CERN Alumni Weekly News | Calling all former CERN Summer Students, in Chile meet the Head of Arts at CERN, CMS explores subtle matter–antimatter differences, how to adapt your academic CV for a non academic position

THIS WEEK'S DIGEST AT A GLANCE

• COMMUNITY: Marco Barbone's journey beyond CERN; Calling all former Summer Students
• GROUPS: Grenoble visit to ILL & ESRF; Arts at CERN in Chile; FCC public events
• FROM CERN: CMS explores matter–antimatter differences using beauty mesons
• AND FINALLY: CV tips for moving from academia to industry

COMMUNITY

From CERN to New York: Meet Marco Barbone
During the most recent CERN Alumni New York group event, we caught up with former openlab Summer Student Marco Barbone to hear how his CERN experience helped shape his career beyond the Laboratory. Watch the latest edition of Look Who We Bumped Into and discover his journey from CERN to industry: https://alumni.cern/news/13338779

Calling all former CERN Summer Students
Every summer, hundreds of students arrive at CERN to begin a journey that often shapes the rest of their careers. As we welcome this year's Summer Students, we'd love to hear from alumni who once stood in their shoes. Were you a CERN Summer Student? Tell us where your CERN experience has taken you by completing this short questionnaire, and you could be featured in an upcoming alumni spotlight: https://alumni.web.cern.ch/form/summer-students

GROUPS

CERN Alumni Grenoble — Visit to ILL & ESRF (16 October)
Join fellow CERN Alumni for an exclusive visit to two of Grenoble's world-leading research facilities: the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). Reconnect with the local alumni community while discovering cutting-edge scientific infrastructure. Places are limited, so register your interest before 15 August: https://alumni.cern/networks/events/216943

CERN Alumni Chile — Meet the Head of Arts at CERN (30 July)
Join Giulia Bini, Head of Arts at CERN, for a special talk at the Museo Interactivo Mirador (MIM) exploring the Connect Chile residency programme and the growing collaboration between art, science and international research. The event also celebrates Chile's growing connection with CERN and the country's vibrant alumni community: https://alumni.cern/events/217316

Follow the Future Circular Collider discussions
Interested in the Future Circular Collider? Stay informed about upcoming public consultations, webinars and community discussions by visiting the CERN Alumni FCC group's events page: https://alumni.cern/topics/58509/events

FROM CERN

CMS explores subtle matter–antimatter differences
Using its largest sample of beauty mesons to date, the CMS experiment has carried out one of its most precise studies of subtle differences between matter and antimatter, providing another important test of the Standard Model: https://home.cern/cms-explores-subtle-matter-antimatter-difference-using-beauty-mesons/

AND FINALLY

Thinking about a career beyond academia?
If you're considering a move from research into industry, Nature has published practical advice on how to adapt your academic CV for non-academic employers, with tips on highlighting transferable skills and making your experience resonate with recruiters: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01855-4