


A Reception to Celebrate the Journey of ENS Foundation Scholarship Recipients

Donors’ Evening: Honoring History, Legacy, and the ENS Heritage

ENS Pays Homage to Gérard Toulouse
On Thursday, March 6, 2025, in the historic hall of the Bibliothèque des Lettres, the École normale supérieure, the ENS Foundation, and the La Ferthé Foundation held an evening in memory of Gérard Toulouse. Gérard Toulouse was an ENS alumnus, agrégé, and PhD in Physics,

Olympic Scholarships: International Talents in the Mathematics Department
For the past five years, the Olympic Scholarship Program, funded by donations from patrons of the ENS Foundation, has enabled the École normale supérieure to recruit the best international talents in mathematics. The recipients of these scholarships are gold or silver medalists from the International

March 8: Spotlight on Women in Science at ENS
March 8: Spotlight on Women in Science at ENS For the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day, female students from the physics and computer science departments share their experiences and commitment to achieving greater gender parity in science. “In France, women scientists remain a minority,”

Roundtable “Visible Women”: Challenges and Solutions
On March 4, students, alumni, benefactors, and friends of the ENS Foundation attended the roundtable discussion “Visible Women”, which brought together: Mercedes Erra, President of the BETC agency; Karine Lacombe, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Faculty of Health, Sorbonne University, and Hospital Practitioner in

AI in the city: ENS at the heart of debates on AI for the common good
On February 10 and 11 2025, the École normale supérieure was the venue for exciting discussions and debates on the impact of artificial intelligence on our societies, hosting the “AI in the City” events over two days as part of the AI Action Summit. Led

Environmental Impact of AI: ENS and Capgemini Create a Global Observatory
With the support of our patron Capgemini, the École normale supérieure, the ENS Foundation, and the AI and Society Institute have established a Global Observatory this February to analyze the environmental impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at all stages of its life cycle (training, fine-tuning,

Women in STEM month: events for more equality in sciences
To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11th) and International Women’s Rights Day (March 8th), the École normale supérieure, its departments, and the ENS Foundation are organizing a series of events. These will highlight the importance of women’s roles in