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The world relies as never before on science and technology – not only to function, but also to build a sustainable future. This cannot be achieved without placing scientific and technological innovation into context. The College of Humanities promotes the interaction of research in the social and human sciences with engineering, architecture, life sciences, basic sciences, and computer science.

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CDH publishes first annual report

Published:30.06.20 — The College of Humanities (CDH) has the pleasure to announce the publication of its first annual report for the year 2019, in both paper and PDF formats and in both English and French.

Installing the sculpture on the RLC patio © Lang/Baumann

Teaser: Installation of sculpture Up #4 by artists Lang/Baumann

Published:25.06.20 — On June 16th, the impressive sculpture Up #4 was installed on the patio of the Rolex Learning Center (RLC) on the EPFL campus. Designed by Bern-based artists Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, its apparent lightness (8.75m for 2.4 tons) magnifies the curves of the emblematic building on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.

The EPFL campus produces about 3% of its own energy, via its solar park. © Alain Herzog

EPFL students envision a more energy-efficient campus

Published:15.06.20 — For their semester project, five students in the energy track of this year’s edition of the College of Humanities (CDH) Global Issues course studied the feasibility of implementing three unconventional energy alternatives on EPFL’s campus.

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Students in front of the Rolex Learning Centre at EPFL

Social and Human Sciences (SHS)

More than 150 courses offered to all EPFL students

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Master in Digital Humanities

A wide range of specialized fields to do projects in: musicology, social media, litterature, arts, user experience, history, and more..!

Minor in Sciences, Technologies and Area Studies (STAS)

Project-based learning with fieldwork abroad

Digital Humanities Institute (DHI)

World class interdisciplinary research in digital humanities with a local and global perspective

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Institute for Area and Global Studies (IAGS)

Research exploring the socio-political, cultural, economic, and technological dimensions of global phenomenons

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Collaborative Research on Science and Society (CROSS)

UNIL-EPFL research projects exploring contemporary socio-technical challenges

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Lang/Baumann – Up #4

> Video of the perilous installation of the sculpture Up #4 The Swiss artist duo Lang/Baumann (L/B) was invited by the CDH-Culture to imagine and create a sculpture installed from June to December 2020 in a patio of…

17-06-202012-12-2020

With: Lang/Baumann, duo d’artistes suisses
Place and room: Patio extérieur du Rolex Learning Center
Category: Exhibitions