CERN Alumni Weekly News | Alois Regl Spotlight, August CAN-Doers, Pawel Gora's journey - event, News from the Lap on ESPP, Regional meetups, AWAKE
This summer, the Office for Alumni Relations welcomed several alumni back to CERN. Among them was Alois Regl, who took a few minutes to share some thoughts with us in a short video interview: https://alumni.cern/news/2770505
Every month, we recognise three alumni whose contributions keep our network thriving. Meet our August CAN-Doers and discover how they’ve been making an impact:https://alumni.cern/news/2767815
As the summer draws to a close, we continue our focus on the transformative experiences of CERN Summer Students. On 21 August, alumnus Pawel Gora – who began his journey at CERN in 2012 – returns to share how this first step shaped his path as a scientist, entrepreneur, advisor and philanthropist: https://alumni.cern/events/188478
Our autumn calendar is already taking shape, starting with a News from the Lab event on 18 September. Professor Karl Jakobs will present the outcomes of the recent Open Symposium of the European Strategy for Particle Physics: https://alumni.cern/events/188831
And our alumni groups are also keeping active:
- Munich is organising a hike on 7 September: https://alumni.cern/events/187806
- Estonia will hold its second event on 10 September: https://alumni.cern/events/188300
- And the Sustainability group will hold its first in-person event in Geneva on 19 September, featuring a visit to the Verbois Barrage, a talk and an apéro: https://alumni.cern/networks/events/183545
Meanwhile, CERN’s trailblazing plasma wakefield experiment, AWAKE, has begun its upgrade a full year ahead of the rest of the accelerator complex: https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/accelerators/awake-accelerator-upgrade-gets-head-start
Finally, Kanta Dihal explores why quantum mechanics captures the imagination of writers – and how ‘quantum culture’ affects the public understanding of science: https://cerncourier.com/a/quantum-culture/