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17 unusual facts about University of Geneva


Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle

He first devoted himself to the study of law, but gradually drifted to botany and finally succeeded to his father's chair at the University of Geneva.

Amanda Sainsbury-Salis

(Swiss Government Scholarship) in 1991 and she received her PhD from the University of Geneva, Switzerland in 1996.

Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope

The son of the 2nd Earl Stanhope, he was educated at Eton and the University of Geneva.

Claire Goll

In 1916 she emigrated in protest of World War I to Switzerland, where she studied at the University of Geneva, became involved in the peace movement, and began to work as a journalist.

Daniel Thalmann

After a Master degree in Nuclear Physics (1970) and a combined Certificate in Statistics and Computer Science (1972) both from the University of Geneva, he earned a PhD in Computer Science (1977) also from the University of Geneva.

Denis Duboule

He earned his PhD in Biology in 1984 and is currently Professor of Developmental Genetics and Genomics at the EPFL and at the Department of Genetics and Evolution of the University of Geneva.

Francis Muguet

He was a researcher at ENSTA (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancées) from 1993 to 2009 and worked, during the last months of his life, as a consultant for International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the University of Geneva.

Laser-assisted water condensation

Laser-assisted water condensation is an experimental technique for artificially causing rainfall that was developed in 2011 by scientists from the University of Geneva.

Luigi Galleani

In addition to assisting him with his masterwork, La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, Galleani worked with Reclus to organize a demonstration of students at the University of Geneva in 1887.

MedSLT

MedSLT is a medium-ranged open source spoken language translator developed by the University of Geneva and is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Mercator Telescope

The Mercator Telescope is a 1.2m telescope, operated by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven University), Belgium, in collaboration with the Observatory of the University of Geneva.

Oedipus Aegyptiacus

In 1999 the University of Geneva exhibited one of the vast tomes of Oedipus Aegyptiacus in an exhibition to celebrate the centenary of Jorge Luis Borges as representative of books associated with the Argentinian author.

Olivier Long

Besides having studied in London and Harvard, he had a Doctor of Laws from the University of Paris and Doctor of Political Science from the University of Geneva.

Rances

It has been the site of extensive archeological excavations, notably by the University of Geneva.

Translators Without Borders

In January 2012, Translators without Borders (partnered with the University of Geneva, Acrolinx, the University of Edinburgh and Symantec) launched the international research project ACCEPT.

William Rappard

He was Co-Founder of the Graduate Institute of International Studies (now IHEID), Professor of Economic History at the University of Geneva, Rector of the University of Geneva, Director of the Mandate Department of the League of Nations, and Swiss Representative at the International Labour Organization (ILO), as well as at the United Nations Organization (UN) and at the United States Embassy.

Yōichi Masuzoe

He was an academic assistant at the University of Tokyo from 1971, and later spent several years in Europe as a research fellow at the University of Paris (1973-75) and University of Geneva (1976-78).


Afet İnan

In 1935, Afet İnan went to Switzerland again and studied as a student of Eugène Pittard (fr.) at the University of Geneva between 1936 and 1938.

Enrique Moles Ormella

In 1916, Moles studied with Prof. Philippe A. Guye at the University of Geneva to establish the atomic weight of bromine, and he received the degree Doctor of Physics from the University of Geneva that year.

Georges de Rham

He studied at the University of Lausanne and then in Paris for a doctorate, becoming a lecturer in Lausanne in 1931; where he held positions until retirement in 1971; he held positions in Geneva in parallel.

Haroon Khan Sherwani

He also spent extensive time studying French at the University of Grenoble in France and the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

Heinrich Zollinger

From 1837-1838 he studied botany at the University of Geneva under Augustin and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, but had to interrupt his studies due to financial problems.

Jaroslav Vanek

He received his diploma in statistics, mathematics and economics at the Sorbonne (1952), and a postgraduate degree in economics at the University of Geneva (1954).

Jean Weigle

Jean-Jacques Weigle (July 9, 1901 – December 28, 1968) was a Swiss molecular biologist at the CalTech and a former physicist at the University of Geneva from 1931 to 1948.

Jean-Louis Prévost

In 1876 he became a professor of therapy at the University of Geneva, and in 1897 succeeded Moritz Schiff (1823–1896) as professor of physiology, a position he held until 1913.

Louis-Jeantet Foundation

It funds the Louis-Jeantet Prize, and a number of professorships at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva.

Roberto Car

He was in 1973/74 a postdoc at the University of Milan, from 1977 to 1981 an assistant at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, from 1981 to 1983 at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center of IBM, from 1984 to 1990 associate professor for physics at SISSA in Trieste (in 1990/91 as full professor) and from 1991 to 1999 professor for physics at the University of Geneva (and director of the IRRMA of the ETH Lausanne).

Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber

Danspeckgruber was educated at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz and the University of Vienna, Austria, (D.Laws); and at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (Ph.D) where he studied under the supervision of Curt Gasteyger, and worked closely with Dusan Sidjanski at the University of Geneva.