College of Humanities

Six new CROSS projects on the theme of crisis

Published:23.11.22 — The 2023 edition of the CROSS (Collaborative Research on Science and Society) program invited researchers from EPFL and the University of Lausanne to submit proposals for joint projects on the theme of crisis. These projects combine natural sciences and engineering with social sciences and humanities to address some of the most pressing challenges facing society.

SHS Prize 2021-2022: the ‘laboratory of nature'

Published:27.10.22 — The annual Social and Human Sciences (SHS) Prize has been awarded to a team of three master students for their semester project, which involved – literally – retracing the steps of an 18th-century Swiss scientist to recreate his pioneering mountaintop experiments.

A steel uterus speaks for itself

Published:13.10.22 — Swiss artist Vanessa Billy has responded to an invitation from the CDH Culture program by creating an original sculpture with an ecofeminist message – and a musical twist – for one of the patios of the Rolex Learning Center.