Traditionally people think of universities as a place they go to for 3, 4, or 5 years to get a degree that will allow them later on to find a job. When young students start to apply to universities they think they are applying to attend the school for a period of 3-5 years, depending [...]

En date du jeudi 8 juillet le Dr Carsten Ullrich de la Faculté de Droit, d’Économie et de Finance de l’Université du Luxembourg a été honoré du prix Rolf Tarrach 2021 pour sa thèse de doctorat Unlawful Content Online: Towards A New Regulatory Framework For Online Platforms* * Should online platforms be held more responsible [...]

Comme la Graduation Week a été victime de la pandémie de Covid 19 l’année dernière, l’Université du Luxembourg avait décidé de rattraper cette cérémonie en mai 2021. Devant un public restreint, certes, mais les responsables avaient donné la possibilité à tous les diplômés de suivre le Graduation Day en transmission directe via internet. En même [...]

Over the last 12 months, the University, just like the rest of the world, had to deal with the new reality of living in a pandemic. During the first lockdown, students were confined to their dorms, many having to cohabit small spaces with people they hardly knew. Our researchers could not come to the labs [...]

In 2012, the Friends launched the prize for the best doctoral thesis of the University of Luxembourg. In 2015 the award was renamed Rolf Tarrach Prize, in honor of the Rector Emeritus of our university from 2005 to 2015. The cryptographer, Dmitry Khovratovich, was the first winner of the award. We met him recently and we took the opportunity to ask him to give us an assessment of the last 9 years but also to talk to us about his future prospects. [...]