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Retiring Vice Rectors Andreas Vaterlaus and Lorenz Hurni explain in an interview the trends they are observing and where in their view changes are needed.

The ALEA – the Art of Leadership Award – has been conferred by ETH Zurich since 2017 in recognition of leaders who facilitate modern and innovative working conditions and who actively encourage and support the reconciliation of work, family, and part-time commitments. This time the award was for the first time jointly presented at an independent event by AVETH (Academic Association of Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich) and VPPL.

A 245-tonne circular concrete chamber has been installed at the Hönggerberg campus. It serves as the housing of a large geotechnical centrifuge that is used to model earthquakes and their effects on soils and buildings.

Yesterday, ETH Zurich and the team of architects, building planners and construction managers involved in the project attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the HIF renovation and extension project at Campus Hönggerberg. The event marks the beginning of the upgrade and renovation project at one of the largest building complexes on the campus. It will also be the home of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering.

The winners of the photo competition for ETH members "Favourite places on the Hönggerberg campus" have been selected: Nicolas Ochsner won with a photo of the archive room of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta).  

Arik Jung is the new president of AVETH. On Wednesday, members of the scientific staff association chose the physics doctoral student to succeed Florian Thöle.

Rector Sarah Springman recently met with the Staff Commission (PeKo). She discussed the challenges of being responsible for teaching at ETH Zurich.

Walter Kaufmann, Full Professor of Structural Engineering since 2014, talks about why he came back to ETH Zurich and the fascination that bridges still hold for him. He will be giving his inaugural lecture at 5.15 p.m. on 21 May in the Audimax hall.

For 35 years, Alain Geiger has been dedicating his efforts to measuring the Earth and its atmosphere at the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry. He has discovered that Switzerland is gradually growing in height.

The former Rector of ETH Zurich died at his home in Zollikon ZH on 25 January. He was in office from 1983 to 1995.