CERN Alumni Weekly News | International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Upcoming Events, L&D Courses, CERN's effort to preserve the planet, LHC experiments improving their computing infrastructure, Science Outreach

Published on February 14, 2022

This week we celebrated International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which aims to recognise the critical role women and girls play in science and technology. Find out what this day means to our four featured CERN alumnae: https://alumni.cern/news/659190

Do not miss the upcoming events we have lined up for you in the coming weeks:

  • Virtual Company Showroom with newlceo on 18 February: https://alumni.cern/events/78591
  • News from the Lab - Robotics with Lorenzo Teofili on 24 February: https://alumni.cern/events/77555
  • Moving Out of Academia to Data Science & Data Engineering on 11 March https://alumni.cern/events/77302

Would you like to improve your project management or communication skills or learn how to manage stress better? The CERN Learning & Development team has reserved some seats for CERN alumni for the courses taking place in March and May: https://indico.cern.ch/category/9334/

CERN is taking steps to move from serendipity to a conscious effort to harness the Organization’s unique skillset, with the aim of participating in society’s efforts to preserve the planet: https://home.cern/news/news/cern/environmental-awareness-creating-positive-impact-environment-through-innovation

While data processing demand is rocketing for LHC’s Run 3, the four large experiments are increasing their use of GPUs to improve their computing infrastructure: https://home.cern/news/news/computing/lhc-experiments-are-stepping-their-data-processing-game

Finally, would you like to engage in science outreach activities and inspire the next generation of scientists by talking about your work in science? Then get in touch with CERN alumna, Aditi, who is seeking volunteers to contribute to her project NISABA Education: https://alumni.cern/feed_posts/1218153