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A parking space for the Nobel laureate

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A specially reserved parking space for Jacques Dubochet’s bike was unveiled on Monday 29 January in front of the Biophore building.

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Posted in L'Uniscope, UNIL news | Tagged Jacques Dubochet, Nobel

The universities of Lancaster and Lausanne strengthen their partnership

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A privileged partner of UNIL, the University of Lancaster has a sprawling green campus, brought to life day and night by the students who live there. We went to the North of England to meet with Andrew Atherton, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of this institution.

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Posted in L'Uniscope, UNIL news | Tagged International

Exploring society’s inner workings

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Fabrizio Butera was awarded the prestigious Kurt Lewin Medal from the European Association of Social Psychology in 2017. We meet with a man who scrutinises our society by examining its inequalities.

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Posted in L'Uniscope, Society | Tagged Gender, Inequalities

‘The players are ambitious’

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For the first time in twenty-eight years, the LUC volleyball programme has welcomed a women’s team into its ranks. Coached by Pierre Pfefferlé, this group can count on the support of Rector Nouria Hernandez, a rather symbolic patron.

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Posted in L'Uniscope, UNIL news | Tagged Sports, Volleyball

‘Nature is my only master’

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Jacques Dubochet

His specialism? Cryomicroscopy. His latest news? Being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on 4 October 2017. His university? UNIL. His future? Discussing, participating and philosophising.

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Posted in L'Uniscope, Natural Sciences, UNIL news | Tagged Jacques Dubochet, Nobel

Bringing history to life – in order to understand it better

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Re-enactment of the battle of Waterloo

Festivals offering historical reconstructions are finding favour with both the public and academics.

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Posted in History, L'Uniscope | Tagged Historical reenactment

Establishing probabilities rather than facts

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Christophe Champod

Awarded with a medal for his body of work on fingerprints, Christophe Champod talks about his career and his field of research, which he probes on the basis of probabilities.

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Posted in L'Uniscope, Natural Sciences | Tagged Fingerprints, Forensic Science

Night flight

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A Daubenton's bat

How do parasites in the blood or eating habits influence the metabolism of bats? To understand these questions, a team of biologists is conducting a vast study on the Daubenton’s bats living on the University of Lausanne (UNIL) campus. Read on and find out more about these mysterious creatures.

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Posted in L'Uniscope, Natural Sciences | Tagged bats

Promoting all careers for women on campus

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Stefanie Brander and Déborah Philippe

In June 2017, UNIL launched its 2017- 2020 action plan for gender equality. A document that encompasses five priority targets, including the aim that 40% of professors should be female.

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Posted in L'Uniscope, UNIL news | Tagged Gender

More coffee, vicar?

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Murielle Bochud

Fresh from her appointment as Director of the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Murielle Bochud takes a true-or-false quiz all about coffee and its main component, caffeine.

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Posted in L'Uniscope, Medicine | Tagged Coffee

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