CERN Alumni Weekly News | Spotlight Jim Burt, CERN Alumni Creatives, Costa Rica, Eindhoven and Estonia meet-ups, CERN Relay Race, CERN Venture Connect KT seminar, ATLAS news
With Easter approaching, we have prepared a special CERN Alumni treasure hunt! As part of promoting our brand-new engagement scheme, five hidden icons will be scattered across the platform—and the first ten people to find them all will win a special prize. This is your chance to have fun exploring https://alumni.cern while getting a sneak peek at what is coming next. Read this article for the clues and how to enter: https://alumni.cern/news/2598875
Our latest CERN Alumni Spotlight takes us back to the 1960s with Jim Burt, who joined CERN to operate the CDC 6600 computer—a pivotal moment in both computing and CERN history. From his very first weekend, he formed bonds with fellow recruits that still last today. His story is a fascinating glimpse into CERN’s early days—and a testament to the lifelong connections sparked by a shared adventure: https://alumni.cern/news/2575787
As World Art Day approaches on 15 April, it’s the perfect time to dive into our CERN Alumni Creatives series—a celebration of alumni who’ve taken their passion from science to the arts: https://alumni.cern/news?block-tags%5Bcat_852%5D=852
The Costa Rica CERN Alumni Group is getting ready for its official launch with special guest—Rebeca Grynspan, former Vice-President of Costa Rica and now Secretary-General of UNCTAD. Join the launch event on 4–5 May: https://alumni.cern/topics/49398/events/175322
In the Netherlands, the CERN Alumni Eindhoven Group is heading to Nikhef Amsterdam on 16 May. With engaging talks, lab visits, and drinks, it’s a great chance to dive into Dutch particle physics and network with fellow alumni: https://alumni.cern/events/177566
The newly launched CERN Alumni Estonia Group will host its first meetup in Tallinn on 23 April: https://alumni.cern/networks/events/176978
Registrations for the CERN Relay Race are open! Join the global alumni community in this fun tradition, wherever you are located: https://alumni.cern/events/176097
Don’t miss this CERN Venture Connect KT seminar featuring two CERN Alumni Entrepreneurs—Andrea Apollonio and Tiago Neves—who’ve turned their research into successful startups. Hear their inspiring stories on transitioning from physics to entrepreneurship: https://alumni.cern/news/2597963
ATLAS has made a major step forward in understanding the Higgs mechanism by detecting longitudinally polarised W boson production—key to exploring how electroweak symmetry broke in the early universe: https://home.cern/news/news/physics/atlas-gets-under-hood-higgs-mechanism
Meanwhile, the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb collaborations have just received the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their contributions to the discovery of the Higgs boson: https://home.cern/news/press-release/knowledge-sharing/lhc-experiment-collaborations-cern-receive-breakthrough-prize
To mark World Quantum Day on 14 April, CERN alumni are invited to a special talk by Physics Nobel Laureate Anne L’Huillier. This event kicks off a new series of colloquia on Physics for Society, organised by IUPAP and UNESCO within the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology: https://alumni.cern/events/177594