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,
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 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,”
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
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
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,
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
On February 10 and 11, 2025, Paris will host the Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence, led by Anne Bouverot, Chair of the Board of Directors of ENS-PSL. Bringing together AI experts, heads of state, leaders of pioneering companies in the field, and NGOs advocating
Breaking gender stereotypes by highlighting women scientists and their discoveries throughout history: this is the challenge which is brilliantly approached by the theatrical series Les Fabuleuses. The plays are written by Elisabeth Bouchaud — a physicist, playwright, and prominent patron of the ENS Foundation. They
In 2024, donors were even more generous than in the previous year, allowing the École normale supérieure to expand its scholarship programs to more students, initiate research chairs on Space and climate change, and restore historical furniture and works in the library. On the research
