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Fabiola Gianotti To Take Over As CERN Director-General

Posted by samzenpus on from the who's-in-charge dept.

somegeekynick writes "The public face of the ATLAS experiment at CERN which co-discovered the the Higgs-like boson in 2012, Fabiola Gianotti, 52, has been chosen as the next Director-General of the particle physics lab. She'll become the first woman to hold the position. The 5-year term begins on Jan 1, 2016."

23 comments

  1. I read that as Fabio... by gameboyhippo · · Score: 1

    Then I read in the summary that they were talking about a woman.

    1. Re:I read that as Fabio... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So she's Fabio?

  2. Hope she is successful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    this is like the most prestigious post a female scientist has had, in the physical sciences. I knew one of the previous directors, and he was very laid back, I think she'll do fine.

    1. Re:Hope she is successful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Until your post I didn't knew which genitals the director of CERN will have, but now I know. Not that I cared or that it will give me some comfort to know such intimate details. I don't want to fuck with CERN's director, so its not important for me which sex they have. Stop creating weird pictures in my mind and polluting threads with your pseudo-feminist comments.

    2. Re:Hope she is successful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Look up this acronym, it's for you: ESL

  3. Bah, it's like that pickle jar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sure thing honey, you could only open it because I loosened it for you.

  4. Not a princess by Mister+Liberty · · Score: 1

    This is a Fabiola with brains. Forget about the other one already!

  5. IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    I mean, aren't we supposed to be running around in circles talking about how women aren't allowed to hold ranking positions in science and technology, and how we have to "encourage" them in to these fields?

    1. Re:IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE! by duck_rifted · · Score: 0

      Half of the comments on this page are already misogynistic remarks. I'll call the SJWs on their media whoring baloney in a heartbeat, but I think that as general attitudes toward women with STEM prestige go, the SJWs are correct. I don't think that the bias created by their anecdotal experiences of that attitude is a good thing, but it's clear that a random sample from Western civilization has a good chance of producing somebody with a caveman attitude about this kind of thing.

    2. Re:IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE! by Anrego · · Score: 3, Insightful

      At this point though I honestly believe a huge chunk of misogyny is coming from trolls egged on by the SJW crowd and the attention they are getting.

      Not saying these attitudes don't exist, just that right now any mention of women anywhere on the internet is going to get spammed with more "get back in the kitchen" garbage than usual, and I think drawing any conclusion from that (besides that trolls gonna troll) is not a great idea.

    3. Re:IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE! by duck_rifted · · Score: 2

      I sincerely hope that you're right about that. But either way, there is a big difference between institutionalized bigotry and trash talking. The sad part is that many of the trolls making up half the cyclic war of words are probably SJW bloggers or journalists just stirring the ant hill because the ants give them ad revenue.

  6. Good For Her by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I hope she is given a pleasant office with a view and convenient access to office supplies and drinking water :)

  7. Uh oh by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now all their presentations will be in comic sans. :(

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    1. Re:Uh oh by serviscope_minor · · Score: 1

      I know that was an April Fool's joke, but I have seen some researchers who do use comic sans for all their presentations.

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    2. Re:Uh oh by fph+il+quozientatore · · Score: 1

      I made a bet with a colleague mathematician last year; if I lost, my next presentation would have had to be in Comic Sans. Luckily, I won.

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    3. Re:Uh oh by serviscope_minor · · Score: 1

      Does comic sans even have enough maths symbols to make that work? I'd love to see maths typeset in comic sans. Bonus points if there's a latex package to get up and running fast!

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    4. Re:Uh oh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/comicsans

    5. Re:Uh oh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It wasn't just an April Fools joke. The ATLAS presentation of the Higgs discovery was done, by Fabiola, in Comic Sans.

  8. Congratulations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Congratulations!

  9. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  10. Comic by tigersha · · Score: 1

    Now Comic Sans will become CERN's official font.

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