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Life Paths of Math Fe/male Talents
David Lubinski et al. analyzed the life paths and accomplishments of mathematically talented men and women over four decades. The outcome was that their career path did diverge, because cutting-edge advances, high powered careers, and important leadership roles demand substantial time commitment and intense engagement. Men expressed “stronger preferences for high-impact careers and were willing…
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Körber Prize 2015
Nicola Spaldin, Professor for Material Theory at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Körber Prize, one of the most prestigious scientific awards in Europe. She receive the EUR 750,000 Körber Prize for the creation of a new class of crystalline compounds that could revolutionise the world of computers.
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Remembering Mildred Dresselhaus
The MIT professor who helped pioneer nanoscience, launched a new field of energy research and was one of the first scientists to imagine that it was possible to make carbon nanotubes, died Monday at the age of 86. “Yesterday, we lost a giant—an exceptionally creative scientist and engineer who was also a delightful human being,”…
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Training moduls for diversity
Teaching staff at University of Köln can develop their competencies dealing with a diverse crowd of students with an e-learning tool. The aim of the project DiVers is to offer the teaching staff an e-learning tool which provides trainings to enhance learning materials, presenting methods, communication + interaction with students as well as exams. The…
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Sereina Riniker – listed among the young top scientists
Sereina Riniker, ETH Zurich’s youngest professor was named to the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Science for 2015. Prof. Sereina Riniker develops “methods and software for classical molecular dynamics simulations and cheminformatics, and their application to biological and chemical questions” and combines them with potential future application in computer-aided drug design. Read more about her…
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Suliana Manley and Sylvie Roke Elected APS Fellows
The ETH-WPF congratulates EPFL Professors Suliana Manley (School of Basic Sciences) and Sylvie Roke (School of Engineering) have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society. (photo reused from actu.epfl.ch) Suliana Manley’s research focuses on the dynamic assembly of proteins and on developing a physical paradigm for how proteins form mesoscale assemblies. Her lab develops and uses…
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New professors appointed at ETHZ and EPFL
On December 7, the ETH Board announced the appointment 14 new professors at the ETHZ and the EPFL. Of these 14 professors, 4 of them are women; 3 at the ETHZ and 1 at the EPFL, who coincidentally is the only professor that the EPFL appointed this term. Their fields of research are in the…
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ETH Diversity Award
As an official office of the ETHZ, the ETH Diversity is dedicated to making the experience of studying, researching and working at the ETH more diverse and inclusive. Every year they celebrate 3 individual people and 3 groups or organizations for their efforts to promote equal opportunities for all at the ETH. This year they…
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Charles Hard Townes Award
Ursula Keller, Director of the National Center of Competence for Research for Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology and Full Professors at the Department of Physics since 1997, receives the prestigious Charles Hard Townes Award 2015 for her “seminal contributions in the fields of octave-spanning lasers, frequency comb technology, and high repetition-rate ultrafast semiconductor disc lasers”. The award…
