Author: Angelos Alexopoulos
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Playing with Protons: two years and counting
New paper charts the progress of CMS-led education initiative to empower primary school teachers towards modern physics, scientific discovery and innovation A new, open access paper, published inPhysics Education, presents the development, implementation and evaluation of an innovative training course that started at CERN in 2016 under the name ‘Playing with Protons’ with the aim…
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ConCERNed: Using Hip-Hop to Engage New Audiences in Particle Physics
South London-based hip-hop artist, Consensus, writes an entire album about particle physics and creates opportunities for new, under-represented audiences to discover and appreciate the beauty of scientific research (Image: Etienne “TETO” Bortoluzzi, Michael Hoch, Kt Watson Photography) Since its inception in the late 1970s, hip-hop culture has had a strong impact on young people across…
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art@CMS founder Michael Hoch wins 2017 EPS HEPP outreach prize
The High Energy and Particle Physics (HEPP) Division of the European Physical Society (EPS) has announced the winners of its 2017 prizes.