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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 […] >>

What engineer hasn’t dreamed of breaking the career mold with an exceptional job? ENSPG (a founding school of Phelma) alumnus Sylvain Lodiot is living the dream, piloting the Rosetta space probe from the European Space Operations Center. But the job is a surprisingly complex one, involving 1,000 to 1,500 remote control commands per day. Each […] >>