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- Grenoble INP - UGA is organizing the 3rd Unite! dialogueEvery six months, all staff and students from the seven universities gathered within Unite! meet for a dialogue and cooperate around the various themes and activities of Unite!. The 3rd Dialogue is organized, from March ...Find out more
- Université Grenoble Alpes awarded the "Erasmus Charter" quality certificate for 2021-2027Submitted in May 2020, UGA's renewal application for the Erasmus Charter required all its International and Territorial Development staff, as well as the political team.Find out more
- News releaseUGA President presents his wishes for 2021On January the 28th, in a video, Yassine Lakhnech, Université Grenoble Alpes president, presents his wishes for the year 2021 and gives the floor to the staff and students who make UGA.Find out more
- Covid Health Crisis: Student support systemsThe current health crisis has undoubtedly disrupted students' study and living conditions. Université Grenoble Alpes considers this one of its top priorities, working hard to improve the quality of life of its students, ...Find out more
- Dust clouds reveal new information about the birth of starsThanks to artificial intelligence, astrophysicists were able to better understand a lasting secret of the universe: how stars are born.Find out more
- Women and rural territories in Europe: a MOOC in four languagesWhat is the role of women in rural areas today? How are the stakeholders organized with regard to gender equality? How can women strengthen their power to act and their skills?Find out more
- Mbagnick Ndiaye selected for the Tokyo Olympics!As a high-level sports student at Université Grenoble Alpes, Mbagnick Ndiaye won for the 2nd consecutive year the title of African judo champion in the over 100kg category. This new title ensures him a qualification for ...Find out more
- The international students of Université Grenoble Alpes wish you happy holidaysThey are international students at Université Grenoble Alpes, and wish you in their language a very merry Christmas and New Year. Discover them on video!Find out more
- Interview with street artist Rosie WoodsThe street artist Rosie Woods visited the Saint-Martin-d'Hères campus from October 14 to 25, 2020 where she painted three murals entitled "Veils of knowledge" on the DLST building. She explains her approach and her journ...Find out more
- First image of AMICal Sat!Launched on the night of September 3 at 1:51 am UT (3:51 am French time) on Arianespace's Vega 16 flight, AMICal SaT, the first nanosatellite of the Grenoble University Space Center (CSUG - UGA/Grenoble INP-UGA), transmi...Find out more
- Nature-inspired solutions to sustainably increase crop yieldThe recently launched EU-funded project GAIN4CROPS aims to improve photosynthetic efficiency of the oil crop sunflower using nature-inspired solutions and innovative breeding techniques. The 5-year 8M € project, funded u...Find out more
- News releaseStudents in exile take the DU "Passerelle" bridge to higher studiesMeet the class of 2020-2021 of the University diploma "Passerelle" Students in Exile (CUEF)Find out more
- Evolution of the health crisis: latest developmentsOn October 28, 2020, the French President announced the implementation of new measures to deal with the acceleration of the Covid-19 epidemic, and therefore a new lockdown that should last at least until December 1st. Du...Find out more
- The Mountains of Pluto Are Snowcapped, But Not for the Same Reasons as on EarthIn 2015, the New Horizons space probe discovered spectacular snowcapped mountains on Pluto, which are strikingly similar to mountains on Earth. Such a landscape had never before been observed elsewhere in the Solar Syste...Find out more
- NASA-style approach needed to prevent “bad science” influencing COVID policy, say researchersA new paper in Nature: Human Behaviour says behavioural science needs to undergo rigorous testing before it informs public policy on critical issues such as government responses to Covid-19. If no such testing can be do...Find out more
- Double jeopardy for ecologically rare birds and terrestrial mammalsCommon assumptions notwithstanding, rare species can play unique and essential ecological roles. After studying two databases that together cover all known terrestrial mammals and birds worldwide, scientists from the CN...Find out more
- FestivalInternational DaysFrom September 22, 2020 to October 16, 2020Saint-Martin-d'Hères - Domaine universitaire, Valence, RemoteThe International Days festival brings together international initiatives for the students and staff of Université Grenoble Alpes, on the Grenoble and Valence campuses.Find out more
- How much will polar ice sheets add to sea level rise?Over 99% of terrestrial ice is bound up in the ice sheets covering Antarctic and Greenland. Even partial melting of this ice due to climate change will significantly contribute to sea level rise. But how much exactly? Fo...Find out more
- Using math to visualize ancestral relationships between of ancient DNA samplesResearchers from Université Grenoble Alpes (TIMC Laboratory - UGA/CNRS/Grenoble INP) and Paris-Saclay University (Research Lab in Computer Science - CNRS/Inria) have published a study (Factor analysis of ancient populati...Find out more
