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On November 26, 2015 seven Grenoble-Alpes University (UGA) PhDs received 2015 Dissertation Awards at a ceremony held at the Musée de Grenoble and attended by a number of local offi cials, including the President of the Greater Grenoble Intermunicipal Authority (la Métro). The award-winning PhDs included Antoine Coutrot (Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma) whose dissertation on […] >>

The second winter session of the GIANT International Internship Programme will welcome a cohort of eleven students from Argentina (under the Arfi tec project uniting Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma and Instituto Balseiro) and Japan (Tsukuba and Keio Universities). A majority of the participants arrived in Grenoble in September for their internships at GIANT labs (LPSC, […] >>

The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $3.8 million grant to the REACT (Research and Education in Active Coatings Technologies for the Human Habitat) project, a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), GIANT, and Solvay USA. The grant will be disbursed over fi ve years to fund basic research to develop […] >>

The three mezzanine levels visible from the Phelma lobby have been transformed by an art installation titled Les Balcons de Turing (Turing’s Balconies). The work, by Alexandre Perigot and Solang Production, is made up of three glittering stainless steel lace-work balconies, with patterns evoking zebra, giraff e, and leopard hides. But what does the African […] >>

CheerUp! Phelma (a local branch of a nationwide nonprofi t providing outreach to young cancer patients) has been busier than ever raising funds and increasing the student body’s awareness of cancer. “Pink October” was dedicated to bringing awareness to breast cancer and to the disease’s prevention. “Movember” focused on cancers aff ecting men, with a […] >>