Category: News
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Outreacher of the Month: Carolin Gnebner
There are people who don’t simply share science they illuminate it. Caroline is one of them. With a background in Mathematics and Physics for teaching, she found her path into outreach almost by chance, during her time as a student assistant at the DESY Schülerlabor. A single lecture about the IceCube experiment lit a spark…
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KM3NeT joins IPPOG
We are delighted to announce that KM3NeT, the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope, has officially become a new member of IPPOG! With its cutting-edge research and robust outreach programme, KM3NeT brings fresh energy and exciting opportunities to our global physics outreach community. KM3NeT is an impressive research infrastructure located deep in the Mediterranean Sea, with two…
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Applications Open for the Frascati Edition of INSPYRE 2026
Applications are now open for the Frascati edition of the INFN INSPYRE International School 2026! Apply here: https://comedu.lnf.infn.it/inspyre-2026/ INSPYRE, the INternational School on modern PhYsics and REsearch is an international program organised by INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), designed for Italian and foreign high school students aged 16 or older who are eager to…
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Highlights from the 30th IPPOG Meeting at CERN
The 30th IPPOG Collaboration Meeting took place at CERN from 27 to 30 October 2025, bringing together members, coordinators, and guests from across the globe to share best practices, success stories, and future directions for particle physics outreach and education. Day 1 – Inspiring Success Stories The meeting opened with a dynamic series of presentations…
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Outreacher of the Month: Roumyana Hadjiiska
Roumyana Hadjiiska, from Bulgaria, is Head of the High Energy Physics Laboratory at the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, part of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She is also the Bulgarian representative to IPPOG and a member of the CMS experiment at CERN. From a small library in northern Bulgaria to the world’s…
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World Wide Data Day 2025
LHC World Wide Data Day (W2D2) is coming soon! This unique 24-hour global event invites high school students from around the world to become particle physicists for an entire day. From midnight to midnight (UTC), student teams analyse real data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and share their findings through live videoconferences moderated by…
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International Cosmic Day 2025
The International Cosmic Day is just around the corner! On November 13, 2025, students, teachers, and scientists around the world are invited to explore cosmic particles together. In video calls, young researchers can exchange their results, and a drawing and selfie contest will challenge the creative minds. This is a great opportunity to inspire your…
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Outreacher of the Month: Vojtěch Pleskot
This month, we meet Vojtěch Pleskot, particle physicist at Charles University in Prague and long-time member of the ATLAS experiment at CERN. With a passion for both science and education, Vojtěch has found creative ways to bring particle physics to students and the public, from local internships to large-scale science stages at music festivals. In…
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Outreacher of the Month: Christine Kourkoumelis
This month, we talk with Christine Kourkoumelis, IPPOG representative for Greece and Emeritus Professor of Experimental High Energy Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Christine has been involved in scientific outreach for decades, contributing to tools like HYPATIA and supporting both teachers and students through EU projects and school visits. Here’s what…
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IPPOG at EPS-HEP 2025: Outreach at Europe’s Largest Particle Physics Conference
This year, IPPOG took part in EPS-HEP 2025, the flagship European conference in high energy physics, held in Marseille, France. Organised by several major French research institutes (CPPM, CC-IN2P3, CPT, L2IT, LAM, and LUPM), EPS-HEP 2025 brought together hundreds of physicists from across the globe to present and discuss the latest developments in particle physics,…