- The GRAVITY instrument detects the accretion flows that feed young starsUsing the GRAVITY instrument of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an international team of French, Irish, German and Portuguese astronomers observed for the first time the columns of matter that feed young stars. ...Find out more
- Shanghai 2020 Ranking: UGA enters the top 100 of the world's best universitiesFirst regional university (outside of the Paris region), in the top 5 French Universities, Université Grenoble Alpes has placed in the top 100 world universities in the 2020 Shanghai ranking of world universities. Follow...Find out more
- Molecular insight into the transmission of avian influenza to enable human infectionLatest research published in Nature Communications from the Institut de biologie structurale and the European molecular biology laboratory in Grenoble reveal the molecular mechanisms that support the adaptation of avian ...Find out more
- Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: UGA in the top group of French universitiesRanked 19 times in the top 100, including 6 times in the top 50 of the 2020 Global Rankings of Academic Subjects of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and 1st French university in 7 subjects, Univ...Find out more
- Unprecedented ground-based discovery of two strongly interacting exoplanetsSeveral interacting exoplanets have already been spotted by satellites. But a new breakthrough has been achieved with, for the first time, the detection directly from the ground of an extrasolar system of this type. An ...Find out more
- NETRAW: a network of resources to support active women living in coastal rural areasNamed NETRAW (Network for Rural Active Women), the main objective of this European research and training project is to capitalise on practices and provide access to training and support resources for women living in Medi...Find out more
- Discovery of the first animal fossil in a gem opalAn international team led by scientists from the ISTerre laboratory (UGA-CNRS-USMB-IRD-Université Gustave Eiffel) studied the first animal fossil contained in a gem opal from Indonesia. Published in Scientific Reports on...Find out more
- Université Grenoble Alpes awarded the "Bienvenue en France" label for the quality of its international students' welcomeCommitted to a quality process for welcoming international students, Université Grenoble Alpes was awarded the "Bienvenue en France 2 étoiles" label at the end of May 2020, a label issued by Campus France and validated b...Find out more
- Astronomers find a veritable factory of organic molecules hidden behind the interstellar dustAstronomers acting on a hunch have likely resolved a mystery about young, still-forming stars and regions rich in organic molecules closely surrounding some of these stars. The National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansk...Find out more
- Business: How are companies dealing with the Covid-19 crisis?The Covid-19 crisis has turned many industrial and logistics organizations upside down. The primary focus on profitability has been replaced by the need to ensure the health of workers while maintaining sufficient activi...Find out more
- AppointmentProfessor Virgile Chassagnon of Université Grenoble Alpes, one of three nominees for Best Young Economist of France 2020At the age of 38, Virgile Chassagnon, professor at Université Grenoble Alpes and founding director of the Institut de recherche pour l’économie politique de l'entreprise (Research institute for the political economy of b...Find out more
- Accolade/AwardThe 2020 Grands Prix of the Foundations of the Institut de FranceThe Grand Prix Scientifique of the Charles Defforey Foundation, on the theme "Exoplanets", was awarded to Jean-Luc Beuzit [1], Anthony Boccaletti [2], Gael Chauvin [3], Thierry Fusco [4] , Maud Langlois [5] and David Mou...Find out more
- Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around starsAn international team of astronomers including researchers from the Grenoble Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics (CNRS / UGA), has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks located hundreds ...Find out more
- Spintronics: Control of the electron’s spin by ferroelectricityIn the April 22, 2020 issue of Nature, researchers at the Spintec Laboratory (CNRS/CEA/Université Grenoble Alpes) and the CNRS/Thales Laboratory recently presented an approach that can detect spin information at low pow...Find out more
- ESO Telescope Sees Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole, Proves Einstein RightObservations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way moves just as predicted by Einstein’s general theor...Find out more
- The UGA Foundation helps launch a research project to anticipate and treat severe cases of Covid-19A team of scientists and doctors from Université Grenoble Alpes University Hospital and Université Grenoble Alpes launched a bioclinical research on Covid-19 at the end of March, which was made possible thanks to the sup...Find out more
