News from the ALICE Collaboration | 16 March 2012 | Volume 3 Issue V [http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/sites/alicematters.web.cern.ch/files/images/html-letter/Matters_email_logo.jpg]<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/> [http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/sites/alicematters.web.cern.ch/files/images/html-letter/V3I51.jpg]<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/2012visits> <http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/2012visits> Reviewing ALICE Winter Visits <http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/2012visits> During the winter shutdown, from December 9th 2011 to March 14th 2012, ALICE hosted approximately 1500 visitors in over 130 separate visits. The visitors ranged from friends, family, and colleagues, to students, press, and VIPs. The purpose of most visits was to see the experiment and cavern, but some also included ... [http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/sites/alicematters.web.cern.ch/files/images/html-letter/V3I52.jpg]<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/danslapeaudunchercheur> <http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/danslapeaudunchercheur> In the Skin of a Researcher <http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/danslapeaudunchercheur> 22 schoolchildren from Ecoles des Grand Chênes, Prevessin visited ALICE last week as part of CERN's local communication programme 'Dans la peau d'un chercheur' (In the Skin of a Researcher). The programme, first launched in January 2011, introduces children to the principles of the scientific method… [http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/sites/alicematters.web.cern.ch/files/images/html-letter/V3I53.jpg]<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/heidelbergmasterclasses> IPPOG Masterclass Held At Heidelberg<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/heidelbergmasterclasses> The Heidelberg ALICE Masterclass took place on March 6th at the Kirchhoff-Institute. About 30 students participated in this Masterclass, in which the main theme was the creation of... [http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/sites/alicematters.web.cern.ch/files/images/html-letter/V3I54.jpg]<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/SUTvisit> SUT, Thailand Signs MoU with ALICE<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/SUTvisit> Delegates from the Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), Thailand, Dr. Prasart Suebka (SUT Rector), Dr. Prapun Manyum (Dean of Science, SUT), Dr. Chinorat Kobdaj (Chair of... [http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/sites/alicematters.web.cern.ch/files/images/html-letter/V3I55.jpg]<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/chimicaindustrialevisit> Industrial Chemistry Students At CERN<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/chimicaindustrialevisit> In December, 53 students from the Faculty of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Bologna, Italy, visited CERN for 3 days as part of their final year seminar programme. ALICE's… Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visits ALICE<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/JSPSvisit> Two officers, Ms. T. Iwaoka and Ms. A. Wada, of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) paid a visit to CERN on... Focus On: Ladislav Sandor<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/ladislavsandor> My origins lie in Eastern Slovakia. I was born in the heart of a very interesting and attractive multicultural region called Spiš (Scepusium in Latin, Zips in German) with plenty of historical... Follow ALICE on Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/ALICEexperiment> | Follow ALICE Matters on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alice-Matters/103041289764826> | Subscribe to the ALICE Matters RSS Feed<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/rss.xml> ALICE Matters<http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/> © 2011 CERN on behalf of the ALICE Experiment