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Would you like to find and apply knowledge quickly and easily? Users can now enjoy the new ETH Library website with completely revised content, visuals and structure. A win in (almost) all cases.

The Executive Board is giving the green light for further measures to improve the work situation and to encourage people to treat one another with respect: the Board has defined a procedure for cases of inappropriate behaviour and is also launching a regular survey of the scientific staff. 

As the coronavirus pandemic exploded in March 2020, students at ETH Zurich founded two online platforms that assigned volunteers to healthcare institutions in need: Students4Hospitals and Care Now. After six months of living with the virus, where are these platforms now?

Since Monday, wearing a facemask as soon as you enter any university building has been compulsory at ETH Zurich. In this interview, Dr Leonhard Sigel, head of the Occupational Medicine and Health Protection section of SSHE at our university, explains why facemasks are a necessary and sensible measure.

More restrictions to be lifted before the start of the semester, but masks are mandatory

Emergency mode at ETH has led to many changes: from teleworking and virtual lectures to online events, things that were mostly unpopular a few months ago now seem to be the way of the future. We spoke with Anahita Zelger, Events Project Leader, about events in the corona era and which aspects of the lockdown are here to stay.

Input on tools and topics to assist your academic work

From Monday, 24 August, it's "Mask on!" for everyone who travels in ETH buildings. If required, the posters for the campaign can be printed out.

Monday, 31 August sees the start of the next stage of the ETH Master Plan for restart, which mainly concerns the Autumn Semester 2020 and will last up to the end of the year. To keep the risk of coronavirus spreading as low as possible, everyone will be required to wear a facemask as soon as they enter any ETH building. This measure already applies from 24 August.

On 8 August the WSL Director and Professor of Climate and Cryosphere died in an accident while working in Greenland. His ETH colleagues remind us of a man and scientist who leaves an enormous gap.