Category: News
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Prof. Nicola Spaldin elected as a member of the ERC Science Council
The European Commission has elected Professor Nicola Spaldin (Chair of Materials Theory, ETH Zürich) as a member of the ERC Science Council. Prof. Spaldin has herself been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant under the 7th Research Framework Programme (2007-2013). Under Horizon 2020 (20214-2020), she is one of the co-Principal investigators in the ERC Synergy Grant “Hero”,…
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Prof. Sorkine and Prof. Stadler awarded ERC Consolidator Grants
Congratulations to two of our WPF members for the receipt of ERC Consolidator Grants Prof. Dr. Olga Sorkine (ETH Zürich): MYCLOTH – Sustainable Algorithmic Modeling of Personalized Garments Prof. Dr. Tanja Stadler (ETH Zürich): PhyCogy – From Foundations of Phylodynamics to New Applications in Cell Biology Read more here
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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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Maryna Viazovska was awarded the 2020 National Latsis Prize
Professor Maryna Viazovska was awarded the 2020 National Latsis Prize, which rewards the work of researchers under the age of 40, in recognition for her ground-breaking work in solving the sphere-packing problem. More details here.
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Congratulations to Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk on her election as President of the Swiss Science Council
Der Bundesrat: Sabine Süsstrunk übernimmt Präsidium des Schweizerischen Wissenschaftsrates Le Conseil fédéral: Sabine Süsstrunk prend la présidence du Conseil suisse de la science English version at EPFL website
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Report of the Commission on the Status of Women Faculty at EPFL – published 22.07.2020
Link to report EPFL article DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3960658
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Congratulations to Eleni Chatzi for being awarded the 2020 Walter L. Huber Research Prize
Congratulations! ETH Zurich official news. For more details on this prestigious award please check here.
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Congratulations to Prof. Viola Vogel on her election as a foreign member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering!
National Academy of Engineering official list.
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Intermediate Evaluation of the ETH Domain – reports now available
ETH Domain Intermediate Evaluation: 2 out of 22 recommendations address diversity. Recommendation 7: Attracting Women to STEM Disciplines Recommendation 19: Diversity The documents have been published on the website of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI.
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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…