CDH News

On the trail of pollution in Lausanne

Published:24.04.24 — A team of researchers from EPFL, UNIL, and Unisanté have published a report that goes through the legacy of pollution from a trash incinerator that burned in the Lausanne Vallon neighborhood from 1958 to 2005. On March 27, they presented their research to the residents of the Vallon neighborhood.

SHS art course teaches students “a common language”

Published:19.04.24 — The Pratiques artistiques C course, part of the CDH SHS program, gives students across EPFL the opportunity to learn about and practice drawing. The course culminated last December with "Le dessin qui se déplace", an event featuring an artistic performance along with presentations of student works and a lecture.

“Teaching helps me think more objectively about certain presumptions”

Published:17.04.24 — It’s not easy to convince engineering students that learning about the human and social sciences can be useful. Yet that’s precisely what Jean-François Bert has set out to do, (almost) always with a smile.

“Enter the Hyper-Scientific” announces its new cohort for 2024/25

Published:16.04.24 — For the 2024/25 edition of the EPFL College of Humanities (CDH) Artist-in-Residence program “Enter the Hyper-Scientific,” five outstanding artists – Alice Bucknell, Josua Putzke, Sahej Rahel, and the duo of Matthew C. Wilson and Emilia Tapprest – have been selected from among over 200 applications to come to campus and create innovative works of art through collaborations with different researchers and laboratories.

To mitigate the impacts of climate change, “we are all responsible”

Published:26.03.24 — The 2024 Global Issues course held its Grand Témoin Ceremony on February 27. This important event featured the poster award for the 2023 Global Issues course, the award for best SHS Master’s project, the best teaching prize, and a keynote speech by Prof. Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).