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Every Wednesday evening the art of free speech is exercised in the ETH Zurich Students' Debate Club. Participants meet to debate about god and the world. Club President Jonathan Feldstein explains what people can learn through argumentative manoeuvring.

The building permit has been issued: ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and the Canton of Zurich have permission to build the Agrovet-Strickhof, a jointly operated agricultural education and research centre in Eschikon Lindau. Research director Carla Soliva and IT director Hans-Rudolf Wettstein are here to share their thoughts on the planned buildings and the opportunities for livestock research.  

The Language Center of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich has developed a new, nine-month intensive German course. This highly practical course aims to open the way for better integration of doctoral students from outside Switzerland. The graduates of the first course have plenty of success stories to share.

With Open Access Week 2014 beginning today, we take a look at the ETH-Bibliothek’s work on e-publishing and digital data preservation.

The official opening ceremony for ETH’s new Oberer Leonhard building (LEE) took place on Monday. So how are its occupants – employees from the KOF Swiss Economic Institute and the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT) – finding everyday life in Switzerland’s most sustainable university building?

How can universities improve their services for internationally mobile researchers? This is the subject to be addressed by an international conference at ETH Zurich at the beginning of June. ETH has been supporting dual careers for researchers for 15 years now.

Studying abroad? Using international research contacts or planning a sabbatical? The International Knowledge Base (IKB) provides you with information on ETH Zurich’s international relations at the click of a button.

Renate Schubert has been the ETH Zurich President’s Delegate for Equal Opportunities since 2008. In this interview, she introduces the “Fix the leaky pipeline!” support scheme.

The former central building of the Department of Physics has undergone an extensive renovation. The redevelopment concept looks forward, satisfying modern requirements for low energy consumption.

ETH student Johannes Gerber is a passionate Suonen hiker and has developed a useful outdoor application in his Master project.