Montréal and my friends "les pures laines"
After graduation we went on a trip to Japan with the EPFL. There, while visiting Kyoto I met an amazing French Canadian (Max) and we became friend.
We only spent a couple of days together and it was almost two years ago, but we kept in touch.
As Boston and Montréal are close (6hours of drive, at least on an American scale), I decided to visit him for a week end.
Lausanne to Boston: Meet Arnaud
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Happy Birthday Virginie!
Have a wonderful day, Virginie!!
A vacation from Boston
While we are not busy studying and working in Boston, study abroad students love to vacation across the rest of the US to see what else is out there. From LA to Las Vegas, the US has some beautiful and interesting sights to offer. Enjoy!
A couple of rhymes about wonderful America
On the other side of the ocean, we are also having lots of fun.
This year, Switzerland has the snow - lucky us - we have the sun.
On a three-day weekend, what else can we do? We go to New York with the whole crew.
Very fast and very cheap, lets take a Chinese "Fung Wah" roundtrip,
5 months down...
Well, I usually think that pictures talk by themselves and don’t really need large explanations. However after two posts with only a few written lines and nearly five months spent here, I guess this is the right time to tell you more about my Bostonian year.
epfl, harvard, MIT, broad institute, switzerlandWinter Travels
Santa Speedo Race in Boston: We were wandering around Prudential mall when suddenly wild Santas in speedos appeared in Boylston Street…and it was pretty cold out there. Boston IS awesome.
Trip to New York for New Year’s Eve: All photos belong to my friend Fabien Leimgruber
Cells and Whales: Living our Dreams
In the last months, I had the luck of realizing two Dreams. Being in the US at Harvard-MIT working on a Tissue Engineering Project and watching whales.
Actually, both of these two experiences are about Beauty.
Beauty of these gigantic animals swimming in their cold kingdom like silent emperors. They come and go smoothly as if nothing else mattered than being here and now. It felt watching them like they had some secret to teach us about Life.
An Incredible Place
Through this post, I will try to convince you why Boston is the place to be for an exchange!
During those first 5 months in Boston, there are some things that have amazed me. I would like to say that those things are related to exceptional results I got in my lab, but let’s talk about it another time…
Happy Birthday Amelie Guex!
We all hope you had a great day!
boston epfl birthdayOne-way flight: Milan-Boston
My Bostonian experience started the 14th September with a one-way flight Milan-Boston. After a couple of days to recuperate from the jet-lag and to find an apartment, the adventure could start!!!!
elvira boston epfl harvard north endLittle me in big America
Upon arrival, we had some unexpected surprises, such as a little earthquake, little Irene becoming mad and the unpleasant chase of craigslist’s posts. Finding an apartment in Boston for the first of September is actually quite a bad idea as 200,000 other students are trying to find a place, too, but we had to go through this adventure and it was kind of a good way to get to know the city. In most cases, you end up in places that make you wonder if you’re really in the right country- Chinatown, little Italy or Jamaica Plain- but this makes Boston such a nice patchwork quilt.
Boston, epfl, christmasFirst Few Months in Boston
First of all I want to quickly introduce myself, I am Arnaud Monnard, 23 years old and I come from Lutry, a wonderful town located next to Lake Geneva.
I grew up in the region of Lausanne and except for a year spent during high school in Zürich, I always lived and studied closed to Lausanne.
Being in the USA, and especially in Boston is a great opportunity for me, scientifically of course, but also culturally. I have heard and I still hear a lot that Boston is the most European city in the US, it is maybe true, but for me it remains very American and that is great!
EPFL at the swissnex Boston Holiday Party!
Thanks to all of the EPFL Bloggers who attended the swissnex Holiday Party!! We hope you had fun!
Enjoying life in Boston
Why did I decide to come to Boston? Well, Boston has top universities and very interesting research in the field of bioengineering, which I am interested in.
lausanne, epfl, Boston, swissnex, MIT, harvardDiscovering Boston and the American culture
These first months in Boston were full of discoveries. I started to discover, on one hand, the fascinating area of auditory implants, and, on the other hand, this beautiful city of Boston and the American culture.
Thanksgiving, Boston, epfl, swissnexA Very Salem Halloween
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Becoming more American in 3 months
Applying engineering skills to biology and medicine really thrills me. I believe I found a very good place to do this at the Motion Analysis Laboratory of Professor Paolo Bonato, affiliated to the Harvard Medical School. Located at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, along the Charles River...
A symposium on neuroengineering
Here we are at the Harvard Medical School "Neuroengineering Approaches to Sensory and Motor Disorders" symposium on the 28th and 29th of October this year. It was part of the Bertarelli Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering. Many of our professors were there from EPFL and Harvard Medical School to talk about the future of neuroengineering.
neuroscience, bertarelli foundation, hms, epflIt's never too late for pumpkin carving...
*Due to delays in our blog kick-off, this post may seem a bit out-dated; however, it is never too late to throw yourself a pumpkin carving party!
Here the rules for a perfect pumpkin carving ☺
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