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In its first meeting of the year, the Executive Board accredited the Competence Center for Materials and Processes for another four years, approved the tightening of application processes at the ETH Zurich Foundation, signed off on a new SSHE training concept and appointed a new ombudsperson.

AstroRara offers digital and interactive access to three new works. Historical publications on eclipses, retrograde motion and comet tails are now available for use as multimedia.

We’re getting closer to the start of a major construction project at ETH Zurich’s Hönggerberg campus: the HPQ physics building. The digging of the foundations is scheduled to get underway in summer 2022, but preparations for the new building will soon be visible.

The ETH Zurich publication platform continuously proves its importance to researchers in all fields. Current statistics show the number of downloads and open access entries rose again last year.

What do junior scientists at ETH think about the proposed cultural values? AVETH has developed an exercise that depicts each value as a fictive team member. This blogpost explains the results from the 66 participating groups and the meaning of the formula in the headline.

In the event series of the ETH Library from February 2022, you can get input on tools and topics that support your academic work in a short and crisp form.

The Executive Board of ETH Zurich has issued new guidelines on scientific integrity. These rest upon the four principles of reliability, honesty, respect and responsibility and apply from 1 January 2022 to all those involved in teaching and research at ETH Zurich.

The food market on the Hönggerberg campus opens its doors again today and is available as a canteen for ETH members. From 31 January, members will also be able to enjoy lunch in the Polyterrasse canteen once again.

At the beginning of 2021, the “Barrier-free at ETH Zurich” programme was launched. This aims to make the university as accessible as possible over the course of the next few years. New courses, new public tours and a large pilot project are planned for 2022.

The year 2022 has only just begun, but you might already be considering when you want to take a holiday this year. So where can you see how many free days you have available? And how can you be smart in planning your holidays this year to maximise the amount of free time you’ll get?