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History / Archeology - Campus - 12.01.2023
'For a long time, the professors were unwilling to recognize the sheer criminality of the new regime.'
’For a long time, the professors were unwilling to recognize the sheer criminality of the new regime.’

Research Management - Campus - 10.01.2023
First Open Research Data (ORD) projects funded by swissuniversities 

Campus - Event - 27.12.2022
Our top ten news articles from 2022
Our top ten news articles from 2022
1. EPFL mathematician Maryna Viazovska is awarded a Fields Medal In July, Maryna Viazovska, who holds the Chair of Number Theory at EPFL, has been awarded a Fields Medal , widely considered to be the highest accolade in her discipline and described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics. At 37 years of age, Viazovska has thus become only the second female Fields Medalist - after Maryam Mirzakhani in 2014.

Career - Campus - 23.12.2022
’Fondo istituzionale per la ricerca’: the first projects funded

Campus - 23.12.2022
Of cancer therapy research and Mars volcanism
Of cancer therapy research and Mars volcanism
A special year is soon coming to an end. In 2022, much has been researched, developed and invented at ETH Zurich. ETH News looks back on an eventful past year. January Robot ANYmal can walk over hill and dale - thanks to its visual perception and sense of touch, made possible by artificial intelligence.

Campus - Health - 20.12.2022
Julia Bohlius receives the Dora Seif Award
Julia Bohlius receives the Dora Seif Award

Architecture - Campus - 20.12.2022
Lukas Baumann as Visiting Professor at the Institute of Architecture FHNW

Campus - 16.12.2022
New approaches to waste management
New approaches to waste management
Students from ETH and the Ghanaian university KNUST came up with some creative solutions for sustainable waste management at the Rethinking Waste summer school, where knowledge sharing and intercultural exchange topped the agenda.

Campus - Research Management - 15.12.2022
New Vice-Rector for Quality elected

Environment - Campus - 15.12.2022
'The overarching challenge has remained the same'
’The overarching challenge has remained the same’

Career - Campus - 15.12.2022
New Career Opportunities
New Career Opportunities

Pedagogy - Campus - 02.12.2022
University of Bern joins European University alliance ENLIGHT
University of Bern joins European University alliance ENLIGHT

Health - Campus - 21.11.2022
Prestigious accolades for two USI researchers

Campus - 17.11.2022
Preparing future leaders for a more sustainable society
Preparing future leaders for a more sustainable society

Research Management - Campus - 15.11.2022
These are the researchers cited most often
These are the researchers cited most often

Campus - 14.11.2022
Japanese - Swiss Young Researchers’ Exchange Programme

Campus - Health - 14.11.2022
'Good mental health boosts your performance'
’Good mental health boosts your performance’

Campus - 24.10.2022
Leading House Africa: PhD Graduate Programme

Campus - 20.10.2022
Luciana Vaccaro becomes the new president of swissuniversities
Luciana Vaccaro becomes the new president of swissuniversities

Campus - 17.10.2022
The Institute of Italian Studies and the Swiss Chairs of Italian Studies. 
The Institute of Italian Studies and the Swiss Chairs of Italian Studies. 

Research Management - Campus - 12.10.2022
USI’s leap forward in the Times Higher Education rankings 2023

Campus - Event - 01.10.2022
1245 students graduate with EPFL Master's degrees
1245 students graduate with EPFL Master's degrees

Politics - Campus - 29.09.2022
Two days to discuss the challenges of the university system and university governance

Campus - Computer Science - 27.09.2022
Where Are They Now?
Where Are They Now?

