Dies Academicus 2017
Programme
Friday, June 2, 2017 - 10:00 a.m. - Amphimax UNIL - Sorge - Auditoire Erna Hamburger
Speeches by
- Mr Thierry Schiffmann, President of the University Council
- Mr Loïc Pillard, co-president of the Student Union Federation (FAE)
- Mrs Anne-Catherine Lyon, State Councillor, Head of the Department of Education, Youth and Culture of the Canton of Vaud
- Professor Nouria Hernandez, Rector of the University of Lausanne
Honorary doctorates
- Faculty of Arts
Professor Denis Guénoun - Faculty of Business and Economics
Professor Elias S.W. Shiu - Faculty of Science and the Environment
Professor Augustin Berque
Lausanne University Prize
- Mrs Anne-Catherine Lyon
Professor Dominique Arlettaz
State of Bern Prize
- Viceversa review
Prize of the City of Lausanne
- Mrs Carine Corajoud
Vaud Academic Society Prize
- Mr Omaya Dudin
Intermediate musical
- Orchestre symphonique et universitaire de Lausanne (OSUL),
Conducted by Hervé Klopfenstein
"Suite for jazz orchestra n° 2" by Dmitri Shostakovich
The Dies Academicus 2017 video
University prizes and honorary doctorates
Professor Denis Guénoun receives the title of Doctor honoris causa from the University of Lausanne.
Philosopher and playwright, disengaged from his professorial activities, here he is totally free to plunge or plunge back into the subject of the arts.
More info: Article from l'Uniscope no 624 - portrait
Professor Elias S.W. Shiu receives the title of Doctor honoris causa from the University of Lausanne.
Professor Elias Shiu is a highly renowned researcher in the actuarial scientific community, the recipient of several prestigious awards.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 624
Professor Augustin Berque receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne.
Augustin Berque, born in 1942 in Rabat (Morocco), is a geographer and orientalist at the EHESS in Paris who has been highly distinguished for his work.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 624