CERN Alumni Weekly News | Look Who We Bumped Into: Jutta Uusitalo, Southern Sweden launch, Final tests for the AMS upgrade, Positrons pass test for FCC

THIS WEEK'S DIGEST AT A GLANCE

COMMUNITY: Look Who We Bumped Into: Jutta Uusitalo
GROUPS: Southern Sweden launch; Copenhagen Pétanque & Networking; Belgian-Dutch visit to EURIDICE
FROM CERN: Final tests for the AMS upgrade; Positrons pass test for the Future Circular Collider

COMMUNITY

Look Who We Bumped Into: Jutta Uusitalo
From Business Analyst Trainee at CERN to Program Administrator in Continuous Education at ETH Zürich, Jutta Uusitalo shares how her time at the Laboratory helped shape her professional journey. Watch our latest Look Who We Bumped Into interview and discover more about Jutta's career path and experiences beyond CERN: https://alumni.cern/news/13401104

GROUPS

• CERN Alumni Southern Sweden — Launch Event, 24 September: The new CERN Alumni Southern Sweden group is getting ready for its kick-off meeting; join fellow alumni in the region for introductory presentations, informal networking and an opportunity to help shape this new community: https://alumni.cern/events/215188
• CERN Alumni Copenhagen — Pétanque & Networking, 9 September: Join CERN Alumni Copenhagen for an evening of pétanque, drinks and informal networking. Whether you are a pétanque enthusiast or have never picked up a boule before, it is a great opportunity to meet fellow alumni and reconnect with the local community:  https://alumni.cern/events/219329
• CERN Alumni Belgium & Eindhoven — Visit to EURIDICE, 5 November:  For the first joint event between CERN Alumni Belgium and CERN Alumni Eindhoven, the two groups are teaming up for a visit to EURIDICE, a unique research facility dedicated to studying the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste in clay. The afternoon will include a guided tour of the EURIDICE exhibition followed by a visit underground to HADES, the world's first underground research laboratory dedicated to this field. The visit will conclude with an informal alumni drink nearby: https://alumni.cern/events/220224 

FROM CERN

• Final tests for the AMS upgrade before spaceflight: A new layer of silicon sensors for the AMS experiment is undergoing testing at CERN before being sent to the International Space Station, marking another step towards upgrading the precision particle detector in space: https://home.cern/final-tests-for-the-ams-upgrade-before-spaceflight/ 
• Positrons pass test for the Future Circular Collider: A new experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland has demonstrated the feasibility of a novel positron-source concept for the proposed Future Circular Collider, providing an important technological step for the future machine: https://home.cern/positrons-pass-test-for-the-future-circular-collider/