Dies Academicus 2019
Programme
Friday, 24 May 2019 - 10:00 am - Amphimax UNIL - Sorge - Auditoire Erna Hamburger
Speeches by
- Mr Guillaume Pirot, President of the University Council
- Mr Florent Aymon, co-chairman of the Federation of student associations (FAE)
- Madame Cesla Amarelle, 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 Jean-Yves Mollier - Faculty of Business and Economics
Professor Antoinette Schoar - Faculty of Geosciences and the Environment
Professor Ellen Wohl - University management
Mr Daniel Rossellat
Lausanne University Prize
- Professor Yves Pigneur - portrait (PDF format)
Bern State Prize
- Mrs Marie Caffari
Intermediary music
- Jérôme Berney, percussionist and composer for the 2019 Fête des Vignerons
Ganesh Geymeier, saxophonist
The Dies Academicus 2019 video
University prizes and honorary doctorates
Professor Jean-Yves Mollier is awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne.
Jean-Yves Mollier is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
More info: Article in l'Uniscope no 643 - speech by J.-Y. Mollier
Professor Antoinette Schoar is awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne.
Antoinette Schoar is the Michael M. Koerneren Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 643
Professor Ellen Wohl is awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne.
Ellen Wohl is Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at Colorado State University (CSU), USA.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 643
Mr Daniel Rossellat is awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Lausanne.
Daniel Rossellat is the head of the Paléo Festival in Nyon, the festival on the shores of Lake Léman that attracts more than 200,000 festival-goers every year.
More info: Article from Uniscope no 643 - portrait
Professor Yves Pigneur (portrait)