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Rolf Heuer is the Director-General of CERN.
CERN’s relationship with the United Nations continues to thrive
This week it's the turn of heavy-ion physics to take the spotlight
Council elected a new President, who will take up his mandate on 1 January along with the new management team, which was also approved yesterday
As the LHC Physics conference gets underway in St Petersburg, it’s a good time to take stock of where things stand with run-2
Data for the LHC experiments, summer conferences, and Pakistan as an Associate Member State
Diversity and respect are defining aspects of CERN, says Director-General Rolf Heuer
This week’s Council meeting was dominated by discussions about the long-term, sustainable future of CERN
This week, CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer focusses on respect, whether at home, at work or on the international scene
The major news this week is, of course, the start of LHC Run 2
Against a backdrop of great progress in the powering tests for running at 6.5 TeV, a short cicuit is causing a delay, writes Rolf Heuer
The success of the LS1, the restart of accelerators and the impact of the high value of the Swiss franc were discussed during CERN Council meeting.
This week saw the cost and schedule of the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) and LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) projects come under close scrutiny