Until now,the Paris Institute of Political Studies, commonly known as Sciences Po, is the only grande ecole to have aggressively sought out a more diverse student body.

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The naked body of Richard Descoings, 53, director of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, was discovered at the Michelangelo hotel in Manhattan.

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"He appears to have drifted into a parallel world where he picked and chose elements to build himself a new identity, " said Jean-Pierre Filiu, a professor in the Middle East department at the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

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She returned to Paris, studied law at the University of Paris X and then political science at the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence.

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