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“EPFL opens the door to meaningful change”

Published:14.10.25 — Maya Fruehauf, a staunch ambassador for all 13 of EPFL’s bachelor’s-level programs, speaks candidly to high-school students. The work is demanding, she tells them, but it will equip them to make a real difference in fields ranging from health and mobility to the environment and digital technology.

Farnaz Moser's four lives at EPFL

Published:07.10.25 — Farnaz Moser-Boroumand, the head of EPFL’s Science Outreach Department, received the Outstanding Commitment Award at the 2025 master’s graduation ceremony.

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

Published:26.09.25 — Like other students who earned the highest possible grade on their master’s thesis – while juggling it with sports, volunteer work and travel – Clémence Bachmann is exceptional. Yet she has something extra. Or rather something missing, as she’s nearly blind.

“Plenty more women deserved to be in this exhibition!”

Published:15.05.25 — "Queens of Structure" is a traveling exhibition celebrating the work of over 20 leading women in civil engineering. Here, we talk to Maléna Bastien Masse, who spearheaded the initiative at EPFL and in French-speaking Switzerland more broadly.

One of the biggest skills I've been developing is developing others

Published:28.04.25 — Suliana Manley has a brilliant career as a biophysicist, being the first to visualize some of the smallest building blocks of life in action and explain their mysterious behavior. Now she helps shape the community by developing others.