Research Management - Campus - 26.09.2022
SUSI, the new Open Access archive of USI publications

Campus - Life Sciences - 22.09.2022
Four professors appointed
Four professors appointed

Health - Campus - 19.09.2022
Autumn Semester Starts for Students at Swiss TPH
Autumn Semester Starts for Students at Swiss TPH

Campus - 16.09.2022
Classical study programmes particularly popular at present
Classical study programmes particularly popular at present

Campus - Economics - 14.09.2022
UZH Student Numbers Remain High
UZH Student Numbers Remain High

Campus - Career - 13.09.2022
Financial Times ranking: HSLU Master’s in Business Administration among the best in the world

Campus - Health - 13.09.2022
Equal Opportunities Award for scientific contributions on equality and diversity issues
Equal Opportunities Award for scientific contributions on equality and diversity issues

Campus - 31.08.2022
Giant wheel used to test a linear motor
Giant wheel used to test a linear motor
Summer series - Master's project (10). Jérémie Pochon has built a test bench for evaluating the type of motor that could one day drive the Hyperloop transportation system. The Hyperloop holds the promise of low-carbon transportation that's fast, efficient and affordable. But before passengers can be enclosed inside a pod and propelled along a vacuum tube at mind-boggling speeds, there's a lot of modeling, simulation, testing and validation work to be done - starting at a pilot scale.

Campus - Career - 29.08.2022
Labour market situation of higher education graduates largely stable between 2019 and 2021

Campus - 18.08.2022
Do we have an unhealthy appetite for pie (charts)?
Do we have an unhealthy appetite for pie (charts)?
Summer series - Semester project. Three university students, as part of their critical data studies class, wrote a light-hearted yet instructive comic strip about perception biases in the presentation of data. The story starts with two artisan cheesemakers who are hauling their product to market when their carts - one horse-drawn, the other ox-drawn - collide.

Campus - 18.08.2022
In 2021, 8% of higher education graduates had a strong fear of becoming unemployed

Campus - Social Sciences - 16.08.2022
The significance of method in the social sciences: an interview with Professor Eugène Horber for the 26th Summer School in Social Science Methods 

Environment - Campus - 16.08.2022
RebuiLT, or how to rebuild a house sustainably
RebuiLT, or how to rebuild a house sustainably
The Low-Tech Lab in Lausanne has been part of the Unipoly association of EPFL since 2021 and aims to popularize the low-tech approach already found in several other European universities.

Campus - 26.07.2022
UNIGE joins the European University Alliance 4EU+
UNIGE joins the European University Alliance 4EU+

Campus - 21.07.2022
The ’Uber files’ and the integrity of scientific research
An extensive journalistic investigation, conducted by Britain's Guardian together with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, has exposed the aggressive lobbying practices conducted between 2013 and 2017 by Uber, the ride-hailing service that, according to documents released to the public, violated the law, deceived regulators and took advantage of acts of violence against its drivers to lobby politicians and the public.

Environment - Campus - 14.07.2022
Twelve professors appointed

Mathematics - Campus - 05.07.2022
Fields Medal for a mathematician from the University of Geneva
Fields Medal for a mathematician from the University of Geneva

Campus - Research Management - 01.07.2022
Solidarity with the victims of the war in Ukraine

Media - Campus - 13.06.2022
USI PhD thesis wins international award for research on journalism and mass media

Research Management - Campus - 08.06.2022
Number one in continental Europe

Economics - Campus - 07.06.2022
EPFL students acquire a taste for entrepreneurship
EPFL students acquire a taste for entrepreneurship
In 2018, EPFL introduced a program whereby highly motivated Master's students can create a startup for their Master's projects.

Campus - 30.05.2022
More than 20 USI presentations at International Communication Association's 2022 conference in Paris
More than 20 USI presentations at International Communication Association’s 2022 conference in Paris

Environment - Campus - 20.05.2022
Appointments of EPFL professors
Appointments of EPFL professors

Life Sciences - Campus - 20.05.2022
Appointment of EPFL professors
Appointment of EPFL professors

Environment - Campus - 20.05.2022
Good science journalism has a cost
Good science journalism has a cost

Campus - Earth Sciences - 19.05.2022
Nathalie Dubois becomes titular professor at the ETH Zurich
Nathalie Dubois becomes titular professor at the ETH Zurich