Six École Polytechnique students were awarded scholarships and invited to take part in the Tsinghua International Summer School that takes place from July 16th to July 27th in Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Seven École Polytechnique Master’s students were awarded the Make Our Planet Great Again scholarship that will enable them to achieve their academic and professional goals in the environmental field and enroll in l’X Master’s programs.

The project “PIONEER,” the aim of which is to train experts in CO2 recycling by plasma, won European financing from the 2018-2020 “Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions” program. Olivier Guaitella, CNRS researcher in the Laboratory of Plasma Physics will be PIONEER’s scientific coordinator.

On the occasion of a conference held in Israel on June 27-28, 2018, l’X, CNRS and ENSTA ParisTech, joint initiators and backers of the Laboratory of Applied Optics, and the Weizmann Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop and promote cooperation in research initiatives.

Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, accompanied by Nicholas Yang, Secretary for Innovation and Technology, and Edward Yau, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, visited l’X on June 19th, 2018.