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News from the Council
I would like to bring you the main news from the last Council week of 2016, which concluded today.
CERN’s Procurement and Industrial Services Group Honoured
The CERN Procurement and Industrial Services group has been awarded the EIPM - Peter Kraljic Award for Innovation and Process Excellence
Slovenia to enter the Associate Member State family of CERN
At its 183 session, CERN Council voted unanimously to admit the Republic of Slovenia to Associate Membership in the pre-stage to Membership of CERN.
CERN IT department wins EMEA award
The award was presented for an Open Compute Project investigation into whether or not it could be sent out for public procurement
AWAKE: Making waves in accelerator technology
The AWAKE experiment has reached an important milestone in the development of a technique that could revolutionise particle accelerator design
Accelerating News Issue December 2016 now available
Issue 19 of Accelerating News is now available online
Reinforcing cooperation between the emergency services
A tripartite agreement between CERN, France and Switzerland reinforces cooperation between their respective emergency services
CERN plays role in Geneva Gender Champions initiative
The International Gender Initiative acknowledges CERN ’s efforts to improve gender equality
CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS): Monthly Contributions as of January 2017
As of January 2017, the contribution rate of active and retired CHIS members will be 4.86%
ATLAS releases first measurement of W mass using LHC data
ATLAS reports the first measurement of the W boson mass using LHC proton–proton collision data at 7 TeV