Dies Academicus 2021
Programme
Friday 4 June 2021
Speeches by
- Mr Marc-Olivier Boldi, President of the University Council;
- Mrs Léa Pacozzi, co-president of the Federation of student associations (FAE)
- Mrs 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 Jacqueline Authier-Revuz - Faculty of Business and Economics
Professor Bin Yu - Faculty of Geosciences and Environment
Professor Gerta Keller
Vaud Academic Society Prize
- Mr Moctar Dembele
Faculty of Geosciences and Environment
City of Lausanne Prize
- Mr Caleb Abraham
Director of the University of Lausanne
Lausanne University Prize
- Professor Thomas Römer
Management of the University of Lausanne
State of Bern Prize
- The Gustav
Management of the University of Lausanne
Dies Academicus 2021 - video
University prizes and honorary doctorates
Professor Jacqueline Authier-Revuz receives the degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa from the University of Lausanne.
For an outstanding contribution à the analysis of énonciation, as part of a profound and original réflexion, in dialogue with the whole of the human and social sciences, on the way ère subjects are constituted in language and discourse.Jacqueline Authier-Revuz is a professor at the Sorbonne Nouvelle.
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Professor Bin Yu receives the degree of Doctor of Business Analytics honoris causa from the University of Lausanne.
For the excellence and scope of her work, and for her major contribution to the development and advancement of the field of machine learning. She is one of the most influential researchers in statistics and data science in her field.Bin Yu is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Professor Gerta Keller receives the degree of Doctor of Earth Sciences honoris causa from the University of Lausanne.
For her contributions to the Cretaceous mass extinction controversy, and in particular for her global quantitative analysis of the magnitude and rate of extinction and associated climate change.Gerta Keller is a Professor at Princeton University.
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The University of Lausanne, on the recommendation of its Executive Board, awards the following prizes to
Mr Thomas Römer, Honorary Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Lausanne and
administrator of the Collège de France
The University of Lausanne Prize
To the eminent specialist in the Hebrew Bible who, through the excellence of his work and the diversity of his approaches, has advanced our understanding of the origins of monotheism and has made the University of Lausanne a leading name in universities throughout the world; to the outstanding teacher who has always sought to make his work accessible to the general public; to the diplomat whose qualities of persuasion and interpersonal skills have led him to become head of the prestigious Collège de France.