- UGA University Health Centre ready to face the COVID-19 pandemicTo cope with the pandemic, the Grenoble University Health Center has organized itself urgently in order to be able to continue to provide the best service to its users, students and staff, while opening up to other patie...Find out more
- The latest GIANT Review looks at AI – and the role Grenoble plays in its futureDelve into the world of AI and Grenoble's impact on its future, before learning about the prospects of 3D printing, eco-responsable wearable devices and the latest innovations in bio-sourced packaging.Find out more
- Multidimensional simulations reveal how black holes discharge powerful jets of plasmaIt is common to observe jets of matter being produced and propelled near supermassive black holes. However, this phenomenon has eluded our understanding for decades. New state-of-the-art numerical simulations reveal for ...Find out more
- The Grenoble University Space Centre begins development of a smart nanosatellite for Earth observationDevelop and launch a nanosatellite using artificial intelligence algorithms to observe the Earth and meet social challenges such as observation of illegal deforestation, monitoring of CO2 emissions or evaluation of damag...Find out more
- MAP6, a neuronal protein in the lumen of microtubulesA team of researchers at the Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience (GIN - Inserm/UGA) has discovered that MAP6 - a neuronal protein that stabilizes microtubules - can localize in the lumen of microtubules. A pioneering disc...Find out more
- Environmental friendliness of Bti in mosquito control needs further evaluation according to European researchersBacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) is widely used to reduce mosquito nuisance in Europe and other parts of the world. An evaluation of existing peer-reviewed literature shows that the risk of resistance of m...Find out more
- Information about coronavirus COVID-19You are a student or staff at Université Grenoble Alpes? Consult the measures taken by the university to deal with the coronavirus infection situation.Find out more
- "67P/C-G": A comet worth its salt!By comparing the spectra measured by the Rosetta probe's VIRTIS instrument with those of artificial comets produced at the Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG-CNRS/UGA), an international consort...Find out more
- The first Grenoble nanosatellite AMICal Sat will soon join Arianespace!The Arianespace VV16 flight originally scheduled for March 24, 2020, on which the AMICalSat nanosatellite was to be embarked, has been cancelled due to the current health crisis. The Grenoble nanosatellite, designed by s...Find out more
- UNITE! network's first dialogue event at Aalto starts to pilot joint activitiesThe European university alliance explores new avenues for joint actions for mobility, support services and learning. On 12-14 February, some 150 individuals representing faculty, staff, students and top management of sev...Find out more
- A gold medal and three nominations for the 13 students from the 2019 iGEM team in the synthetic biology competition organized by MIT in BostonThe 2019 Grenoble iGEM team was made up of 13 students from Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP and Sciences Po Grenoble. They headed to Boston at the end of October to participate in the biggest competition in synth...Find out more
- ERC Consolidator Grants 2019: six recipients at UGAOn Tuesday, 10 December 2019, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the list of people who would receive the 2019 ERC Consolidator Grants. It includes 43 recipients who are living in France, 6 from Grenoble and o...Find out more
- PaperTouch: Grenoble INP and the CNRS invent interactive, touch sensitive and recyclable paperResearchers at LGP2* recently developed an interactive paper material that reacts to one’s touch or breath and can record and transfer data thanks to an integrated electronic circuit. This innovative paper can even light...Find out more
- Academy of Sciences recognizes major contribution to the field of fluid mechanicsFollowing Catherine Picart’s award, it is Guillaume Balarac’s turn to be recognized by the Academy of Sciences. The researcher recently received the Espoir Institut Mines Telecom prize from the Academy of Sciences, which...Find out more
- Atmospheric rivers trigger melting in West AntarcticaSurface melting in West Antarctica is triggered by atmospheric rivers that transport heat and moisture from the mid-latitudes and sub-tropics to the polar regions according to a new study from researchers1 from the Unive...Find out more
- 2020: New year, new Université Grenoble AlpesOn 1 January 2020, Université Grenoble Alpes is changing: all public higher education on the Grenoble Alpes site is coming together to form a new, single institution under the name of “Université Grenoble Alpes”. This ne...Find out more
- Brexit: conditions of stay and entry in FranceHere is some information about the conditions to enter and stay in France for British nationals and their families since January 1, 2021.Find out more
- Call for applicationApplications for Bourse Eiffel Master's Fellowships Now OpenThe Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their masters an...Find out more
Published on February 7, 2020
Updated onMarch 16, 2020
Updated onMarch 16, 2020