Marie Curie spent the rest of her life working with distinction in the field, helping to found the celebrated Radium Institute of the University of Paris in 1914.
International interest grew, and in 1894 a French aristocrat called Pierre de Coubertin hosted a congress at the Sorbonne University in Paris in order to suggest a new modern Olympic Games.
She was the first woman to obtain a doctoral degree in France, the first female professor at the University of Paris (Sorbonne), and the highest-ranking female faculty member in France at that time.
The area to the right of the Seine River, better known as the Right Bank, grew into a thriving business hub, while the Left Bank earned a reputation as the intellectual district, housing the University of Paris.
Khattar Abou Diab, who teaches political science at the University of Paris, argues that the violence is a sign of tensions in the lead-up to the planned, U.S. withdrawal from Iraq at the end of this year