University of Lausanne Alumni Boston chapter launched

(swissnex Boston, November 03, 2013)

The University of Lausanne Alumni (ALUMNIL) Boston Chapter is now officially launched. The goal of this chapter is to build and strengthen bridges between Lausanne and Boston through various activities, like meetings and events with UNIL researchers and allowing the alumni to keep in touch with each other and recent UNIL activities. Two special guests addressed the founding meeting of the new chapter: Prof. Francesco Panese, specialist in History of Medicine and Sociology of sciences, currently on scientific leave at swissnex was the Ambassador of the UNIL for the event. Dr. Z. Charles Fixler, President of the Lausanne Medical School Alumni Association, gave an inspiring speech on the history and activities of his association: at the end of World War II, many American Jewish people found a haven in Switzerland, which allowed them to successfully complete their studies at the Faculty of Medicine of Lausanne.