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Now that the Federal Council has ended the special situation, the Executive Board of ETH Zurich is also withdrawing all pandemic regulations with effect from 1 April. It still advises ETH members to wear a face mask – in lecture halls at least – until the Easter break.

On Monday, 28 March 2022, ETH Zurich held a town hall meeting entitled “Return to the office & Future of work” to inform ETH community members about the university’s two-phase approach to this issue. The recording of the Zoom event is now available.

Take part in the second short online survey on the ETH Library’s current image campaign and win a book voucher worth CHF 50.

As of today, the ETH Zurich annual report for 2021 is available online. This is the last time it will appear in its current form. Robert Perich, Vice President for Finance and Controlling, reveals what readers can expect in the future.

Learn about the beginnings of glacier research in Switzerland. A selection of works from the Rare Books and Maps collection will be on display at a visiting exhibition at the Max Frisch Archive from 4 April to 6 May 2022.

From March 2022, the Singapore ETH Centre welcomes Thomas Meyer as the new managing director, replacing Mr Thomas Rufener.

Making productive use of your time at work and feeling that you are actually achieving set goals are both vital for job satisfaction. A few tricks, which anyone can put to use, will help improve your time management.

New guidelines governing the outside employment and other activities of ETH staff and professors were introduced on 1 January of this year. We sat down with Lukas Vonesch, Head of the Human Resources Consulting department, to learn more about the rules.

VSETH is supporting the “Friends of Ukraine” organisation in collecting relief supplies and has set up a collection point on the Hönggerberg campus. You can hand in material there and at other collection points in Zurich.

Numerous exhibitors will be at the Food4Thought fair in early April to present the diversity and deliciousness of sustainable food. You can visit the three-day event to learn more about vertical herb gardens, plant-based meat alternatives and sustainable gastronomy. The fair kicks off an awareness campaign orchestrated by ETH Zurich as part of the federal government’s Exemplary Energy and Climate initiative.