Dies Academicus 2015
Programme
Friday, 29 May 2015 - 10:00 am - Amphimax UNIL - Sorge - Auditoire Erna Hamburger
Speeches by
- Mrs Carine Carvalho, President of the University Council;
- Mr Marc Wuarin, co-President of the Federation of Student Associations (FAE)
- Mrs Anne-Catherine Lyon, State Councillor, Head of the Department of Education, Youth and Culture of the Canton of Vaud
- Professor Dominique Arlettaz, Rector of the University
Honorary doctorates
- Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration
Professor Katharina Boele-Woelki - Prof. Jean-Pierre Lefebvre Professor Jean-Pierre Lefebvre
- Faculty of Business and Economics
Professor Alice Eagly - Faculty of Science and the Environment
Professor Timothy L. Grove
Lausanne University Prize
- Professor Gilbert Kaenel
State of Bern Prize
- Collectif Bern ist überall
Musical intermediaries
- Orchestre symphonique et universitaire de Lausanne (OSUL),
Guest conductor: Maxime Pitois
Three Slavonic Dances by Antonín Dvo?àk
The Dies Academicus 2015 video
University prizes and honorary doctorates
Professor Katharina Boele-Woelki receives the title of Doctor honoris causa from the University of Lausanne.
Holder of the Chairs of Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Utrecht, Katharina Boele-Woelki is Professor Extraordinary at the University of the Western Cape.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 603
Professor Jean-Pierre Lefebvre is awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne.
Philosopher, poet, novelist, Jean-Pierre Lefebvre is a professor of German literature at the Ecole normale supérieure in Paris.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 603
Professor Alice Eagly is awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne.
Alice Eagly is Professor of Psychology and Professor of Management and Organisations at Northwestern University (USA).
More info: Article from Uniscope no 603
Dies academicus 2010: Sunita Narain honoured by the Faculty of Science and Environment
In 2007, Ms Narain was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential figures in the United States, from the perspective of exposing abuses leading to serious environmental damage in India, where she is a well-known environmental activist.
Her Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in New Delhi monitors air pollution and the effects of climate change. It has made a name for itself on the subject of the risks of deforestation. It is now tackling the problem of water pollution. Her aim is to push the authorities to introduce more stringent legislation in her country.
The magazine she founded, Down to Earth, is an important vehicle in her political struggle and is well known in scientific circles and among environmental opinion at international level. Ms Narain is a national and international opinion leader on environmental issues. She has forged a solid reputation thanks to her personal commitment, her scientific mastery and her independent spirit.
Professor Timothy L. Grove is conferred the degree of Doctor honoris causa by the University of Lausanne.
Timothy L. Grove has been professor of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge (USA) since 1979.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 603
The collective "Bern ist überall" is awarded the Prix de l'Etat de Berne at the Dies academicus 2015.
To strengthen links between linguistic regions, the Prix de l'Etat de Berne is awarded by the Direction of UNIL to a collective of writers and musicians.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 603
Professor Gilbert Kaenel is awarded the Prix de l'Université at the Dies academicus 2015.
Professor Gilbert Kaenel, PhD from UNIL, director of the Cantonal Museum of Archaeology and History in Lausanne, is also a professor at the University of Geneva.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 603