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Dr. Roy Richard Grinker will discuss his new book, Nobody’s Normal – event hosted by LashuelLab at EPFL
Mental health experts and advocates tell us that “stigma” is the major barrier to mental health care throughout the world. But where did stigma come from? And how can we begin to eradicate it? (Poster provided by LashuelLab at EPFL) Dr. Grinker, a cultural anthropologist, specializing in psychological anthropology will discuss his new book, Nobody’s Normal.…
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ETH Zurich appoints women professors – Sept. 2014
The Board of ETH Zurich recently appointed the following women professors: Prof. Dr Petra S. Dittrich (*1974), currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, as Associate Professor of Bioanalytics. Prof. Dr Cornelia Halin Winter (*1974), currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, as Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Immunology. Dr Ulrike Grossner (*1973), currently Principal Scientist…
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Position Statements
The ETH WPF regularly coordinate in writing position statements regarding working at ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne. They refer to interventions on significant items of dialogue with respect to procedures and initiatives affecting the working environment and work/life balance, examined under the perspective of women faculty. These communications are put to vote by the WPF…
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Spotlight Seminar Series: Women in STEM
The next installment of the D-BAUG Spotlight seminar series is coming up on June 25th 2024, under the theme of Geospatial Modelling Challenges. The event is followed by a panel discussion touching on aspects/considerations for women in STEM. Deadline to register: June 17th
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Yes to career – and family
On 3 September 2016 the German Women Academics Association presented the Sophie La Roche Prize for the third time. It was awarded to Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith, from the University of Ruhr-Bochum. The distinguished physicist has promoted the rights of women in research and teaching through her career, and has always been campaigner for equal…
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Nicola Spaldin receives the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award
Congratulations to the laureate of the 2023 Lise Meitner Award: Prof. Nicola Spaldin, who has been awarded for “Fundamental theoretical contributions and discoveries in the field of multiferroics”. The Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award is awarded by the Gothenburg Physics Centre to a scientist who has made a breakthrough discovery in physics. “Nicola Spaldin’s ground-breaking theoretical contributions…
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The Gender pay gap in academia
As it exists in many other fields, the gender pay gap also affects women in academia. An association similar to our own, the Association of Professional Women in Medical Sciences, comprised of junior women and senior scientists worked for decades to help improve policies for women at the University of North Carolina in the USA.…
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2020 ETH WPF General Assembly
13.00 – 14.30 Formal General Assembly, after 14.30 – General discussion
