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Prof. Ursula Keller nominated for the European Inventor Award 2018
Congratulations to Prof. Ursula Keller, founder of the Women Professors Forum, who has been nominated for the European Inventor Award 2018 in the category “Lifetime achievement”. (https://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180424.html). The Awards winners (among three nominees per category) will be announced on 7 June. This nomination acknowledges Ursi’s revolutionary work on ultra-fast lasers and has been featured in…
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Prof. Denise Mitrano receives the SNSF Marie Heim-Vögtlin (MHV) Prize
For her pioneering work on tracking the spread of micro- and nanoplastic particles through the environment, Geochemist Denise Mitrano (ETH Zurich) is receiving this year’s Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize from the Swiss National Science Foundation. The ceremony will take place at the event “Building hope for the future – Celebrating progress in sustainability“. This event is…
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Role models in STEM fields
Lukas, a Swiss Boy, interviews the Professor for Quantum Physics at ETH Zurich, Ursula Keller. Interview “Was machen Physikerinnen und Physiker?” by Office for Equal Opportunities of ETH Zurich (in German), no date. Watch: www.equal.ethz.ch/kinder_mint
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Best Practices for Female Faculty
by American Physical Society www.aps.org, Sept. 2013. PDF Best Practices for Female Faculty
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Women, research and universities: excellence without gender bias
by League of European Research Universities LERU, July 2012. PDF on www.leru.org
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Women Scientists respond to Nobel laureate’s sexist comments
A Nobel laureate whose comments about the “trouble with girls” involved in science provoked humorous responses from women scientists who tweeted selfies shot in their laboratory. The women scientists responded in a humorous way to the sexist comments a Nobel laureate made at a World Conference which had sparked an outcry. In the meantime the…
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Report of the Commission on the Status of Women Faculty @EPFL
The report of the Commission on the Status of Women Faculty @EPFL was published in July, 2020 and can be downloaded here. The EPFL Direction approved the creation of a Commission on the Status of Women Faculty at EPFL, spearheaded by Rizlan Bernier-Latmani. This commission was created in response to the findings of a survey launched…
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New professorial appointments and promotions
Appointment at ETH Zurich: Professor Ursula Renold (*1961), currently Senior Scientist at the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF) at ETH Zurich, as Full Professor of Education Systems. During her many years’ service as Director of the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology, Ursula Renold has made a substantial contribution to the expansion of the…
