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SNSF develops innovative approaches to equal opportunities
Swiss National Science Foundation appointed a new Gender Equality Commission in order to find new ways of enhancing equal opportunies in its research funding. The independent Commission is composed by international experts and chaired by Susan M. Gasser, director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute and professor at the University of Basel. “We have to face…
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Working Group on Grievance Procedures
The ETH WPF has set-up a working group to develop detailed proposals for the ETH Board and the ETH institutions regarding dispute resolution, grievance procedures, and scientific misconduct. This working group will make use of the resources available from other institutions to assemble a best-practice portfolio. Using this information, the working group will suggest specific…
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Ursula Keller and Ruth Signorell awarded an ERC Advanced Grant
KELLER Ursula Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) ONE-MIX: Mid-infrared optical dual-comb generation and spectroscopy with one unstabilized semiconductor laser SIGNORELL Ruth Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) eDrop: Droplet Photoelectron Imaging Congratulations!
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New appointment and promotion of women faculty
Appointment at ETH Zurich: Anne Lacaton (*1955), currently a partner in the architecture firm Lacaton&Vassal, Paris, France, as Associate Professor of Architecture and Design. Anne Lacaton is an internationally acclaimed architect. Her designs and constructions make a clear statement in support of the human rather than the iconic. She shows great consideration for the concerns…
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Partners
Women matter: their views and priorities need to be included in decisions, strategies, of priority-setting and budget allocation.
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L’influence des stéréotypes sur la carrière des femmes
Dans les sciences de la nature et la technologie, les femmes rencontrent de subtils obstacles qui s’accumulent tout au Long de leur carrière et leur portent préjudice. Pour les déjouer, les ressources disponibles ainsi que leur distribution doivent faire preuve de transparence et obéir à certains principes. Un engagement ciblé des femmes scientifiques dans les…
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Impressum
Copyrights Photographs on the frontpage: Woman in the lab, © Gerry Amstutz, ETH Zurich. ETH Zurich main building’s hall, © ETH Zurich. Women at the board, © Gerry Amstutz, ETH Zurich. Website Design: Simone Braun-Joerg Code: Philippe Braun
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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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Reflections of a woman pioneer in sciences
Mildred Dresselhaus, 84 years, is a woman pioneer at MIT and received the US-Presidential Medal of Freedom. Read her reflections about changes in sciences since 1960ies and the challenges that have persisted. Q: All those inbuilt prejudices! What made you stay on? A: The same reason we all stay on: because we love the work.…
