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Lorraine Daston Receives Honorary Doctorate from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

EPFLCongratulations to Director Emerita Lorraine Daston, who has received an honorary doctorate from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) “in recognition of her driving role in broadening our understanding of the history of science and technology, and of the exceptional work she has done leading collective efforts at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, initially as department head and subsequently as director.” The degree was awarded at their annual graduation ceremony, Magistrale, on October 1, 2021.