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Geodata offers a wide range of application fields: for instance, maps and 3D visualisations can be produced, changes in the landscape and the cityscape visualised, or terrain and climate models analysed.

Against the backdrop of the Open Access Week 2018, ETH Library invites you to two virtual events on open access publishing, openness and FAIR data.

ETH Zurich is launching a comprehensive research initiative in a previously overlooked field of medicine, namely the medium and long-term rehabilitation of patients. The last Executive Board meetings also covered the election of two new ombudspersons, the annual gender monitoring report and the new Financial Regulations.

The University Assembly was able to nominate two new ombudspersons for the first time: Margrit Leuthold and Peter Frischknecht, who were subsequently elected by the Executive Board. The widely supported process will strengthen the office, says Werner Wegscheider, University Assembly President and Professor of Experimental Physics.

Hans Heinrich Hauri, President of ETH Zurich from 1968 to 1973, passed away on 1 October at the age of 95.

We’re looking for ETH members’ favourite places on the Hönggerberg campus. Submit photos of the places where you most enjoy spending time on campus and you could win some great prizes.

The Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) is organising a workshop on the topics of open data and data management on 29 October 2018.

It’s the year 2024: a scientist in Sudan, a family member of a patient with a rare disease in the USA, a farmer in China – they are all able to access the latest findings from academia at any time, without restriction and free of charge. As a result, they can develop new energy supply options for their community, prepare for visits to the doctor or follow the latest research on varieties and seeds.

Virtual realities, interactive platforms and a more social form of face-to-face learning: specialists from Educational Development and Technology as well as the departments are transforming teaching at ETH.

11,400 people work at ETH Zurich, and 1,250 of them have a management role. However, we all have a role to play in shaping our management culture and, by extension, the success of our university.