Nouvelles de le bureau de la diversité

Farnaz Moser-Boroumand, the head of EPFL’s Science Outreach Department. 2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

Farnaz Moser's four lives at EPFL

— Farnaz Moser-Boroumand, the head of EPFL’s Science Outreach Department, received the Outstanding Commitment Award at the 2025 master’s graduation ceremony.

Clémence Bachmann | 2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“I never once thought that I couldn't do it”

— Like other students who earned the highest possible grade on their master’s thesis – while juggling it with sports, volunteer work and travel – ClĂ©mence Bachmann is exceptional. Yet she has something extra. Or rather something missing, as she’s nearly blind.

Pauline Ruffiot, Marion Albertini and Fabrizia Dutto,  scientific mediators at EPFL’s Science Outreach Department- 2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“We need to keep encouraging girls to study science and engineering”

— Marion Albertini, Fabrizia Dutto and Pauline Ruffiot are scientific mediators at EPFL’s Science Outreach Department, where they help put on a wide range of activities for the general public and young people – with a particular focus on girls.

© 2025 EPFL

Career Development Workshop

— On September 8th, before the ENAC Research Day, the ENAC Diversity Office organised the 1st edition of the Career Development Workshop aimed at Doctoral Students and Postdocs.

© 2025 EPFL

Taking Action : Practicing respect and inclusivity on campus

— Improve our work and study environment

Polina Holub - 2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“I wanted to study a subject that has meaning”

— For her EPFL master’s project, Polina Holub developed a plan for recycling the rubble from buildings destroyed during the war in Ukraine – a particularly meaningful endeavor for someone who grew up in a Ukrainian town near the Russian border.

© 2023 EPFL

Diversity Lunch series kicks off with Diversity in Teaching workshop

— The Diversity Office's first Diversity Lunch series focused on "Exploring Universal Design for Learning" and was led by Jocelyn De Lima.

Screening of The Divine Order at Satellite © 2023 EPFL

ENAC Diversity Office's movie series continues to inspire

— "The Divine Order" sparks lively discussion on women's suffrage and today's realities.

© 2023 EPFL

ENAC Diversity Office celebrates our founder and first director

— The Diversity Office held an apĂ©ro in the honor of Prof. Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, who founded the office in 2021.