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Raising the first-year pass rate without compromising on standards

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As the new academic year kicks into gear, we spoke to Simone Deparis, the executive director of EPFL’s Propedeutic Center (CePro), which is aiming to raise the first-year pass rate (currently 51.5%) without lowering standards.

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Giulia Marino in front of Le Lignon, urban residential complex in Vernier.© Alain Herzog

Giulia Marino: A career devoted to championing modern architecture

15.09.22EPFL

Architect and EPFL researcher Giulia Marino has received an award from an international non-profit organization in recognition of her many years spent renovating Le Lignon, an urban development to the west of Geneva.

Kazuhiro Morimoto: “rising star” of nanoscience

12.09.22Research

Kazuhiro Morimoto has been named one of four “rising stars who are reshaping nanoscience” by Nature, for his work on the world’s first million-pixel camera. Interview.

Five questions for new CDH director Frédéric Kaplan

01.09.22EPFL community

Frédéric Kaplan, who has succeeded Béla Kapossy after four fruitful years as College of Humanities Director, describes his vision for the humanities and social sciences at EPFL.

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Femtech, taboo-breaking innovations

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Femtech is a term used to describe technologies and applications that focus on women’s health. While this new market offers immense growth potential, taboos around sexuality, periods and menopause continue to hamper progress.

New CDM Director

Professor Dominique Foray has retired from his position as director of EPFL’s College of Management of Technology. He is being succeeded by Professor Rüdiger Fahlenbrach.

A secret language of cells?

Cells may use a secret language for internal dialog about the external world.

Podcast: On the trail of life

Explore the basic concepts of life through the prism of research being done at EPFL, the University of Lausanne and elsewhere.

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Cosmos Archaeology: Explorations in Time and Space

Turning data into sound and images, Cosmos Archaeology: Explorations in Time and Space embraces the scientific, artistic and human dimensions of space to transform the impenetrable abstractions of astrophysics into sensory…

16-09-202205-02-2023

With: Curated by Professor Sarah Kenderdine, Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) and Professor Jean-Paul Kneib, Laboratory of Astrophysics (LASTRO).
Place and room: ART B0 110
Category: Exhibitions

"They, Robots" – Photographic Exhibition

03-08-202202-10-2022

With: Matthieu Gafsou, NCCR Robotics
Place and room: RLC G1 94.12
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Of Robots and Humans – Campus Lecture & Photo Exhibition

30-09-202230-09-2022

With: Merritt Moore, Ballerina and quantum physicist. Matthieu Gafsou, photographer
Place and room: Forum Rolex
Category: Conferences – Seminars