News "Culture, science and society"

The Pop’Sciences festival is coming back in 2019. It gives researchers, PhD students, engineers, laboratory technicians, facilitators, mediators, and Pop’Sciences contributors an opportunity to present their research, test a scientific mediation, see how their fellow citizens understand their work and communicate their passion for science to a wider, more diverse audience directly in a local neighborhood.

A lecture and debate about animal consciousness is being held at the veterinary campus in Lyon on December 6, 2018. It is funded by IDEXLYON and is part of the Global Health 2018 series of lectures organized by VetAgro Sup.

The Institut Pasteur in Tunis and the Université de Lyon, as partners of the *H2020 InSPIRES project consortium, are organizing a spring school for the science shops on April 22 and 23, 2019.

In the upcoming Pop’Sciences Forum, the Université de Lyon and its partners are exploring the new transformations within the city and for its citizens that are being brought about by digital technology.

The Université de Lyon is organizing a meeting between middle-schoolers and PhD students on November 22 at the Maria Casarès middle school at Rilleux-la-Pape where the doctoral dents will answer middle- and high-schoolers’ questions about the academic world and scientific professions. At the end of the day, the general public will be invited to attend discussions from 5 to 8 PM.

The academic world has been engaging more and more with civil society in recent years. As part of their commitment to fostering dialog between universities and citizens, Sherbooke University and the Université de Lyon are holding a colloquium to explore relevant issues and exchange best practices.

The Foundation for the Université de Lyon is organizing the eleventh Economy Days on November 6, 7 and 8, in collaboration with the ENS de Lyon.

The Université de Lyon’s Science Shop is building a bridge between research and civil society. Each year, it matches organizations with a team of scientists to find practical solutions to their concerns.

On September 16, the Université de Lyon, the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, the Université Lumière Lyon 2, the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and the Fred Bendongué Company gathered 270 Université de Lyon students and staff members, along with local inhabitants of the third and seventh districts of Lyon, to participate in a parade at the 2018 Dance Biennale.

The Université de Lyon is hosting the “Learning to learn in a fake news world, from high school to university” colloquium on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, which is being organized by the Conference of University Presidents (CPU - Conférence des présidents d'université).

The Métropole de Lyon has partnered with the Université de Lyon to award the 2018 Young Researcher Award to three young researchers from Lyon on October 9, during the 27th Science Fair.

Every year, the Jeune Ballet at Lyon's Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse (CNSMD) performs a famous piece by an internationally-renowned choreographer. Last March, the student dancers had the opportunity to perform May B by Maguy Marin.

Since January 2018, the 270 participants that make up the "Joyous Cacophony", the Université de Lyon's group, have filled the gymnasiums and universities of Lyon to learn and practice the choreography designed by Fred Bendongué for the 2018 Dance Biennale Parade, on September 16, 2018.

The Université de Lyon’s research ethics platform launched its MOOC during its annual symposium on June 6 & 7.

By organizing its first Pop'Sciences Forum, the Université de Lyon aims to bring together researchers, the public, artists, associations and companies, so they can learn and reflect together about the reality of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in our society. The program, which will last more than two weeks, includes lectures, screenings, debates, workshops and meet-ups on the topics of work, health, ethics, feminism and democracy.

The National University Dance Events are a true highlight for university dance and a unique opportunity to highlight students' creative work from the year and thus promote their artistic talent. The event has been scheduled for April 5 at the Maison de la Danse, where we will be able to see 180 shortlisted dancers perform!

The Arts and Culture in Higher Education Days (JACES: Journées des arts et de la culture dans l’enseignement supérieur) aim to showcase cultural and artistic achievements in higher education. For 2018, the Université de Lyon's member institutions have decided to share a program for the first time, with over 30 events open to the public from April 3 to 5, 2018.

The Université de Lyon regional final of the My Thesis in 180 Seconds (MT180) competition was held on Thursday, March 29, in the Université de Lyon's Grand Amphithéâtre. Fourteen candidates from the site's institutions presented their thesis subjects, with a mix of humor and apprehension, to a full house before three jury prizes and one audience prize were awarded.

As part of Brain Awareness Week 2018, the ASLAN and CORTEX LabExes organized a public conference evening on March 13 with the aim of learning more about the difficulties that dyslexic students face, as well as their compensation strategies to support academic success.

Through the Factory of Innovation scheme and for the second year running, the Université de Lyon and the French rail company Alstom are organizing an ideation challenge based on the theme "safety on public rail transport for passengers and staff".

For the launch of the 2018 Science Shop work placements, a Science Shop exhibition will take place at the Université de Lyon from February 15 to March 1, in the hall at 90 Rue Pasteur Lyon 7e.

The regional final for the Idea Challenge, a competition for the student with the best idea, took place on Saturday 25 November at the Université de Lyon. Over fifty students from the entire region gathered to explore their idea, work on their pitch and defend their project to a jury of professionals.