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Taking a cultural tour of the MINATEC campus has probably never crossed your mind. Maybe now it will! The Grenoble-Alps University community created the “Campus des Arts” program in 2017 to promote the cultural interest of MINATEC and other sites. The program’s website lists some 40 works of art on Grenoble’s campuses and offers up […] >>

Éliane Ferlay took the reins of Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Communications Department at the beginning of February. Ms. Ferlay brings diverse career experiences (Alliade Habitat, the City of Albertville, Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris-Hôpitaux de France, etc.), including with multinational companies, and she is thrilled to come to higher education—a first for her. One of her […] >>

Pierre Benech will succeed Brigitte Plateau as President of Grenoble Institute of Technology following Plateau’s appointment to a position with the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation. Benech was named to the post in late November for a term that will last until February 2020. Bernard Penz was voted in as Vice Chairman […] >>

Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma student Yoann Rey-Ricord, age 23, took a gap year in the Amazon rainforest to participate in a volunteer project run by AKUU, the nonprofit group he cofounded in 2016. The group supports projects in the fields of energy, tourism, waste management, and biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest. Yoann has been living […] >>

On February 8, all CEA centers will host the 7th Scientifique, toi aussi ! [You, too, can be a scientist!] open house on careers in science. In Grenoble, nearly 80 high-school students from science tracks and youth participating in a special outreach program will spend the day at Phelma. The traditional speed-networking meetings, very well […] >>