A parking space for the Nobel laureate
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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The universities of Lancaster and Lausanne strengthen their partnership
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.
Continue reading →Exploring society’s inner workings
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.
Continue reading →‘The players are ambitious’
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.
Continue reading →‘Nature is my only master’
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.
Continue reading →Bringing history to life – in order to understand it better
Festivals offering historical reconstructions are finding favour with both the public and academics.
Continue reading →Establishing probabilities rather than facts
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.
Continue reading →Night flight
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.
Continue reading →Promoting all careers for women on campus
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.
Continue reading →More coffee, vicar?
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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