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    At the beginning of this summer, I would like to reflect on the richness of our local ecosystem and the opportunity we have, in my eyes, to collaborate...
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    At the start of the spring term, I'd like to share with you one of my recent reads, Les Dragons by Belgian journalist and writer Jérôme Colin...
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    The directors of Switzerland's university hospitals recently took to the media to call on the authorities in the face of rising healthcare costs...
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    On the occasion of International Women's Day 2023, I would like to take a look at the salary analysis recently carried out by our Human Resources Department.
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    The New Yorker published an article in the summer of 2021 comparing public health policy in Costa Rica to that of the United States. The result is clear...

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Created in February 2022, this blog aims to establish a direct communication channel between the Rector of the University of Lausanne Frédéric Herman, the community of the university and the City.

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More personal, its content opens a window on the daily life of the Direction, its experience, its enthusiasms and concerns.

Current issues, personal favourites, personal concerns, the thinking developed here is to be understood above all as a subjective sharing of experiences likely to nourish exchanges, and as a constantly renewed invitation to discover new projects, personalities and angles of view.

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