Doctoral students, engineers, teacher-researchers, researchers... discover the people behind research at USMB and their discoveries!
Portraits of researchers
Spotlight on female researchers at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) "Women in Science" through an exhibition of black and white photos. This exhibition aims to highlight female researchers at USMB through their work and the wealth of research topics explored at USMB.
Discoveries
- Lecture halls for everyone : Discovering dark matter
- Amphis Pour Tous: The amazing story of the discovery of the Higgs boson
- Discovering the Higgs boson
- When waste becomes valuable...
- Studying and reconstructing an exceptional heritage site: the Chauvet Cave
- Innovating: a complex collaborative process
- Did you know that plants talk?
- Discovering dreams
Awards
University Institute of France
The Institut universitaire de France was created in 1991 to encourage academic excellence, promote gender equality in research, and strive for a balanced distribution of academic research across the country. It brings together a group of researchers who are elected for five years after their applications and projects have been reviewed by an internationally renowned jury.
Christophe Quézel-Ambrunaz and Pascal Hot have been appointed members of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) for a five-year term beginning October 1, 2019.
CNRS medals
Each year, the CNRS awards medals to researchers and staff who contribute, through their work, to the influence and advancement of research and the reputation of the institution. Seven types of medals are awarded. To name just two, the bronze medal rewards a researcher's first work and the innovation medal honors exceptional research.
- Florence Magnin, researcher at the EDYTEM laboratory, receives the prestigious CNRS bronze medal
- Francesca Calore, researcher at USMB, receives the prestigious CNRS bronze medal
- LAPP agents honored with the 2019 CNRS Collective Crystal Medal
- CNRS Silver and Crystal Medals awarded to a researcher and an engineer from LAPP
- Fatih Bellachia, engineer at LAPP, receives the prestigious CNRS Crystal Medal
Honorary doctorate
Since its creation in 1918, the honorary doctorate has been one of the most prestigious distinctions awarded by universities to honor foreign nationals for outstanding services to science, literature, or the arts, to France, or to the university.
Since its creation in 1979, the USMB has honored sixteen personalities, including two Nobel Prize winners, in various disciplines: art, literature, humanities, law, fundamental sciences, and economics.
Ulla TØRNÆS
Former minister, former member of the European Parliament, Danish member of parliament
[Relive the ceremony awarding Ulla Tørnæs an honorary doctorate from USMB, November 26, 2019]
Claudia Lima MARQUES
Professor of Private Law at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre (Brazil)
[Relive the ceremony awarding Claudia Lima MARQUES an honorary doctorate from USMB, July 11, 2019]
Gianmaria AJANI
Rector of the University of Turin
[Relive the ceremony awarding Gianmaria AJANI an honorary doctorate from USMB, February 15, 2019]
Yves FLÜCKIGER
Rector of the University of Geneva
[Relive the ceremony awarding Yves FLÜCKIGER an honorary doctorate from the USMB, February 15, 2019]
Fabiola GIANOTTI
Director-General of CERN
[Relive the ceremony awarding Fabiola GIANOTTI an honorary doctorate from USMB, November 27, 2018]
Marcel JEAN
Artistic Director of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Executive Director of the Cinémathèque québécoise, Quebec City, Canada
[Relive the ceremony awarding Marcel JEAN an honorary doctorate from the University of Manitoba, June 16, 2018]
Jean ZIEGLER
Member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland
Ghislain BOURQUE
Rector of the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Robert ENGLE
Nobel Prize in Economics in 2003, University of California, San Diego, United States
Carlo RUBBIA
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984, CERN, Italy
Norberto BOBBIO
Professor of Philosophy, University of Turin, Italy
Rubini SOERIA-ATMADJA
Professor of Geology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Keba MBAYE
Lawyer, former President of the Supreme Court of Senegal, Dakar
Erwin PARTHÉ
Professor of Chemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Spyros CALOGEROPOULOS STRATIS
Professor of Law, former Rector of the Athens School of Political, Economic, and Commercial Sciences, Greece
Lionello SOZZI
Professor of Literature, University of Turin, Italy