Dies Academicus 2013
Programme
Friday, 31 May 2013 - 10:00 am - Amphimax UNIL - Sorge - Auditoire Erna Hamburger
Speeches by
- Mr Boris Vejdovsky, President of the University Council;
- Messieurs Etienne Kocher and Maxime Mellina, co-Présidents de la Fédération des associations d’étudiants (FAE)
- Mrs Anne-Catherine Lyon, Conseillerère d'Etat, Head of the Department of Education, Youth and Culture of the Canton of Vaud
- Mr Dominique Arlettaz, Rector
Honorary doctorates
- Faculty of Arts
Mrs Vera Michalski-Hoffmann - Faculty of Business and Economics
Professor Jean Tirole - Faculty of Geosciences and Environment
Professor Susan L. Brantley
Lausanne University Prize
- Professor Daniel Cherix
Musical intermediaries
- Lausanne Symphony and University Orchestra
Conducted by Aurélien Azan Zielinski
Selected pieces from Claude Debussy's Petites Suites pour Orchestre
The Dies Academicus 2013 video
The film on educational innovation at the University of Lausanne
Presentation by a professor, a student and a doctoral student from UNIL
University prizes and honorary doctorates
Madam Vera Michalski-Hoffmann is conferred the degree of Doctor honoris causa of the University of Lausanne.
Vera Michalski-Hoffmann founded and directs Libella, an independent publishing group that brings together several Swiss, French and Polish publishing houses.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 853
Professor Jean Tirole is awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne.
Jean Tirole is President of the Toulouse School of Economics and an affiliate of IDEI (the Institute of Industrial Economics) and IAST (the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse).
More info: Article from Uniscope no 853
Professor Susan L. Brantley receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne
Susan L. Brantley has been Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University and Director of the Earth & Environmental Systems Institute in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences since 2004.
Further information: Article in Uniscope no 853
Daniel Cherix is awarded the Prix de l'Université at the Dies academicus 2013.
An honorary professor and former curator of the Cantonal Museum of Zoology, the entomologist has made a major contribution to the popularisation of science.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 853