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ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS
 The ALICE magnet doors opened this week after five years (see also ALICE Newsletter No. 166) |
- 7th ALICE Upgrade Week: Calaserena Resort, Geremeas, Cagliari, 14-18 September 2026.
- ALICE Physics Week 2026 in Wuhan, 12–16 Oct 2026. REGISTRATION OPEN!
- ALICE Inclusive Teamwork Workshop (organized by ALICE DIversity Office): Registration Open
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Morning group: 7 & 21 September, 09:30–12:30 CEST
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Afternoon group: 7 & 21 September, 14:00–17:00 CEST
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1676596/
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- ALICE Calendar 2026
- ALICE approvals calendar for 2026
- ALICE Calendar 2027
- Works at Gate B: closures and access changes on the CERN Meyrin site from August 2026
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
 ALICE Thesis Award PICTURES in CDS |
Recent PhDs in ALICE: Congratulations to our new Doctors:
- Dr. Pavel Gordeev
Thesis title: “Measurement of charged Anti-Sigma hyperons spectra with electromagnetic calorimeter PHOS of ALICE“
Submitted to: National Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute, Russia
Thesis defense: 17 June 2026
CDS: https://repository.cern/records/ca3k2-hz542
Supervisors: Professor Dmitry Blau
Oxygen collisions at the LHC show new indications of extreme state of matter:
 CERN News: 24 July 2026 |
Collective flow in hypernuclei
 CERN Courier Energy Frontier: July-August 2026 |
- Accelerator Report: Beyond the LHC – CERN’s Beams Keep Science Moving by Nikolaos Charitonidis, Matthew Fraser, Kevin Li and Bettina Mikulec: "While the LHC is in Long Shutdown 3, the injector chain remains fully operational, serving the experiments of today and preparing the beams of tomorrow"
EVENTS OF INTEREST
- "Ellis@80" : 31 July 2026 CERN
NEW PAPERS ON THE ARXIV
PAPERS IN THE COLLABORATION REVIEW
Papers currently open for comments can be inspected using the link: Paper in Collaboration Review (Open for Comments).
NEWS FROM POINT 2
LS3 started, Cavern Open
Shielding removal completed
L3 Magnet doors are open!
CONFERENCES
CURRENT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS (starting this week)
 ALICE will have a strong presence next week in ICHEP 2026 at Natal, Brazil. |
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
SCHOOLS
- 48th CERN School of Computing, 23 Aug - 5 Sep, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- QCD Master Class 2026 (school), 28 Aug - 10 Sep, Saint Jacut de la mer, France
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21 - 27 Mar 2027 |
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JUNIOR'S CORNER
Message from Junior Representatives (Sara, Davide, Meiyi)
- "Supporting early careers beyond CERN"
- ALICE Run 3 Analysis Resources: a collection of all resources and news that can be helpful for people engaged in the analysis of ALICE Run 3 data. This is especially beneficial for those new to the Run 3 data analysis.
- Link to all ALICE Theses
- ALICE Theses website
- Guidelines for ALICE Thesis Video: a ~3-min video summarising the key results of the PhD thesis.
- ALICE Juniors website
OUTREACH NEWS
ALICE visits this week:
- Saturday 25 July 2026
- NPS International School, Singapore
- ALICE members’ friends, Poland, Italy, Germany
- CRAL ALENIA SPAZIO TORINO, Italy
- Monday 27 July 2026
- EP-ALI-DD Students, Austria
- ALICE members’ friends, Poland, Romania
- Tuesday 28 July 2026
- Charpak’s family, USA
- ALICE Open Visit
- Wednesday 29 July 2026
- ALICE members’ friends, France, Poland, Romania, Kosovo
- Gruppo Mauro 2, Italy
- Thursday 30 July 2026
- JP Morgan, Switzerland
- EP RD DT, Switzerland
- HPE, Switzerland
- Friday 31 July 2026
- ALICE members' friends, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, France, Romania
- CERN Summer Students
- Ukrainian refugees from Switzerland
- ALICE Open visit
ALICE Masterclasses
- Thursday 30 July 2026 ALICE virtual visit for high-school students doing an internship at the University of Liverpool
Recent Social Media Highlights:
- UPB Tier1
- Oxygen-Oxygen collisions
- ALICE visits
- Congratulations to Barbara Erazmus!
- LHC Live from ALICE
- Silvia on Social Media on the start of the heavy-ioin run!
- A new chapter of ALICE physics at LHCP 2026
- Building bridges towards ALICE 3: Japan
- Mexico in ALICE 3
- ALICE ITS3 by Alexander Kluge
- ALICE observes partonic flow even in small colliding systems
- Do all jets lose energy in the same way?
- International Women’s Day, 8 March
- LHC Career Event: 17 Mar 2026
- ALICE 3 MID
- ALICE EMCal
DIVERSITY
- ALICE Inclusive Teamwork Workshop. The workshop consists of two online interactive sessions led by Thriving Talent and focuses on inclusive teamwork, trust, communication, and creating a positive working environment in ALICE. Still, many places are available per group. Priority will be given to ALICE members in coordination and leadership roles, but all ALICE members are welcome to apply. We kindly ask registered participants to attend both sessions
- 📅 Morning group: 7 & 21 September, 09:30–12:30 CEST https://indico.cern.ch/event/1676593/
- 📅 Afternoon group: 7 & 21 September, 14:00–17:00 CEST https://indico.cern.ch/event/1676596/
- "E-learning course “Ethics at CERN” for all CERN personnel":
To ensure that everyone is aware of the guidelines of our ethical framework, the HR Department has developed an e-learning course entitled “Ethics at CERN”, which is available in English and French on the CERN Learning Hub. As of now, this course is mandatory for all members of the CERN personnel. Ethics at CERN
- ALICE Diversity Office website can be accessed here. Your feedback is important. You can send us an email that will be treated confidentially by using the email address: alice-diversity-office@cern.ch or send us an anonymous message by using this form.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Please refer to the Job Announcements page for details.