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More than 600 ETH employees participated in the analysis phase of rETHink, the project focusing on the development of ETH’s organisational structure. Now those responsible for the workstreams together with the Executive Board have presented the results of this analysis. Those who missed the virtual Townhall can watch the recording.

A few months ago, we asked you for some book recommendations – and received over 40 contributions. Two books were even recommended by two ETH members. We hope you enjoy your holiday reading!

The new Explora story is online. It is dedicated to the bridges of Switzerland, the engineers who designed them and lots more. Take a closer look!

The results of the employee survey are now available. All in all, more than 5,000 employees took part, with 88 percent indicating that they are very or mostly satisfied with their working situation.

A small jab with a big effect: the new vaccination campaign of the Federal Office of Public Health has been running for a few weeks now. In its support, ETH Zurich is launching its own campaign today, which will run primarily on social media.

The coronavirus situation continues to improve. The Executive Board has eased more restrictions in response to the Federal Council’s latest measures. The main change: wearing a face mask is no longer compulsory outdoors and only necessary indoors in certain circumstances. Events and sports activities are also possible again on a larger scale.

Since the start of the year, the Workstream 4 of the rETHink project has focused intensively on the organisation of our academic departments. Jan Vermant and Zeljko Medved, the operative co-leads of Workstream 4, talk about the most important findings of the analysis phase and the next steps.

The analysis phase of rETHink, our project focusing on the development of ETH’s organisational structure, has now been completed and the main areas of action defined. Now the task is to come up with solutions, says ETH President Joël Mesot in this interview. The first decisions will be made towards the end of the year.

In its recent meetings, the Executive Board approved the new programme regulations for the Bachelor of Mathematics, earmarked the funding of a research project in Val Bedretto and, for the first time, discussed a general return to the office after working from home.

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