insights from space and atmospheric physics experiments
CERN ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME WINS CASE SILVER AWARD The CERN Office for Alumni Relations has been awarded a CASE Circle of Excellence Silver Award 2026 in recognition of the CERN Alumni Engagement Programme. The award highlights the success of initiatives such as CAN-doers, which have helped make alumni engagement more visible, structured and rewarding across the global CERN community. In its first year, the programme more than doubled recorded volunteer hours, reflecting the growing impact of alumni contributions. This is the second CASE recognition for the team, following the Gold Award received in 2022 for Second Collisions. The judges particularly praised the creativity of the approach, including the use of digital badges and gamification to encourage participation. At its core, the programme celebrates every form of contribution—mentoring, volunteering, speaking, sharing expertise or supporting fellow alumni—and recognises the people who make the CERN Alumni Network thrive: https://alumni.cern/news/13316036 Learn more about the programme and how to get involved: https://alumni.cern/page/cern-alumni-engagement-programme CERN ALUMNI NYC & FLATIRON INSTITUTE BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER On 26 June, the CERN Alumni New York group and the Flatiron Institute hosted an evening of scientific exchange bringing together researchers from academia and industry. The event featured contributions from CERN alumni and scientists working across fields including high-energy physics, AI, and computational mathematics, followed by informal networking and discussions on emerging technologies and collaboration opportunities. The CERN Alumni New York group continues to grow as a dynamic international community connecting alumni across sectors including AI, quantum computing, data science and finance. Read more about the event round-up: https://alumni.cern/topics/3712/home GROUPS The June issue of the AI for Science group newsletter is out now. Here's the link: https://alumni.cern/topics/58027/news/13314106 FROM CERN CERN BIDS FAREWELL TO THE LHC AND ENTERS LONG SHUTDOWN 3 The Large Hadron Collider has concluded its current run and is now entering Long Shutdown 3, marking the beginning of a major upgrade phase that will transform the accelerator into the High-Luminosity LHC, significantly increasing its discovery potential in the coming years: https://home.cern/cern-bids-farewell-to-the-lhc-and-enters-long-shutdown-3/ AMS RELEASES NEW COSMIC-RAY MEASUREMENTS New data from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station provide fresh insights into the nature and origin of cosmic rays, improving our understanding of high-energy processes in the universe: https://home.cern/ams-releases-new-cosmic-ray-measurements/ CLOUD EXPERIMENT UNCOVERS NEW SOURCE OF MARINE AEROSOLS Results from the CLOUD experiment suggest that the marine biosphere may play a larger role in forming atmospheric particles than previously thought, with implications for climate models and future aerosol projections: https://home.cern/cloud-experiment-uncovers-a-major-new-source-of-marine-aerosol-particles/ |