Category: News
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The International Masterclasses Edition 2022
The 2022 International Masterclasses, which began on 11 February with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, came to a close on 9 April. We are glad to announce that, once more this year, thousands of students from all over the world participated actively in the masterclasses. Although attendance has started to recover…
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Experience and success: interview with Hafeez Hoorani
Experience and success: interview with Hafeez Hoorani, particle physicist and professor Fabiola Cacciatore, 07 April 2022 Prof. Hafeez Hoorani (photo courtesy public-archive.web.cern.ch) For the first time, Pakistan students participated in the International Particle Physics Masterclass programme. It was last March 2022, and among the moderators there was Hafeez Hoorani, one of the most influential personalities…
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No Masterclasses this year in Kharkiv
by Steven Goldfarb, IPPOG Chair, 21 March 2022 This week was meant to mark the first time for Ukraine to participate in the IPPOG International Particle Physics Masterclasses. They were to be held in Kharkiv National University, where local researchers would host high school students from the nearby classrooms. One of the professors helping with…
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The Large Hadron Collider is back
The Large Hadron Collider is back IPPOG communication, 16 March 2022 There is an exciting amount of activity at CERN these days, even more so, than usual. And it is not only because Covid-19 restrictions have been loosened. In fact, many of the scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have been working throughout…
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IPPOG Statement of Support for Ukraine
We, the members of the International Particle Physics Outreach Group, condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a world where scientists, teachers and students across the planet have learned to cooperate to understand and solve the most complex problems of our universe, there is no room for war. Our thoughts are with our colleagues, friends,…
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Battling the Matilda Effect
An interview with five women scientists, moderators of the IPPOG Masterclass on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Fabiola Cacciatore, 11 February 2022 In 1993, Cornell University science historian Margaret Rossiter coined the term “Matilda Effect” to describe the lack of recognition given to the contributions of women scientists. The effect was…
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EPS Outreach Prize 2021 goes to IPPOGers
We are very happy to announce that this year’s EPS HEPP Outreach Prize has been awarded to Uta Bilow and Ken Cecire, coordinators of the International Masterclasses, and Sascha Mehlhase, IPPOG representative from the ATLAS Experiment: “The 2021 Outreach Prize for outstanding achievement in outreach, including education and the promotion of diversity, in connection with…
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Last candidate member signed IPPOG MoU
IPPOG became official scientific collaboration upon the signature of MoU by first 10 IPPOG Members in December 2016. Growth of the collaboration kept up its pace. When IPPOG first decided to become a collaboration in 2016, there was concern that some of the IPPOG original members would have difficulty finding a ministry, laboratory or educational…
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Science Minister signing the MoU to make Georgia a member of IPPOG
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IPPOG’s contribution to European Strategy for Particle Physics Update discussions
IPPOG replied to the call for contributions to European Strategy for Particle Physics Update discussions and wrote an input. The article “Future Challenges in Particle Physics Education and Outreach” can be found here