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Rector Günther Dissertori explained on the 169th anniversary of ETH Zurich the fundamental objective he was pursuing with a reform package in teaching. President of ETH Zurich Joël Mesot and Federal Councillor Albert Rösti also spoke to the many guests from politics, business and science. The Head of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications and former ETH graduate gave this year’s ceremonial address.

In the keynote speech kicking off this semester's Respect programme, guest speaker Heidi Möller explains how important psychological safety is for teams to achieve top performance. Nadia Dörflinger-Khashman, Head of the Diversity and Cooperation Department, explains why we all benefit from this lecture.

At the end of the semester, the Institute of Environmental Engineering met for its annual Scientific Speed Dating event. The visualisation of poster titles required creativity and team spirit. The subsequent quiz, in which the drawings had to be matched with the titles, allowed the teams to test their dynamics. By comparing the drawings with the actual posters, it was possible to gain a small insight into the research of 11 IfU scientists.

Medical students at ETH Zurich build a gripper hand for elbow exoskeletons in a crash course lasting just one week. This course has now been honoured with the 2024 Kite Award, the ETH prize for particularly innovative teaching.

Cycling is good both for you and the environment. And it will particularly pay off in May and June when “Bike to Work” will also be offering attractive prizes for all frequent cyclists to win.

What will it feel like to research, teach, study and work at a climate-neutral ETH Zurich? With the launch of the "ETH net zero" programme, all ETH members are on a major expedition together towards an ambitious goal. The message: "All for zero 2030".

Over the last months, laboratories at ETH had the opportunity to participate in the GreenLabs pilot and drive sustainability efforts in their lab practices. End of January 2024, the first certification ceremony of the pilot took place, awarding 19 labs for their progress. ETH GreenLabs will be further rolled out with the goal to review all labs at ETH.

The new rules of procedure to address scientific misconduct enter into effect on 1 June 2024 at ETH Zurich. What has changed and why a revision was necessary.

Cornelius Senn is an Electrical engineer at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering and has been at ETH for 38 years. In the interview he tells Silvio Bonaccio why he doesn’t want to go to Mars and why his guests have to cook for themselves.

Special opening times and operating hours apply at ETH Zurich around the holidays.

The call for proposal of the Humanitarian Action Challenges is now open. It supports collaborative research with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to develop solutions for humanitarian action.