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The slate garden at CERN is located in the courtyard of the main building, and pays tribute to the faithful companion of physicists seeking to understand the mysteries of the universe.
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It’s begun! I started working shifts in the ALPHA control room at CERN on Friday morning. This is my first experience as an experimental physicist, and there is a lot to learn – but that’s not why I’m pulling all-nighters.
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This week was the second annual Science Academy hosted at the University of Windsor. It’s a week-long event designed to bring students from the Windsor-Essex area onto campus. They get to experience science lectures and get hands-on experience in a laboratory! Professors and students from each of the departments within the Faculty of Science are involved. I had a…
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Tonight is the night that I fly out of Toronto destined for Geneva, Switzerland. I am spending two months at CERN, which is the European Organization for Nuclear Research (french: Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire). I am beginning graduate school in pursuit of a Master’s degree in Physics and Astronomy at York University in September 2015. My…
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Every spring, grade 6, 7, and 8 teachers are invited to register teams of four students to compete in a full-day science competition.
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For the past four years, I have been involved in a national outreach effort called Science Rendezvous that happens every May. Science Rendezvous 2015 at the University of Windsor was another fantastic event! Computer scientists were rolling around the room using their Double telepresence robot, and engineers were demonstrating their water-powered model cars. The neuroscientists were making brain-hats, and…
Melissa Valdez, MSc 