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Rolf Heuer is the Director-General of CERN.
There’s much to look forward to in 2014 – let’s make it another safe and successful year at CERN, says Director-General Rolf Heuer
This year has shown how decades of diligent groundwork lay the foundations for success, says CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer
After three and a half years in office as CERN’s first Ombuds, the time has come for Vincent Vuillemin to pass on the baton
The time has come for CERN to start seriously considering the options for its post-LHC future
Scientists, politicians, the public, students, our neighbours, you: these groups of people all have a stake in CERN, and all are important to us
Wherever you are in the global particle physics community, you too can feel a sense of pride in the achievement of a Nobel for Higgs and Englert
A strategic crisis management plan will help the laboratory to focus on health and safety should a major incident occur
CERN is to open a new office for medical applications
This year CERN welcomed 276 summer students, including 133 from non-member states
Summer for particle physicists is the season for “summer conferences” and the past week saw two big meetings in full swing
Director-General Rolf Heuer on his first major UN forum since CERN was granted observer status
Just as Olympic marathon runners have a motto, so the athletes of LS1 work to the mantra of "Safety, Quality, Schedule," says Rolf Heuer