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    Status of the DPF Task Force on Instrumentation in High Energy Physics

    By Ian Shipsey and Marcel Demarteau The DPF Taskforce on Instrumentation has spent the last few months evaluating the current status of instrumentation in particle physics. The fifteen member Taskforce and its advisors have formulated five position papers available at http://www.physics.purdue.edu/dpf_instrumentation_taskforce/. The community is encouraged...

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    Registration Now Open for E.D.I.T. 2012 Detector School

    The 2012 Excellence in Detectors and Instrumentation Technologies school (EDIT 2012) will be hosted by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, IL, USA, from February 13 through 24, 2012. This is the second in a new series of international schools on particle physics detectors and instrumentation. The...

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    Plans for a Research and Study Abroad Program for U.S. Physics Students in Geneva

    A proposal from a group of educators and USLHC collaboration leaders calls for the creation of  a Research and Study Abroad Program in Geneva, Switzerland for U.S. undergraduate physics students.  The proposal outlines the requirements for a semester long program to facilitate the participation of...

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