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Not Everybody Getting Into the Graduate School at Ecole Polytechnique is Human …
Fare well, Colonel Tourneur …

This week marked the departure of Colonel Bernard Tourneur from his function as “Chef de Corps” — roughly speaking, that is the position of commanding officer for all of our students (a majority of whom are junior officers during their…
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It’s summer – it’s Science-Time…

It’s summer…which means that while our engineering and graduate students are leaving campus, we’ve got an occasion to spend important quality time with our PhD students and colleagues, and make (attempts at) leap and bounds on our scientific production ……
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It’s summer … it’s X-Science Camp …

It’s summer…which means that while our engineering and graduate students are leaving campus, a different population takes over — and yes, that in addition to our campus wildlife: This week, Ecole Polytechnique is playing host to a high-school-science-camp — roughly…
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