CERN Alumni Weekly News | September CAN-doers, Zaragoza Group Launch, News from the Lab: HEARTS, Monthly Quiz
THIS WEEK'S DIGEST AT A GLANCE
- COMMUNITY: Meet our September CAN-doers of the Month
- GROUPS: Munich Hiking; Zaragoza Group Launch; EURIDICE Visit; ALBA Sincrotrón Open Day
- EVENTS: R1 Talk with Kitty Liao; News from the Lab: HEARTS
- FROM CERN: Economic impact of the High-Luminosity LHC, September/October CERN Courier
- NEW: Monthly Quiz
COMMUNITY
Meet our September 2026 CAN-doers of the Month
This month, we are celebrating three alumni for their different contributions to the CERN Alumni community: Guido Andreassi, Laia Subirats Mate, and Max Simmonds. Discover their different contributions and see how you can become our next CAN-doer: https://alumni.cern/news/13446019
GROUPS
- CERN Alumni Munich — 2nd Hiking, 3 October: https://alumni.cern/events/221038
- NEW GROUP — CERN Alumni Zaragoza Kick-off, 10 October - A new CERN Alumni group is launching in Zaragoza! Join the community for an evening of tapas, drinks and brain-teasers, and meet fellow alumni in the region: https://alumni.cern/events/223124
- CERN Alumni Belgium & Eindhoven — Visit EURIDICE (HADES), 5 November - Discover EURIDICE and visit HADES, the world’s first underground research laboratory dedicated to studying the geological disposal of radioactive waste in clay, followed by an informal alumni drink: https://alumni.cern/events/220224
- CERN Alumni Barcelona — ALBA Sincrotrón Open Day, 14 November: https://alumni.cern/events/216649
EVENTS
- R1 Talk with Kitty Liao — 30 September
What If There Is Nothing? An ex-CERN engineer’s lifelong experiment - Join us on 30 September for the next R1 Talk with Kitty Liao, available online or in person at CERN, followed by networking and an apero: https://alumni.cern/networks/events/220909
- News from the Lab: The HEARTS Project — 8 October
How can we prepare future space missions for one of their greatest challenges: cosmic radiation? Join the next edition of News from the Lab, where Ruben Garcia Alia, Project Coordinator of the HEARTS project at CERN, will take us behind the scenes of this ambitious European initiative and explore how researchers are advancing our understanding of the space radiation environment: https://alumni.cern/networks/events/217447
- CERN Alumni at the Fete de la Science - 3-4 October, Paris
CERN Alumni will be taking part in the Fete de la Science at the Musee des Arts et Metiers in Paris on 3 and 4 October. Come and meet the team at our stand and discover more about CERN, particle physics and the CERN Alumni community: https://www.sortiraparis.com/enfant-famille/articles/75886-fete-de-la-science-2026-au-musee-des-arts-et-metiers-le-programme-des-animations
FROM CERN
- Predicting the economic impact of the High-Luminosity LHC - The High-Luminosity LHC is expected to deliver significant scientific benefits — but what about its wider economic impact? A new CERN study explores how the upgrade could generate nearly twice its cost in economic value for society: https://home.cern/predicting-the-economic-impact-of-the-high-luminosity-lhc/
- The latest CERN Courier is out now: The September/October edition of CERN Courier is now available, with the latest news, features and stories from the world of particle physics: https://cerncourier.com/p/magazine/
NEW: Monthly CERN Alumni Quiz
Put your CERN Alumni knowledge to the test! We have launched a new monthly quiz, giving you a chance to explore the platform and discover more about our global Alumni network by answering four quick questions. Send in your answers before the last Sunday of the following month and you can be featured in the Weekly Digest: https://alumni.cern/surveys/forms/7916